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WEIGHING IN

UFC 324 Preview with Ben Askren | WEIGHING IN #643

WEIGHING IN

John McCarthy & Josh Thomson's MMA Show

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4.6531 Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2026

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Join Josh Thomson live and drop your super chats and member questions!

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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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