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Feb. 25, 2026 - Lex Fridman Podcast
22:06
Khabib vs Lex: Training with Khabib | FULL EXCLUSIVE FOOTAGE
# ymca physical conditioning mma training alex pereira amanda nunes athlete preparation combat sports george sotiropoulos grappling drills gsp khabib khabib nurmagomedov lex michael jordan

Lex, exhausted after training with Khabib and his UFC teammates—including Amanda Nunes and Alex Pereira—describes grappling drills as relentless, with Khabib refusing taps, insisting "you don’t give a return" and mocking Lex’s podcast prep. Khabib’s unmatched pressure, even without sparring partners during travel, mirrors his legendary dominance in grappling, leaving Lex psychologically chilled and admitting, "Not a good job." The session underscores how elite fighters like Khabib push limits, proving preparation isn’t just physical but mental endurance under crushing intensity. [Automatically generated summary]

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khabib nurmagomedov
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lex fridman
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Speaker Time Text
Training With A Legend 00:02:16
lex fridman ▲ ● ▼
Alright, we're training with Habib today.
One of the greatest fighters of all time.
A great human being.
It's honestly unbelievable that I have the honor to be able to train with these guys today.
I trained with the team yesterday as well.
I feel a bit beat up.
I actually before this texted George, GSP, asking if he has any advice.
I told him I'm training with Habib.
He said if you die, you die.
Thank you very much for that advice, George.
unidentified
I love you, brother.
lex fridman ▲ ● ▼
You can tell on these maps, there's been champion after champion after champion.
You can feel the history.
I'm going to do a podcast with Habib tomorrow.
unidentified
So this is epic.
lex fridman ▲ ● ▼
I'm the luckiest kid in the world.
Alright, now we're going to get back to training.
Let's go.
unidentified
How are you, my friend?
My brother Habib on this hotel.
It's like Zatlex Friedman.
Nice to meet you.
Wait.
Yes.
Tomorrow training with him.
Good morning.
He's always got a smile.
You've got some of the greatest of all time on the mat right now.
Alex, Habib, Amanda.
khabib nurmagomedov ▲ ● ▼
Talking, he's gonna win.
Just be quiet and go to the meds.
unidentified
He touched
the wrong leg.
Hold On, Bud 00:02:52
unidentified
That?
Which leg I need to touch?
Help me.
It's cheating.
He tried to run like nothing.
He tried to run like nothing.
I'll hold his legs.
This is not going to end, though.
It's hairy.
What's going on, legs?
Hold down, legs.
Hold on, bud.
Let's see what's happening.
This pressure
is fucking insane.
It must be nothing to happen.
you don't give a return, you're gonna go and do a podcast.
He's here, don't give me some wisdom.
Go Alex, Move! 00:16:58
unidentified
What do
you remember?
Yeah, black belt.
Jiu-jitsu or some belt?
Jiu-jitsu.
They have belt.
Some have belt.
They have belt but not belt.
khabib nurmagomedov ▲ ● ▼
They have labels.
unidentified
They have labels.
khabib nurmagomedov ▲ ● ▼
They have levels, but not belts.
unidentified
You should get them for competing.
I was right?
Yeah, I was right.
I told him you guys are not going to try to submit you.
It's gonna make you suffer.
You don't try to submit people.
You just drown, you're drowned, you're drowning.
It's like the present.
It's like it's gonna be stressed.
I think we do like landing fresh and fresh.
Yeah, I scream inside my brain.
John Smith, no single.
First round.
First round.
No, we'll go five.
Four minutes?
Yes.
We'll be getting one more.
Thank you.
How are you feeling?
Good?
I shouldn't have gone with him.
I'm a simple office.
That's him.
lex fridman ▲ ● ▼
Or just this?
khabib nurmagomedov ▲ ● ▼
No, I'm a heavy, first of all.
lex fridman ▲ ● ▼
Amazing training partner.
khabib nurmagomedov ▲ ● ▼
No, no, but no injury.
unidentified
No injury.
Stay heavy, stay heavy, stay heavy.
lex fridman ▲ ● ▼
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unidentified
Alright.
lex fridman ▲ ● ▼
Now back to training with Khabib.
unidentified
You can teach me some wrestle.
Here you go.
I'm here.
Alright.
Oh!
Oh!
I'm here.
I'm here.
Try it.
Try it.
Oh, try it.
It's okay.
Go.
I'm here.
Okay, guys, finish, finish.
Keep going, keep going, keep going.
Now I'm down, I see no good power lead.
Ow!
Thank you.
Thanks for going again.
Thank you so much.
That's got to.
That's former champ.
Wrong leg.
Now the beginning.
Hey, this go up, okay?
Let's go, Alex.
Let's go, Alex.
Let's go.
Let's squeeze his legs.
Now, for example, you move.
Move.
Don't go down.
What's all this?
Yeah.
Nothing here.
It's gone.
It's gone, man.
Let's see.
Let's see.
Let's see, let's see.
Don't go down.
khabib nurmagomedov ▲ ● ▼
Can I escape here?
unidentified
Yeah, let's see.
Yeah, no.
khabib nurmagomedov ▲ ● ▼
Let's just go over this one.
But this one is better.
But sometimes when I want to put...
unidentified
Here, here, here.
Let's see.
Just stay.
Let me go.
khabib nurmagomedov ▲ ● ▼
don't need to do nothing.
You have to spend your energy to get up on the sun.
unidentified
You have to.
khabib nurmagomedov ▲ ● ▼
Why I have to force?
unidentified
I make you work.
I make you work.
I give you.
khabib nurmagomedov ▲ ● ▼
Try the water, try the water.
unidentified
If you jump, I miss a stick with gravity.
If you jump something.
Alright.
I understand why people run
This is not creepy.
Look at this, look at this.
Oh, oh no!
Look, look, look, look!
Be careful, be careful.
Be careful son, hey be careful.
Ask how much you think it doesn't matter.
You give your battle.
So much pressure.
I never give him my bed.
I never give him a choice.
You agree or not?
Agree or people not do this.
I didn't give him, Manuel.
I can't see it in my eyes.
I'm all crying for nothing.
You can't tell, but the pressure and the hips is insane.
You can't do something.
I belong.
He's singing, too.
Hit, hit, hit.
You're not the same, man.
Hit, hit.
Pressure.
Watch, watch, watch.
Watch it.
Hey, Maldi, move.
Move, move, move.
Hey, move.
He wants to hear us.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
They're gonna give you same position.
khabib nurmagomedov ▲ ● ▼
You know, I won't give you pressure because I play he play.
He can play with anybody anytime.
But I go, I want to show him a little bit like pressure, you understand?
Scramble after scramble, scramble after scramble.
And I put him in my position.
unidentified
But it's not interesting.
Meaning, guys, stop.
You do never stop.
You're my brother.
You're a real one.
khabib nurmagomedov ▲ ● ▼
But he felt, he felt.
unidentified
He felt.
khabib nurmagomedov ▲ ● ▼
I feel psychologically chilled.
unidentified
Oh my life.
I feel psychologically want to give up.
He don't give you a tap.
He won't tap you.
He keep going.
Sometimes you tap it, reset.
It's done.
Mentally smash.
khabib nurmagomedov ▲ ● ▼
Mentally smash.
unidentified
Has anyone ever done that to you?
The last time?
It was me now.
Me when you were kids.
khabib nurmagomedov ▲ ● ▼
You know, since when I was 18, 19, I always was against high-level guys.
Because in my gym, I have always high-level guys.
This is who I grew up.
at the ground games and they're always ground games.
unidentified
Brother, I know him drove here.
This is true.
I never see somebody pass as God or tap.
khabib nurmagomedov ▲ ● ▼
Sometimes, sometimes in the gym, I just come, change clothes.
Sometimes we go one and a half hours, non-stop.
120, 110, one hour, one and a half hours.
unidentified
More than one hour.
khabib nurmagomedov ▲ ● ▼
Non-stop.
Maybe changing four or five opponents.
10-15 minutes, another guy.
10-15 minutes.
unidentified
You keep going.
khabib nurmagomedov ▲ ● ▼
I keep going.
I used to eat like a long time.
unidentified
And what happens to yourself?
khabib nurmagomedov ▲ ● ▼
Mentally, in my mind, I was like thinking how or how somebody can make me tired.
unidentified
So you wanted to go on the map?
khabib nurmagomedov ▲ ● ▼
Keep going all my life.
Keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going.
unidentified
Yeah, keep going.
lex fridman ▲ ● ▼
You know, Dan Gable, the wrestler?
Yeah, he always said that in practice he wanted to go until he quit.
He never got there.
He kept trying.
khabib nurmagomedov ▲ ● ▼
He was a limit.
I just come back from a training camp.
I have training camp in Dubai.
I have 25 people.
They know, every day I go.
Morning and night, morning and night.
And all champions.
Big, big names.
unidentified
I know.
You can move it.
khabib nurmagomedov ▲ ● ▼
No, my body is very good.
My body feels very good.
Sometimes when I travel for one week, I feel so bad because I can only run and leave.
Because there is no spunning partner.
And I miss you so much.
I can tell you still love it.
unidentified
I can feel it.
No, no, no, no.
I love it.
khabib nurmagomedov ▲ ● ▼
Now I'm going to move this home.
Be careful.
Be careful with this.
Be careful.
unidentified
A little pressure.
It's a lot of pressure, but it's a huge honor, man.
khabib nurmagomedov ▲ ● ▼
I'll just say one thing.
This witness, this witness.
When I go deep, he don't let me get up.
I'm all the time on this position.
unidentified
Oh, why the hell?
Because if you don't escape here, you will play.
Don't escape?
Yeah.
No way I'm a small guy anymore No, he killed like 280 pounds.
lex fridman ▲ ● ▼
It's incredible, man.
unidentified
That's shooting around with Michael Jordan.
lex fridman ▲ ● ▼
It's shooting with Michael Jordan, yeah.
They say one-on-one basketball at night with Guego Jordan.
unidentified
Yeah, in the YMCA.
Yeah, in the YMCA.
Thank you, brother.
Thanks.
Not a good job.
Tomorrow, work tomorrow.
Oh my god, this one.
Yeah, we'll go together, right?
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