{"id":284742,"date":"2018-09-11T09:04:32","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T16:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=284742"},"modified":"2018-09-11T09:04:32","modified_gmt":"2018-09-11T16:04:32","slug":"ben-askren-calls-colby-covington-the-poor-mans-version-of-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ben-askren\/ben-askren-calls-colby-covington-the-poor-mans-version-of-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Askren calls Colby Covington &#8220;the poor man&#8217;s version of me&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Bellator and ONE Championship welterweight kingpin Ben Askren isn&#8217;t impressed by Colby Covington. In fact, he considers Covington a value brand version of himself.<\/p>\n<p>The ostensibly retired former champion shared his thoughts on Covington when responding to a fan on Twitter recently. Apparently, he&#8217;s not impressed by Covington&#8217;s ability, his record, or his patented trash talk.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Cmon <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ColbyCovMMA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ColbyCovMMA<\/a> is a poor mans version of me.  Couldn\u2019t accomplish in wrestling, got choked out by subpar Wallrey Alves and trash talking sounds like his IQ is 85(which it may be although I can\u2019t confirm)! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gJZpu4caP5\">https:\/\/t.co\/gJZpu4caP5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Funky (@Benaskren) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Benaskren\/status\/1039163736265826305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 10, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Cmon [Colby Covington] is a poor mans version of me,&#8221; Ben Askren said on Twitter. &#8220;Couldn\u2019t accomplish in wrestling, got choked out by subpar Warlley Alves and trash talking sounds like his IQ is 85 (which it may be although I can\u2019t confirm)!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time Ben Askren has taken a shot at Colby Covington. Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibtimes.co.uk\/ben-askren-does-not-think-anyone-will-beat-tyron-woodley-while-georges-st-pierre-has-chance-1648619\">International Business Times<\/a> late last year, the undefeated star made similar comments about Covington.<\/p>\n<p id=\"PuT814\">&#8220;Colby Covington is an idiot. He is so stupid,&#8221; Ben Askren said. &#8220;If he does [end up fighting UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley], he&#8217;s going to get beat up.<\/p>\n<p id=\"xd36lm\">&#8220;Colby Covington has a very low IQ, he says a lot of stupid things and it&#8217;s almost embarrassing that he represents our country that way.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ben Askren, it should be noted, is a training partner of Tyron Woodley at Roufusport in Milwaukee. In fact, he could well be one of Woodley&#8217;s chief training partners, should Woodley be booked for a fight with Colby Covington as expected.<\/p>\n<p>At present this Woodley vs. Covington fight is not yet official, but Covington has recently expressed interest in fighting Woodley<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/colby-covington\/colby-covington-blasts-tyron-woodley-again-vows-to-crush-him-at-ufc-230\/\"> at UFC 230 on November 3<\/a>, and Woodley has said <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/tyron-woodley\/tyron-woodley-doesnt-think-colby-covington-deserves-title-shot-but-will-accept-fight-if-offered\/\">he&#8217;ll accept<\/a> a fight with Covington if it&#8217;s offered.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of Ben Askren&#8217;s latest comments on Colby Covington?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 9\/11\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Bellator and ONE Championship welterweight kingpin Ben Askren isn&#8217;t impressed by Colby Covington. In fact, he considers Covington a value brand version of himself. The ostensibly retired former champion shared his thoughts on Covington when responding to a fan on Twitter recently. Apparently, he&#8217;s not impressed by Covington&#8217;s ability, his record, or his patented [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54430,"featured_media":275491,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10184,22188],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ben Askren calls Colby Covington &quot;the poor man&#039;s version of me&quot; | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former ONE and Bellator welterwieght champion Ben Askren shares his thoughts on Colby Covington, calling him the &quot;poor man&#039;s version&quot; of himself.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ben-askren\/ben-askren-calls-colby-covington-the-poor-mans-version-of-me\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ben Askren calls Colby Covington &quot;the poor man&#039;s version of me&quot; 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