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As it stands right now, labeling the career of undefeated Bellator and ONE\u00a0 welterweight champion, Ben Askren a “mystery” wouldn’t feel very outrageous. How so? Everyone who has ever seen Askren fight can see how very clearly talented he was and is. The mystery just remains, “exactly how good was he?”<\/p>\n

Askren capped off his eighteen fight career in November fighting for ONE Championships and never stepping foot into a UFC octagon. Despite making it clear he’s retired, Askren has still left the door open to a possibility. Proving he truly was the best regardless of whether he fought for the UFC or not. To do so, Askren believes he must face one of the greatest of all time across all weight classes, Georges St-Pierre<\/a>. Askren made a bold prediction when speaking with MMAJunkie<\/a> today:<\/p>\n

\u201cMy main motivation is to prove I\u2019m #1 in the world. I think it will happen, at the Bell Centre (in Montreal). Me vs. \u2018GSP,\u2019 probably somewhere in late 2019\u2026 I don\u2019t need to make any more money from fighting, and there\u2019s only one thing left to prove. I\u2019ve been\u00a0 #1 for the past five years, and I\u2019ve unfortunately never had the chance to prove that fight. It\u2019s the one thing that interests me.<\/em><\/p>\n

My first UFC negotiation was so dirty, it left such a bad taste in my mouth, I already didn\u2019t want to talk to Dana. I don\u2019t trust a damn word that comes out of his mouth. I don\u2019t trust a word. It\u2019s like, why did I never pursue that again? Well, it\u2019s because the first time I got screwed over. It was just about as dirty a deal as anyone could give you. I don\u2019t want to have that discussion again. I don\u2019t trust them one bit.<\/em><\/p>\n

I\u2019m 33, and I\u2019ve taken very good care of my body.\u00a0I\u2019ve never taken PEDs, so <\/em>there\u2019s no ill effects from that. I\u2019ve never had a very major injury since college, and that was my neck, and it\u2019s been over a decade, so I\u2019m fine there. I\u2019m very healthy. I\u2019m planning on staying in good shape, not fighting shape. But I don\u2019t see myself as being one of those guys that\u2019s going to age very quickly.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Askren told the story about his first UFC negotiation he’s referring to when making an appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast<\/a> last month.<\/p>\n

As most MMA fans are aware, St-Pierre made his long-awaited\u00a0return at UFC 217 after being retired for four years. In said return, he came back at a higher weight class than what he fought at before and defeated the middleweight champion, Michael Bisping to put him on the very short list of fighters to have won UFC titles in two different divisions.<\/p>\n

GSP has since vacated the title due to ulcerative colitis thus forcing him out indefinitely.<\/p>\n

So what do you think? Will Askren’s prediction come true? Do you want it to? Who would win?<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 2\/12\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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