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Former Bellator Welterweight champion and current ONE FC Welterweight, Ben Askren, took to Twitter yesterday to call out UFC president, Dana White, for signing Patrick Cummins.

If you have not already heard, Rashad Evans is injured and out of his UFC 170 co-main event bout against Daniel Cormier. At first it seemed that the UFC would scratch the bout altogether, but the UFC pulled a trick out of their sleeve signing former Penn State 2 time All-American, Patrick Cummins, to take on Cormier on 9 days notice.

Ben Askren, who lobbied to fight in the UFC, but was refuted due to White’s belief that Askren had not fought anyone. Here is what Askren had to say to Dana yesterday:

@danawhite so I haven’t fought anyone, but a guy who is 4-0 and opponents comb. record is 9-19 gets an immediate co main fight. Lets hear — Ben Askren (@Benaskren) February 14, 2014

Askren absolutely has a point to make here. Askren may have not faced the most quality competition in Bellator, but he certainly is more recognizable than Patrick Cummins. He also has better record at 12-0.

The issue for Askren was never really about his quality as a fighter, but rather Bellator’s games they were trying to pull against the UFC. White simply refused to sign Askren due to the feud with Bjorn Rebney and Bellator.

As for Cummins, the UFC really had to pull a rabbit out of their hat to save UFC 170 from disaster. While Cummins is certainly not Rashad Evans, he is 4-0 and has a history with Cormier. The UFC made the right move to keep Cormier on the card by booking this fight.