Video: ONE Championship 32 extended preview with heated Askren-Santos rematch

Without question, there will be bad blood on Friday when Ben Askren and Luis Santos run things back.

Askren (14-0), the ONE Championship welterweight titleholder, meets Santos (61-9-1) in a rematch at ONE Championship 32, which takes place at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore. It streams as an online pay-per-view in North America.

Askren and Santos fought to a no-contest at ONE Championship 26 in April. Santos had arguably more success than anyone ever had against Askren in terms of defending his takedowns, but an eye-poke from Askren brought the bout to an end at the 2:19 mark of the first round.

Askren told MMAjunkie that he felt Santos “played up” the eye poke because he was fading in the fight.

Askren has found himself on the defensive against those who say his eye poke to Santos may have been a little more than accidental. In the extended video preview above, the American wrestling standout explains that theory away. And Brazil’s Santos says just why he thinks things will be different on Friday – and he’ll walk away with gold around his waist.

Check out the full video preview above.

And for more on ONE Championship 32, check out the MMA Rumors section of the site.

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