GSP's assessment on Ben Askren. Agree or disagree?

[KazDibiase]

“Ben Askren, I don’t understand why he’s not in UFC, because he’s one of the best welterweights in the world,” St-Pierre said on The MMA Hour via MMA Fighting. “I think it has to do with maybe a problem that he has with Dana White, but he’s one of the best fighters in the world. And if there’s a guy that in my career, for my legacy, that would have been good to fight, it would have been Ben Askren, because he beat everybody. He beat all the guys in Bellator. He beat all the champions outside of the UFC. But unfortunately, I think he had a fallout with Dana and he never had the chance to fight in the UFC. And therefore, his stock never went to the value that it’s supposed to be at,” said St-Pierre, who quickly reminded fight fans that MMA is, after all, a money-making business.

“He’s a guy who’s extremely, extremely talented, a very dangerous guy, but nobody knows who he is because he’s never been exposed to the public. But he’s very good. In order to have a fight with me, I would have liked him to be exposed to the public so his stock goes up, so if I fight him, at least it’s a win-win situation. Otherwise you fight a guy who’s extremely dangerous who nobody cares about, who nobody knows who he is. It’s sad, but that’s the real way to look at it. And the reason why I’m saying that in your interview now is because I want people to be aware of who he is, I want him to have a chance to fight in the UFC, to go fight against the big dogs, the big boys of the sport, and I think he’s in certainly the top five, maybe the top three in the welterweight division.”

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[abiG]

Agree and a superfight with Askren and GSP would be crazy.

 

[beephin]

When the GOAT is saying that Askren needs to be in the UFC, the praise doesn’t get higher than that. GSP knows. Askren really should be given a chance to prove himself against the best.

A serious travesty that Askren will most likely never fight in the UFC.

 

[Workaholic]

I think it was true. Remains to be seen if Askren is still as good as he used to be

But yeah it is sad he didn't sign with the UFC immediately after Bellator, it's sad we didn't get a GSP/Askren fight and it's sad we'll probably never know how he stacks up against the best in the world at WW

Even if he went back to Bellator and fought Rory and rematched Lima at least we could get an idea but I think that ship has also sailed

 

[Cooliox]

classy of GSP to shine some light to Ben Askren's name.

GSP, always classy.

Forever a fan.

 

[LongDongSilver]

if he wont fight Woodley for not being impressive then WTF ??

GSP best bet would be to fight Cain for LHW title since GSP will vacate !!

make Cain vs. Latiffi for vacant belt then GSP vs. Cain LHW !!

 

[Reach4theSky]

a superfight with Askren and GSP would be crazy.

Crazy boring..

 

[trident]

To be honest, Ben didn't really seem to have the best approach to networking with the UFC and making a place for himself there

 

[JackSchtotll]

That is NOT a super fight.

That's GSP trying to hype a fight he can win, instead of fighting legit killers in the UFC.

He should also share that cure for colitis with the world.

 

[DatSamboKid]

Agreed. Askren could arguably be WW champ right now.

 

[Death By Samson]

I agree completely.

I think that it also has to do with Dana simply not liking Askren's style. He knows that it is incredibly effective and that he could beat most of the WW's on the roster but he does not view it as "fan friendly".

 

[Dbreiden83080]

Why is he not in the UFC? Because he and Dana don’t like each other? Dana has employed countless fighters he did not like, some He was actively feuding with when they were in the company.

 

[Dbreiden83080]

I agree completely.

I think that it also has to do with Dana simply not liking Askren's style. He knows that it is incredibly effective and that he could beat most of the WW's on the roster but he does not view it as "fan friendly".

He has a ridiculously unfan friendly champion in that division right now. Shields never had a fan friendly style and he signed. Doesn’t make sense.

 

[Death By Samson]

He has a ridiculously unfan friendly champion in that division right now. Shields never had a fan friendly style and he signed. Doesn’t make sense.

He has not been at all shy about bitching about Woodley and his style. And he got rid of Shields.

 

[aali14]

Wonder what Askren's reaction to this would be, guy only has negative things to GSP.

 

[Magooglie]

Ben vs. Colby Covington!

 

[ÜnderLand]

Ben Askren is a talented wrestler turned MMA fighter, no doubt, but OMG watching him wrestle-smoother guys for the Win made watching GSP wrestle-smoother fights downright exciting.

Talented: Yes. World-class: Probably. Could kick my ass: Oh, most definitely. Exciting: well..let's ask Mr. White. And maybe this will explain why Mr. Askren has yet to enter the UFC.

This is an actual twitter quote from Dana White:
"@thefightweek@benaskren when ambien can't sleep it takes Ben Askren. The most boring fighter in MMA history. I would rather watch flys f**k"

 

[Pitier of Fools]

That's one of the easiest fights GSP could get. A one-dimensional wrestler....really, Georges?

 

[Kingz]

GSP does know why Askren isn’t in the UFC and so does everyone else who pays attention and isn’t a shill.

They ducked him when he was available.

 

[keyboard fights]

Fist off buy some glasses so you don't have to use such a big font. Second i agree with what GSP said.