Ben Askren
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Ben Askren is a retired American mixed martial artist and former Olympic wrestler known for his elite grappling and championship runs in Bellator and ONE Championship.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ben Askren canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6321345 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ben Askren Context triple: [Jorge Masvidal, opponentInRecordKnockout, Ben Askren]
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A.
Gunnar Nelson
Gunnar Nelson is an Icelandic mixed martial artist and Brazilian jiu-jitsu specialist known for his grappling-focused fighting style in the UFC.
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B.
Max Holloway
Max Holloway is an American mixed martial artist and former UFC featherweight champion known for his high-volume striking and durability.
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C.
Michael Chandler
Michael Chandler is a film editor known for his work on notable movies including the acclaimed drama "Amadeus."
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D.
Colby Covington
Colby Covington is an American mixed martial artist known for his elite wrestling, high-pressure fighting style, and polarizing trash talk persona in the UFC welterweight division.
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E.
Mikey Liddell
Mikey Liddell is a film producer best known for his work on major Hollywood projects, including the science fiction action movie "Terminator Salvation."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ben Askren Target entity description: Ben Askren is a retired American mixed martial artist and former Olympic wrestler known for his elite grappling and championship runs in Bellator and ONE Championship.
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A.
Gunnar Nelson
Gunnar Nelson is an Icelandic mixed martial artist and Brazilian jiu-jitsu specialist known for his grappling-focused fighting style in the UFC.
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B.
Max Holloway
Max Holloway is an American mixed martial artist and former UFC featherweight champion known for his high-volume striking and durability.
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C.
Michael Chandler
Michael Chandler is a film editor known for his work on notable movies including the acclaimed drama "Amadeus."
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D.
Colby Covington
Colby Covington is an American mixed martial artist known for his elite wrestling, high-pressure fighting style, and polarizing trash talk persona in the UFC welterweight division.
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E.
Mikey Liddell
Mikey Liddell is a film producer best known for his work on major Hollywood projects, including the science fiction action movie "Terminator Salvation."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American citizen
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Olympic wrestler ⓘ amateur wrestler ⓘ freestyle wrestler ⓘ human ⓘ mixed martial artist ⓘ |
| authoredWork | Funky: My Defiant Path Through the Wild World of Combat Sports NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| BellatorDebutYear | 2010 ⓘ |
| championshipTitle |
Bellator Welterweight World Champion
NERFINISHED
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ONE Welterweight World Champion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collegiateTeam | Missouri Tigers wrestling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| competedInEvent | 2008 Summer Olympics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| competedInSport |
disc golf
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folkstyle wrestling ⓘ freestyle wrestling ⓘ mixed martial arts ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1984-07-18 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Arrowhead High School
NERFINISHED
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University of Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Askren NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foughtOutOf | Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Benjamin Michael Askren NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Benjamin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| grewUpIn | Hartland, Wisconsin, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOccupation |
MMA analyst
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podcaster ⓘ wrestling coach ⓘ |
| hasSibling | Max Askren NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
elite grappling
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trash talking ⓘ unorthodox wrestling style ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| MMAWeightClass | welterweight ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| NCAAChampionships | two-time NCAA Division I wrestling champion ⓘ |
| NCAAFinalist | four-time NCAA Division I wrestling finalist ⓘ |
| notableOpponent |
Demian Maia
NERFINISHED
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Jorge Masvidal NERFINISHED ⓘ Robbie Lawler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfDanHodgeTrophies | 2 ⓘ |
| OlympicDiscipline | freestyle wrestling ⓘ |
| OlympicWeightClass | 74 kg ⓘ |
| ONEChampionshipDebutYear | 2014 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| retiredFromMMA | 2019 ⓘ |
| retirementReason | hip issues ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| styleSpecialty |
funk wrestling
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wrestling-based grappling ⓘ |
| trainedAt |
Evolve MMA
NERFINISHED
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Roufusport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| turnedProfessionalInMMA | 2009 ⓘ |
| UFCDebutOpponent | Robbie Lawler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| UFCDebutResult | win by technical submission ⓘ |
| UFCDebutYear | 2019 ⓘ |
| wonAward | Dan Hodge Trophy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Ben Askren Description of subject: Ben Askren is a retired American mixed martial artist and former Olympic wrestler known for his elite grappling and championship runs in Bellator and ONE Championship.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.