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Former UFC fighter Ben Askren is likely done competing in MMA unless a fight with an old rival becomes available in the Octagon. Askren shut the door on a return to combat sports following a boxing loss to Jake Paul last year. He retired from MMA follo…
Former UFC fighter Ben Askren is likely done competing in MMA unless a fight with an old rival becomes available in the Octagon. Askren shut the door on a return to combat sports following a boxing loss to Jake Paul last year. He retired from MMA following a loss to Demian Maia in Oct. 2019….
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Ben Askren says a rematch of his UFC 239 bout with Jorge Masvidal is the only thing that would bring him out of retirement. The former ONE welterweight world champion made his way to the UFC following a first-of-its-kind blockbuster trade that sent former UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson to the Asia-based promotion. After successful […]
Ben Askren says a rematch of his UFC 239 bout with Jorge Masvidal is the only thing that would bring him out of retirement.
The former ONE welterweight world champion made his way to the UFC following a first-of-its-kind blockbuster trade that sent former UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson to the Asia-based promotion. After successful runs in Bellator MMA and ONE that saw the Iowa native amass an impressive 18-0-1 record, Ben Askren made his promotional debut at UFC 235 against Octagon legend ‘Ruthless’ Robbie Lawler.
‘Funky’ made quick work of Lawler, dispatching him in the first round via submission. Already on the short-list for potential title contenders, Askren was paired up with Masvidal at UFC 239. As the opening bell rang, ‘Gamebred’ came sprinting out of his corner, delivering a massive flying knee that caught Askren perfectly, immediately rendering him unconscious just five seconds into the contest. It would become the fastest knockout in UFC history and the clip quickly went viral.
Ben Askren would only have one more fight inside the Octagon, a losing effort against Demian Maia just three months after his brutal knockout loss to Masvidal. In a recent response to a question on Twitter about how he sees a potential rematch going, ‘Funky’ stated that running back their brief UFC 239 encounter is the only thing that would bring him out of retirement.
“It’s the only thing that I would come out of retirement for,” Askren tweeted.
Following Leon Edwards‘ shocking fifth-round head kick knockout of Kamaru Usman at UFC 278, division rival Jorge Masvidal has been angling himself for a potential title shot. Of course, Masvidal and Edwards have a history. It was a little over three years ago that the two had a scuffle backstage at an event in the UK where ‘Gamebred’ delivered his famous “three-piece and a soda.” The two were scheduled to finally square off at UFC 269 in December, but Masvidal withdrew due to an injury.
Now that Edwards is the UFC’s welterweight champion, Masvidal looks to rekindle their rivalry and cash in. Ben Askren called out ‘Gamebred’ on Twitter for his desperate attempts to lobby for a fight with Edwards now that he is the holder of the gold.
“Been off the grid camping….. why is not getting a title shot off 3 losses in a row a controversial opinion,” Askren said on Twitter before following up with two more Tweets.
“Also I would rather be a has-been than a never was.”
“Lastly you can’t avoid someone for 3 years then try to pick a fight once they get a belt.”
Ben Askren criticizes former opponent Jorge Masvidal for attempting to get a title shot against Leon Edwards. With Leon Edwards’ historic win over Kamaru Usman came with it a new chapter in the welterweight division, refreshing the contenders after Usman almost ran out of challengers. One man throwing his name in the conversation is BMF […]
Ben Askren criticizes former opponent Jorge Masvidal for attempting to get a title shot against Leon Edwards.
With Leon Edwards’ historic win over Kamaru Usman came with it a new chapter in the welterweight division, refreshing the contenders after Usman almost ran out of challengers.
One man throwing his name in the conversation is BMF champion, Jorge Masvidal. ‘Gamebred’ has already challenged twice for the welterweight title, falling short both times to Usman, but now Edwards is champion he sees it as an opportunity to fight for gold again.
Edwards and Masvidal have a history that dates back to March of 2019 when, after both of their respective wins, the pair would clash backstage.
After a verbal exchange, Masvidal would walk with his hands behind his back and before striking Edwards several times in the face, spawning the phrase ‘three piece and a soda’.
A former opponent of Masvidal, Ben Askren, reacted to Masvidal’s campaigning for a title shot.
“Been off the grid camping…..” Tweeted Askren. “Why is not getting a title shot off 3 losses in a row a controversial opinion.”
“Also I would rather be a has been than a never was.”
“Lastly you can’t avoid someone for 3 years then try to pick a fight once they get a belt.”
Askren and Masvidal also have some history, the pair were matched up in July of 2019 and things really began to heat up between them. The pair would exchange verbal barbs, with Masvidal seemingly taking it rather personally and when they came face to face for the first time it, the dislike was obvious.
Ultimately Masvidal would KO Askren in five seconds with a flying knee, producing one of the greatest knockouts of all time.
48 hours before his now iconic flying knee against Ben Askren, Jorge Masvidal was filmed practising that exact move in training
What does @GamebredFighter have up his sleeve for #UFC251?
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UFC welterweight Kevin Holland has hit back after former Bellator and ONE champion Ben Askren suggested that his crime-fighting spree may have been staged. While Holland is still an ever-present figure in the Octagon and has even found success in recen…
UFC welterweight Kevin Holland has hit back after former Bellator and ONE champion Ben Askren suggested that his crime-fighting spree may have been staged. While Holland is still an ever-present figure in the Octagon and has even found success in recent times with a two-fight win streak at 170 pounds, it’s perhaps time to stop…
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Ben Askren has a conspiracy theory about UFC star Kevin Holland’s recent vigilantism. Askren was recently interviewed by The Schmo and discussed Holland’s recent acts of heroism. The former UFC star suggested he has a conspiracy theory that Holland is paying people to commit crimes so he can be a vigilante. “Part of me almost…
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Ben Askren has a conspiracy theory about UFC star Kevin Holland’s recent vigilantism.
Askren was recently interviewed by The Schmo and discussed Holland’s recent acts of heroism. The former UFC star suggested he has a conspiracy theory that Holland is paying people to commit crimes so he can be a vigilante.
“Part of me almost thinks, and this is my conspiracy theorist side, like, is he just paying people to act wild so he can be this vigilante? Because what [are the] chances? Listen, I have now lived for 37 years, Schmo.
“I have never witnessed a crime in action and then tracking someone down. I haven’t ever seen it happen. Now, he’s had like four [instances]. How is this possible?”
Holland has been stopping crimes in the Houston area for the past several months. Back in October, Holland chased away a potential car thief, who he held down until police arrived. He also stopped a gunman with a rear-naked choke this past March.
A few months later, Holland assisted an 18-wheel driver whose truck flipped and needed medical attention. This past week, just before his fight at UFC Austin, Holland helped a store manager retrieve some stolen perfume bottles from a shoplifter.
UFC President Dana White even recently said he has no problem with Holland continuing his acts of vigilantism, as long as he doesn’t get hurt in the process.
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UFC welterweight contender Jorge Masvidal could be turning to a “Funky” source in order to improve his wrestling abilities. After a trio of memorable victories in 2019 and a rapid rise to stardom, Masvidal held the ceremonial ‘BMF’ title and was seen as a serious threat to the 170-pound throne. Now three fights later and…
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UFC welterweight contender Jorge Masvidal could be turning to a “Funky” source in order to improve his wrestling abilities.
After a trio of memorable victories in 2019 and a rapid rise to stardom, Masvidal held the ceremonial ‘BMF’ title and was seen as a serious threat to the 170-pound throne. Now three fights later and “Gamebred” is on the biggest losing skid of his career and outside the divisional top five.
The one thing that’s stalled his charge towards gold in the welterweight division? Wrestling…
In his first championship challenge at UFC 251 in 2020, Masvidal was thoroughly controlled for five rounds by Kamaru Usman. After a brutal knockout in their rematch last April, the Miami native’s grappling flaws were on display once more last month at UFC 272.
Against arch-rival Colby Covington, the now-#8 contender was comfortably beaten on the scorecards due to the much-superior wrestling game of “Chaos.” With the main hole in his game clear to see, “Gamebred” is focusing on how he can plug it.
During a recent appearance on Logan Paul’s Impaulsive podcast, Masvidal insisted his hunger to succeed in the cage hasn’t dissipated, and that he just needs to address the singular issue he believes is preventing him from fulfilling his goals.
When asked what he plans on doing to resolve his deficiencies in the wrestling department, the 37-year-old’s response included a potential trip to Pennsylvania and a schedule comprising of wrestling, wrestling, and more wrestling.
“There’s different ways to go about it, but the best program in the country currently for the last 10 years is Penn State,” said Masvidal. “I got some good friends over there, so I’m gonna go spend some time in Pennsylvania, just wrestle in the morning, wrestle at night, and stay doing that. Because I don’t feel like I have to work on my boxing—not to be cocky—for any time. It’s there in my system. I just gotta sharpen it up before the fight. So one of my main plans right now is go wrestle, man, day and night and see what comes out of it…
“I don’t know how long that gym’s gonna take me,” Masvidal continued. “I don’t know if I’m gonna go over there six months, I don’t know if I’m gonna go over there six weeks that I get that breakthrough, but I know it’ll come from just being in there. That’s my plan.”
When the idea of a potential intervention from former opponent and wrestling extraordinaire Ben Askren was mentioned, Masvidal laughed and jokingly asked for the retired mixed martial artist’s hourly rate.
“Ben, if you’re hearing this, what’s up? I can hire you, buddy! [LAUGHS] How much are your private lessons an hour, bud?”
Masvidal and Askren shared the Octagon back at UFC 239 in 2019. After some heated back and forth during fight week, the anticipation was high for their collision. After just five seconds, the bout was over and “Gamebred” had made history by recording the fastest knockout in UFC history.
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While the former Bellator and ONE champion believes he’d have utilized his wrestling to comfortably dispatch Masvidal had he not been the victim of a freak KO, “Gamebred” seemingly begs to differ.
Drifting away from jest, Masvidal provided a serious response to the idea of improving his ground game with the help of Askren, admitting he’d love to go toe-to-toe with “Funky” on the mats.
“You know, I would actually love to wrestle with Ben in a competition. No, like straight wrestling, I would do it,” said Masvidal. I’m gonna go sharpen up my tools. I mean, he is a two-time national champion, Olympic alternate. I would definitely fuckin’ do it. I would grapple him for some monetary value.”
While he went on to credit Askren’s abilities on the ground, Masvidal suggested he firmly has the edge when it comes to speed and reflexes. With that in mind, “Gambred” believes he’d “slam him on his head” before Askren would have the chance to take a potential match to the ground.
“He’s a better wrestler than me, undisputedly. But I am 10 times the athlete that guy will ever be,” claimed Masvidal. “Like, speed, power, all that shit…with the fast-twitch muscles, with the reflexes, he’s not that guy. Now when it comes to the scrambling, positioning, and endurance, he’s fuckin’ phenomenal. As much as I can’t stand his ass, he didn’t win those two national championships for nothing. He can scramble and he has, in some departments, unlimited endurance.
“But shit, if I prepared for him for a five-minute match, I’m at least slamming him on his head twice,” added Masvidal. “I’ll pick his ass up. He can’t stop me from picking him up. Now when we hit the ground, shit could be a little different, but I’ll slam him on his head at least twice, man.”
Askren hasn’t been in action since a defeat to YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul in the boxing ring last year. Perhaps the chance to exact revenge on Masvidal in his wrestling wheelhouse could entice him back to action…
How do you think a wrestling match between Jorge Masvidal and Ben Askren would play out?
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