{"id":381031,"date":"2021-04-03T12:49:59","date_gmt":"2021-04-03T19:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=381031"},"modified":"2022-02-04T15:26:07","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T23:26:07","slug":"jorge-masvidal-responds-after-ben-askren-claims-he-made-him-famous-with-lucky-knee-at-ufc-239","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jorge-masvidal-responds-after-ben-askren-claims-he-made-him-famous-with-lucky-knee-at-ufc-239\/","title":{"rendered":"Jorge Masvidal responds after Ben Askren claims he made him famous with “lucky” knee at UFC 239"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jorge Masvidal has responded to Ben Askren’s recent claims that he “made him famous” with his “lucky” knee in their fight at UFC 239.<\/p>\n

Masvidal and Askren had previously squared off in a highly anticipated welterweight bout on July 6 in 2019.<\/p>\n

At the time, it was thought that if \u2018Funky\u2019 defeated \u2018Gamebred\u2019 at the event, he would go on to earn the next welterweight title shot.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately for the former Bellator and ONE champion in Ben Askren, he fell victim to the fastest KO<\/a> in UFC history via a flying knee from Jorge Masvidal.<\/p>\n

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The spectacular finish resulted in Masvidal launching to superstar status, while Askren\u2019s UFC title aspirations seemingly dissipated in defeat.<\/p>\n

While Ben Askren was originally complimentary of Masvidal\u2019s quick finish, Jorge\u2019s recent trash talk compiled with his<\/a> antics with Jake Paul, spawned \u2018Funky\u2019 to finally unload on his two years of vented frustration.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve refrained for 2 years, but let\u2019s be real Jorge. You landed the luckiest knee of your life and I made you famous. You\u2019re welcome. You got 50-43\u2019d by Usman and will likely again next month. Beat it loser.\u201d<\/em> – Askren wrote on Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As noted above by ‘Funky’, Masvidal will get his second crack at UFC welterweight gold on April 24 when he collides with Kamaru Usman for a second time. In the pairs first encounter at UFC 251, which ‘Gamebred’ took on very short-notice, ‘The Nigerian Nightmare’ walked away with a dominant decision win.<\/p>\n

Jorge Masvidal recently took some time out of his training regiment to respond to the recent claims made by his former opponent in Ben Askren.<\/p>\n

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Just like when you told the whole world I was afraid to fight you and I went on to retire your ass in 5 seconds stfu. Now I\u2019m going to fight the world champion so stfu x2 #andnew<\/a><\/p>\n

— Jorge Masvidal UFC (@GamebredFighter) April 1, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n