Will the UFC warm to Askren after the Abbasov fight?

I like Askren. He's not boring at all. He's actively trying to advance position.

Dana doesn't like him because Askren had the nerve to ask for a good pay day to fight for the UFC. Fat baldy actually said something like ge comes in here, wants to make a lot of money.

Yeah, he should live in poverty like 80% of the roster.
 
Dana doesn't like him and doesn't want to deal with him. I think it's that simple. Dana is happy to let him toil away in relative obscurity.
 
Dana doesn't like him because

Dana doesn't dislike Askren. Dana is a shoot from the hip guy who often tells you exactly what he thinks but he's also a businessman first and, in the case of rival promotions and fighters he's negotiating with, everything is bullshit.
 
I think it changes nothing, and nothing will change after the other 5 nobodies he will beat.
 
I respectfully disagree. A win over Fitch or Burkman would have done a lot more for him than dominating Abbasov, who even though was on a nine fight streak, doesn't even have a wiki page. I know Shields and Palhares were still signed with the UFC when he made his decision, but a win over either of them would have been huge too. WSOF also would have kept him on TV instead of some obscure internet PPV.
At the time, the UFC stated publicly that they had no interest in signing him. Now, if you're Askren, you have a choice. Join a promotion like WSOF that might potentially lead to a shot at the UFC, where you'll fight potentially dangerous people that are, at best, past stars and past potential stars. You run the risk of the UFC continuing not to have any interest in you, because your name doesn't mean anything in the US, in the UFC's eyes.

Add to that, WSOF is a lateral movement at best, a lower-tier league than Bellator at worst. Not to mention, that any mention of your name is still going to have the * next to it in a lot of fans eyes, because you're not fighting in the UFC. Add on-top of that, that the UFC's maneuvering is clearly political, not actually relating to your true skillset and records. Even more, you have zero leveraging ability when the UFC does decide that you're worthwhile, because all the hype you had from being the Bellator champion will have died out.

As opposed to a promotion where you will make equal or more money, be a centerpiece of the promotion in an expanding market, have virtually no chance of losing or tarnishing your name and build your market value in the Asian market, a place where the UFC desperately wants to expand into. There's some of negatives of WSOF, but a lot more benefits beyond potentially getting your reputation a little bit higher, even when it should have already been enough. There's more leveraging power, simply because if he builds his name in the Asian market to a good enough point, he can headline Asian-centered shows.

I think he made the right business decision, if he's in it to make as much money as possible. If he's thinking about his legacy, maybe not so much.
 
Shields, Fitch and Palhares are way better than anyone Askren ever fought

Not so fast.

Shields, Fitch, and Palhares are all top 15 or so. Well, Fitch isn't. But the others probably are.

Well, Hornbuckle (#15), Hieron (#11), and Lima (#13) were, too.

http://www.fightmatrix.com/historic...ated-historical-rankings/?Issue=66&Division=4

http://www.fightmatrix.com/historic...ated-historical-rankings/?Issue=72&Division=4

http://www.fightmatrix.com/historic...ated-historical-rankings/?Issue=74&Division=4
 
Not so fast.

Shields, Fitch, and Palhares are all top 15 or so. Well, Fitch isn't. But the others probably are.

Well, Hornbuckle (#15), Hieron (#11), and Lima (#13) were, too.

http://www.fightmatrix.com/historic...ated-historical-rankings/?Issue=66&Division=4

http://www.fightmatrix.com/historic...ated-historical-rankings/?Issue=72&Division=4

http://www.fightmatrix.com/historic...ated-historical-rankings/?Issue=74&Division=4
But.. but there's no talent outside of the UFC. Nevermind that non-UFC centric mindset that not all UFC fighters have to be ranked for doing decent in the UFC. Dana said they're all bums.
 
But.. but there's no talent outside of the UFC. Nevermind that non-UFC centric mindset that not all UFC fighters have to be ranked for doing decent in the UFC. Dana said they're all bums.

I know bro. Dana would never lie.
 
Yeah he said that after a meeting where he tried to sign him but Askren's $ demands were not remotely in the ballpark of what the UFC was offering.

Askren met with Lorenzo and said it went well, and then the next day his manager got a call saying that Dana didn't want to sign him.
 
If you have been lookin for it all day like me, you can rest now because I found it on Dailymotion. Just search "Askren debiut w ONE FC".

After this performance, do you think the UFC will begin to warm to the idea of him in the octagon?

Total domination (while not always the most exciting) is a science. What do you think?

Askren is such a monster, it is a shame Dana is a loser who doesn't understand grappling. Askren in the UFC would be awesome! I think he is hilarious and it would be funny to see him clown on the mic in the UFC after he destroys someone.
 
If you have been lookin for it all day like me, you can rest now because I found it on Dailymotion. Just search "Askren debiut w ONE FC".

After this performance, do you think the UFC will begin to warm to the idea of him in the octagon?

Total domination (while not always the most exciting) is a science. What do you think?
the guy he fought wasnt even in the top 100...
 
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