Ben Askren may feel like the kid that is always picked last for kick ball back in elementary school. The undefeated, two-time collegiate national champion has the resume that should be more than enough to have landed him a contract with the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Instead, the Wisconsin native is still competing outside of the […]
Ben Askren may feel like the kid that is always picked last for kick ball back in elementary school. The undefeated, two-time collegiate national champion has the resume that should be more than enough to have landed him a contract with the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Instead, the Wisconsin native is still competing outside of the […]
ONE FC welterweight Ben Askren was less than impressed with UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey‘s fourth successful title defense against Sara McMann at UFC 170 last night. While a number of fans, fighters and members of the media called the first-round stoppage premature, “Funky” took a stance that directly called out Rousey and UFC […]
ONE FC welterweight Ben Askren was less than impressed with UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey‘s fourth successful title defense against Sara McMann at UFC 170 last night. While a number of fans, fighters and members of the media called the first-round stoppage premature, “Funky” took a stance that directly called out Rousey and UFC […]
After then-Bellator champion Ben Askren was released from his contract with the promotion in November, everyone in the fight game, including “Funky,” assumed a UFC deal was mere moments away. However, that never came to fruition, and the former Olympic-level wrestler signed a two-year, six-fight contract with overseas promotion ONE FC, per MMA Fighting. The […]
After then-Bellator champion Ben Askren was released from his contract with the promotion in November, everyone in the fight game, including “Funky,” assumed a UFC deal was mere moments away. However, that never came to fruition, and the former Olympic-level wrestler signed a two-year, six-fight contract with overseas promotion ONE FC, per MMA Fighting. The […]
LAS VEGAS—Ben Askren, once and perhaps future free-agent welterweight, sits near a waterfall in the massive Venetian casino. He is here, in the sin capital of the world, for the World Mixed Martial Arts Awards, a sort of Academy Awards for the face-punching set that takes place Friday night at the Venetian Theater. For now, […]
LAS VEGAS—Ben Askren, once and perhaps future free-agent welterweight, sits near a waterfall in the massive Venetian casino. He is here, in the sin capital of the world, for the World Mixed Martial Arts Awards, a sort of Academy Awards for the face-punching set that takes place Friday night at the Venetian Theater. For now, […]
Looks like the animosity between Bellator and Ben Askren is a two-way street. At least if Eddie Alvarez has anything to say about it. In a video interview with MMA reporter Ariel Helwani posted Friday to MMAFighting.com, Alvarez, Bellator’s reigning lightweight champ, had some sharp words for Askren, who abdicated his Bellator welterweight belt (and torched […]
Looks like the animosity between Bellator and Ben Askren is a two-way street. At least if Eddie Alvarez has anything to say about it. In a video interview with MMA reporter Ariel Helwani posted Friday to MMAFighting.com, Alvarez, Bellator’s reigning lightweight champ, had some sharp words for Askren, who abdicated his Bellator welterweight belt (and torched […]
MMA Junkie sat down with the now-former Bellator champion Ben Askren. And boy, that guy isn’t happy. The wrestling specialist was famously turned away by the UFC after securing his release from Bellator, and he’s placing the blame squarely on UFC President Dana White. “In all honesty, I think if you put a 15-man tournament […]
MMA Junkie sat down with the now-former Bellator champion Ben Askren. And boy, that guy isn’t happy. The wrestling specialist was famously turned away by the UFC after securing his release from Bellator, and he’s placing the blame squarely on UFC President Dana White. “In all honesty, I think if you put a 15-man tournament […]