{"id":319662,"date":"2019-07-17T09:09:41","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T16:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=319662"},"modified":"2019-07-17T09:09:41","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T16:09:41","slug":"tito-ortiz-thinks-ben-askren-is-most-overrated-ufc-fighter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/tito-ortiz-thinks-ben-askren-is-most-overrated-ufc-fighter\/","title":{"rendered":"Tito Ortiz thinks Ben Askren is most overrated UFC fighter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tito Ortiz doesn&#8217;t appear to think too highly of Ben Askren.<\/p>\n<p>Askren entered the UFC with a ton of hype. Having won Bellator and ONE Championship gold and being a former Olympic wrestler, many thought &#8220;Funky&#8221; had a good shot at success on the biggest mixed martial arts stage. There&#8217;s still time for Askren to make his mark, but a devastating <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 KO<\/a> defeat to Jorge Masvidal has at least served as a bump in the road.<\/p>\n<p>Tito Ortiz is well aware of Askren&#8217;s five-second KO loss to Masvidal. &#8220;The Huntington Beach Bad Boy&#8221; recently appeared on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QbKRrHF5UYc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Domenick Nati Show<\/em><\/a> and was asked who he thinks the most overrated UFC fighter is.<\/p>\n<p>He made his thoughts clear.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tito Ortiz Says He Would Do Better Against Jon Jones Than Daniel Cormier\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QbKRrHF5UYc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I guess Ben Askren, huh?. He just got knocked out in five seconds in the UFC. I would say he&#8217;d be the man. I mean, &#8220;Mr. Funkify&#8217;s&#8221; getting some attention but his attention lasts only five seconds. He didn&#8217;t even get the whole 15 seconds of fame.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When asked the question once more for certainty, Ortiz didn&#8217;t change his mind.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yeah, 100 percent.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ortiz has a <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/combate-americas\/tito-ortiz-to-fight-former-pro-wrestler-alberto-del-rio-in-combate-americas-debut\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">showdown with former WWE star Alberto Del Rio on the agenda<\/a>. The bout will be held under the Combate Americas banner. Ortiz was a guest on <em>ESPN&#8217;s Ariel Helwani MMA Show<\/em> and said the bout will be contested at 210 pounds and will likely take place on U.S. soil.<\/p>\n<p>As for Ben Askren, what the future holds remains unclear. &#8220;Funky&#8221; took quite a slide down in the UFC welterweight rankings and now finds himself in the ninth spot. He was the fifth-ranked UFC 170-pounder before his bout with Masvidal.<\/p>\n<p>What do you make of Tito Ortiz viewing Ben Askren as the most overrated UFC fighter?<\/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 7\/17\/2019. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tito Ortiz doesn&#8217;t appear to think too highly of Ben Askren. Askren entered the UFC with a ton of hype. Having won Bellator and ONE Championship gold and being a former Olympic wrestler, many thought &#8220;Funky&#8221; had a good shot at success on the biggest mixed martial arts stage. There&#8217;s still time for Askren to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54476,"featured_media":318170,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10184,10188,39610],"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>Tito Ortiz thinks Ben Askren is most overrated UFC fighter | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Tito Ortiz believes that Ben Askren is the most overrated UFC fighter after &quot;Funky&quot; suffered a five-second KO loss to Jorge Masvidal.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/tito-ortiz-thinks-ben-askren-is-most-overrated-ufc-fighter\/\" \/>\n<meta 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