{"id":433621,"date":"2021-04-20T09:37:50","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T13:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=433621"},"modified":"2021-04-20T09:37:53","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T13:37:53","slug":"ben-askren-says-he-was-fine-after-getting-punched-by-jake-paul-told-the-ref-he-could-keep-fighting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ben-askren-says-he-was-fine-after-getting-punched-by-jake-paul-told-the-ref-he-could-keep-fighting\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Askren Says He Was Fine After Getting Punched By Jake Paul, Told The Ref He Could Keep Fighting"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fben-askren-says-he-was-fine-after-getting-punched-by-jake-paul-told-the-ref-he-could-keep-fighting%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=433621&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\" readability=\"39.801136363636\">\n<p>Ben Askren believes he could have kept fighting against Jake Paul.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/smokeroom.com\/2021\/04\/19\/jake-paul-conor-mcgregor-fight-more-realistic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Askren<\/a> was \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/18\/jake-paul-ben-askren-fight-video-recap\/\">knocked out<\/a>\u201d in the first round against <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/19\/jake-paul-conor-mcgregor-fight-more-realistic\/\">Jake Paul<\/a>, but the fight\u2019s ending was extremely controversial because the former MMA star appeared ready to keep rolling. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/08\/11\/david-hookstead-wisconsin-badgers-college-football-king-in-the-north\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/08\/11\/david-hookstead-wisconsin-badgers-college-football-king-in-the-north\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1619005452549000&#038;usg=AFQjCNF-0FzQZTxb4nmaAybX9eqAkA3HOw\">(RELATED:<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/08\/11\/david-hookstead-wisconsin-badgers-college-football-king-in-the-north\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/08\/11\/david-hookstead-wisconsin-badgers-college-football-king-in-the-north\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1619005452549000&#038;usg=AFQjCNF-0FzQZTxb4nmaAybX9eqAkA3HOw\">\u00a0David Hookstead Is The True\u00a0King\u00a0In The\u00a0North\u00a0When It Comes To College Football)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"4.6875\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The ringside view of Jake Paul\u2019s TKO. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESPNRingside?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ESPNRingside<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YgasSH1Br4\">pic.twitter.com\/YgasSH1Br4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SportsCenter\/status\/1383651476812144641?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>During a recent interview with Ariel Helwani, Askren said that he felt like he could have kept fighting and even told the ref that he was \u201cfine.\u201d \u201cI told the guy I was ready to fight,\u201d Askren explained to Helwani.<\/p>\n<p>You can listen to him break it all down below.<\/p>\n<p>\n<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?start=60&#038;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>\n<\/p>\n<p>See, this is what drives me nuts about this past Saturday night. Anyone with eyes and a brain could tell that Askren could keep fighting.<\/p>\n<p>The dude used to eat punches for a snack while fighting MMA. Yet, we\u2019re supposed to believe he couldn\u2019t continue after a single punch?<\/p>\n<p>I think the ref made an absolutely atrocious decision.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"4.8932038834951\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">JAKE PAUL. 1ST ROUND. BOOM. ???????? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/anMHypqM9q\">pic.twitter.com\/anMHypqM9q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BroBible (@BroBible) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BroBible\/status\/1383642982163779590?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Askren also denied that the fight was rigged, which I\u2019m sure is true. I don\u2019t think anyone truly thinks it was rigged, but I think we can all agree the ref blew it.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"7\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Jake Paul fight def wasn\u2019t rigged, I mean look at the injuries on Ben Askren. I hope he recovers. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TrillerFightClub?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TrillerFightClub<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7tttv3LG6v\">pic.twitter.com\/7tttv3LG6v<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Austin (@AustinPlanet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AustinPlanet\/status\/1383648445496381440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Now, Askren can ride off into the sunset with a big paycheck and call it a day. It\u2019s just a damn shame he never even got a real shot.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ben Askren believes he could have kept fighting against Jake Paul. Askren was \u201cknocked out\u201d in the first round against Jake Paul, but the fight\u2019s ending was extremely &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2276186,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"Ben Askren Says He Was Fine After Getting Punched By Jake Paul, Told The Ref He Could Keep Fighting","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-433621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_video_url":"https:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=Rgd4EAYN2Xk","fifu_image_alt":"Ben Askren Says He Was Fine After Getting Punched By Jake Paul, Told The Ref He Could Keep Fighting","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=433621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2276186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=433621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}