Following his big promotional debut victory at UFC 235, ‘Funky’ former Bellator and ONE Championship welterweight king, Ben Askren made it clear who he wanted for his sophomore appearance. And that was the winner of UFC London’s headliner which saw Darren Till face Jorge Masvidal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The man known as ‘Gamebred’ would end up walking away victorious with the violent second-round knockout <\/a>over his British opponent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Despite UFC President Dana White announcing directly after Askren’s win against Robbie Lawler that he wanted to have the two rematch, that won’t be the case as Lawler now is expected to rematch Tyron Woodley<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Therefore setting up the Askren vs Masvidal bout for what’s looking like UFC 239 on July 6 during International Fight Week. The bout was first reported by Talk MMA before a follow up from ESPN’s Ariel Helwani on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n