- See Less -There is no "type" of wrestler that Ben can be catagorized as. He has created a whole new genre that is unique with his rolling and pinning style.
Ben over the last two years of his college career was flawless. His first two years were not half bad either, each time going losing in the finals of the NCAA tournament. Ben Askren will mostly be remembered for the entertaining fashion he wrestled his matches. He always had fun and always put on a show for the fans.
In 2008 he won the U.S. Nationals and Olympic trials and competed in the Bejing games. Since then he has continued on as an volunteer wrestling coach and has begun training mma at American Top Team in Columbia, MO. His first fight is likely to be in early 2009.
wrestling is a lot harder than this he took a step down becoming a fighter rather than staying a wrestler
Bull stoppages are one thing, but this is an entirely different matter. The ref made a smart move by jumping in and stopping the fight when the guy on the bottom had given up and was in a bad position. Askren won it fair and square. He did a beautiful job with the takedown, controlled him on the ground, and forced him to turtle up until he finished the job.
Oh, and a "knockout" and TKO are two completely different things. I don't recall anyone calling this fight a KO.