{"id":318782,"date":"2019-07-08T15:41:10","date_gmt":"2019-07-08T22:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=318782"},"modified":"2019-07-08T15:42:59","modified_gmt":"2019-07-08T22:42:59","slug":"kenny-florian-calls-jorge-masvidal-a-hero-after-ben-askren-ko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/kenny-florian-calls-jorge-masvidal-a-hero-after-ben-askren-ko\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenny Florian calls Jorge Masvidal a &#8216;hero&#8217; after Ben Askren KO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC fighter Kenny Florian praises Jorge Masvidal for taking a big risk and having it pay off.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not often that fighters at the highest of levels in mixed martial arts start a fight by charging at their opponent. Not since the late Kid Yamamoto <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/kid-yamamoto\/mma-community-reacts-to-the-loss-of-kid-yamamoto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">did it back in 2006<\/a> have we seen an elite MMA fighter pull it off to almost instant success. That&#8217;s exactly what Masvidal did when he iced Ben Askren with a <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ufc-239-results-jorge-masvidal-kos-ben-askren-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">flying knee<\/a> in just five seconds at UFC 239.<\/p>\n<p>During the latest edition of the <a href=\"https:\/\/art19.com\/shows\/anik-and-florian\/episodes\/6ecb5655-0508-4ea7-965d-374fbde70575\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;Anik and Florian&#8221; podcast<\/a>, Florian said he feels Askren was caught off guard by Masvidal&#8217;s blitz:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think that most fighters when you&#8217;re getting ready for let&#8217;s say sparing or typically what 90 percent of most fights, you go out there and you feel your opponent. That&#8217;s what happens. You get out to the center of the Octagon, you move around a little bit, you shake out a little bit, you throw some jabs, you judge your distance and then you get after it. How often do you start a fight and you see an individual after one or two seconds right in front of your face flying in the air?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Florian also said that had Jorge Masvidal not succeeded in landing the knee, then the headlines may have been drastically different.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Even if he did change levels, a lot of times more often than not without a doubt the wrestler wins that exchange. We could be talking about &#8216;how stupid Jorge Masvidal was. Why did he take that big risk flying at him to go for that knee. We knew Askren was gonna get the easy double leg.&#8217; But no, he&#8217;s a hero today. 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