Ben Askren Is Already Talking All Kinds Of Shit To The UFC Roster After Yesterday's Monumental Trade News And I'm All Here For It

You wanna know something else about this Ben Askren fellow, who’s one of the greatest mixed martial artists in the world – arguably the greatest to never step foot in the octagon – that the UFC is seemingly acquiring in the first-ever major promotional trade in MMA history? Oh yeah, he’s one of the best shit-talkers the sport’s ever seen, as well. A great friend of Chael Sonnen’s, his mental game is very similar to The American Gangster’s. Not quite on the same level, but close, and at this point I think anybody and everybody could get it.

Khabib, CM Punk, Mike Perry, Jorge Masvidal – LITERALLY ANYBODY! Also, before I forget and move on from Jorge Masvidal, I just have to note that his “slut”/”whore”-based trash talk is a very peculiar approach.

Obviously the bouts on most fans’ minds right now are the Georges St-Pierre/Khabib Nurmagomedov dream matches, but in seeing a ton of options float by on my Twitter timeline last night, I actually don’t hate Masvidal as a first UFC fight for Askren. I also think someone like Kamaru Usman or Colby Covington could be a fair debut bout for “Funky”, favoring Colby there just because I’d love to see his punk ass humbled by another Trump supporter just so that he loses his entire “mental game” arsenal of catchphrases and doesn’t know what to do. Maybe Dana’ll surprise us all and just throw him into a Welterweight Title bout right away for shits and gigs! Who knows anymore.

Regardless of who Ben Askren’s first opponent winds up being, though, I think we’re truly about to enter the Funky Era.