Since getting traded to the UFC from ONE Championship, Ben Askren has made a splash by ruffling the feathers of nearly all of the top welterweight contenders. The former Bellator and ONE champion came into the UFC calling out everyone he could, from Darren Till to Colby Covington to now-champion Kamaru Usman, trying to pick fights with all of the top guys in the division. That vocal social media presence has irked a lot of fighters, none more so than his next opponent, Jorge Masvidal.
Speaking on The Joe Rogan Experience MMA Show recently, Masvidal addressed Askren’s trash talk, saying that Askren is a hypocrite for talking trash with his fingers but not settling accounts with his fists in person.