Ben Askren just showed he’s dead serious about coming out of retirement to square off with his nemesis, Jorge Masvidal … revealing he’s been keeping in incredible shape despite being years removed from the UFC Octagon.
The former fighting star — who’s been retired from MMA since 2019 — took to Twitter to show off his shirtless bod … and to tell Masvidal he’s now really ready for another scrap.
“I’ve kept in great shape during retirement,” he said. “I have zero desire to fight anyone except that loser Jorge.”
The two initially fought in the UFC way back in 2019 after months of trash talk — and it was one of the most memorable bouts ever … as Masvidal ended things in just five seconds with a flying knee to the face.
A year ago today Jorge Masvidal delivered a first class ticket to the shadow realm to Ben Askren pic.twitter.com/gwElnX5aMu
— Spinnin Backfist (@SpinninBackfist) July 6, 2020
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The two, though, have still traded verbal barbs nonetheless ever since … with Masvidal telling TMZ Sports last week he’d definitely be down to run things back.
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Seems Askren’s all in too … adding in an earlier tweet on Tuesday that he wants it to be an MMA fight — not boxing.
In fact, he showed off an apparent text message exchange with Dana White … where he asked the UFC honcho to put it all on for them.
No word if DW has any interest in making it happen … but one thing’s for sure — we’d have no problem watching it!!