{"id":329540,"date":"2019-10-25T06:47:44","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T13:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=329540"},"modified":"2019-10-25T06:47:44","modified_gmt":"2019-10-25T13:47:44","slug":"jorge-masvidal-and-ben-askren-join-forces-to-bash-kamaru-usman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jorge-masvidal-and-ben-askren-join-forces-to-bash-kamaru-usman\/","title":{"rendered":"Jorge Masvidal and Ben Askren join forces to bash Kamaru Usman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jorge Masvidal and Ben Askren have never gotten along, but that doesn&#8217;t mean they can&#8217;t come together to roast a mutual nemesis.<\/p>\n<p>The enemy of my enemy is my friend, as they say.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday evening, news broke that Nate Diaz is likely out of his UFC 244 main event showdown with Jorge Masvidal. In the wake of this unfortunate development, UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman \u2014 who is scheduled to defend his title against Colby Covington at UFC 245 \u2014 claimed that he&#8217;d be willing to step in and fight Masvidal on short notice at UFC 244 as well.<\/p>\n<p>It was at this point that Askren <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Benaskren\/status\/1187528456491294720\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">chimed in<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019ll fight in Nov and Dec. that\u2019s what a BMF does now come see me!! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/THECHAMP?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#THECHAMP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MSG?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MSG<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danawhite?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@danawhite<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danawhite?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@danawhite<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AliAbdelaziz00?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AliAbdelaziz00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; KAMARU USMAN (@USMAN84kg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USMAN84kg\/status\/1187496501850890241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 24, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019ll fight in Nov and Dec,&#8221; Usman wrote on Twitter. &#8220;That\u2019s what a BMF does now come see me!!&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Marty is lying.  He won\u2019t fight Jorge<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Funky (@Benaskren) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Benaskren\/status\/1187528456491294720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 25, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Marty is lying,&#8221; Askren replied. &#8220;He won&#8217;t fight Jorge.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While Askren and Masvidal have historically agreed on very little, Masvidal did side with his rival on this one. So much so that he actually wished Askren well in his imminent UFC Singapore fight with Demian Maia.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wow. Even Ben can smell your bull shit <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USMAN84kg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@USMAN84kg<\/a> all the way from Singapore stfu you p***y and go drive your face into someone\u2019s crotch. Good luck this weekend Ben <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/theresurrection?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#theresurrection<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/B8NlW7s80O\">https:\/\/t.co\/B8NlW7s80O<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jorge Masvidal UFC (@GamebredFighter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GamebredFighter\/status\/1187577166264967169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 25, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">&#8220;Wow. Even Ben can smell your bull shit [Kamaru Usman] <\/span>all the way from Singapore stfu you p**sy and go drive your face into someone\u2019s crotch,&#8221; Masvidal wrote, responding to Askren. &#8220;Good luck this weekend Ben.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ben Askren and Jorge Masvidal shared the cage at UFC 239 in July. The fight ended extremely abruptly, as Masvidal turned the lights out on his foe with a flying knee in just five seconds.<\/p>\n<p>Oftentimes, fighters will squash their beef after they fight. This was not the case for Askren and Masvidal, who continued to trade barbs long after their shared the cage \u2014 which is why it&#8217;s somewhat surprising to see them come together on this topic.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think will end up happening with Jorge Masvidal and the UFC 244 main event?<\/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 10\/23\/2019.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jorge Masvidal and Ben Askren have never gotten along, but that doesn&#8217;t mean they can&#8217;t come together to roast a mutual nemesis. The enemy of my enemy is my friend, as they say. 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