You can’t say Bellator welterweight champion Ben Askren doesn’t shoot from the hip.
Askren thinks his next opponent, Nick Thompson, whom he faces Saturday at Bellator 40 in a non-title fight, has a lot of experience and has some good wins and some bad losses in a 50-fight career.
But there’s an asterisk next to that assessment. Said the champ: “My personal opinion is that he’s over the hill.”