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Feb. 25, 2026 - Lex Fridman Podcast
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Khabib vs Lex: Training with Khabib | FULL EXCLUSIVE FOOTAGE

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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Training With A Legend 00:02:16
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.
I love you, brother.
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.
So this is epic.
I'm the luckiest kid in the world.
Alright, now we're going to get back to training.
Let's go.
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.
Talking, he's gonna win.
Just be quiet and go to the meds.
He touched
the wrong leg.
Hold On, Bud 00:02:52
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
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.
They have labels.
They have labels.
They have levels, but not belts.
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.
Or just this?
No, I'm a heavy, first of all.
Amazing training partner.
No, no, but no injury.
No injury.
Stay heavy, stay heavy, stay heavy.
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Alright.
Now back to training with Khabib.
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.
Can I escape here?
Yeah, let's see.
Yeah, no.
Let's just go over this one.
But this one is better.
But sometimes when I want to put...
Here, here, here.
Let's see.
Just stay.
Let me go.
don't need to do nothing.
You have to spend your energy to get up on the sun.
You have to.
Why I have to force?
I make you work.
I make you work.
I give you.
Try the water, try the water.
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.
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.
But it's not interesting.
Meaning, guys, stop.
You do never stop.
You're my brother.
You're a real one.
But he felt, he felt.
He felt.
I feel psychologically chilled.
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.
Mentally smash.
Has anyone ever done that to you?
The last time?
It was me now.
Me when you were kids.
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.
Brother, I know him drove here.
This is true.
I never see somebody pass as God or tap.
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.
More than one hour.
Non-stop.
Maybe changing four or five opponents.
10-15 minutes, another guy.
10-15 minutes.
You keep going.
I keep going.
I used to eat like a long time.
And what happens to yourself?
Mentally, in my mind, I was like thinking how or how somebody can make me tired.
So you wanted to go on the map?
Keep going all my life.
Keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going.
Yeah, keep going.
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.
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.
I know.
You can move it.
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.
I can feel it.
No, no, no, no.
I love it.
Now I'm going to move this home.
Be careful.
Be careful with this.
Be careful.
A little pressure.
It's a lot of pressure, but it's a huge honor, man.
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.
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.
It's incredible, man.
That's shooting around with Michael Jordan.
It's shooting with Michael Jordan, yeah.
They say one-on-one basketball at night with Guego Jordan.
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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