Ben Askren rips Dillon Danis and Conor McGregor in one Tweet
Ben Askren mocks Dillon Danis’ training preparation with Conor McGregor for UFC 229.
In the lead-up to UFC 229, SBG Ireland’s Dillon Danis boldly stated that teammate Conor McGregor could beat Khabib Nurmagomedov in a pure grappling match.
Just one month later, ‘The Eagle’ submitted ‘The Notorious’ with a neck crank in the fourth round of the UFC 229 main event to retain his lightweight title and cement himself as one of the greatest pound-for-pound fighters in the world.
On Tuesday, Danis posted a contemplative Tweet regarding expectation and preparation, which elicited a sharp response from Ben Askren.
‘Funky’ suggested that Danis’ inadequate coaching was to blame for McGregor’s loss to Khabib at UFC 229.
We do not rise to the level of our expectations. We fall to the level
— Dillon Danis (@dillondanis) February 12, 2019
of our training. pic.twitter.com/LX6OTjGa1z
Are you telling us this is what happened to Conor? https://t.co/uWqEaAuG69
— Ben Askren (@Benaskren) February 12, 2019
McGregor was recently fined $50,000 and suspended for six-months following his post-fight brawl with Nurmagomedov at UFC 229. The Nevada Athletic Commission (NAC) fined Nurmagomedov a whopping $500,000 and suspended the Dagestani for nine months for instigating the brawl.
Askren, who signed with the UFC last October, will make his long-awaited Octagon debut against Robbie Lawler at UFC 235. The pay-per-view extravaganza takes place next month, March 2 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.