Ben Askren will need a phone call with his longtime friend before answering a call out from one of MMA’s most powerful managers.
On Sunday, Ali Abdelaziz, manager of new UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman, tweeted an insinuation Sunday that Askren should be Usman’s first title defense. Usman defeated Tyron Woodley to win the title at UFC 235 on Saturday night in Las Vegas.
Colby Covington, the former UFC interim welterweight champion, seemed like a shoo-in after that bout to be next up. But that was before Usman and Abdelaziz got into a scuffle with Covington at a Las Vegas casino Sunday.