{"id":306031,"date":"2019-03-18T12:03:36","date_gmt":"2019-03-18T19:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=306031"},"modified":"2019-03-18T12:03:38","modified_gmt":"2019-03-18T19:03:38","slug":"ben-askren-details-cordial-conversations-with-dana-white","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ben-askren-details-cordial-conversations-with-dana-white\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Askren details &#8216;cordial&#8217; conversations with Dana White"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ben Askren has not always had the best relationship with UFC President Dana White. From the sounds of it, however, he and the UFC boss seem to be mending fences. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking on Ariel Helwani&#8217;s MMA Show on Monday, Ben Askren detailed a handful of cordial exchanges with the UFC boss \u2014 which led to plans for a sit-down in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jed I. Goodman on Twitter has the highlights:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ben Askren: I actually had two very cordial text message conversations with Dana. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HelwaniShow?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HelwaniShow<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Jed I. Goodman (@jedigoodman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jedigoodman\/status\/1107697494719234048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 18, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dana reached out to Askren on the 1st text message. Askren said he asked if he could sit down with him and Dana said next time they&#39;re in Vegas they&#39;ll do it.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HelwaniShow?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HelwaniShow<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Jed I. Goodman (@jedigoodman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jedigoodman\/status\/1107698469068660736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 18, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The 2nd text Askren reached out to Dana cause he wanted to set up getting into the Octagon to challenge Till after the fight.<br><br>He asked Dana what does he have to do to get in the Octagon, but Dana told him, man, we can&#39;t do that, we&#39;re not ready for that.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HelwaniShow?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HelwaniShow<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Jed I. Goodman (@jedigoodman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jedigoodman\/status\/1107699081814540288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 18, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is pertinent news as Ben Askren very recently expressed his frustration with the difficulty he was<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/dana-white\/ben-askren-claims-dana-white-has-ignored-requests-for-sit-down\/\"> having getting a meeting<\/a> with Dana White. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDana\u2019s disdain for me is just so clear and evident,\u201d Askren told Luke Thomas (transcript via\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2019\/3\/6\/18252576\/ben-askren-dana-white-is-somehow-repulsed-by-me-despite-claims-to-the-contrary\" target=\"_blank\">MMA Fighting<\/a>). \u201cIt\u2019s so hilarious, because he keeps saying, \u2018No, I like you, Ben. I don\u2019t dislike you.\u2019 But then literally every action, every body language tells a totally different story, that he is like somehow repulsed by me. He hasn\u2019t liked me forever. He didn\u2019t like me in 2013 when they refused to sign me; he doesn\u2019t like me now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI have offered to sit down with the guy multiple times to be reasonable, like two adults should do,\u201d he said. \u201cHe\u2019s not taken me up one time. I genuinely don\u2019t know what his problem with me is.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking on the Ariel Helwani&#8217;s show on Monday, Askren also discussed the options for his next fight. From the sounds of it, he&#8217;s ready and willing to fight pretty much anybody. Kamaru Usman, Colby Covington, Darren Till, Stephen &#8220;Wonderboy&#8221; Thompson, Rafael dos Anjos, Santiago Ponzinibbio, Demian Maia, Leon Edwards and Jorge Masvidal all made his hit list. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ben Askren: Here&#39;s who I&#39;m ready to fight next, Ariel, you ready for this? Marty, Colby, Till, Wonderboy, RDA, Ponzinibbio, Lawler, Maia, Edwards or Masvidal. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HelwaniShow?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HelwaniShow<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Jed I. Goodman (@jedigoodman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jedigoodman\/status\/1107695622432260105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 18, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you think Ben Askren and Dana White will ever get along?  What do you think will come of their meeting in Las Vegas? Join the conversation in the comments section below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This article first appeared on&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><em>BJPENN.COM<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp;on 3\/17\/2019.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ben Askren has not always had the best relationship with UFC President Dana White. From the sounds of it, however, he and the UFC boss seem to be mending fences. 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