{"id":371953,"date":"2020-12-23T17:10:24","date_gmt":"2020-12-24T01:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=371953"},"modified":"2020-12-23T17:10:24","modified_gmt":"2020-12-24T01:10:24","slug":"scott-coker-considers-legal-action-after-ben-askren-suggests-bellator-is-up-for-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/scott-coker-considers-legal-action-after-ben-askren-suggests-bellator-is-up-for-sale\/","title":{"rendered":"Scott Coker considers legal action after Ben Askren suggests Bellator is up for sale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bellator president Scott Coker says he is considering legal action after Ben Askren suggested on social media that Bellator is up for sale.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/report-jake-paul-to-box-ben-askren-in-march-of-2021\/\">Askren confirmed BJPenn.com that he will be taking on Jake Paul in a boxing match in early 2021<\/a>. Coker was later being asked about his thoughts on that fight, and he predicted that Paul will knock Askren out, a comment that led Askren to fire back and take to his social media to suggest that Bellator is up for sale. Check out the comments that Askren made on his <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Benaskren\/status\/1341830071246614531\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> on Wednesday about Bellator potentially being up for sale.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Everyone knows <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ViacomCBS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ViacomCBS<\/a> is trying to sell <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BellatorMMA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BellatorMMA<\/a> bc <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScottCoker?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ScottCoker<\/a> is doing such a terrible job but they can\u2019t even find a buyer!!!!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Funky (@Benaskren) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Benaskren\/status\/1341830071246614531?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 23, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>Everyone knows @ViacomCBS is trying to sell @BellatorMMA bc @ScottCoker is doing such a terrible job but they can\u2019t even find a buyer!!!!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2020\/12\/23\/22197899\/scott-coker-responds-to-ben-askrens-bellator-sale-claim-says-ex-champ-mad-over-jake-paul-prediction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAFighting.com<\/a> spoke to Coker about the remarks Askren made about Bellator being up for sale. Coker denied that&#8217;s the case and said he&#8217;s talking to his lawyers about Askren.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He\u2019s making a very serious accusation that\u2019s untrue. I\u2019m meeting with my lawyers later today to discuss our options,&#8221; Coker said.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Bellator president, the promotion is not up for sale. In fact, Coker says, Viacom, Bellator&#8217;s parent company, reportedly has turned down numerous offers for it over the last few years, and he doesn&#8217;t expect the organization to be sold anytime soon.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There\u2019s probably been five, six offers for Bellator since I\u2019ve been there \u2013 in the last few years \u2013 and Viacom turned them all down,&#8221; Coker said.<\/p>\n<p>When asked why he thinks Askren made the comments he did about Bellator, Coker chalked it up to him making the comments he did about Paul knocking Askren out.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He\u2019s just mad because I said Logan would knock him out in a boxing match, which is true,&#8221; Coker said.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think about this feud between Scott Coker and Ben Askren?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bellator president Scott Coker says he is considering legal action after Ben Askren suggested on social media that Bellator is up for sale. On Tuesday, Askren confirmed BJPenn.com that he will be taking on Jake Paul in a boxing match in early 2021. Coker was later being asked about his thoughts on that fight, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54474,"featured_media":275862,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[44,10184,10122],"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>Scott Coker considers legal action after Ben Askren suggests Bellator is up for sale | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Bellator president Scott Coker says he is considering legal action after Ben Askren suggested on social media that Bellator is up for sale.\" \/>\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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