{"id":289163,"date":"2018-10-24T20:28:50","date_gmt":"2018-10-25T03:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=289163"},"modified":"2018-10-24T20:28:50","modified_gmt":"2018-10-25T03:28:50","slug":"ben-askren-wants-despicable-colby-covington-after-he-gets-beat-up-by-tyron-woodley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ben-askren-wants-despicable-colby-covington-after-he-gets-beat-up-by-tyron-woodley\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Askren wants &#8216;despicable&#8217; Colby Covington after he gets &#8216;beat up&#8217; by Tyron Woodley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nothing has been announced officially yet by the UFC&#8230;but if Ben Askren\u00a0himself is any indication, it very well might be.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier today a <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/report-one-championship-ufc-close-to-finalizing-historic-ben-askren-demetrious-johnson-trade\/\">report that a historic and groundbreaking potential &#8220;trade&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0was in the works between the UFC and ONE Championship. The &#8220;trade&#8221; between the organizations is an exchange between former UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson and the former Bellator and ONE welterweight champion Askren.<\/p>\n<p>Well, Askren has wasted no time in voicing how he wants to begin what looks to be the next step ahead in his MMA journey.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ColbyCovMMA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ColbyCovMMA<\/a> might get beat up by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TWooodley?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TWooodley<\/a> first but I\u2019m calling dibs on whipping him next.  He is despicable<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Funky (@Benaskren) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Benaskren\/status\/1055289894405357568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 25, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Notice not one of these WW&#39;s is saying my name right now.  They think if they hide their heads in the sand some other poor lamb will be taken for slaughter.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Funky (@Benaskren) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Benaskren\/status\/1055297206083903494?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 25, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><span class=\"PrettyLink-prefix\">@<\/span><span class=\"PrettyLink-value\">ColbyCovMMA<\/span> might get beat up by <span class=\"PrettyLink-prefix\">@<\/span><span class=\"PrettyLink-value\">TWooodley<\/span> first but I\u2019m calling dibs on whipping him next. He is despicable<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Notice not one of these WW&#8217;s is saying my name right now. They think if they hide their heads in the sand some other poor lamb will be taken for slaughter.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Of course, Colby Covington is the current UFC interim welterweight champion and Askren&#8217;s longtime teammate Tyron Woodley is the undisputed champion. So upon <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/tyron-woodley\/woodley-wont-return-janaury\/\">Woodley&#8217;s return in 2019<\/a>, he&#8217;s expected to take on the often outspoken Covington.<\/p>\n<p>For the undefeated 18-0 Askren, he&#8217;s made it clear in the previous months that he hopes to eventually get a showdown with the former welterweight and middleweight champion and all-time MMA great, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/georges-st-pierre\/\">Georges St-Pierre<\/a>. However, St-Pierre has also made it clear that he isn&#8217;t quite sure that Askren would make for the biggest fight possible that St-Pierre happens to be seeking.<\/p>\n<p>GSP is also not 100 percent ready to return to action as he is still getting his ulcerative colitis under control.<\/p>\n<p>Because of that, Askren is probably pretty unlikely to make his UFC debut against the Canadian icon so a fight with Covington or really any other top welterweight could be just perfect for him to potentially pique St-Pierre&#8217;s interest.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>This article first appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\">BJPenn.com<\/a> on 10\/24\/2018<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nothing has been announced officially yet by the UFC&#8230;but if Ben Askren\u00a0himself is any indication, it very well might be. 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