Former interim welterweight champion Colby Covington and Jon Jones has an extended historical past of disliking one another that dates again to the faculty days. Covington recurrently targets Jones with criticism and insults.
Covington suffered a third-round TKO loss to Joaquin Buckley within the UFC on ESPN 53 primary occasion in Tampa, Fla. on Dec. 14 and Jones seized the chance to mock Covington’s loss.
“Massive shoutout to Colby Covington for skipping coaching to get President Trump ‘prepared’,” Jones wrote on social media within the aftermath of UFC Tampa. “All of us respect the sacrifice.”
“That is what I discover probably the most hilarious,” Jones continued. “Listening to what he is gonna provide you with subsequent after getting his ass whooped.”
“I do know I should not [acknowledge Covington] but it surely’s simply a lot enjoyable. It is amusing watching somebody hate you fail repeatedly.”
Covington responded to Jones’s mockery on Wednesday, attacking Jones’ previous and categorizing him as a ‘cheater.’
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“After all he’s speaking about me. He needs he seemed like me,” Covington stated throughout a latest stream on his Twitch channel (h/t Blissful Punch). “He needs he had this type of appears to be like and was this lovely and had this a lot respect. He has no respect. He misplaced all his respect when he began doing medicine and hitting pregnant women.
“There’s nothing to respect about Jon. He’s cheated his entire profession, he’s cheated on his spouse, he’s cheated on his taxes, so he’s a horrible individual. After all he talked a couple of saint and somebody who’s a law-abiding citizen like myself, somebody who stands for legislation and order, somebody who stands for the army, the troops, the Trumps. So f*ck Jon Jones. He’s nothing.”
Colby Covington simply went OFF on Jon Jones for dissing him after his loss final weekend 😬 pic.twitter.com/iHJbxymju9
— Blissful Punch (@HappyPunch) December 18, 2024
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