{"id":361381,"date":"2020-09-16T08:20:01","date_gmt":"2020-09-16T15:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=361381"},"modified":"2020-09-16T08:24:04","modified_gmt":"2020-09-16T15:24:04","slug":"ben-askren-shares-some-advice-for-leon-edwards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ben-askren-shares-some-advice-for-leon-edwards\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Askren shares some advice for Leon Edwards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ben Askren has some advice for UFC welterweight contender Leon Edwards, who is struggling to get a big opportunity despite an eight-fight win-streak.<\/p>\n<p>Edwards, who currently holds the No. 3 spot in the UFC welterweight rankings, has gone over a year without a fight, and has grown increasingly bellicose during that time.<\/p>\n<p>Askren, who retired from competition after going 1-2 in the UFC in 2019, has some advice for the opponent-less Brit.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ben Askren on Covington\/Woodley, Khamzat Chimaev Hype, Adesanya\/Costa, Gives Leon Edwards Advice\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WoDfmNJh1l4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cNo one\u2019s putting Leon Edwards in there,&#8221; Askren said on <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/WoDfmNJh1l4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Submission Radio<\/a>, dismissing the possibility an Edwards title shot at this juncture. &#8220;Leon Edwards has gotta do a little more work first.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIf I were him, then\u2014I didn\u2019t know what the deal was, to be honest\u2014I would say stop being picky, because he\u2019s probably one of those that goes, \u2018I only want to fight this guy or this guy\u2019 and the UFC offers him someone else and then he says no,&#8221; Askren added, encouraging Edwards to take a fight. &#8220;Take it upon yourself, fight whoever they\u2019re giving you, and take it upon yourself to make yourself the big show. That\u2019s something, you know, he\u2019s one of those guys that says, \u2018well, I don\u2019t want to talk\u2019. But that gets you worth in the UFC. So, it\u2019s like, you can act like you can do whatever you want, but then when it effects the reality of the situation, then you\u2019re pissing and moaning about it, when it\u2019s like, well no, we know this game works.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;This game has a very specific way [that] it works,&#8221; Askren continued. &#8220;The guys who can draw, the guys who can sell, get promoted to the top really quickly. Is that necessarily fair from a competitive standpoint? Probably not. But it\u2019s probably also not gonna change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, Edwards recently got some very similar advice <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/leon-edwards-responds-to-criticisms-from-chael-sonnen-i-cant-put-on-a-maga-hat-and-pretend\/\">from Chael Sonnen<\/a> who, like Askren, was able to parlay a big personality into some huge opportunities inside the Octagon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLeon Edwards does everything right except make himself interesting,\u201d Sonnen said on a recent episode of ESPN\u2019s\u00a0<em>Ariel &amp; The Bad Guy<\/em>. \u201cThere\u2019s another guy in the same weight class that does the same thing. His name is Neil Magny. The only time in a matchmakers\u2019 meeting that these guys names are even brought up is when Sean Shelby is flipping through the contracts and says \u2018oh we owe this guy a fight, who should we put him with?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou want to have a title fight or a big fight, the first thing you have to be is interesting,\u201d Sonnen added. \u201cBoth of those guys are great fighters, but they don\u2019t bring any interest to the table. Leon Edwards coming out and calling for a fight that anybody that has the sense knows he isn\u2019t going to get not only wastes a media opportunity, but it makes him look like he doesn\u2019t have power in this sport. The worst thing you can be in this sport is powerless. The absolute worse thing you can do is call for a shot, in front of SportsCenter, and not get it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What do you make of this advice? Is it time for Leon Edwards to make some changes?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ben Askren has some advice for UFC welterweight contender Leon Edwards, who is struggling to get a big opportunity despite an eight-fight win-streak. Edwards, who currently holds the No. 3 spot in the UFC welterweight rankings, has gone over a year without a fight, and has grown increasingly bellicose during that time. 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