{"id":289725,"date":"2018-10-30T09:09:45","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T16:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=289725"},"modified":"2018-10-30T10:42:59","modified_gmt":"2018-10-30T17:42:59","slug":"ben-askren-pushes-ufc-to-officially-announce-signing-says-promotion-is-acting-embarrassed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ben-askren-pushes-ufc-to-officially-announce-signing-says-promotion-is-acting-embarrassed\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Askren pushes UFC to officially announce signing, says promotion is acting &#8217;embarrassed&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The history-making trade is <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/done-deal-ben-askren-joins-the-ufc-in-historic-trade-for-demetrious-johnson\/\">a done deal<\/a>. Former UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson has been <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/one-championship\/demetrious-johnson-and-one-championship-are-a-match-made-in-heaven\/\">sent to ONE Championship<\/a> in exchange for former ONE welterweight champ Ben Askren.<\/p>\n<p>Strangely, however, the UFC has still not officially announced the signing of Ben Askren. This has the former ONE welterweight champ wondering if the promotion is embarrassed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hey <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ufc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ufc<\/a> are you gonna make an announcement?  You are like that guy with a GF who\u2019s embarrassed to tell his buddies even when everyone knows!  Ha ha ha you know you love me.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Funky (@Benaskren) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Benaskren\/status\/1057259372965978112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 30, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hey [UFC] are you gonna make an announcement?&#8221; Ben Askren queried on Twitter. &#8220;You are like that guy with a GF who\u2019s embarrassed to tell his buddies even when everyone knows! Ha ha ha you know you love me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While the UFC has not yet announced Askren&#8217;s signing, UFC President Dana White has <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-says-ben-askren-will-get-a-top-5-welterweight-for-his-debut\/\">recently discussed the options<\/a> for the undefeated star&#8217;s UFC debut, which would imply there&#8217;s no cause for worry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don&#8217;t know [who he&#8217;ll fight], we\u2019re still working on it,&#8221; Dana White told TMZ this week. &#8220;Obviously, he\u2019s going to come into the welterweight division, 170 pounds. He\u2019s undefeated, he\u2019s [ONE Championship&#8217;s] champion. We\u2019re excited about it. He\u2019s definitely going to fight somebody in the top five.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That being said, it is a little strange that the UFC is yet to announce Ben Askren&#8217;s signing. ONE Championship, after all, did not delay in announcing that Demetrious Johnson had joined their roster.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bpi0dXMBDaP\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_medium=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bpi0dXMBDaP\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_medium=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The pound-for-pound king has ARRIVED. &#x1f44a;: @mightymouse125 #WeAreONE #MartialArts ___________________________________________________ #ONEChampionship #WorldChampion #Champion #WarriorSpirit #Knockout #KO #Submission #MuayThai #ThaiBoxing #Kickboxing #Wrestling #Boxing #BJJ #BrazilianJiuJitsu #JiuJitsu #Grappling #Karate #MMA #MixedMartialArts #Fight #Fitness #Training #Sports #Entertainment #BeastMode #Asia #Motivation<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A post shared by <a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/onechampionship\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_medium=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> ONE Championship<\/a> (@onechampionship) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2018-10-30T04:36:45+00:00\">Oct 29, 2018 at 9:36pm PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The pound-for-pound king has ARRIVED,&#8221; ONE Championship announced on its official Instagram account.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Ben Askren (18-0) last fought in November of 2017, when he scored a TKO win over Shinya Aoki in a superfight that was supposed to serve as the last bout of his career. With this win, he improved to 6-0 in ONE Championship, building on a legendary run as Bellator\u2019s welterweight champion. Over the course of his career, he&#8217;s defeated names like Aoki, Zebaztian Kadestam, Andrey Koreshkov, Douglas Lima, Jay Hieron and Lyman Good.<\/p>\n<p>Why do you think the UFC has held off on announcing Ben Askren&#8217;s signing? Perhaps they&#8217;re waiting until they&#8217;ve found him an opponent?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 10\/29\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The history-making trade is a done deal. Former UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson has been sent to ONE Championship in exchange for former ONE welterweight champ Ben Askren. Strangely, however, the UFC has still not officially announced the signing of Ben Askren. 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