>>7207838People genuinely thought he was going to do well beforehand. Those with no MMA knowledge were 100% worked, those who knew MMA were mixed. Basically his training routine was kept a secret before the fight, so we only had rumors and whatever Phil put out on social media to go by. After the gall fight, it was clear he was a geek. Before the Jackson fight, we thought the best he could do would be to beat an untrained 0-1 journalist, but that fight was somehow more embarrassing.