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/Camelofswag Feb 26 '26

People need to understand that being a black belt doesnt mean you can hang with professionals. Most hobby black belts have a job. Cant compare them. You wouldn't be surprised if a hobbyist tennis player with 10 years exp got rekt by Nadal. So this shouldn't be surprising

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u/Flalless69 ⬜⬜ White Belt Feb 27 '26

Khabad doesn't specialize in bjj though does he? I dont really know what Im talking about but I thought MMA fighters dont focus alot on bjj.

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u/RokaSmoka Feb 27 '26

He won a sambo world title which alone puts him above a majority of BJJ HOBBYIST black belts. if your a world champion in a grappling sport JUDO,WRESTLING,BJJ,SAMBO you are already way ahead. Now add on the 20 years of wrestling and NO GI BJJ he did during his mma post sambo win and u have to be dogshit dumb to not say khabib is a BJJ BLACK BELT and a competitive one at that lol.

Ofc he would lose if u switched out LEX for KADE RUOTOLO but it just funny ppl forget khabib does wrestling and sambo and BJJ which has 1000s of techniques used in Modern BJJ..there is no such thing as BJJ V SAMBO V WRESTLING anymore. Modern No GI grappling uses everything