Before his most recent win – and his first-ever Bellator title defense – welterweight champion Ben Askren engaged in a sustained and very public trash-talking campaign with opponent Jay Hieron.
But ahead of Friday’s Bellator 64 headliner with challenger Douglas Lima, cooler heads have prevailed.
Askren told MMAjunkie.com Radio he loves trash-talking as much as the next guy, but he’s not going to be the instigator.