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sports network en-us 30 Ben Askren Confirms 2-Year Deal with ONE
FC; Explains Not Going with WSOF Steven Rondina <p>Now-former
Bellator welterweight champion <a href="">Ben Askren</a>
appeared on the&nbsp;<a href="">Dec. 9th edition of <em>The MMA
Hour</em></a> with Ariel Helwani and dropped bombshell after
bombshell regarding his present and future in <a
href="">MMA</a>. The biggest, most important topic he covered
was his future in MMA.</p> <p>After weeks of rumbles, Askren
officially revealed that he will be leaving Bellator to join
Singapore-based promotion ONE FC.&nbsp;</p> <p>The announcement
hardly comes as a surprise, with Bloody Elbow revealing last
week that Askren had <a href="">joined Evolve MMA</a>, a gym he
had previously trained at that is home to numerous ONE FC
fighters such as Leandro Issa, Eddie Ng and many more. Askren
joins numerous high-profile fighters in ONE, including Japanese
submission artist Shinya Aoki, famed bantamwei