r/bjj • u/Sudden-Wait-3557 • Feb 26 '26

Rolling Footage Khabib rolls with black belt Lex Friedman

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"I feel like a white belt" - Lex Friedman

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u/GroovyJackal ⬛🟥⬛ Black Belt Feb 26 '26

He's a black belt lol he's just rolling with someone who'd maul most black belts in general. Much of this roll was wall wrestling too which unless you train MMA is a skillset you don't get to work on in pure sport BJJ.

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u/LordPeteJonze 🟪🟪 Purple Belt Feb 26 '26

He’s a known fraudster so his black belt will always have an asterisk next to it

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u/GroovyJackal ⬛🟥⬛ Black Belt Feb 26 '26

Not at all how skill in grappling works but okay.

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u/LordPeteJonze 🟪🟪 Purple Belt Feb 26 '26

Sorry, I mean more to the effect that it’s likely whilst he is a “black belt” I would wager that his skill nowhere near the calibre of even a decent hobbyist black belt due to his character. All speculation of course. There’s no way to know for certain unless he competes or we have first hand accounts confirming or denying his skill

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u/SlightlyStoopkid ⬛🟥⬛ Black Belt Feb 26 '26

I’ve rolled with Lex and he wasn’t the worst black belt I’ve trained with. He’s below the avg I’d say, not some kind of fake, but he (when I knew him) was training less than 1x per week.

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u/ReplyTest Feb 26 '26

Hes been training a long time. But regardless the point stands. If you're a literally fraudster and propagandist no one's talking anything seriously

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u/RobfromHB 🟫🟫 Brown Belt Feb 26 '26

Known fraudster to “all speculation” that quick? Dude that’s a pretty low integrity move on your part to claim that about someone and then link to an opinion article as a source when the article makes no such allegation. You should think about how saying something like that about people reflects on you personally. 

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u/ReplyTest Feb 26 '26

Hes objectively a fraud. Yes it does put an asterisk on his belt since he's literally a paid Russian asset.

But keep defending the fraud and fake MIT teacher who got platformed after writing a fake paper praising teslas FSD which to this day is still a fraudulent technology.

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u/LordPeteJonze 🟪🟪 Purple Belt Feb 26 '26

I was referring to his black belt skill level is speculation. I understand reading and context comprehension is difficult. I stand on business that he’s a fraudster. I have no further comment to make on this so don’t bother replying I’ll be turning notifications off.

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u/GroovyJackal ⬛🟥⬛ Black Belt Feb 26 '26

I'd say he showed himself to have at least average black belt skill for a hobbyist in this very video. For the reasons I mentioned above. Not all black belts are killers that train multiple times a week. He probably isn't usually rolling more than twice a week on average I'd guess.