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Former Olympic wrestler Ben Askren recently came back home to instruct a wrestling camp at Arrowhead High School; after the seminar he discussed his MMA future, his upcoming move to coach at Arizona State University, and his desire to fight in Wisconsin.   The two-time Wisconsin state champion (2001,2002) and two-time NCAA Champion for the University of Missouri (2006,2007) attempted to pass on a bit of his wrestling knowledge to nearly 60 students who attended his week-long wrestling camp......Read More

Ben Askren’s association with Missouri, where he became one of the most accomplished athletes in school history and began his coaching career, is ending after seven years......Read more

Aug. 7--Nearly a year ago, eight area athletes arrived in Beijing with dreams of glory. Turns out they fared pretty well. Half the area contingent earned medals, three of them gold. We challenge any major metropolitan area to match that level of productivity. ....Read more

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Ben Askren the wrestler wants Olympic gold. But Ben Askren the mixed martial arts fighter needs green. The 2008 Olympian and two-time NCAA champion wrestler at Missouri is dabbling in the no-holds-barred and potentially lucrative world of mixed martial arts to make ends meet. He isn't the only top amateur wrestler to do so, and that's led USA Wrestling to try and stem the tide by offering an eye-popping payout to gold-medal winners at the 2012 games in London......Read More  

I just realized it had been two months since I wrote anything. I got big news this mornign that I got invited to the Abu Dhabi Combat Championships, which is the biggest grappling tourney in the world. I am pumped, but I gotta get real good real fast or I wll get my ankle torn off. It will be in Barcelona on Spet 26. Amateur world disc championships are less than a month away in Kansas City so I am getting excited for that too. Right now I am in Jersey and PA teaching some wrestling. The level of talent out here is jsut amazing, so many good hs...