Former ONE welterweight champion and still undefeated mixed martial arts phenom Ben Askren vacated his ONE Championship title when he decided to retire from the sport. Since then, however, Askren has been traded to the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).
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In the first ever fighter trade among major MMA promotions, Ben Askren has been traded to the UFC in exchange for former UFC flyweight champion and pound-for-pound great Demetrious Johnson. Taking to Twitter, Ben Askren has since been criticizing the UFC’s welterweight division.
Taking to Twitter, Ben Askren has now decided to issue a goading message to the UFC for having not yet made an official statement concerning the trade. Check it out below.
“Hey @ufc are you gonna make an announcement? You are like that guy with a GF who’s embarrassed to tell his buddies even when everyone knows! Ha ha ha you know you love me.”
Hey @ufc are you gonna make an announcement? You are like that guy with a GF who’s embarrassed to tell his buddies even when everyone knows! Ha ha ha you know you love me.
— Ben Askren (@Benaskren) October 30, 2018
