Just off the top of my head comes an image of one mixed martial artist: Anderson Silva. Sure we witnessed Silva be knocked out for taking his clowning a bit too far against Chris Weidman; but aside from that, in some of his other fights, such as his bout with Forrest Griffin, you see him display all these traits. Anderson Silva is mentally relaxed, physically relaxed (hands down), highly confident and optimistic that he will succeed, focused in the present moment, highly energized, has extraordinary awareness, is in complete control, and seems to just let go to the process and allow the training to take over. Everything he does in the cage from the antics to the killer blows, he practices. Some other mixed martial artists give their take on being "in the zone":
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