{"id":289739,"date":"2018-10-30T10:49:53","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T17:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=289739"},"modified":"2018-10-31T09:06:41","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T16:06:41","slug":"one-ceo-chatri-sityodtong-makes-bold-prediction-for-ben-askrens-run-in-the-ufc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/one-championship\/one-ceo-chatri-sityodtong-makes-bold-prediction-for-ben-askrens-run-in-the-ufc\/","title":{"rendered":"ONE CEO Chatri Sityodtong makes bold prediction for Ben Askren&#8217;s run in the UFC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former ONE Championship welterweight titleholder Ben Askren is now headed to the UFC \u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ben-askren-pushes-ufc-to-officially-announce-signing-says-promotion-is-acting-embarrassed\/\">though the promotion has not officially announced his arrival just yet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Askren&#8217;s long-awaited migration to the Octagon was made possible by <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/report-one-championship-ufc-close-to-finalizing-historic-ben-askren-demetrious-johnson-trade\/\">a history-making trade between ONE and the UFC<\/a> that saw the UFC <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/one-championship\/new-one-championship-star-demetrious-johnson-excited-to-leave-the-drama-of-the-ufc-behind\/\">cough up its former flyweight champ <\/a>Demetrious Johnson in exchange for the former ONE welterweight king.<\/p>\n<p>While Askren&#8217;s move to the UFC has been met with widespread fan excitement, there is certainly no guarantee it&#8217;ll go as he&#8217;s hoping. For all of his undeniable talent, Askren must now contend with a murderer&#8217;s row composed of fighters like Colby Covington, Darren Till, Kamaru Usman, Rafael dos Anjos, Stephen Thompson and Robbie Lawler. In other words, he&#8217;s in for some really tough fights.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, ONE Championship Chairman and CEO Chatri Sityodtong feels that his former welterweight champion Ben Askren will run through the UFC welterweight division with ease and dominance. Like a hot knife through butter, to be more specific.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/YODCHATRI\/status\/1057306159185424385<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I believe [Ben Askren] is going to run through the best UFC welterweights like a hot knife in butter,&#8221; Sityodtong said.<\/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\u2019s defeated names like Aoki, Zebaztian Kadestam, Andrey Koreshkov, Douglas Lima, Jay Hieron and Lyman Good.<\/p>\n<p>How do you think the former ONE Championship welterweight king Ben Askren will perform in the perilous UFC welterweight division?<\/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\/30\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former ONE Championship welterweight titleholder Ben Askren is now headed to the UFC \u2014 though the promotion has not officially announced his arrival just yet. 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