There is a lot of talk about the upcoming Battle of Ben Askren in UFC. Dana White has something to say about it, which is that he is working on a rematch between Ben Askern and Robbie Lawler. “Funky” debut in Octagon earlier this month on UFC 235 defeated former weight champion Robbie Lawler ended up in a controversial final.
Ben managed to contain a Bulldog guillotine, and held Ruby. When the Lawler seemed to be beside himself, Herb Dean stopped the battle, but the former champion was not unconscious at all. It was a battle full of excitement, with a lot of expectations that definitely deserved a rematch. But he said Askren has other plans.
The welter flew to London last week to attend a question-and-answer session of UFC London to face off the winner of the match between Jorge Massvidal and Darren Tell. The American wanted to fight with this Till because of his bad blood between the two on social media.
When “gamebred” Ko the English, Masvidal asked to fight for the belt against the Kamaru Usman.
But we’ll probably see him facing Leon Edwards after fighting in the wings between them after the event. Ben left a challenge open to anyone in the list of the top 10 people they would like to face with the exception of his friend Tyron Woodley.
Looks like Askren’s not going to fight the battles he’s looking for right now. You could consider him in his arguments with Dana White for years. In an interview with Yahoo Sports, White said this is not the case. He even likes to be an enterprise worker:
“Askren has been fun. This guy is smart, funny, he likes to mix in everything in a fun and different way. So it has been good. I’m glad you’re here. Time is everything in life and this was the time for Ben Askren this in UFC.
In spite of everything, that was not enough to rule out a rematch with Robbie Lawler.
White confirmed that the UFC would finalize the rematch. Where you have many reasons to do it:
“I’m trying to make a rematch with Lawler,” White said. “First of all, that fight was incredible, fun, it was controversial but it is the fight that has to be made right now . It is terrible when there is that controversy. That’s the fight we want to make. ”
Many fans will agree with Dana in this case. “Funky” has a future ahead, and was ranked sixth in the UFC welterweight ranking.
But he must leave behind the controversy of Lawler’s fight before moving on. White told Yahoo Sports
“I’m trying to make the [Robbie] Lawler rematch,” White said. “First of all, that fight was awesome, it was fun, it was controversial but it’s the fight to make right now. It’s terrible when that [controversy] happens. That’s the fight we want to make.”
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