ROSEMONT, Ill. – You may not know Asef Askar’s name, but you probably need to know his walkout shirt.

Askar (1-0-1 MMA, 1-0-1 BMMA) fought early on in the Bellator 198 preliminary card tonight against Andrew Johnson (0-0-1 MMA, 0-0-1 BMMA). (And no, not the 17th U.S. president.) He and Johnson fought to a majority draw thanks to a pair of 28-28 scores and one dissenting scorecard in Askar’s favor.

The fight was just Askar’s second as a pro, both for Bellator. He’s a local fighter and was on the show the last time the promotion came through the Chicago area for Bellator 175.

We’re quite sure he would prefer to have another win under his belt instead of a draw, but we give propers when propers are due. And mad, mad propers need to go Askar’s way for his walkout shirt.

If you were a video gamer in the late ’80s and early ’90s, you no doubt got your hands on either the original “Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!!” or the non-Tyson branded “Punch-Out!!” that followed it for the original Nintendo Entertainment System. And if you played that game, you’ll love Askar’s shirt, which is a total homage to it.

In place of the Nintendo logo goes Askar’s “Hollywood” logo, instead. But instead of Glass Joe or King Hippo or Piston Honda or Don Flamenco, it’s Asef Askar as the character on his own shirt.

Check out the photos above.

Bellator 198 took place Saturday at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Ill., near Chicago. The main card aired on Paramount following prelims on MMAjunkie.

For complete coverage of Bellator 198, check out the MMA Events section of the site.

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