Lol no it wasn't. Jones was the favorite and the only ones picking Shogun were PRIDE diehards and Jones detractors. TJ was a huge underdog and on paper looked like he didn't have anything over Barao aside from potentially more cardio. I don't even think too many people thought he would be this much faster and have way better movement than Barao.
I will say, although I didn't comment on this threat, I felt the same way and gave TJ no chance. Welp we all know how that one went. TJ earned that belt.
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