Ben Askren roasts Dillon Danis for ADCC withdrawal

By Tom Taylor - September 26, 2019

Dillon Danis was expected to return to the mats at ADCC 2019, but according to a report from FloGrappling, the Conor McGregor stablemate has withdrawn from his position in the -99kg division. You better believe Ben Askren has something to say about that.

Ben Askren, Conor McGregor, Daniel Cormier

The UFC welterweight contender Askren reacted to this news on Twitter, making a rather crude suggestion about the cause of Danis’ withdrawal.

“Sore knee caps from unspecificied incident is the report I am hearing!” – Ben Askren on Twitter.

While Askren and Danis are separated by promotion bounds — they compete in the UFC and Bellator respectively — that hasn’t stopped them from exchanging near ceaseless trash talk on social media and in interviews.

Most recently, Askren claimed that he’d be happy to meet his rival in a grappling match once his MMA career has drawn to a close.

“At this point it’s my MMA career,” Askren said on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show on Monday. “When I am done with that if I chose to take part in a grappling contest it would be Dillion Danis.

“Obviously, he challenged me to a grappling match,” he added. “After my MMA career that’s something, I would definitely do.”

Upon hearing this comment from Askren, Danis quickly welcome a future grappling match with the wrestler.

“Biggest grappling match in the history of the sport Dillon Danis vs [Ben Askren] let’s f**king do it!” – Dillon Danis on Twitter.

How do you think Danis will react to this latest barb from Danis?

This article first appeared on BJPENN.COM on 9/26/2019. 


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