I interviewed Jordan Burroughs for Men’s Fitness as part of our “Making America’s Gladiators” feature in the July/August 2016 issue.

If there was any hint in our conversation that this man is extraordinary, it was this: Never before have I spoken with a person who has such complete and unflinching confidence in his training and ability. He wasn’t brash or boastful or conceited—simply resolute in his self-knowledge that he had done everything in his (considerable) power to be the absolute best in the world.

And with a record of 124-2, he is.

READ: Making America’s Gladiators: Jordan Burroughs

Photo by Miller Mobley