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Ben Askren is a wrestler and MMA fighter, former Bellator and ONE Championship welterweight champion, a two-time NCAA wrestling champion and four-time finalist. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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SUPPORT & CONNECT:
- Check out the sponsors above, it's the best way to support this podcast
- Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman
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OUTLINE:
Here's the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
(00:00) - Introduction
(06:59) - Woodley vs Jake Paul boxing match
(10:48) - Askren vs Jake Paul boxing match
(13:23) - Jordan Burroughs and Kyle Dake
(24:37) - Askren vs Burroughs charity match
(29:21) - Champion mentality and handling losses
(43:40) - Future interest in competition
(53:09) - Askren's early career
(1:03:58) - Robots wrestling
(1:18:39) - Olympics
(1:24:46) - Dagestan wrestling
(1:30:51) - Askren Wrestling Academy
(1:46:32) - Khabib Nurmagomedov
(1:53:08) - 2020 Olympics
(1:54:49) - Wrestling dominance in MMA
- Notion: https://notion.com/startups to get up to $1000 off team plan
- NI: https://www.ni.com/perspectives
- Onnit: https://lexfridman.com/onnit to get up to 10% off
- Eight Sleep: https://www.eightsleep.com/lex and use code LEX to get special savings
- NetSuite: http://netsuite.com/lex to get free product tour
EPISODE LINKS:
Ben's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Benaskren
Ben's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benaskren/
Ben's Website: https://www.benaskren.com/
Ben's Wrestling Academy: https://awawisconsin.com/
PODCAST INFO:
Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast
Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8
RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/
YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman
YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips
SUPPORT & CONNECT:
- Check out the sponsors above, it's the best way to support this podcast
- Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman
- Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman
OUTLINE:
Here's the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
(00:00) - Introduction
(06:59) - Woodley vs Jake Paul boxing match
(10:48) - Askren vs Jake Paul boxing match
(13:23) - Jordan Burroughs and Kyle Dake
(24:37) - Askren vs Burroughs charity match
(29:21) - Champion mentality and handling losses
(43:40) - Future interest in competition
(53:09) - Askren's early career
(1:03:58) - Robots wrestling
(1:18:39) - Olympics
(1:24:46) - Dagestan wrestling
(1:30:51) - Askren Wrestling Academy
(1:46:32) - Khabib Nurmagomedov
(1:53:08) - 2020 Olympics
(1:54:49) - Wrestling dominance in MMA