Khabib loves training so much that going a week without a sparring partner while traveling makes him feel physically bad.
Khabib says his body feels great when he's training daily, but even a week away from sparring partners while traveling makes him feel bad, underscoring how much he loves the sport. ✦ AI generated
Khabib · Lex Fridman · 2026-02-25 · original ↗
starts at this moment · 20:31
“How do you feel?”
My body is very good. My body feel very good. sometime for some... 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.
verbatim transcript · starts at 20:31
20:31Big, big names. [Lex] How do you feel? [Khabib] I love it. My body is very good. My body feel very good. sometime for some... 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. [Lex] And I miss it so much. [Lex] I could tell you still love it [Khabib] I love it
20:51[Lex] I can feel it. [Khabib] No no no no, I love it. [Lex] Awesome. [Khabib] But no, no I'm gonna go... Now I'm gonna go to this. Be careful, be careful with this. [Khabib in Russian] You’re giving that away every single time. be careful, hey, eh, eh. [Camera guy] A lot of pressure? [Lex] You know, it's a lot of pressure, but it's a huge honor, man. [Magdi] I'll just say one thing.
21:06This witness, this witness, 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] Oh, 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 [UFC Embedded] Yeah
21:55In the YMCA. [Lex] Yeah. In the YMCA. [Khabib] Thank you brother Thank you. Good job. tomorrow. We work tomorrow. Yeah, we'll go together, right? [Lex] Yeah.