Longtime welterweight champion Ben Askren is a Bellator MMA fighter no more. After a relationship with the fighter turned contentious, including a peculiar scenario in which company officials said they would consider waiving their matching rights if he were granted an immediate UFC title shot, Bellator Chairman and CEO Bjorn Rebney today announced he’s released the fighter. “I’ve said it many times, Ben’s a completely one-dimensional fighter who is utterly dominant in that dimension,” Rebney stated.
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Bellator releases welterweight champion Ben Askren – MMA Junkie