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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 you felt it yourself that it was a bit different from the kind of grappling you’ve dealt with before.”
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Everything needed to verify it.
- Speaker
- Khabib Nurmagomedov
- Attribution
- Verified speaker
- Claim type
- belief
- Recorded
- 12 Aug 2026
- Publisher
- Lex Fridman Podcast
Transcript context
…No, it was respect. I just wanted you to feel that, you know, how exhausting it can be. I think you felt it yourself that it was a bit different from the kind of grappling you’ve dealt with before. I’m sure of it. The only one who’s even close to that is, I mean, you’re the absolute number one. But the only thing is, when I trained with Roger Gracie in a different sport, you get that same feeling with him. Like, the guy is just insanely heavy.…
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