5 fights to make Ben Askren come out of retirement
Ben Askren is a two-time NCAA D1 wrestling champion, an Olympian and undefeated in professional mixed martial arts.
He is arguably one of the best welterweights to have fought in any mixed martial arts promotion.
At 33 years of age, he is semi-retired from professional MMA and has two more fights remaining on his contract with ONE FC.
But he has never competed in the UFC and never had an opportunity to face any of the high-level welterweights in the UFC roster.
This is a very strange credential for any top welterweight on the planet and it can leave behind a question mark on his legacy.
The above statement makes a lot of sense, but Askren's world-class wrestling coupled with his untouched win streak still makes him the front-runner for the 'greatest of all time' in the welterweight division.
This feature consists of five interesting matchups which can cement his legacy as the greatest of all time in the welterweight division.
#5 Dillon Danis
Dillon Danis is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt under Marcelo Garcia and the right-hand man of Irish MMA legend, The 'Notorious' Conor McGregor.
Danis was invited to become a coach and main grappling training partner ahead of the Conor's match against Nate Diaz, for UFC 202.
Later, he became best buddies with Conor and started learning the other aspects of the game from him and his crew at SBG Ireland.
The 'Notorious' McGregor's profound influence could be the incentive behind him calling out Ben Askren immediately after his first MMA victory against Kyle Walker in Bellator 198 event.
Askren might be a world-class wrestler and more well-rounded than him, but Dillon's Jiujitsu is below nobody.
He has a high-level leglock game and has a proven record of effectively utilizing toehold and kneebars to submit his opponents.
It takes few years of intense training to beat a high-level leg locker in his game, but Askren's takedown defense is hard to get through.
With McGregor at his corner, things may get really interesting when Dillon squares off against Askren.
Beating the young and ultra-talented protege of Conor McGregor can definitely add more color to Askren's legacy.