“Would come out of retirement” – Ben Askren reveals the only fight that would prompt him to comeback inside the octagon

“Would come out of retirement” – Ben Askren reveals the only fight that would prompt him to comeback inside the octagon

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Ben Askren and Jorge Masvidal are part of the shortest UFC fight ever. In 2019, Masvidal fought Askren at UFC 239 and it turned out to be an iconic one. As soon as the fight started, Masvidal ran towards Askren and landed a nasty flying knee on his head. It dropped, Askren out cold and the fight was over. Masvidal got the record of having the fastest knockout in UFC history which was of five seconds. The crowd just went crazy and fans couldn’t believe what they saw at that moment.

Since then, Askren became a part of Masvidal’s highlight reel. Before that, Askren was on an impressive 19-win fight streak and undefeated throughout his career. However, after that fight, he was never the same. Askren retired after one more fight which he lost against Demian Maia.

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The knee was impressive but there has always been a debate about what would have happened if the kick would not land perfectly. It seems like fans can see and experience it.

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“Rematch with Jorge,”- Fight fans propose a rematch between Ben Askren and Jorge Masvidal in future

Ben Askren- Jorge Masvidal
Ben Askren- Jorge Masvidal

Ben Askren is quite active on Twitter and likes to interact with online users a lot. During a recent interaction, one of the fans suggested an interesting opportunity for the retired fighter.

The fan asked if Askren would like to fight Jorge for a second time.

“Ben, how would the rematch with Jorge go? Asking for a friend ?.”

Surprisingly, Askren noticed that comment and gave a rather positive response to it. Askren revealed that he is down to fight Masvidal for a second and it will be the only fight that can force Askren to come out of retirement. He said :

“It’s the only thing that I would come out of retirement for.”

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It’s a great match-up as both the fighters are clearly out of their prime and the history between them is massive. The fans also feel the same as many were excited about it on the internet.

One user revealed that he is eager to see the fight as according to him Masvidal just got lucky with the knee. He wrote :

“Would love this to happen for so many reasons. All of them leading to prove that Jorge got off quite literally the luckiest KO of all time.”


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