{"id":330079,"date":"2019-10-29T17:06:23","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T00:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=330079"},"modified":"2019-10-29T17:06:23","modified_gmt":"2019-10-30T00:06:23","slug":"ben-askren-believes-he-still-can-prove-hes-the-best-fighter-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ben-askren-believes-he-still-can-prove-hes-the-best-fighter-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Askren believes he still can prove he&#8217;s the best fighter in the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two straight losses haven&#8217;t derailed Ben Askren&#8217;s confidence.<\/p>\n<p>Askren retired in 2017 because he could not get a shot in the UFC to prove he was the best welterweight in the world. Yet, this year that all changed. He made his Octagon debut in March with a submission win over Robbie Lawler. Since then though, he lost in five-seconds to Jorge Masvidal at UFC 239 and then <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/ufc-singapore-results-demian-maia-sleeps-ben-askren-video\/\">was submitted by Demian Maia<\/a>. His stock has dropped due to the setbacks and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ben-askren\/ben-askren-says-retirement-is-definitely-something-hes-considering-after-demian-maia-loss\/\">now said he is contemplating retirement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"U9GsFN\">\u201cI was retired already, one time. I already did that,\u201d Askren said on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wHKBpW6ohmo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ariel Helwani&#8217;s MMA Show<\/a>. \u201cAnd I didn\u2019t come back for fame &#8211; although that\u2019s probably happened &#8211; I didn\u2019t come back to make money &#8211; although that\u2019s happened as well &#8211; the only thing that I came back for was to try to prove I was the best in the world. So the distinction now is that after the Masvidal fight, if I beat Demian Maia I\u2019m probably one more good win away from the title shot. Now I look at my path and I think, \u2018Oh s**t, I\u2019m kind of far away.\u2019<\/p>\n<p id=\"HeGJrB\">\u201cFortunes can change fast but I would say probably [a] minimum of three fights but it could be upwards of four or five, who knows? So I don\u2019t need to prove I\u2019m a good fighter. I don\u2019t need to make more money, I don\u2019t need to be more famous. I don\u2019t really want any of those things all that badly. What I wanted to do was prove I\u2019m the best in the world. And now I\u2019m looking at how far that is and how long it\u2019s going to take me to get there and trying to way all that out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ben Askren still believes he can prove he is the best fighter in the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously it\u2019s been proven that today, or Saturday night, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ben-askren\/ufc-239-results-jorge-masvidal-kos-ben-askren-video\/\">or July 6th<\/a>, I was definitely not the best in the world,\u201d Askren said. \u201cBut are there ways that I can beat everybody in my division? I think the answer to that is yes, I just have not proven that yet. So I guess I\u2019ll say for this time, no I am not. But, is there a path where I am, I think the answer to that is still yes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Do you think Ben Askren can still prove he is the best fighter in the world? Sound off in the comment section, PENN Nation!<\/p>\n<p><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 10\/29\/2019.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two straight losses haven&#8217;t derailed Ben Askren&#8217;s confidence. Askren retired in 2017 because he could not get a shot in the UFC to prove he was the best welterweight in the world. Yet, this year that all changed. He made his Octagon debut in March with a submission win over Robbie Lawler. 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