{"id":308156,"date":"2019-04-02T03:36:31","date_gmt":"2019-04-02T10:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=308156"},"modified":"2019-04-02T03:36:32","modified_gmt":"2019-04-02T10:36:32","slug":"ben-askren-details-london-run-in-with-irate-jorge-masvidal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ben-askren-details-london-run-in-with-irate-jorge-masvidal\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Askren details London run-in with &#8216;irate&#8217; Jorge Masvidal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ben Askren was one of several guest fighters in attendance for the recent UFC London card, which was topped by a welterweight scrap between Jorge Masvidal and Darren Till. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apparently, Askren had a bit of a tense run-in with Masvidal during his time in London. The former ONE and Bellator champ compared this run-in with Masvidal to<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/video-kamaru-usman-confronts-ben-askren-backstage-at-ufc-235-press-conference\/\"> his recent backstage encounter with Kamaru Usman<\/a>\u00a0(who he calls &#8216;Marty.&#8217;)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m standing upstairs, then he walks up the stairs,&#8221; Askren explained on Ariel Helwani&#8217;s MMA Show on Monday (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2019\/4\/1\/18290833\/ufc-ben-askren-leon-edwards-be-like-me-if-you-want-bigger-fights-mma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"MMA Mania (opens in a new tab)\">MMA Mania<\/a>). &#8220;So I say, \u2018Hey, Jorge is here.\u2019 And then he gets pissed. It doesn\u2019t take anything to piss these guys off, it\u2019s kind of funny. Just like the Marty scene. All I said was, \u2018You are not going to make me sit next to Marty, are you?\u2019 And he got irate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt doesn\u2019t not take much to make these guys mad. It\u2019s kind of hilarious. So he starts cussing at me, I look at him, smile and he walks by to do his interview and that was it. Obviously I am not going to fight this guy in the hotel, I fight in the Octagon for a lot of money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBut there was definitely no running away or me wishing him good luck or anything like that. It was a simple exchange and I don\u2019t know why he felt the need to lie about it.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ben Askren and Jorge Masvidal have <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ben-askren-vs-jorge-masvidal-close-to-finalization\/\">recently been linked to a fight<\/a> at UFC 238 or UFC 239. 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