Den före detta ONE Championship-mästaren Ben Askren är nu klar för sin för UFC-debut mot forne welterviktsmästaren Robbie Lawler under UFC 233.
I en intervju med UFC Unfiltered berättade Askren vad han tror är det som gör att MMA-fans gillar honom som fighter:
I’m more of a purist competitor and I enjoy the fighting aspect of it, but people enjoy my personality and they enjoy that I tell the truth. I speak plainly, I don’t beat around the bush and I’m just genuine.
I don’t have anything bad to say about Robbie Lawler so I’m not going to fraudulently say something about him just because I’m going to fight him. I’m not. If I don’t like Colby [Covington] I’m going to say it. If I think Nick Diaz is a dumb-dumb then I’m going to say it. I’m not going to create an unnecessary beef because I’m fighting someone. I think people appreciate all those things about me.
Vidare berättar Askren varför han har svårt för den högljudde Colby Covington och att fansen troligtvis känner detsamma.
One of the reasons why Colby isn’t catching on, and Colby has been in the UFC for four-years, he had a fake title shot, and he still had a very small amount of the following that I do. Whether it’s Instagram or Twitter or whatever. Part of the reason that’s happened is because it’s so contrived.
When Colby says stuff you don’t think wow that’s unique and that’s genuine. The fact that he has to bring Trump into everything is so that everyone gets mad because everyone hates Trump right. He has to do that to draw interest, it’s just an obvious sign that people aren’t that into you.
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