{"id":437149,"date":"2022-03-21T07:38:38","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T14:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=437149"},"modified":"2022-03-21T07:38:38","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T14:38:38","slug":"ben-askren-praises-colby-covington-for-great-callout-of-dustin-poirier-huge-name-easy-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ben-askren-praises-colby-covington-for-great-callout-of-dustin-poirier-huge-name-easy-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Askren praises Colby Covington for \u201cgreat\u201d callout of Dustin Poirier: \u201cHuge name, easy win\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ben Askren, the former Bellator and ONE Welterweight Champion\u00a0has praised Colby Covington on his ‘great’ callout of Dustin Poirier.<\/p>\n

It was after UFC 272 on March 5th, at the post fight press conference, that Colby Covington (17-3 MMA) called out Dustin Poirier (28-7 MMA). In speaking with Joe Rogan, Colby had this to say:<\/p>\n

\u201cI just took care of Miami street trash, now it\u2019s time to take care of Louisiana swamp trash. Where you at Dustin Poirier, you cuck. You said it\u2019s on sight. Name the site, Dustin. Bring that jezebel of a wife and bring that little kid and I\u2019ll see you soon. You\u2019re next.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Colby defeated Jorge Masvidal (35-16 MMA) in the main event welterweight match-up at the Las Vegas T-Mobile Arena.<\/p>\n

During an appearance on ‘The MMA Hour<\/a>‘ with Ariel Helwani, Ben Askren had this to say about ‘Chaos<\/a>‘ calling out ‘The Diamond’:<\/p>\n

\u201cGreat callout. Because it\u2019s a fight that\u2014obviously, (from) in the gym, he probably knows he\u2019s really, really likely to win. Poirier is probably a top-10 name in the UFC at this point given the fact that he\u2019s beaten McGregor twice. So, huge name, easy win. You can\u2019t ask for anything better than that, right?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Ben Askren continued to discuss a potential Colby Covington vs Dustin Poirier contest:<\/p>\n

\u201cIf Dustin loses, he kind of looks like a chicken. Colby also can\u2019t call anyone out above him because he\u2019s had two shots at Marty (Usman), so it\u2019s gonna take him a while to get that shot. Dana said he can get that shot again, but it\u2019s gonna take a little bit; it\u2019s not gonna happen right away. So it\u2019s like, who else you gonna call out?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

When asked about Covington matching up with the victor of UFC 273 which is scheduled for April 9th, 2022, Gilbert Burns (20-4 MMA) vs Khamzat Chimaev (10-0 MMA), Askren had this to say:<\/p>\n

\u201cBig attention, easy win, that\u2019s what you want. Neither one of those guys, yet, is as popular as Poirier\u2026 It\u2019s also really risky (fighting Chimaev if he beats Burns). Burns is good. So, if he beats Burns, he\u2019s really good, too. I think Covington went the right way with that one.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Do you agree with Ben Asken that a Colby Covington vs Justin Poirier fight would be the one to watch? Share your thoughts in the comment section PENN Nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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