Bas Rutten responds to fallout of bizarre "Inside MMA" interview with Ben Askren

Following Ben Askren’s bizarre exchange with co-host Kenny Rice on “Inside MMA,” and subsequent apology from AXS Fights CEO Andrew Simon, fellow “Inside MMA” co-host Bas Rutten took to Facebook on Tuesday to elaborate on the situation and defend Rice’s decision to pull the plug on the ONE FC welterweight champ mid-interview.

Check out Rutten’s post below:

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Bas Rutten responds to fallout of bizarre "Inside MMA" interview with Ben Askren

Ben Askren, Kenny Rice have bizarre exchange on "Inside MMA"

OneFC welterweight champion Ben Askren’s one-man campaign against the UFC took an odd turn on Friday night’s edition of “Inside MMA,” when host Kenny Rice pulled the plug on him midstream.

In the aftermath, Asken took to twitter to lambaste Rice. First, addressed at AXS-TV founder Mark Cuban, he tweeted “Hey @MCuban, let me debate your disrespectful @InsideMMAaxstv host Kenny Rice on the economics of Global MMA! Bet I take him to school.

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Ben Askren, Kenny Rice have bizarre exchange on "Inside MMA"