Ben Askren

Talented wrestler Ben Askren, who competes in mixed martial arts, according to the portal Sherdog ranks 10th in the list of the world's best fighters in the middleweight division. The athlete is known for his grappling skills and the use of elements from different types of martial arts.

Ben was born in the summer of 1984 in Heartland, Wisconsin. There the future athlete began to study at school. As he was an active child, his parents noticed his passion for sports early and enrolled their son in the freestyle wrestling section.

Askren won the state competition for the first time in his youth. The guy took the 1st place and was awarded a gold medal. The next 2 years of the wrestler no one surpassed, so he continued to wear the title of champion. Ben did not stop there, he trains even more, spends all his free time in the gym and continues to win prizes in his native country.

At the time of 24, the first serious competitions appear in Askren's biography. He is applying for the Summer Olympics and is qualified for the competition in the weight category up to 74 kg. And although he lost, fans of the sport are increasingly paying attention to the young fighter. The lanky guy with a muscular body moves better than other wrestlers in the ring, bypasses opponents and performs unexpected elements.

After this defeat, Askren decides to pursue a further career in MMA. The guy made his debut in this sport in February 2009. In the first fight, which took place in Columbia, Missouri, the athlete defeated the opponent at the very beginning of the 1st round. His second fight took place there, Ben's opponent was Mitchell Harris, whom he also won.

In September 2009, Ben became a member of the championship, which was held by the well-known organization ADCC. The competition was held in Barcelona, and the first fight with Tony Linden Askren ended with a suffocating reception. However, the second fight with the Brazilian fighter Pablo Popovich he lost.

He also managed to win the fights for the title of the oldest organization in grappling FILA. The man competed in the weight category up to 84 kg, his opponent was last year's champion Jacob Volkmann. Although the fight was tense, Ben still managed to snatch victory and win gold.

In 2010, the fighter participated in the 2nd season of the Bellator Grand Prix welterweight title, using a painful technique, defeated Ryan Thomas. Later he met again with this athlete, and this time the judges unanimously counted Ben as the winner. And surpassing Lyman Goode in technique, in October 2010 the man won the title.

For the next two years, the athlete successfully fights with Nick Thompson, Jay Hieron and Douglas Lima. And in 2013, due to the early termination of the fight wins from Carl Amussa. As he received a serious dissection, the doctor forbade further to hold the fight. The last fight under the contract with Bellator Askren was held in the summer of 2013. His opponent was Russian professional mixed-style fighter Andrey Koreshkov, who lost the victory to the American athlete.

After leaving Bellator, Ben enters a two-year contract with the ONE Championship promotion, which includes 6 fights. In May 2014, a man meets Bakhtiyar Abbasov. At that time, the fighter had already 9 victories in a row, and the loss to Askren was a blow for him. In the summer of the same year, the American fights the ONE champion Nobutatsu Suzuki. Defeating his opponent by TKO in the 1st round, Ben receives the award in the form of the one belt and becomes the strongest fighter in the welterweight division.

In 2015, defending the title, Askren meets Luis Santos in the ring. However, soon after the start of the fight it is stopped, as Ben's opponent gets hit in the eye and can not continue the fight. This fight was declared a failure. The athlete met with Nikolai Aleksakhin in 2016 and won by unanimous decision. And in May 2017, he defeated Malaysian Aguilan Thani in the 1st round.

Also in 2017, the man had several more fights, which he also won. Ben then announced the end of his sporting career, but added that he would return to fighting if he was given the opportunity to compete for the title of the best world fighter.

Now the man spends a lot of time in the gym at training and on trips to tournaments. Like other athletes, he tries to stick to his parameters. At 178 cm tall, it weighs 78 kg.

Despite his constant employment, Ascren's personal life is fine. It is known that he has a wife and children. Judging by the photos, which the athlete posts on Instagram, he has two daughters and a son. Other information about the family Ben prefers not to share with subscribers and the media.

There is information that the former ONE Championship and Bellator welterweight champion is close to signing a contract with the UFC. This became known in October 2018, when Askren answered the question of his fan.

UFC officials were preparing to negotiate with the fighter in the summer, but this required an official notice that would prove that Ben does not currently have existing contracts with other MMA organizations. But then he has not yet finished the contract with ONE FC, so it was not possible to talk about working in the UFC.

At the end of October, fight fans learned that Askren had moved to the UFC promotion, which held a historic MMA deal with ONE FC, swapping Demetrius Johnson for an American. Many have been waiting for this event for many years, now sports fans are waiting for spectacular tournaments.

Ascrena will fight Robbie Lawler at the end of January 2019. Upon learning of this news, Ben said that he was deliberately reduced to the former champion, predicting the loss of the UFC rookie in advance.

Wisconsin freestyle wrestling champion Brazilian jiu-jitsu brown belt holder Member of the U.S. Olympic freestyle wrestling team 2009 FILA 2 World Grappling Championship ONE Championship welterweight champion Bellator Welterweight Champion

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Ben Askren Net Worth 2021

Ben Askren 's revenue is $1.9M in 2021. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Ben Askren and could vary in the range between $782.9K - $1.8M.

Ben Askren Net Worth 2020

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Ben Askren Net Worth 2019

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Ben Askren Net Worth 2018

Ben Askren 's revenue is $1.1M in 2018. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Ben Askren and could vary in the range between $597.8K - $1.4M.

Ben Askren Net Worth 2017

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Ben Askren Net Worth 2016

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Ben Askren Net Worth 2015

Ben Askren 's revenue is $1.1M in 2015. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Ben Askren and could vary in the range between $816.7K - $1.1M.

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