{"id":358053,"date":"2020-08-07T08:40:23","date_gmt":"2020-08-07T15:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=358053"},"modified":"2020-08-07T08:41:15","modified_gmt":"2020-08-07T15:41:15","slug":"dillon-danis-still-wants-to-fight-ben-askren","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/dillon-danis-still-wants-to-fight-ben-askren\/","title":{"rendered":"Dillon Danis still wants to fight Ben Askren"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bellator star Dillon Danis called out long-time social media rival Ben Askren in a fight that would pit two elite grapplers against one another.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/dillon-danis-aims-low-in-latest-shot-at-ben-askren\/\">Danis and Askren have gone after each other on social media and in interviews for the last few years<\/a>, but when Askren retired from MMA last year, it seemed that would kill any hopes of a potential matchup between the two. Things changed recently, however, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ben-askren\/ben-askren-probably-would-fight-again-under-specific-conditions\/\">when Askren revealed that he could be considering a potential comeback for the right opponent<\/a>. Danis heard the news that Askren may return and took right away to his <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dillondanis\/status\/1291523126313005056\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> to call him out. Check out what Danis sent to Askren below.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">so <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Benaskren?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Benaskren<\/a> let\u2019s fight?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dillon Danis (@dillondanis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dillondanis\/status\/1291523126313005056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 6, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>so @Benaskren let\u2019s fight?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThink about it, he\u2019s retired (so) they could sign him to Bellator. Why not? He just said I\u2019ll come back for the right money fight. He always calls me out, so that would be a great one,&#8221; Danis recently told ESPN (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lowkickmma.com\/dillon-danis-calls-for-fight-with-ben-askren\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LowKickMMA<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He\u2019s like saying he needs frickin hip surgery then he\u2019s throwing frisbee full force. Come on, he\u2019s just full of sh*t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Danis can call Askren out as much as he wants, but it still seems doubtful that &#8220;Funky&#8221; would take this fight. Although he would surely love to get the chance to punch Danis in his face, this seems like a huge step down from the types of fights that Askren had in the UFC before his retirement. Going from fighting the likes to Robbie Lawler, Jorge Masvidal, and Demian Maia to fighting Danis is a big step down when it comes to name value.<\/p>\n<p>Having said that, perhaps Bellator could entice both men with a lucrative deal to take on each other. Of course, that would mean that the UFC would have to fully release Askren, but considering his lack of success inside the Octagon, that may not be a problem. If Askren is serious about returning and wants to fight Danis bad enough, maybe Bellator can get this fight done in the next few years.<\/p>\n<p>Would you like to see Dillon Danis vs. Ben Askren?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bellator star Dillon Danis called out long-time social media rival Ben Askren in a fight that would pit two elite grapplers against one another. Danis and Askren have gone after each other on social media and in interviews for the last few years, but when Askren retired from MMA last year, it seemed that would [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54477,"featured_media":303492,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[44,10467],"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>Dillon Danis still wants to fight Ben Askren | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Bellator star Dillon Danis called out long-time social media rival Ben Askren in a fight that would pit two elite grapplers against one another.\" \/>\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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