What makes a champion a champion? Traditionally, being better than everyone else helps.
But is it so simple? Are champions faster, stronger, more technically sound than the lot they are faced with competing against?
Logic suggests that an affirmative answer be supplied to this question, and it is difficult to argue that superior skill-sets do not set champions apart. However, beyond the obvious—the tangible and quantifiable—champions are keepers of superiority, owners of undefined abilities and masters of untaught skills.
Sure, UFC champions are men no different than you (unless you are female, then they have a Y chromosome that you do not), I or the trail of defeated rivals left in their wake.
They are not superheroes.
But, each UFC champion shares a common trait with one another—the possession of a defining characteristic that sets them apart from their competitors.
Each champion possesses a unique quality, skill or ability that defines them as a fighter and differentiates them from even the most elite of competitors.