{"id":304354,"date":"2019-03-04T07:59:58","date_gmt":"2019-03-04T15:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=304354"},"modified":"2019-03-04T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-03-04T16:00:00","slug":"after-altercation-with-covington-abdelaziz-says-kamaru-usman-will-fight-ben-askren-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/after-altercation-with-covington-abdelaziz-says-kamaru-usman-will-fight-ben-askren-next\/","title":{"rendered":"After altercation with Covington, Abdelaziz says Kamaru Usman will fight Ben Askren next"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Shortly after Kamaru Usman defeated Tyron Woodley to capture the UFC welterweight belt at UFC 235, he and his manager Ali Abdelaziz got into a heated altercation with former interim welterweight champion Colby Covington (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"see the video here (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/video-colby-covington-gets-into-scuffle-with-ali-abdelaziz-kamaru-usman\/\" target=\"_blank\">see the video here<\/a>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While UFC President Dana White has been adamant that the first shot at the new UFC welterweight champ Usman will go to Covington, Abdelaziz is now calling for a fight between Usman and Ben Askren, who defeated Robbie Lawler on the UFC 235 main card.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Abdelaziz, who actually threw a punch at Covington during their recent run-in, made this call on Twitter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/AliAbdelaziz00\/status\/1102386990392066048\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;[Kamaru Usman] vs [Ben Askren] next,&#8221; he wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ben Askren, unsurprisingly, seems to be all for this plan. In his eyes, it makes more sense than a fight between Usman and Covington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Makes more sense than dumb dumb <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ColbyCovMMA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ColbyCovMMA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YbD2Qso5eh\">https:\/\/t.co\/YbD2Qso5eh<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Funky (@Benaskren) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Benaskren\/status\/1102387199146774528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Makes more sense than dumb dumb [Colby Covington],&#8221; Askren said in response to Abdelaziz. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While this suggestion from Abdelaziz is all well and good, it&#8217;s worth reminding that Dana White has assured <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-clears-up-welterweight-title-picture-after-ufc-235\/\">Covington will get his long-awaited shot at the title next. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere was a lot of ruckus going on over there in [Covington\u2019s] area,\u201d White said after UFC 235, referencing a conversation he had with Covington in the crowd. \u201cHe almost got into it with mama Woodley at one point and everything else. 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