Ben Askren: Wrestling and MMA | Lex Fridman Podcast #242

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: 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:   / benaskren   Ben's Instagram:   / 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/ Full episodes playlist:    • Lex Fridman Podcast   Clips playlist:    • Lex Fridman Podcast Clips   OUTLINE: 0:00 - Introduction 1:06 - Woodley vs Jake Paul boxing match 4:56 - Askren vs Jake Paul boxing match 7:30 - Jordan Burroughs and Kyle Dake 18:44 - Askren vs Burroughs charity match 23:28 - Champion mentality and handling losses 37:47 - Future interest in competition 47:17 - Askren's early career 58:05 - Robots wrestling 1:12:46 - Olympics 1:18:53 - Dagestan wrestling 1:24:58 - Askren Wrestling Academy 1:40:39 - Khabib Nurmagomedov 1:47:16 - 2020 Olympics 1:48:56 - Wrestling dominance in MMA SOCIAL: Twitter:   / lexfridman   LinkedIn:   / lexfridman   Facebook:   / lexfridman   Instagram:   / lexfridman   Medium:   / lexfridman   Reddit:   / lexfridman   Support on Patreon:   / lexfridman