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Published · transcript-backedKhabib Nurmagomedov: belief
12 Aug 2026 Lex Fridman Podcast #500 – Khabib Nurmagomedov: Dagestan, MMA, UFC, Islam, Conor, Fedor & Football
“I think a lot of people listening to this podcast may not have watched Zidane playing live.”
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- Khabib Nurmagomedov
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- belief
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- 12 Aug 2026
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- Lex Fridman Podcast
Transcript context
…What’s interesting is, I don’t know, looking at your fight with Conor- When emotion builds up, for most of it you’re focused on the game, but in the end you let that emotion out. What do you think about that headbutt? I wouldn’t want to judge him, wouldn’t want to be some kind of judge of what he did, no. Well, he did what he did. We don’t know what was really going on there. But as a player, of course, he was unique. He won the Euros, the World Cup, reached finals, won the Champions League, the Spanish and the Italian championships, and cups, too. It’s just unique, and the way he played, I just always remembered him for the way sweat was just pouring off him, the way he ran, how he gave everything in every single match. He had incredible stamina, incredible endurance. I think a lot of people listening to this podcast may not have watched Zidane playing live. When I say live, I mean watching him play in real time. Right.…
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