{"id":130946,"date":"2015-02-25T11:11:40","date_gmt":"2015-02-25T19:11:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=130946"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:47:41","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:47:41","slug":"askren-king-lay-pray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/askren-king-lay-pray\/","title":{"rendered":"Askren: &#8216;I am the king of lay and pray&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/askren-jones-stop-fake-douche\/ben-askren1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-127497\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/BEN-ASKREN1.png\" alt=\"BEN ASKREN1\" width=\"484\" height=\"252\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-127497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/BEN-ASKREN1.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/BEN-ASKREN1-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/BEN-ASKREN1-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/BEN-ASKREN1-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 484px) 100vw, 484px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ben Askren is widely believed to be one of, if not the single best, welterweight outside of the UFC.  Askren, the ONE FC champion, is most well known for his very elite level wrestling skills.<\/p>\n<p>When a fan proposed a fight between Askren and former UFC welterweight kingpin Georges St. Pierre to find out who the &#8220;king of the lay and pray&#8221; is, Askren had no doubts.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheRajinCajun\">@TheRajinCajun<\/a>: I&#39;d like to see <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Benaskren\">@Benaskren<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GeorgesStPierre\">@GeorgesStPierre<\/a> fight one day. To see who&#39;s king of the lay and pray.\u201d I am<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ben Askren (@Benaskren) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Benaskren\/status\/570344891781226496\">February 24, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ben Askren is widely believed to be one of, if not the single best, welterweight outside of the UFC. Askren, the ONE FC champion, is most well known for his very elite level wrestling skills. 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