UFC 324 Preview with Ben Askren | WEIGHING IN #643
WEIGHING IN
John McCarthy & Josh Thomson's MMA Show
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🗓️ 21 January 2026
⏱️ 84 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | What's up, everyone? We're joined tonight by my man, Ben Ascran, brother. How have you been? |
| 0:04.3 | And I know you've been going through a lot and we're not going to talk too much about that because |
| 0:07.6 | you're probably tired of talking about that. Oh, so much. I just want to say, it's good to see you, man. That's the biggest thing. I'm glad you're still here with us. I know you've been through a lot, But honestly, just want to say it's good to see your face. |
| 0:18.9 | Good you see you at home. |
| 0:20.0 | Good to see you relaxing in your bed. |
| 0:21.8 | I'm just, I mean, honestly, been thinking about you a lot. |
| 0:24.0 | And I was like, man, I want to say it's good to see your face. Good you see you at home. Good to see you relaxing in your bed. |
| 0:21.8 | I'm just, I mean, honestly, been thinking about you a lot. |
| 0:24.0 | And I was like, man, I got to reach out to him and see what's going on. |
| 0:26.4 | I did DC just recently. And him and I were chatting. I was like, what's been doing, man? I got to reach out and see how you're doing. And so I reached out to get you on and hope everything's going well, brother. |
| 0:35.1 | Yeah, I'm, I feel like I've actually been turning a corner the last week or so. |
| 0:39.0 | I've been having our best days by far. |
| 0:40.8 | So it feels great did you know i |
| 0:42.5 | actually brought you up i quiz daniel a quiz daniel on who knocked out nade he has he didn't know |
| 0:50.3 | can you believe it up to my boy man leave it Leave it up to my boy. And I just had, |
| 0:55.2 | I just had him on recently. Yeah. And then you guys did the Nate Diaz talk after that. |
| 1:01.6 | Yep, but he didn't know who put him down. Man, just like a true friend. But I did want to |
| 1:07.7 | bust your balls about those comments, man. Nate Diaz isn't really that good. I will put my comments strongly. I defended my comments. Actually, it came up again on Monday. I did a show Daniel, but two days ago, one day ago, I don't recall. So here's my thing. I will even say about myself, I am just a factual person. I was one and two in the UFC. That is subpar. |
| 1:29.2 | There is no way to turn there out. Now listen, if you want me to make excuses about I was old, |
| 1:33.7 | I was retired, I needed a new hip, and I fought three guys who were no, they all of them |
| 1:37.4 | fought for a UFC belt at least twice. You know, so it's like I had good opposite. Nevertheless, |
| 1:41.9 | I was one and two. It's not good. Like, I will say that about myself. |
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