After his loss Saturday to Demian Maia at UFC Singapore, his second straight after reeling off 19 straight wins to start his career, Ben Askren these past few days, started talking openly of retirement.
Askren had mentioned retirement a few years ago, feeling he had done everything he could other than win a UFC championship. And when he was available previously, UFC had expressed no interest in him.
In many ways, that decision by Dana White in 2013, which led to Askren moving to ONE from 2014 to 2017, was unfortunate in hindsight.