MMA reporter Ariel Helwani Tweeted early Sunday morning that the managers for Frankie Edgar and Benson Henderson got into a scuffle following UFC 150.
A background argument could unmistakably be heard during the UFC 150 press conference, and according to Helwani, it involved Edgar’s manager Ali Abdelaziz and Henderson’s manager Malki Kawa.
“If you’re wondering what the brouhaha was during the presser, I’m told Frankie’s mgr @alidominance and Bendo’s mgr @malkikawa got into a scuffle,” wrote Helwani. “Not sure who won, but I’m told it was the opposite of the main event, if you catch my drift. For whatever it’s worth, Ali and his team say he punched Malki in the face. It seems like they didn’t like what he had to say after the main event, although, I’m not quite sure what was said.”
Given the fact that Henderson won the UFC 150 bout with Frankie Edgar, Helwani’s Tweet strongly implies that Abdelaziz got the better of Kawa in the scuffle. Reacting to the implication, Kawa wrote, “@arielhelwani so now you go off of one side and that’s how you do???? That’s not what happened but great job in being a dick head reporter.”
He also responded “yeah right” to an accusation that he got “beat up” at the event.
