Both are....
Cormier also did a great job of closing the distance, which requires balance, timing and power.
You don't captain the US wrestling team if you're not a top athlete in some capacity. Wrestling is the original sport. Most top athletes don't look like a Hollywood Hugh Jackman. Unless wrestlers, gymnasts and olympic weightlifter and decathletes aren't athletes.
Pretty pathetic how far people are removed from strength and fighting these days resulting in people thinking a six pack makes you strong and that making funny noises and having a weird stance like in a movie makes you the best fighter.