{"id":289218,"date":"2018-10-25T06:05:52","date_gmt":"2018-10-25T13:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=289218"},"modified":"2018-10-25T06:05:52","modified_gmt":"2018-10-25T13:05:52","slug":"ben-askren-and-mike-perry-trade-trash-talk-over-potential-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ben-askren-and-mike-perry-trade-trash-talk-over-potential-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Askren and Mike Perry trade trash talk over potential fight"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Wednesday afternoon, ESPN reported that the UFC and Singapore\u2019s ONE Championship are\u00a0closing in on a history-making fighter trade.\u00a0<\/a>This potential trade would see ONE Championship send its former welterweight champion Ben Askren to the UFC, and the UFC send its former flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson to the Singapore-based promotion.<\/p>\n

It did not take long for the MMA community to begin imagining matchups for both fighters in their new potential homes<\/a>. Ben Askren himself, however, feels like the UFC welterweight division has gone silent since the news of his possible arrival surfaced.<\/p>\n

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Notice not one of these WW's is saying my name right now. They think if they hide their heads in the sand some other poor lamb will be taken for slaughter.<\/p>\n

— Funky (@Benaskren) October 25, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n