As Ben Askren prepares to make his highly-anticipated Ultimate Fighting Championship debut this weekend, he was more than willing to weigh in on Colby Covington, the man who bade him such an unfriendly welcome in the wake of his signing.
Former One Championship and Bellator MMA welterweight champion Askren faces former welterweight champ Robbie Lawler at UFC 235 in Las Vegas this Saturday. Askren signed with the UFC in October as part of a “trade” that sent former UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson to One Championship.