Ben Askren One way or another, Ben Askren is going to get the attention of attendees at Friday’s ONE Championship 41 event. Whether it’s because they love him or hate him (and he’s expecting it to be the latter), it doesn’t matter, he said. When Askren, who’s No. 4 in the USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA welterweight rankings , meets Russian challenger Nikolay Aleksakhin (17-3) at Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay, Philippines, the Filipino fans may be happy to see one of the world’s top-ranked 170-pounders ply his craft. More than likely, though, they’ll remember his most recent fight, which resulted in a no-contest when Luis Santos took an accidental poke to the eye from the champ
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At Friday’s ONE Championship 41, champ Ben Askren might have ‘to go full heel’ – MMA Junkie