{"id":316757,"date":"2019-06-19T11:01:28","date_gmt":"2019-06-19T18:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=316757"},"modified":"2019-06-19T11:01:28","modified_gmt":"2019-06-19T18:01:28","slug":"ben-askren-responds-to-warning-from-jorge-masvidal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ben-askren-responds-to-warning-from-jorge-masvidal\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Askren responds to warning from Jorge Masvidal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Speaking on the latest episode of <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/podcasts\/ep-117-valentina-shevchenko-jorge-masvidal\/\">BJPenn.com Radio<\/a>, Jorge Masvidal warned that if his UFC 239 opponent Ben Askren gets too close ahead of their July 6 fight, he could wind up getting<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/jorge-masvidal-ben-askren-could-get-leon-edwards-treatment-if-he-oversteps\/\"> the same treatment as Leon Edwards<\/a> \u2014 a three-piece and a soda.<\/p>\n<p>In layman&#8217;s terms, a few punches outside the cage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Ben violates my personal space at any moment to where I feel a threat, yeah, it\u2019s going to happen, the same thing that happened with Leon, if Leon\u2019s across the room and I\u2019m not doing an interview and he\u2019s talking s**t, well whatever man, f**k it,&#8221; Masvidal said of Ben Askren.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re at a safe distance, but it\u2019s just, people have to understand it\u2019s built into me to go into defense mode if somebody violates my personal space,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;I don\u2019t know, as well as I can read body language, I really don\u2019t know what somebody\u2019s intentions are. I don\u2019t know if he\u2019s going to come over and be like, \u2018boom roasted\u2019 or some corny ass shit like that or if he\u2019s going to try to double flip me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know these things so, as long as he keeps his distance from me, ain\u2019t going to be no problems you know? If he\u2019s at a distance where I\u2019m unsafe and I feel threatened you know? Yeah, I think things will happen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It didn&#8217;t take long for Ben Askren to respond to this warning from Jorge Masvidal. He says he plans to &#8220;take care of&#8221; his foe in the cage.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Don\u2019t worry 15 minutes on July 6 will be more than enough time for me to take care of him. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/46tCTZG6Nv\">https:\/\/t.co\/46tCTZG6Nv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Funky (@Benaskren) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Benaskren\/status\/1141384737568804866?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 19, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Don\u2019t worry 15 minutes on July 6 will be more than enough time for me to take care of him,&#8221; Ben Askren wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Benaskren\/status\/1141384737568804866\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">on Twitter.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Do you think Askren and Masvidal can keep their fists off each other until fight night?<\/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 6\/19\/2019. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaking on the latest episode of BJPenn.com Radio, Jorge Masvidal warned that if his UFC 239 opponent Ben Askren gets too close ahead of their July 6 fight, he could wind up getting the same treatment as Leon Edwards \u2014 a three-piece and a soda. 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