Ben Askren (English Wikipedia)

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Peters, Andrew. "Ben Askren Says He'd Come out of Retirement to Fight Jorge Masvidal at UFC 300". Bleacher Report. Retrieved March 18, 2024.

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MURPHY/MISSOURIAN, TOM (July 21, 2008). "Ben Askren's goal is to win an Olympic gold medal". Columbia Missourian. Retrieved April 17, 2021.

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Thompson, Scott (April 27, 2023). "Former UFC star Ben Askren catches flak after wife appreciation post comes off as insulting". Fox News. Retrieved October 8, 2024.

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Pattle, Alex (June 18, 2025). "Ben Askren's wife 'praying for miracle' as MMA veteran battles pneumonia". The Independent. Archived from the original on June 23, 2025. Retrieved June 23, 2025.

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"Ben Askren Reveals That He Wishes He Trained More BJJ". August 12, 2020.
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Kini, Abhinav (November 18, 2019). "Breaking: Ben Askren Officially Retires From MMA Competition". LowKickMMA.com. Retrieved November 18, 2019.

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Al-Shatti, Shaun (April 15, 2016). "ONE Championship 41 results: Ben Askren smothers Nikolay Aleksakhin in non-title contest". mmafighting.com. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
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"Bellator 14 recap: Imada, Askren, Reis and Curran advance in tourney action". MMAJunkie.com. April 15, 2010. Archived from the original on June 29, 2010. Retrieved June 17, 2010.
"Bellator 19 recap: Soto stops Saraiva; Askren and Hornbuckle book finals date". MMAJunkie.com. May 20, 2010. Archived from the original on June 29, 2010. Retrieved June 17, 2010.
"Bellator 22 recap: Dan Hornbuckle can't stop the funk; Ben Askren claims tourney win". MMAJunkie.com. June 17, 2010. Archived from the original on June 21, 2010. Retrieved June 17, 2010.
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Gallo, Ed (May 7, 2019). "Domination: Jordan Burroughs vs. Ben Askren Match Recap - MMA Sucka". Retrieved April 17, 2021.

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Goyder, James (April 7, 2017). "Ben Askren Draws Undefeated Agilan Thani at ONE Championship". mmaweekly.com. Retrieved January 23, 2021.

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"Ben Askren (2011) - Hall of Fame". University of Missouri Athletics. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
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Moret, Matt (July 10, 2025). "Wrestler, MMA fighter Ben Askren 'died 4 times' before double lung transplant". The Athletic. Archived from the original on July 10, 2025. Retrieved July 10, 2025.

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Richard Anderson Mann (January 5, 2011). "Ben Askren defeats world silver medalist Jake Herbert in Midlands super match". Retrieved April 17, 2021.
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Cunningham, Cillian (October 26, 2018). "Ben Askren Issues Challenges To Khabib, GSP, Diaz Brothers & Till". punditarena.com. Retrieved January 23, 2021.

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Connelly, Bill (July 22, 2015). "The Greatest, #1: Ben Askren". Rock M Nation. Retrieved April 17, 2021.

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Nichols, Jake (March 3, 2019). "Commission has 'no problem' with 'no-brainer' decision to end Ben Askren vs. Robbie Lawler fight". The Body Lock. Retrieved March 4, 2019.

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Prates, Fernanda (November 24, 2017). "ONE Championship 65 results: Ben Askren stops Shinya Aoki with 57-second TKO in retirement fight". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
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