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The man was a star-making machine.

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What an amazing year Ben gave us. From getting splattered all over the canvas by Robbie Lawler…

To his masterpiece against Jorge Masvidal (which by the way will be available in T-shirt form on Black Friday)

…and his performance against Demian Maia was actually the most reasonable. They had a silly striking battle, they grappled and it was really cool, and then he got slept. What a life. I’m pretty sure we never got to see the best of Ben Askren in the UFC and that the promotion should have signed him straight out of Bellator. However, he did make it memorable.

Take care of yourself and I’ll talk to you tomorrow.

Chris