Ben Askren expects Jake Paul fight to be \u201cbiggest payday\u201d of his career YouTube: BELOW THE BELT with Brendan SchaubWeeks out from his highly anticipated boxing match with social media star Jake Paul, former UFC contender Ben Askren has revealed the PPV clash will be his \u201cbiggest payday\u201d as a mixed martial artist. Ben Askren has seen and done just about everything in the world of combat sports. As a former Olympic wrestler, MMA world champion, and UFC fighter, the retired 36-year-old has accomplished a great deal across a number of disciplines. Despite his accolades, however, Askren\u2019s upcoming main event with Paul could be the most rewarding moment of his career. The April 17 PPV has already generated a ton of interest with the two constantly bickering online. Now, it appears the \u2018FunkMaster\u2019 has talked his way into an unprecedented paycheck. \u201cIt\u2019s probably going to be the biggest payday of my career,\u201d Askren revealed to Brendan Schaub on the latest episode of Food Truck Diaries. An exact figure was kept under wraps in the interview. Though Askren assured he\u2019s in line to make more from this event than any of his previous fights. \u201cI do have to have some type of monetary reward to take time out of my day to do this,\u201d he said. \u201cThey made me a nice offer, it was something I wanted to do anyway, so I said sure.\u201d Fighting three times in the UFC before retiring in 2019, Askren made a decent chunk of change for his efforts. His debut against Robbie Lawler raked in the most with a disclosed payout of $353,500. $200,000 to show, $150,000 for the win, and a bonus of $3,500 for fight week incentives such as press conferences, open workouts, and more. This is purely his public purse, other bonuses may have also been paid by the UFC without disclosure. Not having to train across all disciplines, not having to prepare for a former Welterweight champion like Lawler, Askren is now set to cash a bigger check for boxing Paul. Funnily enough, he doesn\u2019t appear all too focused on the monetary gain. \u201cObviously you wouldn\u2019t do it for a low amount, you\u2019re not just going to do it for fun,\u201d Schaub said. \u201cI mean\u2026 maybe I would,\u201d Askren replied with a straight face. Everyone from Snoop Dogg to Dana White has shown interest in the fight. With plenty of attention, it\u2019s set to be one of the year\u2019s biggest combat sports events. Win or lose on April 17, Askren is in store to make more than ever before.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ben Askren expects Jake Paul fight to be \u201cbiggest payday\u201d of his career YouTube: BELOW THE BELT with Brendan SchaubWeeks out from his highly anticipated boxing match with social media star Jake Paul, former UFC contender Ben Askren has revealed the PPV clash will be his \u201cbiggest payday\u201d as a mixed martial artist. Ben Askren […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44984"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44984\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}