Ben Askren, Henri Hooft

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🗓️ 8 July 2020

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Jorge Masvidal’s flying knee seen ‘round the world elevated his stardom to levels that his opponent that night, former UFC welterweight Ben Askren, believes he himself could have risen to had he won. Askren openly discusses his emotions surrounding that night one year ago, Masvidal’s chances against Kamaru Usman, Askren’s own beef with “Marty” and more. Then, Henri Hooft, former coach of Usman and current coach of Gilbert Burns, breaks his silence to talk about Usman’s departure from his gym and what it means for Sanford MMA if Usman and Burns face each other in the future (37:50). To sign up for Ariel’s LIVE podcast event on Friday at 8 p.m. ET, click here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello friends, it's your old pal Ariel Hawani back with another Wednesday edition of the
0:06.7	pod, a special birthday edition of the pod.
0:09.1	Yes, today is my birthday and it's so great to be here with all of you getting set for
0:12.5	UFC 251 Saturday night July 11th, Mosvidal Usman can't wait for it and we got two great interviews
0:19.7	coming up first with the one and only Ben Asgren who of course is tied to both Mosvidal,
0:25.7	offered that record breaking KO loss to him exactly one year ago this week and the man
0:32.0	he calls Marty Usman.
0:33.7	So we'll get his perspective on that fight and the rest of 251 I'm looking forward to
0:38.7	that.
0:39.7	We will also talk to the head coach over at Sanford MMA in South Florida, Henry Hoft, one
0:44.5	of the best coaches in MMA, head coach for Gilbert Burns.
0:48.8	Also long time head coach for Kamar Usman before he moved Colorado to not train in the same
0:53.9	facility as Gilbert Burns.
0:55.1	He hasn't talked about that whole situation and all the drama surrounding it.
0:59.3	So I highly suggest you stick around for that.
1:02.7	But first, of course, the reason why we're talking about all of this is because the UFC
1:07.3	is headed to Abu Dhabi this Saturday with a triple header title fight card with amazing
1:14.4	names top to bottom amazing fights.
1:17.1	It's UFC 251.
1:18.4	I can't wait for it.
1:19.4	It's Usman Mosvidal Volkanovsky, Holloway 2, Jan Aldo.
1:23.0	You won't want to miss this one.
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