Ben Askren Remembers First Thought After Jorge Masvidal KO Loss - MMA Fighting

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  • čas přidán 18. 10. 2022
  • Ben Askren discusses his new book, Bo Nickal’s path in UFC, Nickal vs. Khamzat Chimaev, Leon Edwards vs. Kamaru Usman 2, what he remembers from the Jorge Masvidal fight, how he’s remembered for his losses, the trade to the UFC, Jake Paul vs. Anderson Silva, and more.
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Komentáře • 253

  • @joshbless412
    @joshbless412 Před rokem +137

    If I see Ben Askren, nothing makes me click faster. I love his interviews

    • @Joseph-be3tv
      @Joseph-be3tv Před rokem +1

      Yup me too

    • @Rome6601
      @Rome6601 Před rokem +3

      You're only one of millions who think the same way about the great Ben Askren

  • @hawaiianrussian1047
    @hawaiianrussian1047 Před rokem +65

    16:59 Masvidal ko

  • @1966grappler
    @1966grappler Před rokem +127

    Ben , thanks for all you do for young wrestlers.

    • @bubbabuttz1629
      @bubbabuttz1629 Před rokem +1

      I wish I could have gone back and wrestled like my father

    • @geeloco1600
      @geeloco1600 Před rokem

      Sounds Rapey

    • @cerberusleviath4575
      @cerberusleviath4575 Před rokem

      Bro’s a sellout... fixed a fight with Jake Paul whatta clown.

    • @boyinasal8156
      @boyinasal8156 Před rokem +2

      If he will be my coach. I will look for somebody else. I can not imagine myself getting spark like that. (Jorge masvidal fight) coz i will always think about that fight. As they always say, you are only good as your teacher. I prefer a better mentor🤣🤣🤣

    • @tayshawnwilson8443
      @tayshawnwilson8443 Před rokem

      Ben ass cream?

  • @marktabar4013
    @marktabar4013 Před rokem +65

    Askren's approach to his loss had a profound impact on me when I first started getting into MMA. Not attaching your ego to the outcome is such a common sense approach that I love so much.

    • @nukacola3795
      @nukacola3795 Před rokem +1

      You mean the thing that 99% of all losers have done since the dawn of time. Cool story....

    • @marktabar4013
      @marktabar4013 Před rokem +1

      @@nukacola3795 Boring response.

    • @boyinasal8156
      @boyinasal8156 Před rokem

      Masvidal vs askren fight is the Greatest k.o i have ever seen in mma🤣🤣🤣

    • @user-mm8mh6zi2f
      @user-mm8mh6zi2f Před rokem +1

      Yeh he even said he doesn’t deserve a rematch because he lost I 5 seconds. Very humble guy considering ufc set him up to fail to prove their descision not to sign him in his prime right. Lawler was ufc champ when he was one champ and he choked lawler out so he probably would of been champion if they did.

    • @iceKOId
      @iceKOId Před rokem

      @@marktabar4013 34:00 it was because JOE SILVA did not want Askren. At the same time he was threatening to cut Khabib because his style was “too boring”

  • @SoyBegoy
    @SoyBegoy Před rokem +28

    These two need a show! Truly god bless both of em🎉🦾🫘

  • @dopeymark
    @dopeymark Před rokem +4

    I'm in my second cancer fight, and I am taking inspiration from Ben.

  • @sedaw3261
    @sedaw3261 Před rokem +37

    I always get inspired by the way Askren carries himself. Great person, true champion

  • @Scarhandz
    @Scarhandz Před rokem +33

    Ben is one of maybe 10 mma fighters that I can't click fast enough to watch when I see a new vid on my feed. He's the MMA of interviewees, genuine, knowledgeable, personable and funny, great talkdown defence . Got it all. 👍

    • @boyinasal8156
      @boyinasal8156 Před rokem

      Just like how fast askren got k.o.ed by masvidal🤣🤣🤣

    • @melancholymartialarts7095
      @melancholymartialarts7095 Před rokem

      @@boyinasal8156 askren was over it immediately. Sounds like you haven't gotten over it. Must have to brush your teeth a lot considering Masvidals nuts are always in your mouth

  • @1Knoche11
    @1Knoche11 Před rokem +21

    Ben is one of my favorite athletes. Not because of his record or achievements but because of interviews like this. He's real. He's a genuine and grounded dude. I'll be getting the book Ben!

  • @anthonyontv1061
    @anthonyontv1061 Před rokem +32

    Ben, I enjoyed your run a lot, super entertaining on the mic and gave us some great fights.

    • @johnboylan3832
      @johnboylan3832 Před rokem

      Thanks, pal.

    • @maaxeeyB
      @maaxeeyB Před rokem

      @@johnboylan3832 Thanks bud.

    • @boyinasal8156
      @boyinasal8156 Před rokem +2

      His greatest fight was with masvidal...it is the greatest k.o of all time in mma🤣🤣🤣

  • @frankd525
    @frankd525 Před rokem

    Great interview and Ben being a coach for younger athletes is very admirable. Thanks to you both.

  • @alcottdevalte7440
    @alcottdevalte7440 Před rokem +28

    Askren vs Masvidal 2 would be fun, and he should try to get the rematch...

    • @MattWarb
      @MattWarb Před rokem +5

      We don’t need to see that. Ben is doing well.

    • @hectorescobar9450
      @hectorescobar9450 Před rokem +4

      I don’t think Ben should fight at all anymore..

    • @Squatch34
      @Squatch34 Před rokem

      Why? He has one good hip? Was already going downhill health wise when he came to ufc

    • @thegreatest6546
      @thegreatest6546 Před rokem +6

      you askren fans are truly delusional thinking he can still compete

    • @mason9807
      @mason9807 Před rokem

      I know you think Ben has a chance just cause "wrestler" but he's a hip surgery + several years outside of his prime + been knocked out twice brutally once by a CZcamsr who trained boxing for 2 years. Why would you want Askren to get slaughtered?

  • @SamAlan3005
    @SamAlan3005 Před rokem +2

    Great interview, Ben is an interesting guy. I’ll definitely give the book a read.

  • @machomadness3736
    @machomadness3736 Před rokem +9

    We love you Benjamin

  • @VinegarWithAnAttitude
    @VinegarWithAnAttitude Před rokem +2

    I love it when Ariel catches the guy he's interviewing not paying attention 6:00. "What's going on? What are you doing?" Same thing with Paulo after his fight

  • @mcmays22
    @mcmays22 Před rokem

    Word lookin forward to getting his book

  • @garypollock2447
    @garypollock2447 Před rokem +8

    Run it back!!! Askren would definitely run through masvidal

  • @markdavis8430
    @markdavis8430 Před rokem +12

    Ben is a class act!

  • @danielpoissonnier
    @danielpoissonnier Před rokem

    Love you two together. Add DC and that would be a super funny show as well as incredible real knowledge. Love you funky!

  • @MrChristianbowman82
    @MrChristianbowman82 Před rokem +7

    I have been a fan since the trade. Ben is one of those all around great guys that sets and example for all on how to live life the way it should be lived and not stress about the small stuff! Love him on podcast too

    • @rob5526
      @rob5526 Před rokem

      I agree. Could not have said it better. Guy was made for coaching.

  • @atrain9600
    @atrain9600 Před rokem +2

    It’s cool to see Ben being himself and honest not just the crap talker promoting his fights. Only the Heelwani could bring that out in people. Fighters especially. Much love 🤘🏻

  • @JesseOsher
    @JesseOsher Před rokem +8

    Let’s be honest. The rematch…Askren destroys Jorge.

    • @JesseOsher
      @JesseOsher Před rokem

      @@joef3423 if they did one more fight it could be a big draw

  • @wheelmanstan
    @wheelmanstan Před rokem +5

    no fighter ever handled losses as well as this guy

  • @rob5526
    @rob5526 Před rokem

    Gotta Admit Ben Akren probably the best most interesting interview in the MMA community. The guy is genuine and comes of 100% authentic.

  • @KGMDLeopardFace
    @KGMDLeopardFace Před rokem +1

    Ben. You. Are. Awesome. Thankyou for being a strong image in our youths perception, you survived a knee to the face on live tv going viral then losing to Jake Paul, and you are still alive let alone showing your face on the internet with class, you are an inspiration to anyone who's ever had a loss, you are a butterfly effect that will save lives and make us as a people tougher. Thankyou :)

  • @joshuadelacruz6617
    @joshuadelacruz6617 Před rokem

    Love this. Ben has gotta be one of my favorite mma personalities. It seems like he put it on without deviating from himself too much.

  • @5555grumpy
    @5555grumpy Před rokem

    Great interview!

  • @skoal91
    @skoal91 Před rokem +5

    Wish we got to see prime Askren in UFC

  • @ulrich101
    @ulrich101 Před rokem +4

    Ariel says all the time that he doesn’t like to ask fighters to come on his show after a ko loss and yet he asks every fighter to come on his show after a ko loss and then has to explain to them and everyone else that he doesn’t like to ask people to come on his show after a ko loss lol

  • @Inkosi_uJabu_Ndlovu
    @Inkosi_uJabu_Ndlovu Před rokem +1

    15:01 this man is a time traveler from the year 22,009

  • @LearningWithSuj
    @LearningWithSuj Před rokem +10

    Ben’s great! And true fight fans appreciate how tremendous a competitor he is and how dominant he was.
    I enjoy Ariel’s interviews but parts of this made me laugh. The way Ariel was bringing up “doesn’t it bother you that…” over and over again reminded me of an episode of Seinfeld where George kept asking this old man he was having lunch with if he thinks about death.. and how the average lifespan is 72 😂

  • @philrisser6853
    @philrisser6853 Před rokem +2

    id like to meet askren. he cracks me Up

  • @RockinRoland72
    @RockinRoland72 Před rokem +2

    Ben is the man. Love his attitude!

  • @Houcnc
    @Houcnc Před rokem +9

    Love funky ben !

  • @IAmKrazyKyle
    @IAmKrazyKyle Před rokem +5

    17:00 for start of Masvidal KO

  • @ziongite
    @ziongite Před rokem +3

    His advice is legit. Don't be afraid of failure, go try to talk to a bunch of different girls, don't invest too much of your emotion into any of it, just talk to some, you can tell if one likes you by how interested they are in talking to you. However if you never talk to anyone because you are too scared, you will never even find any of these ones that will like you. Heck I was worse than Askren when he was a teen, I literally was so low in self belief I had girls literally coming up to me trying to talk to me and I still convinced myself that no one liked me, because when I was young I inherited my mother's weird victim complex, like a martyr complex thing, it wasn't until I left home that I became more normal and came to my senses. Yeah, a lot of people I think have a bad mentality because of bad influence, but you need to stop being influenced and reset your brain kind of, then just go and try to talk to people in the world, you will find a lot of decent people who are compatible with you, whether it be friends or romance etc.

    • @chucklebutt4470
      @chucklebutt4470 Před rokem

      Here's some advice for free: use paragraphs if you want anyone to read your sentences.

  • @RambonoJones
    @RambonoJones Před rokem +5

    Really want a Helwani/Askren/DC/Bisping roundtable

    • @adriane7841
      @adriane7841 Před rokem +1

      Add Chael in there too

    • @Rome6601
      @Rome6601 Před rokem

      Adding Colby Covington would be Legendary..

  • @boogyjuggy
    @boogyjuggy Před rokem +1

    win or learn...well done Ben

  • @iknowilookdumbwhenisaythis5593

    We love you Bernhard

  • @harrybobarry
    @harrybobarry Před rokem +5

    Ben: “Im looking at Jorge. I’m getting ready to fight and yeah…boom…(I got ko’d)
    Ariel: “Yeah. Amazing.”
    🤦🏽‍♂️

  • @rob5526
    @rob5526 Před rokem

    The kids who get him as a coach got the best.

  • @D-One
    @D-One Před rokem +4

    29:00 Jorge is not ungrateful, he simply doesn't understand why Ben provoked him relentlessly to get and hype up the fight... Very different IQ lvls. Of course it backfired on Ben due to how the fight went down but Ben basically gave Jorge a chance to catch lightning in a bottle and he did.

  • @rspct9654
    @rspct9654 Před rokem +2

    Dude talked for 40 minutes but leave it to Helwani to come up with the most clickbait title

  • @everyoneisonsteroids2720

    No one ever took a loss like that better than Askren

  • @stephenstuckey
    @stephenstuckey Před rokem +4

    Ben's cool man. He got alot of hate yada yadda.....and prob rightfully so. But dudes a beast. Always has been.

  • @NewYorkRaven
    @NewYorkRaven Před rokem +3

    Thank you for bringing up the revisionist history Ariel.
    Funky is a top 5 all time non UFC fighter and people forget that.

  • @spekblue6027
    @spekblue6027 Před rokem +7

    Ben Askren is the #1 welterweight ever. Wish they`d let him rematch Jorge...

    • @libertarianpunk8558
      @libertarianpunk8558 Před rokem

      The Jake ko makes the Jorge rematch in the ufc impossible

    • @ExtendedSack
      @ExtendedSack Před rokem +1

      #1 ever is absurd

    • @boyinasal8156
      @boyinasal8156 Před rokem +1

      Lol...the only thing that is no. 1 about askren is that masvidal fight. It will go down as the no.1 best k.o in mma history🤣the greatest k.o of all time in mma🤣🤣🤣

    • @libertarianpunk8558
      @libertarianpunk8558 Před rokem

      @@ExtendedSack Demetrious Johnson and ben Askren are supposedly the two best ever as of the last couple weeks and also Dana is evil and the ufc is plotting against every ufc fighter Everything is a conspiracy

  • @mattrousseau1889
    @mattrousseau1889 Před 10 měsíci

    The only guy that's been to Mars twice in 3 years 😂

  • @toddjohnson5176
    @toddjohnson5176 Před rokem

    Your voice is amazing.

  • @Supertoxie1
    @Supertoxie1 Před rokem +8

    Great interview. Ben was the most exciting ground fighter I have seen till this day. The way he moved was so weird and dominant. He never stalled or fkd around. I was always captivated by his fights. Casuals believed he was boring because of the comment section. Instead of actually seeing his fights. I'd like the haters to actually tell me which fight did he stall in or was boring?

    • @johnboylan3832
      @johnboylan3832 Před rokem

      Lol.

    • @mateohodge6998
      @mateohodge6998 Před rokem

      Ain't most of his decisions him stalling?

    • @EltonJ1981
      @EltonJ1981 Před rokem +1

      You serious? He was pretty zzzzz to watch

    • @Supertoxie1
      @Supertoxie1 Před rokem

      @@mateohodge6998 he never stalled. Not even once. Constant movement, pressure and strikes. He got better at ground n pound as time went on. Then his hip ruined his abilities.

    • @Supertoxie1
      @Supertoxie1 Před rokem

      @@EltonJ1981 yeah.. Him totally dominating people in a way we never seen before was so zzzz. You'd have to watch it with you own eyes instead of listening to people in the comment sections.

  • @libertarianpunk8558
    @libertarianpunk8558 Před rokem +3

    Ben you’re forgetting khazmat has been bouncing around weight classes on top of being out sick for a year that’s why he hasn’t had a title shot yet

  • @salvagebot1592
    @salvagebot1592 Před rokem

    This interview is funny as hell lol

  • @hawj1212
    @hawj1212 Před rokem

    the Funky Nose - we need a show w these two haha wkly

  • @whythe48
    @whythe48 Před rokem

    I still love and respect the funky one

  • @jordansaenz3
    @jordansaenz3 Před rokem +4

    He finally remembered. Crazy.

  • @muthurajaramachandar4762
    @muthurajaramachandar4762 Před rokem +14

    Damn Ben Askren looks like he aged a lot in such a short period

  • @atrain9600
    @atrain9600 Před rokem +1

    Ahahahah Heelwani shut him down on the business typin’ hahah. Ariel is the man . That’s proves it !

  • @queenmaggies2677
    @queenmaggies2677 Před rokem +4

    One of the greatest MMA fighters of all time. Excellent, excellent wrestling. Phenomenal wrestler. Nobody can take that away from Ben. I wish I even had his career record.

    • @RL-ww5ev
      @RL-ww5ev Před rokem +5

      great wrestler yes, one of the greatest mma fighters, no

    • @hereticlife2546
      @hereticlife2546 Před rokem +3

      That's a stretch

    • @boyinasal8156
      @boyinasal8156 Před rokem +1

      The only thing great about his career was the masvidal fight...it will surely go down as the Greatest k.o in mma history🤣🤣🤣

  • @Duzykutas
    @Duzykutas Před rokem +2

    Ben is the most entertaining nerd out there. He wasted his career a bit as he could have been a big star in the UFC if he came in after GSP retired.

  • @kriss2558
    @kriss2558 Před rokem +1

    Gotta love Rictus Mortis Ben

  • @InappropriateShorts
    @InappropriateShorts Před rokem +1

    ben askren aged 10 years since masvidal

  • @briantneary2248
    @briantneary2248 Před rokem

    Ben and I have the same birthday.
    He still hasn't gotten me a gift yet, though

  • @geollert2750
    @geollert2750 Před rokem +1

    Usman didnt demand anything, he just said He is open to fight in England. Pointless take on that, Helwani.

  • @toddjohnson5176
    @toddjohnson5176 Před rokem

    Epic wrestling is how it done

  • @DFRTKYND
    @DFRTKYND Před rokem +6

    BEN ASKREN NEEDS TO BE A RE ACCRUING GUEST OR CO HOST

  • @gol4695
    @gol4695 Před rokem

    I like Ben🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  • @HanoiHustler
    @HanoiHustler Před rokem

    Ben gets me amped to be my best me.

  • @JlYlElNlJ
    @JlYlElNlJ Před rokem

    I'm not a wrestling fan but I'm a Ben Askern fan

  • @matthewcharboneau733
    @matthewcharboneau733 Před rokem

    Years after the KO I still wonder, what would Jorge be without that flying knee to Askrens dome?

  • @RAWFestival
    @RAWFestival Před rokem

    ASKREN VS MASVIDAL 2. BOOK IT!

  • @spiritualED
    @spiritualED Před rokem

    Ben, your follow up book should be called Funny You Should Askren. And listen, that’s a freebie from me to you. But, if the book sells well… 😉

  • @devincross325
    @devincross325 Před rokem

    10-7 aerial on the Afro 🙏🏽 lol

  • @garypollock2447
    @garypollock2447 Před rokem

    Ben been sparring, got a couple of black eyes, nose slightly swollen and prepping for masvidal 2

  • @JGAbstract
    @JGAbstract Před rokem +1

    Jeez man, its been years. You can stop with the masvidal KO in the video title.

  • @ufc9ja
    @ufc9ja Před rokem +1

    The only thing i don't like about Dana... He hold grudge on many people.... C'mon Dana. You should be the man of the people. You gonna live longer. Apologize to Ariel and giv him a spot in the UFC. He's done alot for ufc too. Those old interviews. Nothing like that again

  • @dopeymark
    @dopeymark Před rokem

    I really like retired Ben Askren. He is a smart and pragmatic dude.

  • @ItsameAlex
    @ItsameAlex Před rokem

    whoah

  • @Joseph-be3tv
    @Joseph-be3tv Před rokem

    I would read Askren's book if I read books in the first place

  • @moreblack
    @moreblack Před rokem

    40:19 the mojahed laugh

  • @cristianchavez1699
    @cristianchavez1699 Před rokem

    looking back on it, Bens career is quite remarkable. Dude never figured out how to strike yet he won most of his fights. As an MMA fanatic for the last 20 years, my respects good sir.

  • @BullishBitcoinBanter_Bullshit

    Even the ghost writer of Bens book doesn’t want to be associated with Ben

  • @Greekbasil
    @Greekbasil Před rokem

    He looks and sounds like Marc Cubans brother

  • @jeffhildenbrand6528
    @jeffhildenbrand6528 Před rokem

    Ben Askren couldn't do a pull up his first year of college or climb the rope...his record as a redshirt was average, maybe 14-10...He then created his own style do make up for his lack of strength/explosiveness....4x NCAA finalist...
    Guy is smart & knows how to win. Period.

  • @bobbanks8525
    @bobbanks8525 Před rokem

    No hero timestamped when the clickbait title is :(

  • @chuckisnorris
    @chuckisnorris Před rokem +1

    Ben would thrash Jorge if he got a second chance, thug Jorge was just lucky same as Aldo & mgregor

  • @555dking
    @555dking Před rokem

    I put $200 on a Jake Paul first round knock out back when they boxed. No better feeling than seeing him hit the canvas! $$

  • @CH-wn8sq
    @CH-wn8sq Před rokem +1

    He finally remembered his first thought?

  • @d04lvallier
    @d04lvallier Před rokem

    Remember when Askren would get vids to near 600-800k? Now dude barely scratches 70k kinda sad

  • @iceKOId
    @iceKOId Před rokem

    34:00 it was because JOE SILVA did not want Askren. At the same time he was threatening to cut Khabib because his style was “too boring”

  • @iceKOId
    @iceKOId Před rokem

    35:00 NO it was because JOE SILVA did not want Askren. At the same time he was threatening to cut Khabib because his style was “too boring”

  • @701delbronx8
    @701delbronx8 Před rokem

    That guy was never a fighter, he was a wrestler who got his ass annihilated by a journeyman

  • @scarfoxden6984
    @scarfoxden6984 Před rokem

    I wish Ben was my dad

  • @razorslice99
    @razorslice99 Před rokem

    Boom!!!! Roasted!!!

  • @restoreamerica1558
    @restoreamerica1558 Před rokem

    Used to love to watch Ben fight even though his career was short lived in the MMA. But is it me or does he seem a little loopy in some of his answers. Seems like he even is slurring his words a little and doesn’t seem as focused mentally as his interviews he did before the knockout? Maybe just an early morning interview, but he seems a little off to me. Being knocked out by Jorge and pounded by Lawler may be showing. Hopefully not!

  • @jamieclarke6027
    @jamieclarke6027 Před rokem

    Ben I'd say Masvidal made you . If casual's are the audience then your viral knockout is your career highlight . Really enjoy your persona but you also said if you met a Paul brother in a back lane it would be murder and again you lost miserably !

  • @oscarbuglass4746
    @oscarbuglass4746 Před rokem

    Jake Paul’s son woke up

  • @claytontarrant9978
    @claytontarrant9978 Před rokem

    The worst stand up of any fighter I've seen EVER!! ( no hate I just haven't seen anything as bad)
    but I like his interviews and he seems like a legit decent fella

  • @mikemartin7482
    @mikemartin7482 Před rokem

    Man makes a whole living tslking about getting koed by masvidal

  • @OG_Jin_Bling
    @OG_Jin_Bling Před rokem

    That title's terrible. Makes it seem like he just now woke up.

  • @hawaiianrussian1047
    @hawaiianrussian1047 Před rokem

    Honestly with the way there career panned out after the infamous knee, if Askren decided to jump back in the USADA pool and un retire I could see Sean Shelby and Dana white liking the idea of a Masvidal/Askren rematch