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Ben Askren is a wrestler and MMA fighter, former Bellator and ONE Championship welterweight champion, a two-time NCAA wrestling champion and four-time finalist. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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  OUTLINE:
  Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
  (00:00) - Introduction
  (06:59) - Woodley vs Jake Paul boxing match
  (10:48) - Askren vs Jake Paul boxing match
  (13:23) - Jordan Burroughs and Kyle Dake
  (24:37) - Askren vs Burroughs charity match
  (29:21) - Champion mentality and handling losses
  (43:40) - Future interest in competition
  (53:09) - Askren’s early career
  (1:03:58) - Robots wrestling
  (1:18:39) - Olympics
  (1:24:46) - Dagestan wrestling
  (1:30:51) - Askren Wrestling Academy
  (1:46:32) - Khabib Nurmagomedov
  (1:53:08) - 2020 Olympics
  (1:54:49) - Wrestling dominance in MMA

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