Ben Askren
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Sep 11, 2026
Henry CejudoHOST
Think of this.
Henry CejudoHOST
There could possibly be a trade with the deal with Ben Askren and Demetrius Johnson.
Henry CejudoHOST
What do you think if the UFC and the MVP traded Michael Venn and Page or the UFC traded Michael Venn and Page for Usman Nurmagomedov? Bro, speaking of that, hold on real quick.
Henry CejudoHOST
I like Page, bro.
Jason NolfGUEST
I, and I know I was, I was talk- 'cause I saw this question earlier, and I was thinking about this, and I know that...
Jason NolfGUEST
Well first of all, Ben Askren is a, is one of the best scramblers of all time.
Jason NolfGUEST
But I will say I never really watched wrestling until I graduated college, so my, uh, my knowledge is not-
Christian PylesHOST
So you graduated college?
Michael SidgwickHOST
He can get that ankle, he will win the North American title, and he's so desperate to go for it, that it, it's...
Michael SidgwickHOST
I said it to, to Nicholas, it reminded me a little bit, not to the same level, obviously, of Jorge Masvidal and Ben Askren, the beginning of their UFC fight, the infamous, like, th- three-second KO.
Adam WilbournHOST
God, this guy's...
Adam WilbournHOST
The way this guy's body just freezes.
JadenHOST
It's all good now.
JadenHOST
So I put MVP in the same category as Ben Askren.
JadenHOST
They needed to be in the UFC.
JadenHOST
They just came too late.
Christian PylesHOST
You got to beat the guy that's at your weight.
JD RaderPANELIST
All right, we got a super chat from EarnYourGold199.
JD RaderPANELIST
He says, Heidly Bros should do what Askrens did.
JD RaderPANELIST
And then he said, mini Iran.
JD RaderPANELIST
Starting a club.
JoshHOST
And how do you like... balance like analyzing for example the fundamentals from past generations against the hyper specific like uh technique and meta shifts happening in modern wrestling today like
Alonzo DavisGUEST
oh um i would say i mean when i watch older matches obviously you can, you can tell a huge difference between like, I mean, guys like Ben Askren, I mean, completely changed the sport, things of that situation.
Alonzo DavisGUEST
But I mean, a lot of these older guys, even the guys who wrestle in the eighties and nineties, I mean, they would do really well in today's wrestling.
Alonzo DavisGUEST
Um, And it's not, to me, it's not as different because, I mean, you watch a normal wrestling match today.
Josh ThomsonHOST
It's a natural reaction to like dip your head one way or the other, duck down, especially if you're a wrestler.
Josh ThomsonHOST
I mean, take a look at what happened with Jorge Masvidal and Ben Askren.
Josh ThomsonHOST
The natural reaction is to dip your head down.
Josh ThomsonHOST
He ran at him and jumped in the air.
Josh ThomsonHOST
Obviously, as an Olympic medalist, you know, an Olympian, Ben Askren, like thinking to himself, what's the first thing I do when someone jumps in the air? Take him down.
Josh ThomsonHOST
That would be the natural reaction.
Josh ThomsonHOST
If you've been wrestling that long and you've been competing this long, that's your natural reaction.
CodyHOST
But we've seen him just ball out.
CodyHOST
So, I mean, Logan, he averaged 5.7 yards per carry last year because... or per carry, and then heavily relied on Tua's dump passes, which they were pretty much a necessity, right? Because considering he was one hit away from becoming Ben Askren, like this dude was one hit away from death.
CodyHOST
Like he saw the snap and he tossed it to him and it happened to work out.
CodyHOST
I'm out for the price this year.
Christian PylesHOST
You know, it was a lot of hypothetical matchups.
Christian PylesHOST
It was a lot of Ben Askren probably at least once a week, who guys would go, do you guys realize we were one week away from the biggest national tournament ever? And we were one month away from the most epic Olympic trials.
Christian PylesHOST
They took that away.
Christian PylesHOST
This didn't happen.
Josh CustodioHOST
We've been taught as pro wrestling fans.
Josh CustodioHOST
Of course, that's, you know, Ben Askren versus Robbie Lawler.
Josh CustodioHOST
It's not always the case.
Josh CustodioHOST
But... that's what we've been trained to think.
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