{"id":124739,"date":"2015-01-04T16:42:53","date_gmt":"2015-01-05T00:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/?p=124739"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:58:11","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:58:11","slug":"cm-punk-askren-trash-talk-ill-talk-ben","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/cm-punk-askren-trash-talk-ill-talk-ben\/","title":{"rendered":"CM Punk On Askren Trash Talk: &#8220;I&#8217;ll Talk To Ben&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Punk.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Punk.jpg\" alt=\"Punk\" width=\"730\" height=\"512\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-124740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Punk.jpg 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Punk-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Punk-570x400.jpg 570w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Punk-356x250.jpg 356w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Following the announcement of the UFC signing CM Punk, fans, fighters, and former fighters all began giving their take on the situation.<\/p>\n<p>One of the fighters against the signing is Ben Askren, who said the following:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ufc\">@ufc<\/a> sign a fake wrestler, but not an Olympian who is the best WW in the world. Amateur move.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ben Askren (@Benaskren) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Benaskren\/status\/541435768778915840\">December 7, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Ben Askren trains at Roufusport frequently, and coincidentally, CM Punk will also be training there for his UFC debut, something he and Duke Roufus have already apparently discussed.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke at a recent Q&#038;A:<\/p>\n<p><em> &#8220;That&#8217;s one of the things me and Duke [Roufus] talked about.  Ben I think gets the aspect of the fight game, he wears the black hat and he does it well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t think he has a personal problem with me.  I completely understand his point of view. I&#8217;m not an Olympic wrestler, he is. Why wouldn&#8217;t he kind of question that? 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