Ben Askren may never be anything close to the media sensation that Ronda Rousey was in her brief, but highly publicized 5-year MMA career. However, as hitherto unbeaten, highly-skilled grapplers who found themselves on the wrong end of crushing KO losses in their first ever defeats, a certain amount of comparison is, perhaps, inevitable.
But, it’s also a comparison that Askren is eager to avoid. And the best way he can see to do that? Don’t hide from your losses.
“I think that’s the worst thing you can do,” Askren told MMAFighting. “I mean obviously if you want to point to who did it the worst was Ronda [Rousey].