UFC fighter Colby Covington recently suffered a TKO loss to Joaquin Buckley at the UFC Tampa main event.
After his loss, Covington has suffered many backlashes and negative comments from fighters and fans. The fighter suffered a deep cut during the injury that led to a doctor stoppage but he felt the decision was unfair, and he would have wanted to carry on with the fight. After the loss, Jones made an offhand comment about the fighter’s loss. “ Big shoutout to Colby Covington for skipping training to get President Trump ‘ready’ –we all appreciate the sacrifice. At least he got to see me win.”
Covington did not take this comment lying down and responded by accusing Jones of being jealous of his good looks.
“After bringing up some of Jones’ past transgressions, including an infamous hit-and-run accident in 2015 that eventually led to Jones relinquishing the UFC light heavyweight title, Covington painted himself as the picture of virtue by comparison.
“Yeah, of course he’s talking about me. He said in a Twitch stream. “He wishes he looked like me. He wishes he had these kinds of looks and was this beautiful and had this much respect. He has no respect. He lost all his respect when he started doing drugs and hitting pregnant ladies. There’s nothing to respect about Jon, he’s cheating his whole career. He’s cheated on his wife, he’s cheating on his taxes so he’s a terrible person. Of course, he’s talking about a saint and someone who’s a law-abiding citizen like myself. You know, someone that stands for law and order. Someone who stands for the military, the troops, the Trumps. So f*** Jon Jones, he’s nothing.”
As for his fight at UFC Tampa, Covington continued to lash out at the stoppage after the ringside physician stopped the bout in the third round due to the gash that kept pouring blood into his eye.
“That was a bullshit stoppage,” Covington said. “Let’s be honest. I was still in the fight. I was getting takedowns. He was getting slower. None of his punches did any significant damage, like drop me or hurt me.
“I feel like there was an eye poke or something, not a direct eye poke but an inadvertent one. I couldn’t see. I was out of one eye. Who’s going to fight on one eye?”
