UFC: Ben Askren says Conor McGregor needs to ‘shut up and fight’ after Poirier put down
- Askren thinks Dustin Poirier rematch would be perfect comeback bout for ‘The Notorious’
- ‘Stop trying to act too good for it … take a fight, any fight, we don’t care’
Ben Askren has told Conor McGregor to “shut up and fight” after the Irishman’s latest barrage of Twitter bravado.
McGregor has not fought since a fourth-round submission defeat by Khabib Nurmagomedov in October 2018.
Before that, he was out of the Octagon for nearly two years, having faced Floyd Mayweather in a mega-money boxing bout after beating Eddie Alvarez at Madison Square Garden in November 2016.
“Conor, shut up and stop trying to act too good for it. Take the damn fight. Take a fight, take any fight, we don’t care,” Askren said on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show.
“We just wanna hear you shut up on social media and actually take a fight. Give me a damn break. It’s been a year, and before that another year.
“Just shut up. No more tweets, let’s fight already. Conor can tweet, he just can’t tweet about fighting everyone without hopping in there.”