{"id":79372,"date":"2013-12-24T09:41:33","date_gmt":"2013-12-24T17:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=79372"},"modified":"2018-02-24T20:43:01","modified_gmt":"2018-02-25T04:43:01","slug":"askren-the-bald-headed-fat-man-wont-let-me-in-the-ufc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/askren-the-bald-headed-fat-man-wont-let-me-in-the-ufc\/","title":{"rendered":"Askren: &#8216;The Bald-Headed Fat Man Won&#8217;t Let Me In&#8217; The UFC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/askren.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-71305\" title=\"askren\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/askren.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/askren.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/askren-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/askren-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>\u201cThey essentially told my manager, \u2018We\u2019re going to get something done,\u2019 and six hours later, when I\u2019m not in the meeting and not in the UFC office, I get a call saying, \u2018It\u2019s not going to happen. It is their business, and they can run their business however they want to run their business. But it would have been nice to hear from their mouth what the real issue was. I have a pretty good idea of what it is, but they still didn\u2019t spit it out&#8230; In all honesty, I think if you put a 15-man tournament together, I think I could be the best fighter in the world right now. And now, I\u2019m not going to get a chance to prove that because one bald-headed fat man chooses not to let me in.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview with <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2013\/12\/ben-askren-on-six-figure-one-fc-fights-bald-headed-fat-man-ufc-future-baroni-more\/?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=twitter\" target=\"_blank\">MMAJunkie.com<\/a>, Former Bellator champ, Ben Askren, gave his thoughts on UFC boss Dana White and their inability to come to terms on a UFC contract.<\/p>\n<p>Undefeated, Askren takes to the Asian MMA circuit as ONEFC&#8217;s top welterweight prospect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThey essentially told my manager, \u2018We\u2019re going to get something done,\u2019 and six hours later, when I\u2019m not in the meeting and not in the UFC office, I get a call saying, \u2018It\u2019s not going to happen. It is their business, and they can run their business however they want to run their business. 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