Demetrious Johnson and Ben Askren agree about who won their famous trade between the UFC and ONE Championship
Demetrious Johnson and Ben Askren are on the same page when it comes to who got the better of the trade between the UFC and ONE Championship.
The pair of major promotions made waves when they swapped two of the greatest fighters to have ever competed in their respective organizations.
Photo by Isaac Brekken/Getty ImagesDemetrious Johnson and Ben Askren say the UFC and ONE Championship won the tradeIn 2018, Demetrious Johnson and Ben Askren swapped organizations and made history.
âMighty Mouseâ conquered ONE Championship, sharing a magnificent trilogy with Adriano Moraes and even made the Hall of Fame. Meanwhile, âFunkyâ finally got his shot in the UFC, entertaining fans around the world with his trash talk, beating Robbie Lawler, and playing his part in Jorge Masvidalâs flying knee knockout.
With that said, the pair have come to the conclusion that both promotions benefited from the situation.
In a video uploaded to his YouTube channel, Johnson said: âMy standpoint, I said âeverybody wonâ. I got to go to ONE Championship, make good money.â
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The flyweight legend continued: âYou got to come to the UFC, get the opportunity to fight, see what you could do there.
âThe UFC got you, which you were very good about creating buzz. Your s**t-talking was actually intelligent s**t-talking. You would give very good snippets.
âSo, if it wasnât for you, they might not have the rise of Jorge Masvidal without that flying knee ⊠Without that flying knee, you would never have Jorge Masvidal, âStreet Jesusâ coming up, then you wouldnât have Kamaru Usman, you wouldnât have Leon Edwards.
âThen you look at ONE Championship. They had me, I was able to fight, I get knocked out over there to show that their competition is actually legit. Then I come back, and I beat Adriano Moraes. So I think, all in all, everybody won. What say you?â
Askren responded: âThatâs the right answer. ONE Championship, the thing that was golden for them is I wasnât going to fight. I was done.
âIf you stay in the UFC, Iâm assuming youâre going to continue to fight, at least for a while. And in ONE Championship, I was legit done, I wasnât fighting anymore, so they essentially sold an asset that was off market for â you had a five-year run.
âI think youâve done some grappling matches, you did a mixed-rules match, you did MMA, you did a lot of things over there.
âI think the most correct answer is everybody won. I got what I wanted; you got what you wanted.â
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