Ben Askren takedown video/Highlights

[Paladin]

If/When Askren comes to the UFC, he'll officially be the most decorated wrestler in the organization (from a folk/freestyle perspective)
-2x D1 champion
-2x D1 runner up
-4x All american
-Mens freestyle champ
-Olympian
-BJJ black belt
-Fila no gi champ

OHHHH WEEEEEE!

Nice ankle picks and single legs

 

[Andreh]

Allow headbutts and you will see wrestlers smashing their upper craniums repeatedly into their opponents faces/noses from top position Mark Coleman style. It works both ways buddy.

Who said headbutts? Search one post of mine saying that. I said about knees on 3 and 4 and soccer kicks only.

 

[Kwic]

vs one of the best to ever roll in BJJ. And yeah I know it's just a light sparring session. But still. Pretty crazy.

 

[DLX]

Not hard to do when all you do is fight cans..

Douglas Lima, Andrei Koreshkov, Karl Amoussou, Jay Heiron = Not cans.

unless you're one of those "They didn't fight in the UFC BRO" guys.

 

[LikeItIs]

His wrestling is great regardless of the fact that his record is effectively a who's who of nobodies and past-their-primes.

http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Ben-Askren-42390

I don't see him faring well in the UFC unless he gets favorable matchups. Give him anyone with decent TDD and he's going to get murked.

 

[ArtemV]

More decorated in freestyle, than someone like Cejudo? Winning the American nationals is nice, but what else has he done in freestyle? Cejudo went all the way in the Olympics, and even Romero got a silver in it. Both are more accomplished freestylers than Askren.

 

[ArtemV]

Douglas Lima, Andrei Koreshkov, Karl Amoussou, Jay Heiron = Not cans.

unless you're one of those "They didn't fight in the UFC BRO" guys.

The first two are not cans, but neither of the four listed can wrestle. at. all.

 

[EmbraceTheGrind]

More decorated in freestyle, than someone like Cejudo? Winning the American nationals is nice, but what else has he done in freestyle? Cejudo went all the way in the Olympics, and even Romero got a silver in it. Both are more accomplished freestylers than Askren.

Cejduo is nice, but NCAA/folk wrestling is far more dominant for mma than freestyle wrestling. What has Cejudo done in the folk scene? Nothing. Ben Askren is the best of both worlds right now. There's a reason Yoel and Cejudo cant hold guys down to save their lives.

 

[DLX]

The first two are not cans, but neither of the four listed can wrestle. at. all.

 

[Snolla]

Anyone who can't see the beauty in Askren's technique is a fucking casual.

 

[BEATDOWNS]

Douglas Lima, Andrei Koreshkov, Karl Amoussou, Jay Heiron = Not cans.

unless you're one of those "They didn't fight in the UFC BRO" guys.

Jay Heiron is not a can? come on man if your going to troll put in a little effort.


lolz

 

[josh345]

Say what you want about his initial shot entries and level changes. But once he gets ahold of you in the upper body or comes up with that low single, your going down to the canvas

 

[Ryoto Machida]

Douglas Lima, Andrei Koreshkov, Karl Amoussou, Jay Heiron = Not cans.

unless you're one of those "They didn't fight in the UFC BRO" guys.

Not cans, but not top level defensive wrestlers either. Hieron was the best wrestler he's fought, and he looked like shit in that fight.

The fact is, in the UFC the time will come where he'll have to prove he has striking chops, and I just don't believe he does.

 

[chuckleknuckle]

Even I could take down the nobody's in that video.


Just joking of course, i didn't watch it. I'm trying to stay awake to dick my girlfriend.

 

[AndrewGolota48]

Cejduo is nice, but NCAA/folk wrestling is far more dominant for mma than freestyle wrestling. What has Cejudo done in the folk scene? Nothing. Ben Askren is the best of both worlds right now. There's a reason Yoel and Cejudo cant hold guys down to save their lives.

I don't think Cejudo ever wrestled in college, he won Olympic Gold at 21. Every situation is different though, Jake Rosholt was even more accomplished than Askren as a collegiate wrestler. Askren is up there with anybody though.

 

[DLX]

Not cans, but not top level defensive wrestlers either. Hieron was the best wrestler he's fought, and he looked like shit in that fight.

The fact is, in the UFC the time will come where he'll have to prove he has striking chops, and I just don't believe he does.

Maybe he'll sink, maybe he'll swim.

LET'S FIND OUT. That's my only concern.

 

[EmbraceTheGrind]

I don't think Cejudo ever wrestled in college, he won Olympic Gold at 21. Every situation is different though, Jake Rosholt was even more accomplished than Askren as a collegiate wrestler. Askren is up there with anybody though.

forgot about jake , i think jakes problem was he was hard headed and never trained with any decent grapplers and he never seemed to go for rides in mma , just went for back takes and what not. When SnyderGOAT joins the ufc he'll officially be the most decorated to enter the uFC (gold medal, 3x d1 champ, world gold medalist)

 

[Ryoto Machida]

forgot about jake , i think jakes problem was he was hard headed and never trained with any decent grapplers and he never seemed to go for rides in mma , just went for back takes and what not. When SnyderGOAT joins the ufc he'll officially be the most decorated to enter the uFC (gold medal, 3x d1 champ, world gold medalist)

What if Sadulaev joins first?