Colby Covington says Ben Askren will get released if he loses his next fight
Ben Askren is 1-1 in the UFC. He is coming off of a five-second knockout loss to Jorge Masvidal at UFC 239. If he won that, it was expected he would fight for the welterweight title next. Now, however, he has to work his way back up to the top. Colby Covington believes “Funky’s” next fight is a must-win for him.
Askren is rumored to be fighting Demian Maia once his medical suspension is up. Yet, Covington believes that is a hard fight for “Funky” and a fight he probably loses.
“Of course I felt good (seeing him get knocked out by Jorge Masvidal). All the s**t that he talked and all this stuff that he put people on Twitter that people wrote for him, and all the followers he bought and the interaction he buys every day on social media. It was finally good to see him be shut up,” Colby Covington said on Sirius XM. “We found out he is overhyped he is overrated, he fought a bunch of losers in Asian bingo halls and had a padded record and people want to think he is this Great White Shark but really he is a jobber and shouldn’t be in the UFC. He is 0-2 and about to go 0-3 and about to get his walking papers.
