Ben Askren is calling it a day.

I would always here that Askren was a top level talent. How would he have done in the UFC?

 

Impressive win despite Aoki being a lightweight and being well past his best he is still the biggest name win Askren has had,the Lima win in 2012 was probably his best win along with probably Koreshkov.Its a shame he never really got to test himself against any of the best Welterweights and his career will be 1 of the great what if storys.I've never been a fan of his but he has been a clear top 10 fighter the last 4-5 years and its a shame we probably wont get to see him in the UFC basically because of his boring style of fighting .

 

He's talked about it for a while now so it's not a surprise but it's still disappointing. I would've have liked to have seen what he could've done in the UFC the last few years.

 

He would have beaten a lot of top 10 fighters but it probably just wouldn't have been that great to watch.There is no real excuse for him not to at least be given the opportunity in the UFC considering sum others far more boring and nowhere near as skilled as Askren.

 

Both good wins and clearly his best but neither were top 10 when he beat them

 

Sure those wins look good now in hindsight which is what I said but don't blow them up into something they are not.Koreshkov is good but apart from Lima hasn't fought anybody apart from blown up Lightweight Henderson and is not in any top 10 rankings just like he wasn't when Askren beat him.The Lima win which I think was his best at the time and looking back looks better also was not then and is not now in most of the independent top 10 rankings even tho I think he should be along with getting a UFC contract.

 

Just checked his tapology profile, they have him ranked #51 @ WW lol

 

I would say he capable of beating all of them but I think he beats Hendricks easily especially post USADA Hendricks, Lawler would have a chance but if he wasn't at his best Askren would wrestle**** him for 5 rounds and win easily on points.Despite not liking Woodley I think he beats Askren on most occasions by being able to frustrate him stuffing all his takedown attempts and potentially even stopping him .GSP in his prime would be far to good for Askren and even now I think he beats him 9 out of 10 times

 

I understand he's fighting in a 2nd rate org but you can't rank 50 WWs above him, that's ridiculous.

 

You probably dont give a rats ass about this either but I agree with pretty much everything you said apart from how high in rankings Koreshkov should be and how good he is.Lima is most definitely a Top 10 no matter what the rankings say and I think he should be in the UFC,he has an exciting style and finishes opponents