Wes Watson

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| birth_name = Wesley Watson

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|11|19}}

| birth_place = California, United States

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| occupation = Motivational speaker, businessman, author, YouTuber

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| conviction_status = Released

| conviction = Assault and battery

| conviction_penalty = 5 years imprisonment

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| website = {{URL|weswatsonfit.com}}

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Wes Watson is a motivational speaker, businessman, author, influencer and conman. Watson spent five years in prison for assault and battery.

Watson's YouTube channel, GP Penitentiary Life, has close to 600,000 subscribers.

Watson is the creator of the fitness brand, Watson Fit, a fitness brand.{{cite web|publisher=Tuko.co.ke|title=The truth about Wes Watson's net worth: Is he as rich as he claims?|author=Cyril, Bill Salasya|date=17 January 2025|url=https://www.tuko.co.ke/facts-lifehacks/celebrity-biographies/574100-the-truth-wes-watsons-net-worth-rich-claims/}}

Watson is also the author of the non-fiction book Non-Negotiable: Ten Years Incarcerated- Creating the Unbreakable Mindset, in which he tells of his time in prison and developing a new mindset.

In a 2025 viral video Watson called Ultimate Fighting Championship professional fighters "the epitome of squares." Adding that combat sports fighters are simply actors in a cage and not real warriors.{{cite web|publisher=EssentiallySports|url=https://www.essentiallysports.com/ufc-mma-news-ufc-welterweight-with-ten-wins-threatens-prison-influencer-after-mma-fighters-get-questioned/|title=UFC Welterweight With 10 Wins Threatens 'Prison Influencer' After MMA Fighters Get Questioned|author=Patni, Dushyant|date=June 5, 2025}}