Ben Askren Said He Picked/Tricked Masvidal into Fighting Him Because He's "Simple" and Easy to Beat

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[Geramack215]

“Going in to the fight with Masvidal, I thought Till was going to win,” Askren told MMA Fighting. “Masvidal was already making excuses so I didn’t really think it was a good possibility of me fighting Masvidal but then when he won, they started looking around at opponents for me and “Wonderboy” lost and Masvidal was the one that made the most sense.

“I just had to goad him into saying yes, which I did, and here we are.”

As for the fight itself, Askren isn’t too worried about what Masvidal brings to the table.

“I think it’s pretty easy,” Askren said of the Masvidal fight. “He’s simple right? He’s got good hands but his wrestling’s not great. His jiu-jitsu’s not great. His strength is not great. His cardio’s not great. So when you break it down like that, it becomes pretty simple.

“To prove I’m the best in the world is the one goal I came back for because I was retired. I think this (fight) puts me closer to that.”

UFC 239 takes place this Saturday, July 6th in Las Vegas.

Ben miscalculated this fight, took Jorge lightly, now Ben is permanently in Funkytown.

 

[Geramack215]

It’s pretty easy to understand. He beats masvidal and he’s closer to a title shot which would prove he’s the best

Easy to understand but sadly did not turn out well for Ben.

 

[Geramack215]

Masvidal skipped 2 UFC media events while Askren went and did his thing with Dana. Askren is so far deep in Masvidals head do you guys remember before and after the Till fight Masvidal kept getting frustrated getting asked questions about him. The mental game is over Askren has this fight no doubts.

Oh but there is doubt, Jorge indeed wants to go to Funkytown!

 

[Yacob]

I understand your point but it simply doesn’t work like that in the fight game.

Calling Adesanya a fraud and a bum after you flatlined him in 5 seconds will not damage you in any way. Quite the opposite. Some will call it classless, others will eat it up, Either way, your stock as a prizefighter is rising. No one will think “shit, maybe Adesanya really was garbage = it wasn’t such a good win”.

Also has to be noted that in this very thread, you were nodding along with Askren as he was calling Masvidal an idiot and easy fight. I mean come on.. a little self-awareness would be nice.

Im not denying i was in the majority who expected a boring hump sesh

But also not on a team. Why grandstand for a dude who's fighting style i absolutely despise just to play some weird political game on a forum? He got ktfo in vicious and hilarious fashion.

I also still think Jorge is kind of an idiot....a wack ass ko doesn't change anything. If we're being really honest that was borderline lucky. But sherdoggers can do the sherdog shit and say it was some woke genius plan to throw a knee at a diving wrestler...gee who woulda thunk to do that?

 

[Uncommon Valor]

Lol.

 

[CPH]

Im not denying i was in the majority who expected a boring hump sesh

But also not on a team. Why grandstand for a dude who's fighting style i absolutely despise just to play some weird political game on a forum? He got ktfo in vicious and hilarious fashion.

I also still think Jorge is kind of an idiot....a wack ass ko doesn't change anything. If we're being really honest that was borderline lucky. But sherdoggers can do the sherdog shit and say it was some woke genius plan to throw a knee at a diving wrestler...gee who woulda thunk to do that?

You’re not on a team ..yet you have a curious double standard regarding calling the opponent ‘a bum’, ‘easy work’, etc.
Whatever. Not going to waste any more time digging through this bowl of pasta.

 

[Yacob]

You’re not on a team ..yet you have a curious double standard regarding calling the opponent ‘a bum’, ‘easy work’, etc.
Whatever. Not going to waste any more time digging through this bowl of pasta.

What double standard?

I didnt stick up for anyone doing that....talking shit before the fight is totally different, you can't take them seriously when they're just selling a fight

 

[El_Diazo]

Easy to understand but sadly did not turn out well for Ben.

Fighting is great. Sometimes you’re the hammer sometimes you’re the nail. Got him with a perfect shot right at the beginning of the fight. I still think that if Ben got a hold of him he’d have won but masvidal pulled off the greatest ko in the ufc

 

[Alanf7]

Only bad thing about this fight is that Askren woke up

Nice