Anthony Pettis and Ben Askren are training partners at Roufusport in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. So, it’d be safe to assume Pettis was was disappointed when Askren was brutally knocked out by Jorge Masvidal at UFC 239.

Yet that’s not what Pettis told Masvidal’s training partner Yoel Romero.

In a video captured by the UFC ahead of UFC 241, Pettis could be heard telling Romero he was happy for Masvidal. When word of this exchange reached Askren, he was understandably frustrated, and demanded...

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