Ben Askren and Nate Diaz
Ben Askren has been taunting ‘West Coast Gangster’ Nate Diaz on Twitter
Ben Askren wants a piece of Nate Diaz. ‘Funky’ who retired from the sport of mixed martial arts a couple of years ago, has expressed his desire to fight Nate Diaz.
Diaz, who has just one fight left in his UFC contract has lined up a few opponents in his mind, and Askren is definitely not one of them.
However, the two crossed paths on Twitter after Askren stated in an interview with Lex Fridman that YouTuber-turned-Professional Boxer Jake Paul is pretty good at Boxing.
Diaz, wasn’t impressed with Askren’s comments and the two then went back and forth. ‘The Stockton Slugger’ hit out at Askren calling out his ‘poor Boxing.’
In the wake of this, Askren wrote on Twitter:
“Nate is right, I suck at boxing. He sucks at MMA. If he wants me to prove it I can be in the USADA pool tomorrow. Would be happy to be the last fight on his contract.”
Askren had an impeccable MMA record before coming to the UFC. He had dominated ONE Championship and Bellator MMA prior to that.
Having won and successfully defended the welterweight belts at ONE Championship and Bellator MMA a number of times, Askren made his UFC debut on the 2nd of March, 2019 at UFC 235.
He took on Robbie Lawler and beat the veteran after himself being almost beaten. That was his 19th successive win in his career. A record of 19-0.
Then came Jorge Masvidal at UFC 239. 5 seconds was all it took for ‘Gamebred’ to finish Askren.
Another loss against Demian Maia followed and that was it. A serious hip injury all but ended Askren’s career.
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