Ben Askren Blasts Donald Cerrone for Comments
Ben Askren Blasts Donald Cerrone for Comments
By Jim Edwards
Donald Cerrone may have apologized to Daniel Cormier for his rash assessment of his wrestling-based attack on Anderson Silva this past weekend, but one man isn't going to let it lie just yet--Ben Askren.
Speaking at the UFC Fan Expo just one day after Cormier defeated Silva, Cerrone gave a somewhat harsh opinion on the American's performance at UFC 200 to Q&A host Jon Gooden. Having heard about Cerrone's comments, Askren took to his Facebook page to give his own view on what Cerrone had said.
In typical Askren fashion, he certainly didn't hold his feelings back.
"I want to address the recent comments made by Donald Cerrone because they are just so ridiculous and embarrassing," Askren said. "From an intelligence standpoint, this guy just doesn't get it.
"Donald, listen up here. I know you want everyone to just think you are so tough, the toughest guy around. But, listen, if you were so freaking tough you'd learn how to stop a friggin takedown. This whole mentality to think that the only way you can prove you're tough is if you stand and bang; that was a theory made up by weak ass strikers who couldn't learn how to stop a takedown.
He continued. "I never heard that line out of GSP or Aldo. Those guys came from a striking background but those guys were tough enough to learn how to stop a few takedowns. My god--what a freakin concept."
The ONE Championship welterweight champion then gave Cerrone some advice.
"If you fight mixed martial arts you need to learn how to stop a takedown," Askren said. "You might want to learn how to stuff one of those. Get tough, get in the wrestling room and figure something out. "You are never going to be a champion unless you get a little more intelligent and learn to stick to a game plan. It's just not on the cards it's just not going to happen for you."
Askren then had a clear message to Cerrone about what would happen if the two of them ever met in the cage.
"If you [Cerrone] are going to say, 'Askren you suck, all you do is lay on top of guys, I'd kick your ass'," Askren said. "Well 'A', no you wouldn't kick my ass, it would actually be a very, very easy night for me. And 'B', your response shows the level of intelligence that I think you have and I know you have.
"Your line of reasoning is embarrassing for humanity and it's disgusting. If you are half as tough as you talk or you think you are, somewhere in over the decade of mixed martial arts you've done you would have learned how to stop a takedown but you are weak and you aren't smart."
Donald Cerrone may have apologized to Daniel Cormier for his rash assessment of his wrestling-based attack on Anderson Silva this past weekend, but one man isn't going to let it lie just yet--Ben Askren.
Speaking at the UFC Fan Expo just one day after Cormier defeated Silva, Cerrone gave a somewhat harsh opinion on the American's performance at UFC 200 to Q&A host Jon Gooden. Having heard about Cerrone's comments, Askren took to his Facebook page to give his own view on what Cerrone had said.
In typical Askren fashion, he certainly didn't hold his feelings back.
"I want to address the recent comments made by Donald Cerrone because they are just so ridiculous and embarrassing," Askren said. "From an intelligence standpoint, this guy just doesn't get it.
"Donald, listen up here. I know you want everyone to just think you are so tough, the toughest guy around. But, listen, if you were so freaking tough you'd learn how to stop a friggin takedown. This whole mentality to think that the only way you can prove you're tough is if you stand and bang; that was a theory made up by weak ass strikers who couldn't learn how to stop a takedown.
He continued. "I never heard that line out of GSP or Aldo. Those guys came from a striking background but those guys were tough enough to learn how to stop a few takedowns. My god--what a freakin concept."
The ONE Championship welterweight champion then gave Cerrone some advice.
"If you fight mixed martial arts you need to learn how to stop a takedown," Askren said. "You might want to learn how to stuff one of those. Get tough, get in the wrestling room and figure something out. "You are never going to be a champion unless you get a little more intelligent and learn to stick to a game plan. It's just not on the cards it's just not going to happen for you."
Askren then had a clear message to Cerrone about what would happen if the two of them ever met in the cage.
"If you [Cerrone] are going to say, 'Askren you suck, all you do is lay on top of guys, I'd kick your ass'," Askren said. "Well 'A', no you wouldn't kick my ass, it would actually be a very, very easy night for me. And 'B', your response shows the level of intelligence that I think you have and I know you have.
"Your line of reasoning is embarrassing for humanity and it's disgusting. If you are half as tough as you talk or you think you are, somewhere in over the decade of mixed martial arts you've done you would have learned how to stop a takedown but you are weak and you aren't smart."