Ben Askren talks Ryan Thomas - "I’m gonna put him to sleep": "I’m going to do the same thing I did the last time: I’m going to go in there and choke him," said Askren, the 25-yearold former NCAA all-American and U.S. Olympian. "Only this time I’m gonna put him to sleep all the way so he can’t complain about it." "I think he’s been really immature about the whole thing from Day 1," Askren said. "I’ve just tried to go about my own business and prepare for the fight, and he’s been out talking [trash] on the message boards. That’s the kind of thing I might have done when I was 16 years old – not a grown man. It’s all pretty childish if you ask me." Bellator XIX coverage