{"id":330309,"date":"2019-10-31T10:58:36","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T17:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=330309"},"modified":"2019-10-31T10:58:36","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T17:58:36","slug":"should-ben-askren-retire-ufc-and-bellator-vet-chael-sonnen-weighs-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/should-ben-askren-retire-ufc-and-bellator-vet-chael-sonnen-weighs-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Should Ben Askren retire? UFC and Bellator vet Chael Sonnen weighs in"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ben Askren&#8217;s fighting future will boil down to how &#8220;Funky&#8221; is feeling mentally, at least that&#8217;s what Chael Sonnen believes.<\/p>\n<p>Askren has dropped back-to-back bouts and was stopped in both outings. He suffered a record-setting knockout loss to Jorge Masvidal back in July and was <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ufc-singapore-results-demian-maia-sleeps-ben-askren-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">choked out<\/a> by Demian Maia at UFC Singapore. Askren recently admitted to ESPN&#8217;s Ariel Helwani that he is <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ben-askren-says-retirement-is-definitely-something-hes-considering-after-demian-maia-loss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">considering retirement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a new video posted on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kKOG8Q2UGtM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube channel<\/a>, Sonnen chimed in on whether or not Ben Askren should hang up his gloves.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Should Ben Askren retire?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kKOG8Q2UGtM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To think that physically it&#8217;s time to go is inaccurate by Ben,&#8221; Chael Sonnen said. &#8220;That would be inaccurate. Mentally if you wanna go do something else, Ben&#8217;s got a lot of options. He&#8217;s a very busy guy, does not sleep very much. He&#8217;s got his hand in stuff you guys don&#8217;t even know about. He&#8217;s involved in cryptocurrency and Litecoin. Ben&#8217;s doing stuff that you don&#8217;t even know about. [He] coaches not only the kid&#8217;s club, he coaches college guys with world and Olympic dreams. He&#8217;s busy, oh and by the way gets his own training and has a fight career going. He&#8217;s got options.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sonnen feels Askren can still be a threat in the UFC&#8217;s welterweight division, but he will take his share of lumps.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Physically if he wants to go on, yeah,&#8221; Chael Sonnen continued. &#8220;And I don&#8217;t even really know there&#8217;s a whole lot to work on. I think he could show up the same as he showed up Saturday. He&#8217;ll get a mixed bag. They&#8217;ll be some really good wins in there and there are gonna be some rear-naked chokes slipped on him. Welcome to the sport.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Do you think it&#8217;s time for Ben Askren to walk away from MMA, or does he still have some fight left in him? Sound off in the comments.<\/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 10\/31\/2019.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ben Askren&#8217;s fighting future will boil down to how &#8220;Funky&#8221; is feeling mentally, at least that&#8217;s what Chael Sonnen believes. Askren has dropped back-to-back bouts and was stopped in both outings. He suffered a record-setting knockout loss to Jorge Masvidal back in July and was choked out by Demian Maia at UFC Singapore. 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