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Post-surgery Ben Askren tells ‘son’ Sean O’Malley to ‘toughen up’ on ankle injury

You may have heard Ben Askren has a new(ish) hip. Just like an old salty dad, he likes to rub it in the face of his internet son.

Fresh out of the operating room, the retired UFC and ONE Championship star on Monday jabbed at UFC bantamweight star Sean O’Malley, who is recovering after an ankle injury suffered in a loss to Marlon Vera earlier this month at UFC 252.

“See, Sean O’Malley’s faking an ankle injury,” Asken said as he inched down a hospital corridor on a walker, held up by a nurse.