Ben Askren Roasted by Daniel Cormier

[ReadWrite]

“Listen, I love Ben, he’s my boy, but I don’t know,” Cormier said. “There was a point that I was scared — I was like ‘Ben’s about to be a world champion.’ He was undefeated, he beat Robbie Lawler. I was [thinking]: ‘This dude’s about to be a world champion and he doesn’t even know how to fight.’"

“He was out there with Demian Maia. I’ve seen Demian Maia fight for like 15 years, and I’ve never seen him out-strike somebody like that. Dude’s just out-striking Ben Askren.”

Cormier was then asked why he didn’t offer to help Askren develop his striking.

“He doesn’t listen,” he laughed. “Ben knows everything.”

 

[Benoitthegr8]

 

[lsa]

 

[Khabib Fan]

Well, of course he doesn't listen. He became world champ with no one's help.

 

[BlessedSoldier]

Went 20-0 against decent competition and made it to the big leagues but doesn’t know how to fight? Dude was way past his prime anyway

Ask Robbie Lawler, Lima, Aoki and Koreshcov if Askren can fight

 

[Metro]

Askren's biggest career highlight in one gif.

And to think some people claimed at one point that Askren was the guy to beat GSP.

 

[thinkandbeslim]

Bearing in mind that Mark Schultz fought in UFC 9 back in 1996, it is funny how Askren was hyped as having a pedigree of elite freestyle wrestling that had never been seen before in the UFC.

It is not as Ben had anything except his wrestling. At least Ronda worked on her striking.

A kickboxing match between Askren and CM Punk would surely have been competitive.

 

[MMA since 1993]

Fake ass cormier as usual... always giving backhanded compliments.

"I love this dude", then proceeds to insult his whole career.

I don't even like askren.

 

[ftpngo]

I don't know how you could watch the lawler fight and think that Ben is about to be world champion

 

[Reydereyes]

Fedor got knocked out by a middleweight, does that take away from his legacy or his overall greatness? No it doesn't.
Askren knows how to fight, he beat a lot of good fighters and was undefeated for a very long time.
Yes he is out of his prime and got knocked out by a great striker in Masvidal and got subbed by one of the best bjj specialists of all time, no shame in either of those losses.
Ben Askren is still at least a top 10 all time welterweight.

 

[JBJISGOAT]

 

[ZOD66]

He did not have Cain in his training so he can copy his fighting style and win something like DC done

 

[josephsjoseph]

idk if ben is actually a know it all i think he started to late and did it more to test his wrestling than anything. if he doesn't actually realize his striking isnt that good thats strange

 

[TimberGhost]

Ben Askren is still at least a top 10 all time welterweight.

lol, yeah OK Ben

 

[logistix]

Say what you say about Ben, but it was fun while it lasted.
Yeah he didn't do that well in the UFC, but wins over Koreshkov and Lima definitely mean something.
Those two are no joke and are world class WWs.

 

[thinkandbeslim]

Yes he is out of his prime and got knocked out by a great striker in Masvidal and got subbed by one of the best bjj specialists of all time, no shame in either of those losses.

I think what DC meant was that Askren never developed all-around MMA skills and relied absolutely totally on his wrestling in order to win. Obviously it worked up so a certain point (beating Lima was an awesome win) but it was always only going to work up to a certain point, after which his limitations were exposed ala Ronda when she fought Holm and Nunes.

 

[Anung Un Rama]

Throwing shade at Maia, too...

 

[CBohl]

Clearly Cormier has never seen K1 Maia in action

What a casual.

 

[Metro]

I don't know how you could watch the lawler fight and think that Ben is about to be world champion

True.

Tbh, he probably got more brain damage in the first 30 seconds of the Lawler fight than he's gotten throughout his entire career in the minor leagues.

 

[KingBeef]

A kickboxing match between Askren and CM Punk would surely have been competitive.

God level striking.