A story recently surfaced stating that Askren had turned down an opportunity to fight in the Bellator Welterweight World Grand Prix, which is something the fighter denied via Twitter:
Bellator MMA President Scott Coker, who was part of the story Askren responded to, would issue the following statement on twitter, which set off the spat between the two:
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