Khabib vs Lex: Training with Khabib | FULL EXCLUSIVE FOOTAGE

Lex Introduces Training with Khabib00:00

Lex expresses honor in training with Khabib, one of the greatest fighters and a great human being. He trained with the team yesterday and feels beat up. He texted Georges St-Pierre (GSP) for advice; GSP replied, “If you die, you die.” The mats have history of champions. Lex plans a podcast with Khabib tomorrow.

[Khabib] Yes yes, how are you my friend? "Как дела" [Islam] Ready? [Lex] Ready! [Ali] It's my brother Khabib he's my friend. [Lex] How are you doing, brother? [Speaker_2] Nice to meet you, Lex Fridman. [Ali] Tomorrow training with him. Tomorrow in the morning, same energy.

[UFC Embedded] Greatest of all time on the mat: Alex, Khabib, Amanda.

[Khabib] Brother, talking is gonna win. Just be quiet and go to the mats.

Early Grappling Exchanges02:14

He touched wrong leg. [Lex] That to touch which leg? I need to touch. Help me! Cheating. [Ali] He tried to run like nothing.

[Lex] This is not gonna end well. He is heavy. [Khabib] Let’s go, Lex! [Speaker_5] Don’t tap, Lex! Hold on, bud!

[Lex] This shit is heavy. I can’t do anything! This pressure is fucking insane.

[Khabib] Let me make him tired. [Ali] If you don't get good research, you got go on Google. But give me.

[Lex in Russian] Do I have anything here or not? [Lex] I feel like a white belt.

Belt Discussions and Sambo Levels06:33

[Ali] What’s your belt, brother? [Lex] Yeah, black belt. [Speaker 6] Jiu jitsu or sambo? [Lex] Jiu jitsu. Good point.

[Speaker 6 to Khabib] What’s your belt? [Khabib in Russian] I’m a Master of Sports (International). [Speaker 6 to Khabib] Does Sambo have no belts? [Khabib] They have levels, not belts. And you get them for competing. I can’t do shit.

Khabib's Style of Pressure07:03

[Ali] This guy is not going to try to submit you. He is going to make you suffer. You don't try to submit people. He just drowns you, drowns you, drowns you. You're gonna be stressed.

[Lex] John Smith. Low single.

[Khabib] Let’s go, Lex!

Round Structure and Post-Round Feedback08:04

[Ali] First round. [Khabib] No, we'll go five. [Speaker N] Five minutes? [Khabib] Yes. [Lex] We'll be getting one more.

[Khabib] Next time I’m gonna make you work. How are you feeling? Good? [Lex] I shouldn't have gone with him first. [Khabib] It’s not about this. I'm heavy first of all. [Lex] Amazing training partner. [Khabib] No injuries. [Lex] No injuries. Just heavy. [Khabib] Stay heavy, stay heavy on you.

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Glover's Lesson with Khabib09:00

[Glover] Can you give me a lesson? [Khabib] I’m here. [Glover] Alright. [Khabib] Try. [Glover] I try! [Khabib] It’s OK, go!

[Ali] Okay, guys, finish. [Speaker_6] Keep going. [Glover] Amazing! Thank you.

[Khabib] Lex, we go again.

[UFC Embedded] He’s got to! Let’s spar the champ.

Technique Instruction: Hooks and Pressure11:47

[Lex] “Wrong leg.” “Wrong leg.”

[Khabib] Let's go. Let's go, Lex.

Now you understand? [Lex] Yeah. [Khabib] Squeeze with legs. Now, for example, you move. [Khabib in Russian] Give me your hand. [Lex] It's all this. [Khabib] Yeah.

[Lex] Nothing here. [Khabib] Understand? Let’s go, brother. Let’s go, Lex.

[Khabib] This in.. I hook... No, don’t pull look here And I pull Boom. Boom. [Lex] And you just pull that. [Khabib] Or this one. But this one is better. But sometimes when I want to put... Just stay here. [Lex] Just stay. [Khabib] I don't need to do nothing. You have to spend your energy to get up. Why I have to force? I make you work. I’ll make you work!

Mental and Physical Pressure Insights14:35

[Lex] Now I understand why people run.

[Khabib] Let's go, let's go, let's go. move move move, Magdi Magdi, move!

[Ali to Magdi] You grapple like it’s a wrestling match. This is not grappling.

[Khabib] Be careful be careful. Be careful, Islam. Hey. Be careful.

[Lex] It’s so much pressure. You can't tell with the pressure in the hips is insane. He’s singing too. [Khabib] Hip, hip, hip. Do understand me? Hip. Push push.

[Lex] You asked for viewers! [Lex] Thank you, brother.

Khabib on Applying Pressure18:02

[Khabib] I want him to feel pressure. Because I play he play. Yeah, I can play with anybody, anytime, but I go. I want to show him a little bit, like pressure you understand. Scramble after scramble, and I put him in my position.

[Ali] Many guys stop. You do never stop. You keep going.

[Khabib] Good, it’s good, brother. [Ali] You're my brother, you're a real one. [Lex] It’s an honor, man.

[Khabib] He feel, he feel. [Lex] I feel it psychologically too. I felt in a low place.

Khabib's Untapped Record and Training History19:00

[Lex] Has anyone ever done that to you? The last time. [Khabib] With me, no. Maybe when you're a kid. [Khabib] Since when I was 18, 19, I was always against high level guys. Because in my gym, I have always high level guys. This who I grew up the ground game.

[Ali] Brother I learned 12 years. This is true. I have never seen anyone pass his guard or tap him.

[Khabib] Sometimes in gym, I just come change clothes. Sometimes we'll go 1.5 hour nonstop. One 20, one 10, one hour, one and a half other, more than one hour. Non-stop. Maybe changing four or five opponents. 10-15 minutes, another guy, 10-15 minutes.

[Lex] You keep going. [Khabib] I keep going, I used to play too long.

[Lex] And what happens to you mentally? [Khabib] Mentally, in my mind, I was like, thinking how somebody can make me tired. Keep going. All my life, keep going, keep going.

Comparisons to Dan Gable and Khabib's Current Training20:00

[Lex] You know Dan Gable wrestler? [Khabib] Yeah. Olympic champion. [Lex] He always said in practice he wanted to go until he quits. He never got there. [Khabib] That's why he's the best.

[Khabib] I just come back from training camp. I have training camp in Dubai. I have 25 people they know. Every day I go, morning and night, and all the champions. Big, big names.

[Lex] How do you feel? [Khabib] I love it. My body is very good. Sometime when I travel for one week. Yes. I feel so bad because I go on the run and lift. Because there is no sparring partner. And I miss it so much.

[Lex] I could tell you still love it. [Khabib] I love it.

Ongoing Pressure and Comparisons21:01

[Khabib in Russian] You’re giving that away every single time. be careful.

[Camera guy] A lot of pressure? [Lex] It's a lot of pressure, but it's a huge honor, man.

[Magdi] When I go with him he don't let me get up. I'm all the time in this position. [Glover] It's no way out.

[Ali] He is not small guy anymore. [Glover] He feel like 280 pound.

[Lex] It's incredible man.

[UFC Embedded] That's shooting around on Michael Jordan. [Lex] It's shooting with Michael Jordan, yeah. It's like one-on-one basketball at night with Michael Jordan in the YMCA.

[Khabib] Thank you brother. Good job. Tomorrow. We work tomorrow. Yeah, we'll go together, right? [Lex] Yeah.