Colby Covington didn’t take long to notice Jon Jones’ social media attacks in reaction to his UFC Tampa main event loss to Joaquin Buckley.
Colby Covington’s latest attempt at moving closer to potential UFC gold fell well short of the mark at UFC Tampa. It was a dominant performance by Joaquin Buckley, who defeated Covington by TKO after the cage-side doctor ruled Covington couldn’t continue competing due to a nasty head gash.
In the leadup to UFC Tampa, Covington revamped his longtime beef with UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones, who used to share a room with him during their time at Iowa Central Community College.
Despite their cordial early past, things are anything but amicable between Covington and Jones. After Covington lost to Buckley at UFC Tampa, Jones eviscerated Covington in a social media post, taunting his performance and bragging about winning in front of Donald Trump last month.
It didn’t take long for Covington to address Jones’ tweet during a recent stream on his Twitch channel.
Colby Covington roasts ‘Cheater’ Jon Jones over post-fight tweet
“Of course Jones is talking about me, he wishes he looked like me, a guy that was this beautiful and had this much respect. He has no respect,” Covington said of Jones. “He lost all respect when he started doing drugs and hitting pregnant ladies. There’s nothing to respect about Jon. Cheated his whole career, on his wife, on his taxes, so he’s a terrible person.
“Of course he talked about a saint and someone who is a law-abiding citizen like myself! Someone who stands for law and order, the military, troops. So f*** Jon Jones, he’s nothing!”
Jones defeated Stipe Miocic in his first heavyweight title defense last month at UFC 309, in front of Covington’s favorite U.S. President Trump. After defeating Miocic, Jones shook hands with the incoming U.S. President and did his famous dance during his post-fight celebrations.
With the loss to Buckley, Covington has dropped four of his last six fights, including two title fight losses to Kamaru Usman. His last win came against former American Top Team ally Jorge Masvidal at UFC 272.