Tag Archives: Ben Askren

Chael Sonnen might just have figured out exactly why UFC president Dana White was quick to shut down talk of a matchup between Jorge Masvidal and Conor McGregor. White managed to catch quite a few headlines when he told TMZ that he had no interest in setting up a fight between these two men – citing the size difference between them as …

Kevin Lee spoke during a recent interview with Submission Radio about his hopes to secure a showdown with Ben Askren in the future.  Lee’s start to life in the welterweight division didn’t exactly get off the smoothest of starts as he found himself on the losing side upon facing Rafael dos Anjos in his debut. Speaking during a recent appearance …

Gunnar Nelson has recently spoken about the possibility of a showdown with the former Bellator and ONE Championship welterweight king Ben Askren. Nelson’s last outing saw him turn in a pretty underwhelming effort against streaking contender Leon Edwards in a fight that saw his lack of versatility and aggression prove to be the difference at UFC London. Now, with a …

Jorge Masvidal had a very interesting response to those who criticised him for his follow-up shots and subsequent taunting of his opponent Ben Askren. Masvidal, who is now the owner of the fastest KO in UFC history, vaulted towards Funky as soon as the opening bell rang, his knee colliding directly with the dome of the famed wrestler, ending his …

Ben Askren has given his thoughts on his stunning first-round defeat at the hands of Jorge Masvidal on the UFC 239 main-card. The word ‘stunning’ is one that is thrown around a lot of in this sport but once Jorge Masvidal put on one of the year’s most anticipated fights to bed before we’d even caught our breath, there were …

UFC 239 was one of the best fight-cards we’ll have the pleasure of witnessing for quite some time and with that in mind, here are fifteen things we learned after all was said and done in the T-Mobile Arena last night. Jon Jones is still very much human  Jones did just enough to edge out the decision over the powerful …

Israel Adesanya was in the middle of doing some backstage media work when he witnessed Jorge Masvidal’s incredible five-second KO of Ben Askren at UFC 239. All things considered, UFC 239 lived up to its billing in every sense of the word. With a main-card that produced some soon-to-be-iconic moments, by far the biggest shock of the night came about …

Jorge Masvidal scored the fastest knockout in the history of the UFC with an absolutely stunning flying knee KO of Ben Askren. And what an incredible finish it was. The previous holder of the record for the fastest KO time in the UFC Duane Ludwig had every reason to believe that his own six-second record would be safe for quite …

UFC 239 is now just a matter of hours away and at the event’s media day, the fighters involved faced off for the penultimate time before fight-night. UFC 239 is shaping up to be one of the year’s finest events, with a mixture of certified action fighters, upper-tier talents, and elite prospects on display from start-to-finish. Today’s weigh-ins will stand …

Jorge Masvidal and Ben Askren will collide on the UFC 239 main-card in a matchup that could well single out one as the next challenger to Kamaru Usman’s throne. And while it would have perhaps seemed like Colby Covington’s shot at the belt was set in stone given his status as the division’s one-time interim-champ, I don’t think anyone is …

Ben Askren’s UFC debut against the former UFC champion Robbie Lawler was one of the most remarkable fights of the year for many reasons. The meeting of the former Bellator and ONE champion Askren and the legendary former UFC champ Lawler was a fight that delivered on its intrigue with one of the most memorable fights we’ve seen in some …

Ben Askren seems completely unconcerned about the threats that his UFC 239 opponent Jorge Masvidal will be able to present to him this weekend. And to be honest, he has every reason to be confident. Unbeaten and relatively unscathed in his stellar career before joining the UFC, Askren’s first taste of major danger, of course, came during his UFC 235 …

UFC 239 fight-week is now upon us and with just a matter of days to go until things get underway, here’s the event’s full fight-card. Let’s keep our fingers crossed that nothing changes here but as things stand, UFC 239 is perhaps the best fight-card of the year. The UFC always bust out the big guns when International Fight Weeks …

Paulie Malignaggi has taken aim at two of MMA’s most outspoken athletes after the pair made comments about boxing in the wake of BKFC 6’s main-event. Artem Lobov left the world of combat sports in a collective state of shock when he managed to get his hand raised against the former champion boxer Malignaggi after five rounds in the bareknuckle …

Ben Askren has expressed his hope that Jorge Masvidal doesn’t do anything brash backstage that could put the pair’s fight on UFC 239 in jeopardy. Masvidal was fresh off of the biggest win of his career to date, stopping Liverpool’s Darren Till in front of a crowd of his countrymen in the UFC London main-event earlier this year. In the …

Ben Askren has named the five most effective MMA wrestlers in the UFC, citing a mixture of past and present within those he sees as the elite in the sport. Askren has been nothing short of a revelation since joining the UFC. Despite having only fought once, his UFC 235 promotional debut against Robbie Lawler, he has become one of …

To those in know, there was a certain inevitability to the result in the Beat The Streets NYC headlining showcase between Jordan Burroughs and Ben Askren.  Both men had represented Team USA in the Olympic Games in the past, but each of these world-class athletes had taken a very different career trajectory in the time since. While one made the …

Jordan Burroughs has paid respect to the man he shared the mats with at Beat The Streets NYC, the UFC superstar and former Olympian, Ben Askren. In many ways, it was the coming together of two worlds – joined by the presence of one of modern wrestling’s past icons, the current UFC #5-ranked welterweight Askren. Those who knew what they …