#500 – Khabib Nurmagomedov: Dagestan, MMA, UFC, Islam, Conor, Fedor & Football

**Lex Fridman** (0:00)
The following is a conversation with Khabib Nurmagomedov, one of the greatest fighters of all time, who retired from the UFC, undefeated with a perfect 29-0 record. It was a huge honor for me to meet him, to train together, and to have this deep conversation. We had this conversation entirely in Russian. This was my first time doing so on this podcast. And even these words I'm saying right now are spoken in Russian. So if you're hearing me in English, you're actually listening to the English dub. On YouTube, you can switch between language audio tracks by clicking the settings gear icon, then clicking audio track, and then selecting the language you prefer. For the original Russian version, select Russian. And for the English dub, select English. Subtitles are also available in both languages. The translation and dubbing are a collaborative effort of translators, real human beings, including myself and AI. Thanks to the incredible team at 11 Labs for their help.
And now, please allow me to take this moment to say thank you from the bottom of my heart for your love and support all these years. I love you all.
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It is in fact the best way to support this podcast. And by the way, as a brief aside, you're probably listening to this on Spotify or RSS. And so this is an interesting experiment, because the original conversation is done entirely in the Russian language. So ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, friends, comrades, brothers and sisters, what you will be listening to is actually an English dub. But on YouTube you can listen also to the Russian original with subtitles in both Russian and English. I think all of that is explained in the intro. I just wanted to say one more time. We're always trying new things, experimenting. So thank you for your patience, your support along the way. Thank you so much.
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