Georges St-Pierre vs Lex Fridman in Jiu Jitsu and MMA

I'm here training with Georges St. Pierre, probably the greatest fighter of all time and also one of the nicest guys of all time.

Not the nicest guy. Not today. Not today. Next. You came on the wrong day, my friend.

He's breathing hard.

It.

She dies, she dies.

It dies, it dies.

Any advice?

Well, it's actually pretty good standing position. I think sometime you reach a little bit too much. So if you reach out to me, it's easy for me to take a good position or reach out to me. I can probably, like, climb back on you. So what I would suggest is don't reach, like, get closer with your feet before you seek contact with me. Don't go here. Go closer to establishment. Yeah, It.

So how's it different if you're doing mma?

Well, there's a lot of difference because in. In grappling, you set up, for example, you take down from him. Fighting in mma, there's different styles. I like to be using proactive and reactive takedown. Very often I use one of my longest weapons as a decoy to get in your leg. Use my jab to create a distraction. Then I can get in other guys. For the example, like Khabib are more like chain rest or they shoot sometime. But they're very good at using, for example, the defense as like pushing you to the fence. And then from there they're using their. The resting from there. So I'm more of a. More of a dynamic. Yeah, I like to explode. So that's one of my strength. Which Khabib is very good, for example, at very good technically. And he's very strong in isometric strength, I heard. So he's very good with this style of wrestling.

Do you think you can take Khabib down?

I think I could, yeah. I think he could take me down as well.

But so how do I defend against this?

So there's many ways. First, you need to be aware of the distance control. That's one of the thing that was the best at. To master the distance control, you need to master the footwork to be always in balance and ready to explode. A lot of guys, they don't know how to manage distance control. Also because they don't have good footwork, they cross their leg, they go all over the place. So when you move, it's important. When. If I go left, I push up with my right. If I go right, I push up with my left. I go back, I push with my lead, I go forward, I push with my back. This is the basic. Thereafter, you can use different illusion so if I'm here, I look like I'm more of a threat to you than if I'm here, but I'm at the same distance. So one of my favorite, which set up a takedown, a single or double. I use my jab, which is one of my longest weapon. Of course my legs are longer, but I like the jab to create the distraction. So if I'm here, you see me coming. So I use a distraction. I'm here. And like a cold bro, like a snake will launch itself on its prey, I'm using my body to boom. So you're. You have a false feeling of security now because you think I can't touch you, but because of my leg. Boom. Yes. And my jab start outside of your field of vision. So I'm not doing this, I'm doing purposely. I'm putting it down and I'm here and I'm attracting your attention here because I'm moving my hand. Boom. Once I tag you once or twice. Now I have a perfect setup. Because fighting you have a short term memory. You always remember what hurts you the last. And if it's my job, then I can. I plant a seed in your mind and I can go up and get in easier.

You finish hop.

There is many ways. The best, highest per second move is the elbow deep double leg. So when I get in, I try to look across. When I step across, so I get in, I go elbow deep. The reason why I don't only go with my legs is because if I. If you're stronger and bigger than me and you sprawl from there, I can have a hard time. But if I go elbow deep because of the leverage, you can't sprawl. Once I'm in, I look across and I drive across you down. Sometime you'll fight a guy like for example, bisping was very strong and I couldn't drive across. So when that happened, if you can't drive across, you turn the corner. Guys, that's. They get, they open up on the other side. Would you like to try?

Sure.

Yeah.

So from here.

Yes. Go with your elbow deep here. And now you're gonna drive across? Yes. Step across with you. Yes. If you do it again, set it up job now. Go ahead, go for it. Yes, yes, exactly. And if I give you resistance? Once you get in, I'm strong and I'm. I'm scrap spurring my leg. If you turn the corner. So jab, set it up a few times. I'm sprawling. Yes, very nice. You feel the difference? Yeah. So if he's too strong, you go on the other side. Don't force or not. Don't waste your energy for nothing. You try to be as economic as you can as possibly you could be.

What about on the ground? What's the difference between Jiu Jitsu for you and M?

Well, there's a lot of different. I believe in Jiu Jitsu, especially in the guard. You can't stay in mid range. I don't want to cover like this. Like if I'm in the standing position, I want to cover like this. My head is on the ground. My muscle of my abdominal are contracted. So it's possible for you to damage her. But because I'm contracted, it's less likely. So I want to focus all the protection on my head.

You're okay with this?

Yeah, it's okay. It's okay. But I want to be here. So there's a gap where I can see you here. If I'm here, it's not as efficient because you can go on the side and it's easy for you to grab. Grab my wrist, put it down and hit. Yeah. If I'm here, it's harder for you to control my arm. If you want to grab it, it's hard for you to grab. So that's the first thing. Another thing, if your handlers are here, I want to take away your hand on me. I want to pull you, pull you to me. I want to control your head and your arm. And from there, there's many options. I like to take the clamp because it controls your elevation and you can't hit me. It's either I'm very close to you or I'm very far.

Are you trying to get up?

I'm very far, yeah. If I can't get up, no problem. I'm using my leg to push you away. Or I can use the tip of my feet to create distance. So you need to be aware that I can you in the head, too. So it's either very close or very far on top. Yeah. So if I'm on top, the best position for me to be, ultimately, is not even mount, is to have your back let you to the floor from this position. Because now you cannot hit me. I can hit you, and I can either knock you out or submit you. This is the worst mount, is the second best because I'm having a lot of control mount. And also with my knees under your armpit. The worst would be in your guard. So it's not as bad as if you would be in A jiu jitsu competition, because I have the gravity on my side. But if I'm here, I need to respect three rules. I never want you to put my hands on the floor. We go with submission on all kinds of things. You can very easily wrap my arm and wrap my head, close the distance, and now it's a pain for me. So no end on the floor. I don't want you to have your head higher than my head. Because if your head is higher than my head, you have a guillotine. It's very hard for me to control and do anything to you if my head is lower than your head. And another thing, the third thing is I don't want to let you take an angle of me.

So you.

If you take an angle to do a jujigatami, you see, you need to take an angle. So if I take away that angle, I kill your air fence. So my hands always on you, never on the floor.

Are you hitting? Are you trying to hit a little?

Yeah, I can hit at the same time. If you try to raise your head up, I don't accept the leg in my head. If you try to take an angle, I put you back in line. So if I respect these three rules, as I'm. As I'm respecting this rule, I can cause damage even if I'm in the guard. But my goal is always eventually to pass the guard, get to a more dominant position. I love it. It's in a. In a nutshell, that's. That's what it's about.

Well, thank you.

Nah, man.

You guys got a chance to train with Elon, to watch him train, take steps on his martial arts journey. What do you think?

I think he's very strong. Much stronger than the average man. He's got a lot of. A lot of heart. He's very tough.

So I've always found that.

Far and.

Away the most important thing. When two people get into a clash, skill level trumps everything else in terms of what's going to determine the outcome. Skill beats are skill beats in here. That's not to say other things aren't relevant, but skill is more relevant. From what I understand, his proposed opponent has almost two years of training experience. That's a big advantage. So it'll be an uphill battle. I will say, however, though, that he deeply impressed both George and myself with his overall ability to blast. The subject very quickly, is extremely intelligent and sees what is the crux of the problem, identifies what would need to be done. But I also believe that he's probably one of the busiest human beings on the planet.

That said, these guys doing martial arts training. Martial arts pretty.

I think ultimately the deepest lesson is that both of these guys have had an amazing impact on 21st century society, and they still have a lot of work to do. And I think they're three people who put themselves in a position where they can create greater benefits for humanity than almost anyone else in the world. And so there's a sense in which I wish they would focus more on.

That than fighting each other.

All right, so one more round.

This is for everything?

Yes, sir.

This is for the greatest fighter of all time.

It.