Ben Askren Responds to Jake Paul Savagely Trolling His Wife

Jake Paul’s next fight is all lined up. He’s set to fight UFC fighter Ben Askren in an eight round bout in March. Naturally Jake has already began taunting his opponent,  and when Jake takes aim at someone, he goes right for the jugular.

“At the end of the day, this is why I took the fight because he’s a legitimate pro and again, I’m a Disney channel actor YouTuber-kid,” says Paul about the fight with Askren, who he describes as a “real” fighter. “My ultimate goal is to fight the Nate Diazs, the Conor McGregors– those are all MMA guys. I think people will have to take me seriously after this fight and since I do want Diaz, since I do want McGregor, since I do want these people in the UFC, this is the first step to get there.”

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He continued taunting his opponent, claiming to have been in communication with Askren’s wife:

“I’ve been DM’ing his wife a little bit on Instagram but I haven’t been talking to Ben at all,” said Jake. “She called me handsome so, I don’t know, it seems kind of crazy but who knows what’s going on in the Askren house right now.”

He also talked some trash about his wife to Ariel Helwani:

“She’s thicc, with like two c’s – t-h-i-c-c,” Paul told ESPN.com’s Ariel Helwani. “Thicc like she’s real thicc. So, I don’t know, like, I just thought she’s bad. I don’t know. I mean, maybe after I beat Ben. I don’t know.”

Askren responded:

This is laugh out loud awkward!!! But yes @jakepaul I find my wife very attractive also LOL. https://t.co/hNOFIchPa7

— Funky (@Benaskren) January 27, 2021

Jake Paul is probably going to pay for talking this kind of trash.

There’s a line you don’t cross, and Jake Paul clearly has crossed it.

He’s not fighting Nate Robinson this time around. . .

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