{"id":4665,"date":"2021-04-20T02:24:59","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T06:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dviouscontent.com\/index.php\/2021\/04\/20\/ben-askren-shuts-down-rumors-jake-paul-fight-was-rigged-for-him-to-lose\/"},"modified":"2021-04-20T04:50:43","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T08:50:43","slug":"ben-askren-shuts-down-rumors-jake-paul-fight-was-rigged-for-him-to-lose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dviouscontent.com\/index.php\/2021\/04\/20\/ben-askren-shuts-down-rumors-jake-paul-fight-was-rigged-for-him-to-lose\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Askren shuts down rumors Jake Paul fight was &#8220;rigged&#8221; for him to lose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><b>Simply days faraway from his first-round knockout to Jake Paul, Ben Askren has come ahead and shut down hypothesis that the boxing occasion was rigged for him to lose.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Askren\u2019s first boxing combat didn\u2019t fairly go based on plan. A fast <\/span><strong>first-round KO<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> noticed Paul advance to a 3-0 document with Askren compelled again into retirement. Whereas the PPV occasion generated <\/span><strong>tens of tens of millions<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><strong>drew curiosity from around the globe<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, some viewers rapidly ran away with an intriguing principle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Was the combat rigged all alongside? Footage quickly emerged that confirmed Askren fortunately leaving the sector mere moments after the knockout. Consequently, many started to invest that he could have \u2018taken a dive\u2019 for a fast paycheck \u2013 a paycheck <\/span><strong>significantly bigger<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> than something he ever took dwelling within the UFC.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Talking with ESPN\u2019s Ariel Helwani after the very fact, Askren has now put a cease to this line of pondering. \u201cIt undoubtedly didn\u2019t occur,\u201d he confirmed. \u201cI acquired hit.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NeR8W1v9F5\">pic.twitter.com\/NeR8W1v9F5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Angelo Boscacci (@Boscacci6) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Boscacci6\/status\/1383645925160095752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regardless of the short defeat, the previous Olympian assured that \u2018throwing the combat\u2019 was by no means even thought-about. \u201cI\u2019m not destitute and poor. What do I achieve by that? The reply is nothing, I believe I&#8217;d truly lose lots. That\u2019s not one thing that might ever cross my thoughts.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Having competed on the highest stage of fight sports activities for greater than a decade, Askren retired with an MMA document of 19-2. For viewers that questioned the legitimacy of his ultimate bout with a YouTuber, he believes it\u2019s solely \u201chuman nature.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Within the lead-up to the combat, and even within the locker room simply minutes earlier than, Askren was \u201cfairly assured [he] was going to win.\u201d Issues finally didn\u2019t play out in his favor however in no way was the occasion rigged.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All of it simply got here all the way down to not \u201cdefending the overhand proper,\u201d based on Askren. \u201cHe\u2019s acquired a very good overhand proper. I didn\u2019t defend it properly sufficient.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> All through his complete MMA profession, he \u201cwished\u201d his opponents to throw that very same strike with a purpose to arrange an \u201cstraightforward\u201d takedown. It was \u201ca tough behavior to interrupt\u201d and that resulted in a first-round KO.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em><strong>The related subject begins on the 9:40 mark under.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ben Askren on his loss to Jake Paul, whether he regrets taking fight | Ariel Helwani&#039;s MMA Show\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Rgd4EAYN2Xk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whereas it was a \u201cextremely embarrassing\u201d outcome, Askren walks away with no regrets now that it\u2019s all stated and accomplished.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As for Paul, he\u2019s nonetheless acquired a wealthy future forward with\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>numerous social media stars<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> calling him out to be subsequent in line. There\u2019s no telling who he may face subsequent, but it surely\u2019s certain to attract simply as a lot curiosity coming off one other flash KO.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dexerto.com\/entertainment\/ben-askren-rumors-jake-paul-fight-rigged-1557198\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Simply days faraway from his first-round knockout to Jake Paul, Ben Askren has come ahead and shut down hypothesis that the boxing occasion was rigged for him to lose. Askren\u2019s first boxing combat didn\u2019t fairly go based on plan. A fast first-round KO noticed Paul advance to a 3-0 document with Askren compelled again [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4667,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[1465,1464,1777,828,1930,826,3689,2434,3932],"class_list":["post-4665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-influencer","tag-askren","tag-ben","tag-fight","tag-jake","tag-lose","tag-paul","tag-rigged","tag-rumors","tag-shuts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dviouscontent.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dviouscontent.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dviouscontent.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dviouscontent.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dviouscontent.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4665"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dviouscontent.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4666,"href":"https:\/\/dviouscontent.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4665\/revisions\/4666"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dviouscontent.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dviouscontent.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dviouscontent.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dviouscontent.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}