Shinya Aoki doesn’t give a damn about conventional wisdom, and he showed that early in Singapore by pulling guard against no less a top-heavy pestle than Ben Askren. Less than a minute later — after getting slammed for his efforts — Aoki was covering his head like a man fending off flashbacks to some old trauma. And that was it. Askren prevailed at ONE Championship: Immortal Pursuit, making quick work of one last enterprising spirit. The fight didn’t last a minute. Askren walks away as the welterweight champion, having never lost a professional mixed martial arts competition through 19 fights.
Ben Askren goes out with a bang (but open to being coaxed into a return)
