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Published 11:09 18 Oct 2016 BST
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“The thing is with Ben Askren is that Ben Askren doesn’t really want to fight here, in my opinion. People that are close to him say the same thing. The guy is making a ton of money to fight nobodies, but when you talk and you say a lot of things it keeps your name out there. Trust me when I tell you this, Ben Askren does not want to fight in the UFC. Believe me when I tell you that.”Coincidentally, White told BT Sport earlier this month that he felt St-Pierre does not want to fight in the UFC either, a claim that the Candian superstar has since denied.
"I'm telling you again, I don't think GSP wants to fight. I keep saying this. You guys know fighters as much as I know fighters, do you think GSP wants to fight? GSP wasn't crazy about fighting when he was fighting! Now three years later he's just dying to fight? He's not. I don't think he is."One snag may be that because of ONE Championship realigning its weight classes in a bid to stop weight cutting, Askren is now fighting at 185 pounds. This means we could have a very strange scenario where two of the best welterweights in the world could be fighting each other at middleweight. Honestly, who cares about that asterisk? This fight sells itself. Catch up with the latest episode of Football Friday Live:
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