Burroughs vs Askren!

[LCpl Schmuckatelli 23]

I hope it’s competitive but I think Askren gets his ass kicked.  And I’m a big fan of Askren.

[dmm53 413]

 Ben Askren Retweeted

 

Ben Askren and Jordan Burroughs have verbally agreed to wrestle at Beat the Streets NYC on May 6 at MSG. Match would be at 79kg and will be to support https://www.btsny.org/ . They are hoping it will be signed next week. They’ve never competed against each other.

[treep2000 794]

Askren is not at peak of wrestling game.  JB is training to be at peak.  JB will win, but Askren will go funkadelic enough to make it worth watching. 

[Katie 610]

This is a great way to draw attention to freestyle.

ESPN's Ariel Helwani already tweeted about this match.

[Housebuye 1,773]

At first glance Burroughs should dominate him

then I realize it is Askren and he tends to do well in matches he isn’t supposed to win, no matter the sport. 

Burroughs should kill him but man who knows. I hope Ben at least gets a takedown or turn 

[tbert 557]

Be good fundraising for show only.  Askren is and never was a contender in  world class freestyle.   Anything less than total dominance should be embarrassing to Burros.

[Katie 610]

39 minutes ago, tbert said:

Be good fundraising for show only.  Askren is and never was a contender in  world class freestyle.   Anything less than total dominance should be embarrassing to Burros.

The point of the match is to draw attention to freestyle.  It’s very kind of Askren to use his celebrity this way.

[AnklePicker 363]

1 hour ago, tbert said:

Be good fundraising for show only.  Askren is and never was a contender in  world class freestyle.   Anything less than total dominance should be embarrassing to Burros.

Dumb, Askren trained for freestyle for what, a year?  Made Olympic team and knocked off world bronze Pritzlaff along the way. 

His last match Askren got whooped by Clayton Foster so I don’t expect it to be competitive but kudos to Ben for manning up and doing it.  

[Crotalus 227]

I think on his old podcast Askren talked about wrestling with Burroughs several years ago in practice and getting pretty well dominated. I think they will put on a show though and Burroughs will let the match get in to some of those fun, crazy scrambles.

[Katie 610]

25 minutes ago, Crotalus said:

I think on his old podcast Askren talked about wrestling with Burroughs several years ago in practice and getting pretty well dominated. I think they will put on a show though and Burroughs will let the match get in to some of those fun, crazy scrambles.

Exactly. It’s going to be a fun match and it’s going to get freestyle some attention. 

We should be thanking Askren.

[PRyan2012 328]

Askren will be bigger. That is his only advantage. 

[Cradle1 162]

If it was folkstyle and five years ago this would be a lot more interesting.

[Perry 950]

This is Askren giving back to wrestling while keeping his name and brand out there. He won't win but it's still a fun match up that should help draw attention to the event. 

[Billyhoyle 1,666]

1 hour ago, Perry said:

This is Askren giving back to wrestling while keeping his name and brand out there. He won't win but it's still a fun match up that should help draw attention to the event. 

Isn’t he getting paid to do this? 

[Housebuye 1,773]

1 hour ago, Billyhoyle said:

Isn’t he getting paid to do this? 

I haven’t seen that anywhere. Do Americans charge to compete? I always assumed it was just expenses covered. 

[sidakova4991 22]

I will be surprised were Burroughs not to get a tech fall or at least win by 7-0.  Burroughs is too athletic and quick for Askren.  

[DuckFor2 157]

it's official. The two will wrestle at 79kg in the headlining bout of the event.

I'm thinking the size difference will keep this one close, as well as Askren's ability to defend. Thinking a 2 point match Burroughs.

 

[Witherman 264]

i posted this on the hawk forum:

love love love askren - but if burroughs wrestles 100% this isn't even close in freestyle.

now - make it folks with no danger rule we have a little different match - but burroughs still takes it with ease.

personally, i think JB takes it easy to not create an embarrassment. i mean come on, ESPN posted about this match. JB isn't going to annihilate the quickest rising star in the UFC that is a HUGE advocate for the sport.

 

[Katie 610]

4 minutes ago, Witherman said:

i posted this on the hawk forum:

love love love askren - but if burroughs wrestles 100% this isn't even close in freestyle.

now - make it folks with no danger rule we have a little different match - but burroughs still takes it with ease.

personally, i think JB takes it easy to not create an embarrassment. i mean come on, ESPN posted about this match. JB isn't going to annihilate the quickest rising star in the UFC that is a HUGE advocate for the sport.

 

This is sort of like Mayweather-McGregor, except neither guy gets rich from it.

Just a cool spectacle, with BTS (and wrestling in general) coming out the winner. 

Edited April 10 by Katie

[DuckFor2 157]

i'll be surprised if Burroughs wins as easily as some are predicting

[boconnell 1,354]

1 minute ago, DuckFor2 said:

i'll be surprised if Burroughs wins as easily as some are predicting

I doubt it's an easy win, but Askren has no chance because he can't score a TD on Burroughs.  

[Witherman 264]

2 hours ago, DuckFor2 said:

i'll be surprised if Burroughs wins as easily as some are predicting

look i love askren as much as anyone on here, but lets not forget askren got hammered by clayton foster 10-3 four years ago.

if its a close match, its because burroughs made it a close match

[Alwayswrestling 145]

58 minutes ago, Witherman said:

look i love askren as much as anyone on here, but lets not forget askren got hammered by clayton foster 10-3 four years ago.

if its a close match, its because burroughs made it a close match

Clayton Foster at the time was beating a lot of tough World class wrestlers.

[wrestlingphish 527]

57 minutes ago, Alwayswrestling said:

Clayton Foster at the time was beating a lot of tough World class wrestlers.

And Jordan Burroughs isn't doing the same thing year in and year out?

[Alwayswrestling 145]

6 hours ago, wrestlingphish said:

And Jordan Burroughs isn't doing the same thing year in and year out?

I am saying losing to Foster was not a bad loss for Askren.  I am not sure Burroughs would of beat Foster back then either.  He was wrestling very good and was big strong for his weight class.