{"id":325123,"date":"2019-09-11T16:49:44","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T23:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=325123"},"modified":"2019-09-11T16:49:44","modified_gmt":"2019-09-11T23:49:44","slug":"conor-mcgregor-responds-to-ben-askren","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/conor-mcgregor-responds-to-ben-askren\/","title":{"rendered":"Conor McGregor responds to Ben Askren"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC champion Conor McGregor has responded to Ben Askren.<\/p>\n<p>The former Bellator and ONE champion, Askren, had taken to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\">Twitter<\/a> yesterday evening where he issued the following statement insinuating that McGregor\u2019s days competing at a championship level are gone.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Let\u2019s be serious <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheNotoriousMMA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheNotoriousMMA<\/a> made too much money to ever have the desire to train at world champ level.  He ain\u2019t getting younger those times are gone.  Only \u201cglory days\u201d and hot air now<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Funky (@Benaskren) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Benaskren\/status\/1171578060929490944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 11, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s be serious Conor McGregor made too much money to ever have the desire to train at world champ level.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>He ain\u2019t getting younger those times are gone.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>Only \u2018glory days\u2019 and hot air now.\u201d Askren wrote on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Conor McGregor responded to Ben Askren\u2019s tweet earlier this afternoon with the following message.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Why so serious?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheNotoriousMMA\/status\/1171821154794954753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 11, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy so serious?\u201d Conor McGregor questioned.<\/p>\n<p>The former featherweight and lightweight title holder, McGregor, has not stepped foot inside the Octagon since suffering a submission loss to reigning 155-pound kingpin Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 229.<\/p>\n<p>The Irish superstar was linked to a fight with Justin Gaethje at UFC 240, but that bout fell through after \u2018Mystic Mac\u2019 suffered a hand injury.<\/p>\n<p>Conor McGregor recently received a request from former opponent Dustin Poirier for a rematch. However, \u2018Notorious\u2019 <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/conor-mcgregor-responds-to-dustin-poirier\/\">doesn\u2019t appear to have any interest in a second fight with \u2018The Diamond\u2019<\/a>, who he TKO\u2019d in ninety seconds at UFC 178.<\/p>\n<p>Conor McGregor has continued to lobby for a rematch with his Russian nemesis, Khabib. But, for that to happen, UFC President Dana White claims that Tony Ferguson would have to <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/dana-white-says-conor-mcgregor-could-be-next-for-khabib-nurmagomedov\/\">decline a fight with \u2018The Eagle\u2019.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As for Ben Askren, \u2018Funky\u2019 is set to return to the Octagon later this fall against submission ace Demian Maia.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of the recent exchange between Ben Askren and Conor McGregor? Are you surprised by McGregor\u2019s reply? Sound off in the comments section Penn Nation!<\/p>\n<p>This article first appeared on BJPENN.com September 11, 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC champion Conor McGregor has responded to Ben Askren. The former Bellator and ONE champion, Askren, had taken to Twitter yesterday evening where he issued the following statement insinuating that McGregor\u2019s days competing at a championship level are gone. Let\u2019s be serious @TheNotoriousMMA made too much money to ever have the desire to train [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":306549,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10184,10089,39610],"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>Conor McGregor responds to Ben Askren | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former two division UFC champion Conor McGregor has responded to the recent comments made by welterweight standout Ben Askren.\" \/>\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\/conor-mcgregor-responds-to-ben-askren\/\" \/>\n<meta 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