Ben Askren on fighting Jake Paul, Snoop Dogg betting $2 million against him, WWE wanting to sign him

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

Entrepreneurship, Mental Health, Business, Health & Fitness, Sports, Wrestling

4.9 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2021

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Ben Askren is a retired UFC fighter, amateur wrestler, and podcaster. He joins Chris Van Vliet from his home in Hartland, Wisconsin before his boxing match with Jake Paul on April 17. He talks about why Jake chose him as his opponent, training with Freddie Roach, his retirement from UFC, Jake's comments about his wife, what he remembers from the fight with Jorge Masvidal, his passion for BitCoin, WWE's interest in him, and his trip to the Performance Center, Dana White's $1 million bet on this fight, Snoop Dogg wanting to make it a $2 million bet, wanting to fight Logan Paul if he wins this and much more! If you enjoyed this episode, could I ask you to please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcast/iTunes? It takes less than a minute and makes a huge difference in helping to spread the word about the show and also to convince some hard-to-get guests. For more information about Chris and INSIGHT go to https://chrisvanvliet.com Follow CVV on social media: Instagram:instagram.com/ChrisVanVliet Twitter:twitter.com/ChrisVanVliet Facebook:facebook.com/ChrisVanVliet YouTube:youtube.com/ChrisVanVliet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:45.4	Okay, here we go.
0:47.2	Welcome to the show.
0:48.5	So good to have you with us.
0:49.7	What an interesting conversation with a super interesting guy.
0:54.8	Pumped to have Ben Ascran on the show today
0:56.7	ahead of his big fight on April 17
0:59.2	against YouTuber turned boxer Jake Paul,
1:04.1	who has been talking a lot of trash leading up to this.
1:07.1	Although Ben says, you know what, I'm really not that impressed.
1:09.7	I don't think Jake's trash talk is very good. Ben says, you know what, I'm really not that impressed. I don't think Jake's
1:10.8	trash talk is very good. Ben is, of course, a decorated wrestler, had an incredible
1:17.4	MMA career in Bellator, one championship, and UFC. He ended his career at 19 and 2,
1:24.9	but this is his first ever boxing match. So it'll be very interesting to see how this
1:30.4	all shakes out. And if you watch the Mike Tyson and Roy Jones fight, I mean, Triller knows how to put
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