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Jon Jones Roasts ‘Clown’ Colby Covington for Ditching Training to Help Trump Campaign: ‘At Least He Saw Me Win’

Jon Jones Roasts 'Clown' Colby Covington for Ditching Training to Help Trump Campaign: 'At Least He Saw Me Win'Jon Jones threw some shade at Colby Covington following the UFC’s final event of the year. Chaos’ returned to…

Jon Jones Roasts 'Clown' Colby Covington for Ditching Training to Help Trump Campaign: 'At Least He Saw Me Win'

Jon Jones threw some shade at Colby Covington following the UFC’s final event of the year.

Chaos’ returned to the Octagon for a welterweight headliner against streaking knockout artist Joaquin Buckley at UFC Tampa on Saturday night. Covington lost the bout via a third-round doctor’s stoppage TKO after sustaining a particularly nasty cut on his right eyelid.

The defeat dropped him to 2-6 in his last eight fights and has Covington barely clinging on to a spot in the division’s top 10.

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Following the fight, Covington claimed that his lackluster performance against ‘New Mansa’ was due to him forgoing a training camp in favor of helping his friend Donald Trump campaign for re-election.

“This wasn’t a full training camp — I was campaigning for Trump, getting him ready,” Covington said in a video on his YouTube channel. “I wasn’t even in the training room. I came off the couch. It was tough for it to go like that, I feel like I was just getting my wind, and I was going to come on strong. But it is what it is. That’s life. I don’t dwell on the past; I focus on the future.”

Covington’s excuse got a rather hearty chuckle out of the undisputed UFC heavyweight champion.

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“Big shoutout to Colby Covington for skipping training to get President Trump ‘ready’—we all appreciate the sacrifice,” Jones wrote on X. “At least he got to see me win.”

Jon Jones and Colby Covington’s disdain for one another goes back to their college days

Covington and Jones have a long history with one another. ‘Chaos’ previously revealed that the two were college dorm mates and had become good friends until Jones allegedly began taking steroids.

“Me and Jon lived together for two years at Iowa Central Community College,” Covington claimed. “We were actually great friends at first. But then he started doing steroids… he’d just freaking, always have roid rage. He’d come home and yell at me, like, ‘What the f*** are you doing, Colby? Do the dishes!’. I’d see this rage in his eyes and think, ‘Dude, what’s your deal?’.”

‘Bones’ has since disputed Covington’s statement, adding that while they did room together, it was not nearly as long as ‘Chaos’ claimed.

“Colby’s a habitual liar. He told fans we lived together for two years,” Jones said following Covington’s loss to Kamaru Usman at UFC 245. “We lived together for one semester. I’ve made a lot of mistakes, and a lot of people don’t consider me a good person, but coming from me, Colby’s a really bad person. He is” (h/t Essentially Sports).

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Jon Jones Roasts ‘Clown’ Colby Covington for Ditching Training to Help Trump Campaign: ‘At Least He Saw Me Win’

Jon Jones Roasts 'Clown' Colby Covington for Ditching Training to Help Trump Campaign: 'At Least He Saw Me Win'Jon Jones threw some shade at Colby Covington following the UFC’s final event of the year. Chaos’ returned to…

Jon Jones Roasts 'Clown' Colby Covington for Ditching Training to Help Trump Campaign: 'At Least He Saw Me Win'

Jon Jones threw some shade at Colby Covington following the UFC’s final event of the year.

Chaos’ returned to the Octagon for a welterweight headliner against streaking knockout artist Joaquin Buckley at UFC Tampa on Saturday night. Covington lost the bout via a third-round doctor’s stoppage TKO after sustaining a particularly nasty cut on his right eyelid.

The defeat dropped him to 2-6 in his last eight fights and has Covington barely clinging on to a spot in the division’s top 10.

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Following the fight, Covington claimed that his lackluster performance against ‘New Mansa’ was due to him forgoing a training camp in favor of helping his friend Donald Trump campaign for re-election.

“This wasn’t a full training camp — I was campaigning for Trump, getting him ready,” Covington said in a video on his YouTube channel. “I wasn’t even in the training room. I came off the couch. It was tough for it to go like that, I feel like I was just getting my wind, and I was going to come on strong. But it is what it is. That’s life. I don’t dwell on the past; I focus on the future.”

Covington’s excuse got a rather hearty chuckle out of the undisputed UFC heavyweight champion.

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“Big shoutout to Colby Covington for skipping training to get President Trump ‘ready’—we all appreciate the sacrifice,” Jones wrote on X. “At least he got to see me win.”

Jon Jones and Colby Covington’s disdain for one another goes back to their college days

Covington and Jones have a long history with one another. ‘Chaos’ previously revealed that the two were college dorm mates and had become good friends until Jones allegedly began taking steroids.

“Me and Jon lived together for two years at Iowa Central Community College,” Covington claimed. “We were actually great friends at first. But then he started doing steroids… he’d just freaking, always have roid rage. He’d come home and yell at me, like, ‘What the f*** are you doing, Colby? Do the dishes!’. I’d see this rage in his eyes and think, ‘Dude, what’s your deal?’.”

‘Bones’ has since disputed Covington’s statement, adding that while they did room together, it was not nearly as long as ‘Chaos’ claimed.

“Colby’s a habitual liar. He told fans we lived together for two years,” Jones said following Covington’s loss to Kamaru Usman at UFC 245. “We lived together for one semester. I’ve made a lot of mistakes, and a lot of people don’t consider me a good person, but coming from me, Colby’s a really bad person. He is” (h/t Essentially Sports).

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Jon Jones Roasts ‘Clown’ Colby Covington for Ditching Training to Help Trump Campaign: ‘At Least He Saw Me Win’

Jon Jones Roasts 'Clown' Colby Covington for Ditching Training to Help Trump Campaign: 'At Least He Saw Me Win'Jon Jones threw some shade at Colby Covington following the UFC’s final event of the year. Chaos’ returned to…

Jon Jones Roasts 'Clown' Colby Covington for Ditching Training to Help Trump Campaign: 'At Least He Saw Me Win'

Jon Jones threw some shade at Colby Covington following the UFC’s final event of the year.

Chaos’ returned to the Octagon for a welterweight headliner against streaking knockout artist Joaquin Buckley at UFC Tampa on Saturday night. Covington lost the bout via a third-round doctor’s stoppage TKO after sustaining a particularly nasty cut on his right eyelid.

The defeat dropped him to 2-6 in his last eight fights and has Covington barely clinging on to a spot in the division’s top 10.

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Following the fight, Covington claimed that his lackluster performance against ‘New Mansa’ was due to him forgoing a training camp in favor of helping his friend Donald Trump campaign for re-election.

“This wasn’t a full training camp — I was campaigning for Trump, getting him ready,” Covington said in a video on his YouTube channel. “I wasn’t even in the training room. I came off the couch. It was tough for it to go like that, I feel like I was just getting my wind, and I was going to come on strong. But it is what it is. That’s life. I don’t dwell on the past; I focus on the future.”

Covington’s excuse got a rather hearty chuckle out of the undisputed UFC heavyweight champion.

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“Big shoutout to Colby Covington for skipping training to get President Trump ‘ready’—we all appreciate the sacrifice,” Jones wrote on X. “At least he got to see me win.”

Jon Jones and Colby Covington’s disdain for one another goes back to their college days

Covington and Jones have a long history with one another. ‘Chaos’ previously revealed that the two were college dorm mates and had become good friends until Jones allegedly began taking steroids.

“Me and Jon lived together for two years at Iowa Central Community College,” Covington claimed. “We were actually great friends at first. But then he started doing steroids… he’d just freaking, always have roid rage. He’d come home and yell at me, like, ‘What the f*** are you doing, Colby? Do the dishes!’. I’d see this rage in his eyes and think, ‘Dude, what’s your deal?’.”

‘Bones’ has since disputed Covington’s statement, adding that while they did room together, it was not nearly as long as ‘Chaos’ claimed.

“Colby’s a habitual liar. He told fans we lived together for two years,” Jones said following Covington’s loss to Kamaru Usman at UFC 245. “We lived together for one semester. I’ve made a lot of mistakes, and a lot of people don’t consider me a good person, but coming from me, Colby’s a really bad person. He is” (h/t Essentially Sports).

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Colby Covington: The Doctor Beat Me At UFC Tampa, Not Joaquin Buckley

Colby Covington does not believe that he was beaten by the better man in the main event of the final UFC event of 2024 this past weekend. The former interim welterweight champion stepped in on several weeks notice to take on Joaquin Buckley at the Amalie Arena after Ian Machado Garry was moved into the […]

Colby Covington does not believe that he was beaten by the better man in the main event of the final UFC event of 2024 this past weekend. The former interim welterweight champion stepped in on several weeks notice to take on Joaquin Buckley at the Amalie Arena after Ian Machado Garry was moved into the co-main event of UFC 310.

The fight ended in the third round after the doctor waved the fight off due to a cut above the right eye of Covington. “New Mansa” appeared to open up the cut with an uppercut early on in the fight which continued to get worse as Buckley dominated the contest.

In between rounds, the doctor had even warned Covington ahead of time that if he didn’t do a better job or protecting the eye, she would be forced to stop the fight, claiming that he would lose the eyelid if he continued past the third round. The cut was significant but we have certainly seen fights continue with worse injuries and that sentiment was echoed by both Dana White and “Chaos” himself.

Covington spoke in a behind the scenes video posted on his YouTube channel about the outcome of the fight and how badly he was impacted by the cut. Despite this, he still believes that it shouldn’t have been stopped and that in his opinion, the fight was starting to turn in his favor. At the time of the stoppage, all three judges had Buckley winning both of the first two rounds.

“We came in close contact, and I felt like there was a headbutt, and as soon as it cut in the first round, I couldn’t see,” Covington said. “I had blurred vision, I was seeing three different people, I was like, ‘F**k, which one do I punch?’ I didn’t know what to do. I was kind of confused, but I knew I had to keep fighting. I had to give the UFC and the fans a show. That’s what they pay their hard-earned money to come for and I’m a warrior. We’re gladiators. I’m not going to stop.

“I’ve had way worse in fights than a little cut over my eye, so it’s unfortunate that the doctor stopped the fight like that because if we’re in Vegas, I know the fight gets to keep going. I feel like I was really just starting to gain momentum. Like I was starting to wear him out, I could see him breathing out of his mouth. There wasn’t as much volume at that point, so I feel like it was going to be my fight in the championship rounds, so it was an unfortunate stop and I feel like the doctor is the one that beat me tonight. I didn’t feel like I lost to another opponent.”

UFC Rankings Report: Colby Covington On The Brink Of Top 10 Exit After Tampa Defeat

As always, the latest action on offer inside the Octagon has seen some climb the ladder toward contention and others fall away. And in the aftermath of Saturday’s UFC Fight Night in Tampa, MMA News has you covered with this week’s updates to the official UFC rankings. Men’s Pound-For-Pound: No changes. Women’s Pound-for-Pound: No changes. Women’s Strawweight: No changes. Women’s […]

As always, the latest action on offer inside the Octagon has seen some climb the ladder toward contention and others fall away.

And in the aftermath of Saturday’s UFC Fight Night in Tampa, MMA News has you covered with this week’s updates to the official UFC rankings.

Men’s Pound-For-Pound: No changes.

Women’s Pound-for-Pound: No changes.

Women’s Strawweight: No changes.

Women’s Flyweight: Miranda Maverick didn’t perform as she had hoped on Saturday night, but she still got the job done over Jamey-Lyn Horth and has returned to the UFC rankings as a result. She’s now at #15, with her entry pushing out Casey O’Neill entirely.

Women’s Bantamweight: No changes.

Flyweight: Manel Kape was among the biggest winners to emerge from 2024’s final event, as he put on a show en route to stopping Bruno Silva with strikes in round three. “Starboy” has subsequently climbed three places to #6. The defeated Brazilian, meanwhile, has dropped one spot behind Charles Johnson (#12) to #13.

Bantamweight: No changes.

Featherweight: No changes.

Lightweight: No changes.

Welterweight: The final UFC winner of this year was Joaquin Buckley, who dominated former interim champion Colby Covington to stake his claim for a title eliminator next time out. The victory has seen “New Mansa” surge three places up the ladder to #6. “Chaos” has gone the same distance the other way, leaving him at #9 and on the brink of exiting the division’s top 10.

Middleweight: No changes.

Light Heavyweight: No changes.

Heavyweight: No changes.

You can view the full updated UFC rankings here.

Jon Jones ‘Amused’ By Watching Colby Covington ‘Fail Repeatedly’ After Latest UFC Loss

UFC Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones has become the latest to express joy over Colby Covington’s recent setback inside the cage. After a third failed attempt at capturing the undisputed welterweight crown against Leon Edwards 12 months ago, Covington returned on short notice in pursuit of a key bounce-back victory. But while he hoped that would […]

UFC Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones has become the latest to express joy over Colby Covington’s recent setback inside the cage.

After a third failed attempt at capturing the undisputed welterweight crown against Leon Edwards 12 months ago, Covington returned on short notice in pursuit of a key bounce-back victory.

But while he hoped that would come at the expense of Joaquin Buckley, the polarizing former interim champ was soundly beaten at the year-ending UFC Fight Night in Tampa this past weekend.

Though a doctor’s stoppage brought a close to proceedings in round three, many believed the writing was on the wall after “New Mansa” largely beat Covington up for the duration of the main event.

Given his antics on the mic, “Chaos” isn’t short on enemies and detractors. And from those in the fanbase to current welterweight kingpin Belal Muhammad, plenty got a laugh out of Saturday’s headline result.

The latest to do so is Jones, who shares a bitter beef with Covington, a former roommate of his at Central Iowa Community College.

“Big shoutout to Colby Covington for skipping training to get President Trump ‘ready’—we all appreciate the sacrifice (clown emoji) At least he got to see me win,” Jones wrote on X.

“Bones” later shared a laugh with a responding fan about the litany of excuses Covington often comes up with to explain his defeats.

“That’s what I find the most hilarious, listening to what he’s gonna come up with next after getting his ass whooped”

And Jones later pointed to his history with the veteran welterweight, who has frequently criticized the former light heavyweight titleholder.

“I know I shouldn’t but it’s just so much fun. It’s amusing watching someone you know hate you fail repeatedly.”

With the result at Tampa’s Amalie Arena, Covington is now 2-4 across his last six and 0-4 against names currently inside the welterweight top 15.

It remains to be seen what comes next for the 36-year-old, but it’s safe to say his chances of a fourth crack at the undisputed belt have slimmed dramatically.