Biography
The talented fighter Ben Askene in the past managed to become a star of mixed martial arts, speaking for world-famous sports organizations, but decided to finish their career. Even after that, his name was left for hearing due to the ability to slip the public.Childhood and youth
Ben was born in the summer of 1984 in the city of Hartland, Wisconsin, USA. He graduated from school there. The celebrity appeared on the celebrity in the early years of the biography, he preferred single species in which you can only count on yourself. Especially the boy was interested in a free struggle, he began to study it for 6 years, but truly carried away in the 6th grade.
After graduating from school, Askene entered the University of Missouri and continued to participate in tournaments. But in the first years of study at the college, the young man was not lucky, and he constantly lost. Then Ben decided to change his style by making it unique. It helped several times in a row to become the winner of the NCAA championship.
Martial arts
In 24, the guy survived the first strong disappointment. He filed a request for participation in the Summer Olympics and passed the selection for competitions in the weight category up to 74 kg. The victory in this tournament was for the celebrity of the childhood dream, but he lost.After that, Askene decided not to wait for the following Olympic Games, but to professionally do MMA. He debuted in February 2009 against Josh Flauers on HP: The Patriot Act. In the first battle, held in Colombia, Missouri, an athlete will overlook the opponent at the beginning of the 1st round. His second duel passed there and also ended with the victory.
In September, Ben became the participant of the championship, which was conducted by the ADCC organization. Competitions took place in Barcelona, and the first fight with Tony Linden Askene completed the suffocating reception. However, the fight with the Brazilian fighter Pablo Popovich lost.
Also, celebrities managed to win fights for the champion title of the oldest organization on Grappling FILA. He performed in the weight category up to 84 kg, his rival was the champion last year Jacob Volkmann. Although the duel was tense, Benu was still able to pull the victory and win gold.
In 2010, the fighter participated in the 2nd season of the BELLATOR Grand Prix and, using pain, won Ryan Thomas. Later, he once again met with this athlete and again became the triumph of the evening by decision of the judges. And surpassing in the technique of Lyman Guda, the fighter won the title of the organization.
In subsequent years, Askenet demonstrated superiority over rivals in the ring, successfully defending the title. The last fight under the contract with Bellator he spent in the summer of 2013. His opponent became the Russian professional fighter of a mixed style Andrei Koreshkov, who gave way to the American.
Leaving Bellator, Ben concluded a contract for 6 fights with a promotion One Championship. He made his debut at the One FC 16: Honor and Glory tournament, where he met with Azerbaijani Bakhtiir Abbasov. At that time, the opponent had 9 wins in a row, and Loss Asking became a blow for him, as I ruined the statistics.
In the summer of 2014, the American spent a fight with the champion ONE Nobutac Suzuki. By defeating the opponent with technical knockout in the 1st round, he received an award in the form of a champion belt One and became the strongest welterweight fighter.
Soon, defending the title, Askene met in the ring with Louis Santos. However, the battle was recognized as invalid, since the opponent received a blow to the eye and could not continue to fight. Re-encountered never followed. After that, the athlete met with Russian Nikolai Aleksakhin and defeated the unanimous judicial decision.
In the next, 2017, year, a man spent a few more fights ended with his victory. After that, he declared the completion of the sports career, but he added that he would return to battles if he would provide the opportunity to fight for the title of the best world fighter.
It was never found worthy candidates for ONE FC, so in 2018 the organization held a successful deal with UFC, exchanged Ben on the champion in the lightweight weight of Demetrius Johnson. Many were waiting for this event for more than one year and anticipated spectacular tournaments.
But to become a star promotion ascrene never succeeded, although he attracted a lot of attention to himself thanks to the scandalous reputation and quiet. In particular, the athlete continued the conflict with the UFC President Dane White, which began at the time of performances for Bellator. After signing the contract, the wrestler argued the statements regarding Dane in that "no one loves his boss."
At the end of January 2019, Askren's fight with Robbie Lowler took place. Having learned about the upcoming meeting, Ben stated that he was deliberately reduced with an ex-champion, pre-predicting a news loss UFC. But in the end, he managed to defeat the opponent with a suffocating reception.
The athlete was then met with Veteran UFC Jorge Masvidal. Heated interest in the tournament, the wrestlers led fierce disputes on the network. Already on the 5th second, the opponent knocked out a star than the record of the rapid victory in the history of the sports organization was installed. He stated that he did it because he was rumped up with the words of Asking in his address. Ben reminded that this battle would not take place without a triste.
The next rival of the American became Brazilot Demian Maya, who made him surrender in the 3rd round, using a suffocating reception. After that, the fighter announced that it was forever from mixed martial arts. He took up coaching work and blogging about cryptocurrency.
Fans continued to follow the stars of stars in "Instagram" and "Twitter" and soon learned about his possible fight with a showman Logan. During this period, Askene suffered an operation on the hip joint, so they failed to compete.
Personal life
The athlete does not hide information about his personal life, he is happily married to Amy Askey, their wedding took place in 2010. The couple raises three children - Andy daughters and Alex, as well as the son of Ozzy. Now Ben often lays out of their photos in "Instagram".
The athlete weighs about 85 kg with a height of 178 cm.
Ben Askene now
Although the duel with the Logan did not take place, in April 2021 Askene met with his brother Jake Paul and fought with him according to the boxing rules within the Thriller Fight Club show. At the conferences, the athlete stated that it would easily overcome the star "Yutiuba" and will be able to teach him. But even during weighing, the fans noted that Ben is not in the best physical form. As a result, he lost to the blog already in the 1st round, which called the shame for himself.Awards and titles
- Will-struggle Wisconsin State Champion
- Winner of the brown belt on Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
- Member of the US Olympic Fighter Combat
- Winner of the World Grappling Championship 2009 FILA 2
- Hightery Champion ONE CHAMPIONSHIP
- Champion Bellator in welterweight weight