"World level" certainly sounds impressive but again, MMA wrestling is different than traditional wrestling, and I'm not convinced that a purer form of the latter will necessarily translate to better performance against the former in the octagon (neither does pure boxing, pure jiu jitsu...) Remember also that Jones failed at his mixed-direction low single that he attempted at the beginning of his fight with Rampage; there are lots of moves that work in other arenas that don't work in MMA.

Also I was referring to the interview where Joe Rogan asked Rashad what Jon's most surprising advantage was, and Rashad replied first that it was "those sneaky elbows" and later "the tricky elbows".

Going in to the fight, Rashad's speed was his most highly touted attribute (his wrestling was considered secondary); it was said that he'd be able to use that speed to rush in and tag Jon with his overhand right (using Lyoto as the model for how to do so). The problem with overhand rights, however, is that they leave you vulnerable to counterattack, and Rashad was already getting hit with elbows he didn't see coming when he was standing perfectly still and concentrating. Would you want to rush face first into something like that?

So no, I don't think he was "psyched out" before he entered. On the contrary (and as he noted about himself), he was perhaps a little too casual on account of the premature trash talk that lost steam before the fight. But he wasn't psyched out.