{"id":299511,"date":"2019-01-25T16:41:46","date_gmt":"2019-01-26T00:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=299511"},"modified":"2019-01-25T16:41:47","modified_gmt":"2019-01-26T00:41:47","slug":"khabib-nurmagomedov-says-that-ben-askren-has-to-show-his-levels-in-the-ufc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/khabib-nurmagomedov-says-that-ben-askren-has-to-show-his-levels-in-the-ufc\/","title":{"rendered":"Khabib Nurmagomedov says that Ben Askren &#8216;has to show his levels&#8217; in the UFC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When it comes to amazing wrestlers in mixed martial arts, there are few if any that are better or more dominating than current UFC lightweight king Khabib Nurmagomedov and former Bellator and ONE Championship welterweight champion, Ben Askren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thus making a fight between the two <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/dear-mma-gods-khabib-nurmagomedovs-funky-battle-of-perfect-records\/\">something to salivate over<\/a>. 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