Ben Askren weighs in on Francis Ngannou vs. Dana White feud
Throughout a current episode of Funky and the Champ, Askren reacted to Ngannou and White’s public feud.
“I’ve clearly had the identical expertise with Dana. And I principally assume Dana does an amazing job. Clearly as a businessman, he does an incredible job. I feel he confirmed numerous braveness when he introduced the UFC again earlier than all of the skilled sports activities, I respect that loads…to which level Dana spent years saying I didn’t wish to combat the perfect, didn’t need challenges, I used to be working away. And that couldn’t’ve been farther from the reality,” Askren stated. “So it sucked for this man, it’s primarily slander, saying issues about me that I knew weren’t true…
“Dana has this a part of his character when he can’t get what he needs, and in that case, he didn’t provide me a contract,” Askren continued. “He did the identical factor with Cyborg, I imagine Randy Couture had an analogous expertise, Francis…however there’s this bizarre a part of Dana’s character the place if he can’t get precisely what he needs, he begins crapping on folks. And since he has an enormous microphone and he’s usually very truthful, and proper, so folks simply imagine him…I needed to take care of a few years of Dana telling lies about me that have been simply actually dangerous. He had no cause or foundation for doing [it]…it’s a very large unfavourable, I don’t know why he’s like that, and it doesn’t actually make sense given the stature and energy he has, for him to throw suits when he doesn’t get precisely what he needs.”
As of this writing, White hasn’t addressed Askren’s remarks nor Ngannou’s newest accusations he made in an interview with MMA In the present day. As for Askren, he retired from MMA in 2020 following a 1-2 UFC stint.
