Jon Jones mocks Colby Covington for failing ‘repeatedly’ with savage response to UFC Tampa loss
Jon Jones is not a fan of Colby Covington. But that shouldn’t come as a surprise after Covington went off on Jones in the buildup to his last fight. Jon Jones is the UFC heavyweight championGetty Colby Covington was beaten up badly by Joaquin Buckley in UFC Tampa’s main eventGetty ‘Chaos fought Joaquin Buckley in the main event of UFC Tampa on Saturday night, but suffered a third-round doctor’s stoppage TKO defeat. The 36-year-old, who was aiming to realign his path to a UFC title, suffered a nasty cut above his right eye in the opening round, which led to the doctor deeming him unfit to continue. This led to Buckley securing his sixth successive octagon victory in Dana White’s promotion as he now eyes a fight with former welterweight champion Kamaru Usman next. Covington, who is a former college roommate of Jones, accused the UFC’s heavyweight champion of avoiding Tom Aspinall during fight week and before he tasted defeat to Buckley. He also took aim at past allegations of domestic violence, while calling Jones a ‘f***ing disgrace to this Earth’. Jones took to social media on Tuesday to hit back at Covington amid his defeat at UFC Tampa. “Big shoutout to Colby Covington for skipping training to get President Trump ‘ready’—we all appreciate the sacrifice,” he said. “At least he got to see me win.” Covington has previously pledged his allegiance to the president-elect, and claimed he lost his fight with Buckley because he was too busy campaigning for Trump. One fan responded to Jones, saying: “Colby makes more excuses than anyone,” and Jones replied: “That’s what I find the most hilarious, listening to what he’s gonna come up with next after getting his a** whooped.” Covington suffered a brutal cut above his eyeGetty Another made the point that Covington should never have fought a ‘dangerous contender’ like Buckley on short notice. “Yeah, I can only dream of making such a dumb decision,” Jones responded. “Being on a losing streak. You’re right I can only dream.” A third then told the UFC heavyweight champion to not even ‘acknowledge’ Covington. And Jones responded in savage style: “I know I shouldn’t but it’s just so much fun. “It’s amusing watching someone you know hates you fail repeatedly.” Tom Aspinall is the interim heavyweight champ and wants Jones nextGETTY Covington was making his octagon return coming off a UFC title defeat to Leon Edwards last December. He was walked out by Hulk Hogan and Chael Sonnen but failed to find any inspiration from his fellow all-American legends ‘Chaos’ has been working towards undisputed gold in White’s promotion for years, losing three title fights over a four-year period, but the chase may now be over. Jones, meanwhile, may be forced to fight Manchester’s Aspinall in 2025 after White confirmed this past weekend that the highly anticipated heavyweight clash will ‘100 per cent’ happen. ‘Bones’ has publicly denied any interest in a unification fight with Aspinall, who is the current UFC interim heavyweight champion.
Jon Jones is not a fan of Colby Covington.
But that shouldn’t come as a surprise after Covington went off on Jones in the buildup to his last fight.
‘Chaos fought Joaquin Buckley in the main event of UFC Tampa on Saturday night, but suffered a third-round doctor’s stoppage TKO defeat.
The 36-year-old, who was aiming to realign his path to a UFC title, suffered a nasty cut above his right eye in the opening round, which led to the doctor deeming him unfit to continue.
This led to Buckley securing his sixth successive octagon victory in Dana White’s promotion as he now eyes a fight with former welterweight champion Kamaru Usman next.
Covington, who is a former college roommate of Jones, accused the UFC’s heavyweight champion of avoiding Tom Aspinall during fight week and before he tasted defeat to Buckley.
He also took aim at past allegations of domestic violence, while calling Jones a ‘f***ing disgrace to this Earth’.
Jones took to social media on Tuesday to hit back at Covington amid his defeat at UFC Tampa.
“Big shoutout to Colby Covington for skipping training to get President Trump ‘ready’—we all appreciate the sacrifice,” he said.
“At least he got to see me win.”
Covington has previously pledged his allegiance to the president-elect, and claimed he lost his fight with Buckley because he was too busy campaigning for Trump.
One fan responded to Jones, saying: “Colby makes more excuses than anyone,” and Jones replied: “That’s what I find the most hilarious, listening to what he’s gonna come up with next after getting his a** whooped.”
Another made the point that Covington should never have fought a ‘dangerous contender’ like Buckley on short notice.
“Yeah, I can only dream of making such a dumb decision,” Jones responded.
“Being on a losing streak. You’re right I can only dream.”
A third then told the UFC heavyweight champion to not even ‘acknowledge’ Covington.
And Jones responded in savage style: “I know I shouldn’t but it’s just so much fun.
“It’s amusing watching someone you know hates you fail repeatedly.”
Covington was making his octagon return coming off a UFC title defeat to Leon Edwards last December.
He was walked out by Hulk Hogan and Chael Sonnen but failed to find any inspiration from his fellow all-American legends
‘Chaos’ has been working towards undisputed gold in White’s promotion for years, losing three title fights over a four-year period, but the chase may now be over.
Jones, meanwhile, may be forced to fight Manchester’s Aspinall in 2025 after White confirmed this past weekend that the highly anticipated heavyweight clash will ‘100 per cent’ happen.
‘Bones’ has publicly denied any interest in a unification fight with Aspinall, who is the current UFC interim heavyweight champion.
