About this episode
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: 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