Ben Askren of the US, poses at a gym in Phnom Penh on May 15, 2014. Askren visited Cambodia on May 15, as part of his five city Asia media workout tour to talk about his upcoming fight. Askren will make his ONE Fighting Championship (ONE FC) mixed martial arts debut in the main event of ONE FC: HONOR & GLORY, which is set to take place in Singapore on May 30. He will be facing top European contender Bakhtiyar Abbasov in a bout set to pit two of the best welterweights in the world against each other, according to ONE FC. AFP PHOTO/TANG CHHIN SOTHY (Photo credit should read TANG CHHIN SOTHY/AFP via Getty Images)
Ben Askren and Jake Paul are to meet in a boxing match later this year
MMA star Ben Askren is leading the charge to take Jake Paul down and brought up a hilarious comment too.
While Paul has been speaking with many media outlets, including ESPN, the same will be done by Askren as well.
Paul hit out at Askren suggesting that the YouTuber could be knocked out in the seventh round. The YouTuber claimed that Askren had no chance of getting any hits in, since he wasn’t a trained boxer. Paul also brought up his boxing record, which is 2-0.
The YouTuber is also training with Jorge Masvidal, the man who famously knocked Askren out in five seconds. That remains the fastest KO in UFC history and also handed Askren his first MMA loss.
Funky, as Ben is called, didn’t remain the same after his loss. He hasn’t fought in a while and it will be interesting to see how this clash could go.
While Paul has been sending bombs to Askren, Funky has decided to fire back in his own way.
Askren posted a video of him training with a jump rope and he brought up a famous Muhammad Ali quote.
However, he added a second line to it and it made fun of Paul:
Askren also brought up another fact that he pushed. Apparently, both the Paul brothers, Jake and Logan, trained at the Askren wrestling academy when they were young.
Askren shared an edited image of the pair and even promised to sign their shirts:
The fight has certainly caught the attention of many but some fans aren’t happy why Askren accepted the call out.
Paul isn’t a proper boxer and there is a real chance that Askren could lose given that it isn’t an MMA fight.
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