Ben Askren: “Most Athletes End Up Poor”
Jan 11, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
One of the biggest problems that professional athletes, including MMA fighters, come to face when they retire is – financial stability. But why? Shouldn’t the fighters, especially the...
Ben Askren Reveals Why Retirement Is Difficult For MMA Athletes
Jan 10, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
Retirement often doesn’t come easy to professional mixed martial arts (MMA) athletes… But why is it so? And why do some athletes move on to “the next thing” seemingly easy,...
Ben Askren on World Cup: ‘For Your Son To Be a Man, No To Soccer, Yes To Wrestling’
Nov 21, 2022BJJEE
USA Wrestling Olympian and Former UFC welterweight/former One FC champion Ben Askren commented on the football/soccer World Cup and he was not impressed by the attitude of some soccer players: ...
Ben Askren Leaves Islam Makhachev Out Of “Best Wrestlers In The UFC” List
Nov 21, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
Whenever the words “wrestling” and “UFC” are mentioned together in one sentence, a lot of people start associating them with the lightweight champion Islam Makhachev. However,...
Ben Askren Gives Advice To Young People: “Learn To Wrestle”
Nov 21, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
When you’re young, the world can be a rather confusing place. So much to learn, so much to experience, and so many questions on what constitutes a “good life” – yet so little...
Ben Askren Blasts BJJ For Lack of Focus on Takedowns
Nov 09, 2022BJJEE
Ben Askren has always been very critical of Jiu-Jitsu. After all, Askren famously self promoted himself to black belt in BJJ: Ben Askren Declared Himself a BJJ Black Belt & Slams Demian Maia...
Jorge Masvidal Wants To Face Ben Askren in a Wrestling Match, Askren Responds
Apr 21, 2022BJJEE
Jorge Masvidal recently challenged Ben Askren to a freestyle wrestling match. Jorge Masvidal said on Logan Paul’s podcast on Youtube that he wanted to face his one time UFC opponent: “Ben, I...
Ben Askren Explains Why Dagestan Wrestlers Are So Dominant
Nov 22, 2021BJJEE
What makes Dagestan, a region Russian, so good at Wrestling and combat sports? “In Dagestan, they train more on technique and skills. It is a more beautiful style of wrestling.” former...
Here’s What Will Happen When Ben Askren Fights Jake Paul
Jan 29, 2021BJJEE
Guest post by Evolve MMA, Asia’s premier championship brand for martial arts. It has the most number of World Champions on the planet. Named as the #1 ranked martial arts organization in Asia by...
Ben Askren Isn’t Yet Convinced by Khamzat Chimaev’s Hype Train
Sep 17, 2020BJJEE
The Chechen Khamzat Chimaev is currently the UFC’s fastest rising star after he fought and won twice within a ten day period. He then went on to openly threaten Conor McGregor. Chimaev has a rich...
Self Promoted BJJ Black Belt Ben Askren Regrets Not Having Spent More Time Learning Jiu-Jitsu
Aug 11, 2020BJJEE
Ben Askren has always been very critical of Jiu-Jitsu. After all, Askren famously self promoted himself to black belt in BJJ: Ben Askren Declared Himself a BJJ Black Belt & Slams Demian Maia The...
Ben Askren Voices Opinion on Father Arrested After Tackling His Son’s Opponent at a Wrestling Match
Jan 24, 2020BJJEE
Earlier the week, a father of a high school wrestler, rushed and tackled his son’s wrestling opponent in a high school wrestling match. The father, Barry Lee Jones, was then arrested and...
Ben Askren Compares Training in Wrestling & BJJ
Aug 13, 2019BJJEE
Askren was a guest on the Joe Rogan Podcast where he criticised the training methods of BJJ schools and what he sees as a lack of drilling. He also talked about the lack of sense of doing 5 minute...
Ben Askren Declared Himself a BJJ Black Belt & Slams Demian Maia
Jul 26, 2019BJJEE
Ben Askren is one of the most intimidating wrestlers of all time in the Octagon. As it turns out he’s also a self promoted black belt?! There’s long been rumors about this that originated...
Jordan Burroughs Pens A Heartfelt Message Of Respect To Ben Askren
May 20, 2019BJJEE
Jordan Burroughs may have won a challenge wrestling match against Ben Askren, and one he wholeheartedly promoted, however, he’s not about to let it go to his head. The Olympic gold winner took...
Watch: (Full Match) Jordan Burroughs Facing Ben Askren 2019 Beat The Streets
May 12, 2019BJJEE
Ben Askren and Jordan Burroughs got down on the mat for a good cause. Beat the Street’s 2019 “Grapple at the Garden” inside the Hulu Theater featured some of the biggest wrestling stars...
Jordan Burroughs Outwrestles Ben Askren
May 07, 2019BJJEE
Ben Askren and Jordan Burroughs got down on the mat for a good cause. Beat the Street’s 2019 “Grapple at the Garden” inside the Hulu Theater featured some of the biggest wrestling stars...
Ben Askren Blasts Dillon Danis Following ‘Easiest Fight Ever’ Claim
Mar 13, 2019BJJEE
Ben Askren is having the time of his life with Danis’ claim that he is the easiest fight ever View this post on Instagram Boom Roasted @dillondanis A post shared by Ben Askren...
Dillon Danis Believes He Would Submit Ben Askren
Mar 06, 2019BJJEE
Askren found himself at the center of controversy over the weekend when he submitted Robbie Lawler after getting thrown on his head. Of course due to the nature of the bulldog choke there was quite a...
Gracie Breakdown: Ben Askren vs. Robbie Lawler – Early Stoppage or Not?
Mar 05, 2019BJJEE
Rener Gracie and Ryron Gracie took the opportunity to analyze one of the best contemporary wrestlers – Ben ASkren in his UFC debut. The twosome got in deep with Ben Askren and weighed in on the...
Watch: Ben Askren Wrestling & Grappling w/ Jake Shields
Mar 03, 2019BJJEE
Ben Askren, 2x NCAA Champion (4x NCAA finalist) is one of the most recognized wrestlers in the world. Ben is notorious for being extremely technical and an extremely great instructor. Here is a rare...
Ben Askren Takes a Dig At BJJ – High level BJJ guy Chokes Very Low Level Grappler & People Be Like #BJJ4life
Feb 19, 2019BJJEE
Ben Askren has long been quite outspoken about all the things he’s come to not appreciate in bjj. From the way classes are held to the way there’ basically no preselection in class...
Ben Askren Rips Dillon Danis and Conor McGregor
Feb 15, 2019BJJEE
Ben Askren is making waves in the UFC. Ahead of his octagon debut Askren found himself as the target of Dillon Danis – something he easily rebuffed. It all started with Danis trying “the...
Dillon Danis blasts Ben Askren – “I’ll Cover The Cost, Sincerely Your Daddy”
Feb 12, 2019BJJEE
Dillon Danis has a new favorite to pick on- fresh UFC signee Ben Askren. Funky has long been considered one of the best UFC prospects. Still he was none too pleased when reading about NCAA ticket...
