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He would have finished Sobotta, Pawel, Cedenblad & Jotko back to back to back to back in the same night. And would have been more exciting than those 2 mediocre crap fights.
Nah. Askren made the right choice. He can build up some name recognition in the East Asian MMA market, where the UFC is looking to expand. He can headline cards in that area and allow the company to break new territory. Askren made the better decision, imo, as long as he keeps winning.
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".
He'll be there at some point, there's no competition for him at LW/WW outside of the UFC.
Askren is not in the UFC because of a ridiculous Dana White/Bjorn Rebney dick-waving contest. Has nothing to do with his fighting style.
Nah. Askren made the right choice. He can build up some name recognition in the East Asian MMA market, where the UFC is looking to expand. He can headline cards in that area and allow the company to break new territory. Askren made the better decision, imo, as long as he keeps winning.
Lol at the number of people blaming Dana for not signing Askren. There's not a button that says "sign fighter" Dana can push. It's a negotiation and Askren was asking for more money than the UFC thought he was worth. And more money than Bellator thought he was worth.
Shields, Fitch and Palhares are way better than anyone Askren ever fought
Askren has a contract. UFC can't do anything until then.
Askren has a contract. UFC can't do anything until then.
Dana flatly stated he wasn't interested in signing Ben at all. "He's just not my kind of guy." were his exact words. Dana didn't sign him because he's a boring wrestler and he was pissed at Bellator. It wasn't a financial issue.