{"id":459413,"date":"2022-09-29T15:06:19","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T22:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=459413"},"modified":"2022-09-29T15:06:19","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T22:06:19","slug":"ben-rothwell-reveals-the-two-favorite-moments-from-his-ufc-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/ben-rothwell-reveals-the-two-favorite-moments-from-his-ufc-career\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Rothwell reveals the two favorite moments from his UFC career"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ben Rothwell says two moments stick out from his UFC career.<\/p>\n<p>Rothwell has been fighting professionally since 2001 and was in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UFC<\/a> from 2009 to 2022. &#8216;Big Ben&#8217; fought the who&#8217;s who of the heavyweight division but says his wins over Alistair Overeem and Josh Barnett are two of his career highlights.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Just Scrap Radio Ep. 95 (w\/ Dern, Rothwell, Costa &amp; Castaneda)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JK2-Kkbml7I?start=1701&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The two big ones are knocking out Alistair Overeem as a five-to-one underdog and he was a world-class striker and I knocked him out,&#8221; Rothwell said on <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/podcasts\/just-scrap-radio-ep-94-with-damon-jackson-gillian-robertson-and-louis-cosce\/\">Just Scrap Radio on BJPENN.com<\/a>. &#8220;Then, submitting Josh Barnett, who had never been submitted and is known as one of the best grapplers in the world were two big things for me because that&#8217;s MMA. I did the grappling and the striking and it set me up to be one of the best in the world in MMA.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Even though Ben Rothwell has already accomplished a ton in his fighting career he still isn&#8217;t done. He&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/ben-rothwell-plans-to-make-bobo-obannon-regret-wanting-to-fight-him-at-bkfc-30-i-know-im-one-of-the-best-fighters-in-the-world\/\">set to make his BKFC debut on Saturday<\/a> and believes he still has a lot of good years left in him which is why he isn&#8217;t thinking about retiring.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thinking about it is a sense a negative, but it is a reality. I&#8217;m not totally lost, I know my time is coming but it&#8217;s not here yet, that is what I do know. As long as my training partners still say I can fight and I&#8217;m performing the way I am and am dangerous and staying healthy, and not slurring, yeah (I&#8217;ll keep fighting),&#8221; Rothwell concluded. &#8220;But, the day is going to come and we will know I&#8217;m good. I&#8217;m preparing myself with my other businesses and ventures and that day will come but right now with the new opportunity I want to have a good run before I walk away.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>What is your favorite Ben Rothwell memory from his fighting career?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ben Rothwell says two moments stick out from his UFC career. 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