{"id":333473,"date":"2019-11-28T05:47:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-28T13:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=333473"},"modified":"2019-11-28T05:47:00","modified_gmt":"2019-11-28T13:47:00","slug":"jorge-masvidal-reacts-to-ben-askrens-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jorge-masvidal-reacts-to-ben-askrens-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"Jorge Masvidal reacts to Ben Askren&#8217;s retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this month, former ONE and Bellator welterweight champion Ben Askren announced his retirement from MMA. This week, Jorge Masvidal \u2014 easily Askren&#8217;s most high-profile rival in the UFC \u2014gave his take on that retirement.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the war of words that raged between Askren and Masvidal, and the violent way with which their fight ended, Masvidal surprisingly tipped his hat to Askren and shared his belief that the wrestler shouldn&#8217;t have retired so soon.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jorge Masvidal on possible McGregor matchup and his invite to the White House\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jHSDnEND5kc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He brings in his own crowd, \u2014 he was a stand-out in wrestling, especially collegiate wrestling, so he did have a fan base. He did some things over at Bellator and on One FC [One Championship],\u201d Masvidal told Kevin Iole (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/sport\/martial-arts\/mixed-martial-arts\/article\/3039772\/ufc-jorge-masvidal-says-ben-askren-retired\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">South China Morning Post<\/a>). \u201cSo he did have a crowd that he brought over with him to the sport, a different type of crowd.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut what I don\u2019t like is we\u2019re fighters. We\u2019re supposed to fight, man. You got two losses, it\u2019s no big deal my brother. Get back on the high horse, get to work and figure it out, man.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When Askren retired, he explained that the need for a hip replacement was a big part of the reason for his decision. Masvidal understands the toll fighting takes on a body, but reiterated that two losses shouldn&#8217;t drive a fighter to retire.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve heard he has hip issues and stuff so I can\u2019t comment on how bad his body is holding up or not,\u201d Masvidal said. \u201cBut as far as fighting goes, two losses can\u2019t discourage you if you\u2019re a fighter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jorge Masvidal and Ben Askren fought at UFC 239 in July. The bout lasted just five seconds, ask Masvidal flattened his rival with a flying knee in just five seconds.<\/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 11\/27\/2019.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this month, former ONE and Bellator welterweight champion Ben Askren announced his retirement from MMA. This week, Jorge Masvidal \u2014 easily Askren&#8217;s most high-profile rival in the UFC \u2014gave his take on that retirement. Despite the war of words that raged between Askren and Masvidal, and the violent way with which their fight ended, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54430,"featured_media":318272,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10184,10515,39610],"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>Jorge Masvidal reacts to Ben Askren&#039;s retirement | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Jorge Masvidal gives his take on the retirement of former ONE Championship and Bellator welterweight titleholder Ben Askren.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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