{"id":318389,"date":"2019-07-06T08:55:31","date_gmt":"2019-07-06T15:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=318389"},"modified":"2019-07-06T08:55:31","modified_gmt":"2019-07-06T15:55:31","slug":"ben-askren-releases-hilarious-video-prior-to-ufc-239-fight-with-jorge-masvidal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ben-askren-releases-hilarious-video-prior-to-ufc-239-fight-with-jorge-masvidal\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Askren releases hilarious video prior to UFC 239 fight with Jorge Masvidal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Undefeated welterweight Ben Askren decided to have one last bit of fun before his fight with Jorge Masvidal at tonight\u2019s UFC 239 event.<\/p>\n<p>\u2019Funky\u2019 took to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\">Twitter<\/a> late yesterday evening, where he shared the following \u2018family video\u2019 for fight fans.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Enjoy! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/X0xAA3d2Ug\">pic.twitter.com\/X0xAA3d2Ug<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Funky (@Benaskren) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Benaskren\/status\/1147337864130093057?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 6, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Ben Askren is best known for his dominant wrestling skills, which is something that has bothered some fight fans in the past.<\/p>\n<p>However, since coming over in a trade with ONE for Demetrious Johnson, Ben Askren has made a ton of new fans and asserted himself as being one of funniest guys in the entire sport of mixed martial arts.<\/p>\n<p>While he is great at making his fans laugh on social media, Askren is even better at dominating his opponents inside the cage.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Funky\u2019 has gone a perfect 19-0 during his mixed martial arts career which includes wins over Robbie Lawler, Shinya Aoki, Douglas Lima, Lyman Good and Andrey Koreshkov.<\/p>\n<p>Ben Askren now looks to earn a win over one of the most well rounded fighters the welterweight \u00a0division has to offer in Jorge Masvidal.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Gamebred\u2019 is coming off a shocking knockout victory over former title challenger Darren Till, and will be looking to add \u2018Funky\u2019 to his list of victims this evening at UFC 239.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of the latest comical video released by Ben Askren? Do you think \u2018Funky\u2019 will emerge victorious against Jorge Masvidal at tonight\u2019s UFC 239 <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ufc-239-live-results-and-highlights\/\">event<\/a>? Sound off in the comments section PENN Nation!<\/p>\n<p>This article first appeared on BJPENN.com July 6, 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Undefeated welterweight Ben Askren decided to have one last bit of fun before his fight with Jorge Masvidal at tonight\u2019s UFC 239 event. \u2019Funky\u2019 took to Twitter late yesterday evening, where he shared the following \u2018family video\u2019 for fight fans. Enjoy! pic.twitter.com\/X0xAA3d2Ug &mdash; Funky (@Benaskren) July 6, 2019 Ben Askren is best known for his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":317967,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10184,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ben Askren releases hilarious video prior to UFC 239 fight with Jorge Masvidal | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Undefeated welterweight Ben Askren decided to have one last bit of fun before his fight with Jorge Masvidal at tonight\u2019s UFC 239 event.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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