Ben Askren

American professional mixed martial artist and amateur wrestler who earned the nickname "Funky" due to his style that relied heavily in unorthodox scrambling techniques and for his pinning ability as well as his massive afro.

A Bellator and ONE Welterweight Champion, he remained undefeated for over a decade before competing in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).

An accomplished grappler, he was the 2008 US Olympic Team Member and National champion and the 2005 Pan American champion in freestyle wrestling, a two–time NCAA Division I national champion (four–time finalist), and three–time Big 12 Conference champion (four–time finalist) for the Missouri Tigers, and was the second wrestler to secure multiple Dan Hodge Trophies (the wrestling equivalent of the Heisman Trophy) in folkstyle wrestling. He was also a world champion in submission wrestling.

After a back-and-forth on social media, Askren fought YouTube personality Jake Paul in a boxing match on 17 April 2021, losing by TKO.