Ben Askren wants to take his career into rarified air by winning the ONE FC welterweight championship. With that, he would achieve the unique accomplishment of capturing a title in two major organizations.

Askren (13-0) held the Bellator MMA belt from 2010-2013 before departing the organization as a free agent. He hoped to join the UFC roster once his time with Bellator came to an end, but UFC President Dana White dismissed any interest in the highly regarded former collegiate wrestling standout, which caused Askren to take his services overseas to the Asia-based ONE FC brand.

The 30-year-old currently sports an undefeated record. He plans to keep that record intact when he challenges Nobutatsu Suzuki (11-1-2) for the 170-pound championship in the main event of ONE FC 19 on Aug. 29. The event goes down from the Dubai World Trade Center and streams via online pay-per-view.

Should Askren capture the belt, he would join the likes of Dan Henderson, Jake Shields, Benson Henderson and Anthony Pettis as notable fighters to win belts in two separate organizations. That accomplishment typically puts fighters’ names into the discussion as an all-time great. Askren feels a win over Suzuki should do the same.

“I think it would just further my argument that I’m the best welterweight on the planet,” Askren told MMAjunke Radio of winning the ONE FC championship. “I’ve already won one major organization’s belt and held it for a long time. I’m on the doorstep of winning another major organization’s belt, and in the foreseeable future I don’t see anyone taking it from me.”

The nature of Askren’s game plan becomes a sticking point going into every fight. He likes to implement the same strategy each time he competes. That strategy is to drag an opponent to the ground by any means necessary, crush them with ground-and-pound or lock up a submission.

“My plan is the same as always: Take him down, beat him up, get my hand raised and walk away with the belt,” Askren said. “I love winning. Everyone loves winning and hates losing. I’ve put in a lot of work in my life, so it feels good to be rewarded every time I step in the cage so far with that ‘W,’ it’s a great feeling.

“I don’t think anyone has the skill set to beat me, so I’m just going to keep on racking up wins. There’s been very few people who have gotten as far as I have undefeated fighting in a major organization.”

Askren has won all 13 of his fights in a similar fashion. While some athletes get bored and try to mix up their approach on fight night, Askren embraces the fact no one can stop his most lethal offensive weapon. He doesn’t plan to change what he’s doing unless his opponent can force him to do so.

“Sometimes in practice I’ll do no takedowns and just do standup, but the point of the fight is to win the fight,” Askren said. “I believe I’m a high-level competitor, and in order to do that I need to focus on what’s necessary to win every single time. I’m not going to be an idiot and stand around and think I’m a striker.”

Askren got the job done during his ONE FC debut in May with a first-round submission of Bakhtiyar Abbasov. He joined the ONE FC roster with the goal of becoming champion, and now he’s just one victory away from pulling off the feat.

While Suzuki is a formidable opponent who has suffered just one loss in 14 fights, Askren is confident in his ability to enter the ring and implement the same tactics he used to reach this point.

“I’m going to keep fighting the good fight, stay undefeated and keep beating people up,” Askren said. “Because that’s what I do best.”

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