It’s a fine line between confident and cocky, and without some mix of the two, it’s a tough road to becoming a champion. Making it in combat sports at all is actually pretty tough, in fact.
Light heavyweight champion Jon Jones is leading the charge in terms of confidence, so much so that words like arrogance regularly make their way into the conversations about the champ. Even so, he’s not alone.
Here are some other guys known around the UFC for bringing confidence to the table.