Ben Askren on 5-Second KO Loss: ‘I Got Nothing to Complain About’

Ben Askren suffered the first loss of his professional career at UFC 239 when he was knocked out by Jorge Masvidal in just five seconds.

Following the knockout, Askren opened up on the loss and says he can’t complain about anything and he simply got caught by a perfectly-timed flying knee.

“Losses happen, Saturday night was obviously not ideal for myself, but I got nothing to complain about,” Askren said on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show. “There’s a little part of my memory that’s blank there. I remember being in the cage with him, I don’t remember the flying knee.”

Askren doesn’t have much recollection of the loss, but he claims he isn’t suffering any lingering injuries from the knockout.

“When I can remember, I was like ‘oh s—t, I lost to Jorge Masvidal, this freaking sucks.’ Everyone else was more worried about me than I was about myself,” he said. “I didn’t really have any pain of any sort. Not a headache, nothing in my face hurts. I was just like ‘ah Jesus, I lost to Jorge Masvidal. How did I lose to him? How fast it?’ I could tell it was fast cause I wasn’t sweaty or sore or anything. I knew it was fast, I just didn’t know exactly how fast it was. Apparently I set a record of some sort.”