At the Midlands tournament, Bellator welterweight champion Ben Askren defeated 2009 world silver medalist Jake Herbert. The pair of former Dan Hodge Trophy winners, the Heisman of collegiate wrestling, faced off under modified folkstyle rules.
The two faced off in the finals of the 2006 NCAA tournament with Askren taking the title. Both wrestlers finished their careers with two NCAA championships. In 2008, Askren represented the U.S. in the Olympics. Herbert has wrestled on two straight world teams.
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Awesome. Askren’s just got Jake’s number.
You got any idea if Askren’s gonna put MMA to the side in 2012, and go to the olympics again ala Joe Warren?
Askren seems done with wrestling to me. On top of that, freestyle was never his game to begin with. Even if they wanted to, I doubt Warren and Askren could make the 2012 team.
Askren is so much better athlete and wrestler/MMA fighter than most people even have a clue. I think Askren would mop the floor with GSP but we will never know because GSP has turned down numerous attempts by Askren calling him out on the mat.