BAD MMA - The origins of combat™ » Pundits https://www.badmma.com The BADDEST Brand on the Planet™ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:38:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Bellator Champ Ben Askren Plans to Take Out Frustrating Schedule on Andrey Koreshkov https://www.badmma.com/bellator-champ-ben-askren-plans-to-take-out-frustrating-schedule-on-andrey-koreshkov.html https://www.badmma.com/bellator-champ-ben-askren-plans-to-take-out-frustrating-schedule-on-andrey-koreshkov.html#comments Wed, 31 Jul 2013 01:49:06 +0000 BAD MMA News http://www.badmma.com/bellator-champ-ben-askren-plans-to-take-out-frustrating-schedule-on-andrey-koreshkov.html There is only one 170-pound mixed martial artist outside of the UFC that is turning heads. His name is Ben Askren , undefeated Bellator welterweight champion. And he is preparing to put his belt on the line for the fourth time when he steps in the cage with Andrey Koreshkov on Wednesday. Askren is currently undefeated at 11-0, and in many pundits’ eyes, he is the next prospect to step out from the shadow of divisional kingpin and UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre. With wins over MMA veterans like Jay Hieron, Nick Thompson, Douglas Lima and Lyman Good (Hieron, Good and Thompson being former champions of other mid-major promotions), Askren has proven that – despite only being in the sport for four years – this 29-year-old isn’t intimidated by any perceived lack of experience. Oddly, being a two-time Division-I NCAA National Champion at Missouri and former Olympian in the sport of wrestling, Askren is rarely mentioned in the same vein as some of his more well known contemporaries in MMA. It’s something the former “Mizzou Tiger” doesn’t mind at all. “Most people are just ignorant about the sport,” Askren told MMAweekly.com .  “I’ve trained with the best

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]]> https://www.badmma.com/bellator-champ-ben-askren-plans-to-take-out-frustrating-schedule-on-andrey-koreshkov.html/feed 0 Josh Burkman’s Upset Raises WSOF Profile, but WSOF 3 TV Ratings Remain Average https://www.badmma.com/josh-burkmans-upset-raises-wsof-profile-but-wsof-3-tv-ratings-remain-average.html https://www.badmma.com/josh-burkmans-upset-raises-wsof-profile-but-wsof-3-tv-ratings-remain-average.html#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:48:05 +0000 BAD MMA News http://www.badmma.com/josh-burkmans-upset-raises-wsof-profile-but-wsof-3-tv-ratings-remain-average.html World Series of Fighting 3: Fitch vs. Burkman took place Friday night at The Joint at The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Had fans known ahead of time the upset that was brewing, the TV ratings for the show might have jumped out of the promotion’s average range. Josh Burkman shocked most fans and pundits alike by quickly submitting perennial Top 10 welterweight and former UFC championship contender Jon Fitch in the first 41 seconds of their WSOF 3 main event. The upset lit up social media sites after it happened, but that was too late to spark the WSOF 3 TV ratings

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