During that reign, he defeated former champion Douglas Lima in dominant fashion, sweeping the scorecards with 50-45 across the board.īy comparison, albeit nearly six years later, MacDonald recently won the welterweight championship from Lima in far less dominant fashion. When Askren competed in Bellator MMA, he held their welterweight championship for more than three years until he was released from the organization at his request. When you consider that category includes St-Pierre himself, UFC champion Tyron Woodley (a teammate of Askren) and Rory MacDonald (a teammate of St-Pierre), that is the highest of high praise. In an interview with Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour, Georges St-Pierre called Askren a top-3 welterweight. The recently retired Askren was 153-7 as an amateur wrestler, a four-time All-American, a winner of two consecutive NCAA championships, an Olympian and an 18-0 undefeated mixed martial artist. If a survey of active mixed martial artists was conducted to determine the sport’s all-time top welterweights, it’s safe to say Ben Askren would be on that list.
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