{"id":318250,"date":"2019-07-04T17:16:54","date_gmt":"2019-07-05T00:16:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=318250"},"modified":"2019-07-04T17:16:54","modified_gmt":"2019-07-05T00:16:54","slug":"jorge-masvidal-says-ben-askren-fuing-froze-during-a-recent-encounter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jorge-masvidal-says-ben-askren-fuing-froze-during-a-recent-encounter\/","title":{"rendered":"Jorge Masvidal says Ben Askren &#8220;fu**ing froze&#8221; during a recent encounter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jorge Masvidal has not been shy about <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jorge-masvidal-offers-ben-askren-the-family-pack-with-a-two-liter-soda\/\">his dislike for his upcoming UFC 239 opponent, Ben Askren<\/a> and now he&#8217;s added fuel to that fire. During his media day interviews, Masvidal told reporters on multiple occasions that Askren froze up during a recent encounter between the two.<\/p>\n<p>Since entering the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ufc.com\">UFC<\/a>, Askren has gotten under the skin of many welterweight fighters with comments he&#8217;s made about them and his lack of concern in their response. There have been many circumstances that has led to the <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ben-askren-believes-beating-jorge-masvidal-will-be-pretty-easy\/\">rivalry between both Askren and Jorge Masvidal<\/a>, but &#8220;Gamebred&#8221; told reporters on Thursday that once he confronted Askren, there was no fight about to break out.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, Masvidal said Askren &#8220;f***ing froze&#8221; when he approached him at the hotel during fight week this week.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jorge Masvidal reveals backstage meeting with Ben Askren: &quot;He just f*****g froze&quot;\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Tq0LvumOnWQ?start=67&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I saw him yesterday actually when no media was around, we were just in the lobby I was doing a photoshoot and he was being his pathetic self walking around and I jumped on him, and he just f**king froze. Then he started talking and walking away, I told him to be a man and come talk to me, and he said he had to use the bathroom. He&#8217;s just a f**king coward. When I see him on the fly and we&#8217;re face-to-face his behavior is that of which he is, a b**ch, a f**king slut. He looked stiff as a board.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Jorge Masvidal said this was the first time he had encountered Askren since their fight was made official. There&#8217;s been plenty of back-and-forth between both Masvidal and Askren, and they each believe that with a victory at UFC 239 they&#8217;ll be inserted into title contention in the welterweight division.<\/p>\n<p>Who do you have winning at UFC 239, Jorge Masvidal or Ben Askren? Do you believe the winner gets the next welterweight title fight?<\/p>\n<p><em>This article first appeared on BJPenn.com on 7\/4\/2019<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jorge Masvidal has not been shy about his dislike for his upcoming UFC 239 opponent, Ben Askren and now he&#8217;s added fuel to that fire. During his media day interviews, Masvidal told reporters on multiple occasions that Askren froze up during a recent encounter between the two. 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