“A lot of times, people take other people's confidence for cockiness, airheadedness, rashness or brashness, and that's the light in which they see you when you say you always knew you'd be a champion, blah blah blah. Well, you have to be confident in the sport we do. As an athlete, in general, you have to be confident.”

American former mixed martial artist

Benson Henderson is an American former professional mixed martial artist. He competed most recently in Bellator MMA’s lightweight division and is known as a former UFC Lightweight Champion and WEC Lightweight Champion. Henderson built a long career at lightweight, winning major titles in both the UFC and the WEC. He is also tied with B.J. Penn, Frankie Edgar, and Khabib Nurmagomedov for the second-most UFC lightweight title defenses, which places him among the division’s notable champions.