Ben Askren’s Wife Amy Askren Breaks Silence After He Seemingly Called Her Unattractive Yet a Good Mother (2024)

Despite having a really short stint in the UFC, Ben Askren has always found his way to the front page of the MMA world. The 38-year-old, who is currently retired, has fought merely thrice in the Las Vegas-based promotion. While he has gone under several athletes’ skin in the past, fans don’t deny that the ‘Funky’ is hilarious in his own right.

Fans know Askren to be Tyron Woodley‘s best friend and teammate. In the last recent years, however, Askren has garnered fame to be at the receiving end of the fastest KO in the UFC. Despite the criticism in his final two octagon performances, the 38-year-old has seemed to handle everything all too well. In fact, he has never stopped making his gracious yet hilarious presence felt on social media.

I’ve seen some guys posting on social media lately about how they are winning bc their wife is attractive, while I don’t disagree I think finding a wife who is a great mother is 500% more important!!! Thanks @Abamaby for being such a great mom to our kids. pic.twitter.com/6lxb9Ybg66

— Funky (@Benaskren) April 25, 2023

Recently, ‘Funky’took to Twitter to post a picture of his wife, Amy Askren, and their kids. His intention was to pass along the message of having an important mother. However, his own phrasing of the caption has come to bite him in the back.

Askren tweeted, “I’ve seen some guys posting on social media lately about how they are winning bc their wife is attractive, while I don’t disagree I think finding a wife who is a great mother is 500% more important!!! Thanks @Abamaby for being such a great mom to our kids.“

Fans jumped the gun and started pointing out that he had unintentionally called his wife ugly. While ‘Funky’isn’t one to take things to heart, he surprised the fans this time by responding to the backlash he received. He said, “For those of you who are too dumb to realize multiple things can be true at once. My wife is both very hot and a great mother. Being a great mother is way more important as I originally stated.“

You really just googled a photo of us 🙈🙈🙈

— Amy Askren (@Abamaby) April 26, 2023

Askren continued with his reassuring efforts by making yet another post. He put up a picture of the couple on what appears to be a red carpet for some event. Funny enough, Amy responded and pointed out that Ben used a picture of the duo from Google.

Fans react to Ben Askren calling his wife unattractive

While the MMA community is known to be a brutal one, fans believe ‘Funky‘ dug his own grave in this recent case. Fans took a light jibe at the Iowa native by pointing to his unintentional mistake. The hilarious back-and-forth between him and the fans has certainly given a moment of laughter to the MMA world. Here are some funny fan reactions that Askren might never be able to erase.

Ben Askren just 10-8ed his wife 🤣🤣🤣

— AN0N BETTING (@ANON_BETTING) April 25, 2023

You should have called your wife hot in this post too tho👍

— Jordan Nickoli (@JayStoneZone) April 25, 2023

Oh boy you better delete that tweet before your wife sees this

— 👑 𝕂𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝔻𝕠𝕘𝕘𝕠 👑 (@KingDoggoXRP) April 25, 2023

my boy just called his wife ugly

— Monston22 (@Dejvico*ku1) April 25, 2023

Why’d he do her so dirty?!? 😂😭😭

— Chris Hurst (@chrishurstco) April 25, 2023

Dude delete this before your wife consults an attorney.

— Wendy Peffercorn (@SandLot84) April 25, 2023

Wait you haven’t deleted this yet? Are you still married? Does she have twitter? Does she know you inadvertently called her unattractive? I have so many questions

— ModeratelyBlue (@Himothy38) April 25, 2023

While Askren did end up clarifying his initial thoughts, fans are the ones that had the last laugh here. As far as the MMA world is concerned, this hysterical moment will definitely stand the test of time.