PMS 2.0 053 - Tim Tebow, Ben Askren, & A Slew Of Magic

The Pat McAfee Show

ESPN

Football, Sports

4.9 • 18.9K Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2019

⏱️ 99 minutes

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Summary

On today's show, Pat and the guys welcome in 2X State Champion, 2X NCAA Champion, member of the 2008 Olympic wrestling team, former ONE and Bellator Welterweight Champion, and one of the hottest names currently in the UFC coming off a victory at UFC 235, "Funky" Ben Askren, joins the show for an incredible conversation. They cover why the UFC/Dana White ducked him for so long and why Dana still hates him, what he wants to do with the rest of his career in the UFC, what it was like fighting in Asia for a large part of his career, some of his hobbies outside of the Octagon, his thoughts on Conor McGregor, and what some of the defining moments of his career have been (2:01-45:07). The guys also have some HUGE Tim Tebow news, chat about kids today and the issues with a participation trophy society, discuss winter weather sports, where Antonio Brown's landing spot will be as the Steelers say he should be traded by Friday, what the deal with the anti-vaccine crowd is and where it all started, what the deal with Jim Carrey is right now, and Pat chats about his upcoming plans for Orlando including going to the Avatar theme park down there. It's a good one. Come and laugh with us, cheers.

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0:30.0	It is Thursday, March 7th, and it's a heater today.
0:36.0	Had no idea who this guy was that is our guest on the day show, Ben Askren,
0:39.0	you're probably saying the same thing potentially?
0:42.0	Electric, 30 plus minute in the deal with this guy.
0:45.0	Oh yeah, the man.
0:46.0	Nice.
0:47.0	Matt, Matrione and I have known each other for a while.
0:49.0	Chris Lightall, same thing.
0:50.0	Ben Askren might be my new favorite active fighter.
0:54.0	I think he is.
0:55.0	I'm all in this guy's camp.
0:56.0	You will be two after you listen to this interview.
0:59.0	What a f***.
1:00.0	It was, I don't know how to, I was gonna say fucking electric, but I think it was more than that.
1:06.0	It was just a joyful conversation.
1:09.0	I can't wait to get to it.
1:10.0	And in June, he's gonna be fighting and guess where we're gonna be getting our tickets from.
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