Rather than hunting for submissions, Khabib deliberately grinds opponents down through relentless scrambles and positional pressure until they exhaust themselves.

17:34He’s singing too. [Khabib] Hip, hip, hip. Do understand me? Hip. Push push. [Lex] I mean you asked for viewers! [Lex] Thank you, brother. [Khabib] Thank you so much. You know, 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, scramble after scramble,

18:28and I put him in my position, [Ali] But you know what interesting? 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] But, he feel, he feel. [Lex] I feel it psychologically too. I felt in a low place. [Khabib] Yeah. [Ali] All my life, I feel psychologically, Like I want to give up.

18:49He don't give you a tap. He don’t tap you. You keep going. Sometimes you tap, it's reset, start. [Khabib] Mentally smash Mentally smash [Lex] Has anyone ever done that to you? The last time [Khabib] With me, no. [Lex] Maybe when you're a kid. [Khabib] You know, since when I was, 18, 19, I was, I always was against, high level guys. [Lex] Yeah. [Khabib] Because in my gym, I have, always high level guys.

19:16This who I grew up the ground game. [Lex] So they're always... [Ali] Brother I learned 12 years. This is true. I have never seen anyone pass his guard or tap him. [Khabib] Sometimes. 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.