Media Colby Covington: Jon Jones told the UFC he refuses to share MSG card with me

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According to Colby Covington, UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones refuses to fight on the same card as him.

Jones (27-1 MMA, 21-1 UFC) is set to headline UFC 295 where he’ll defend his title against Stipe Miocic (20-4 MMA, 14-4 UFC) on Nov. 11 at Madison Square Garden in New York. Covington (17-3 MMA, 12-3 UFC), who’s slated to challenge welterweight champion Leon Edwards (21-3 MMA, 13-2 UFC), wants to book his title fight for the same card.

Covington has not minced his words when speaking about Jones, who was his college roommate, throughout the years, and thinks the UFC needs him and Edwards as a backup on the card given Jones’ troubled past outside the octagon.

“Is Jon Jones going to be willing to share a card with his former college roommate who knows all his dirty secrets, all the dirty skeletons in his closet?” Covington said in an interview with Michael Bisping on his YouTube channel. “I bet that he’s going over to the UFC right now and he’s telling them, ‘Yo, I’m not sharing a card with Colby. I will refuse to fight here.’

“So, the only way I see that fight happening is, we know Jon’s unpredictable, we know he might go sniff some white girls, kind of like Joe Biden. He’s not to be relied on. He might get pulled off the card, and we might have to save the day and be the main event.”

Covington went so far as to say that he was told that Jones specifically requested from UFC brass that Covington doesn’t share the same card as him.

“A little birdie told me, Michael, that he went backstage with the suits and the big dogs of the UFC and said, hey, he refuses to share a card with me,” Covington said. “So, they’re gonna give him what he wants. They don’t want to ruin their New York show, and they’re still hoping he shows up. But they need a backup plan. He’s not reliable. I’m the ultimate company man.

“When I say – and I give my word to the UFC – that I’m showing up, I’m showing up. I’ve never, ever pulled out of one fight. I’m always the ultimate professional, and that’s what I do best. The UFC knows they can rely on me. That’s why I’m in this position. It sucks that Jon doesn’t want to share a card. It wouldn’t even be talking sh*t, Mike. It would just be talking truth. If you can’t handle the truth in today’s society, then go get a safe space.”

Covington also accused Jones of taking steroids early in his athletic career, which he said caused Jones to lash out on him.

“It all went sour when he started doing steroids to bulk up,” Covington said. “So, his mood swings and all the stuff he was putting in his body was affecting his emotions, and he had mood swings. He would literally just be bipolar. One day he would be completely fine and we would be best friends; the next day he would just be like, ‘Oh, Colby! Your shoes are messed up wrong. Why didn’t you put them perfectly in the corner?’ I’m like, ‘Bro, it’s just my shoes. What’s the big deal? We’ve been tighter than that and closer than that for long enough.’

“Not even that, Mike. Look at the piece of sh*t that he is. His last felony, he’s beating up his wife, left his wife a bloody mess in that hotel and went to jail. This guy is a dirtbag. Hitting a Bentley with two hookers in the back. Hitting a pregnant lady at a stop sign, then fleeing the scene with drugs. It’s just countless thing after thing, failing steroid tests. The truth is the truth. I don’t have any skeletons in my closet, and I want the world to see it. I don’t want him being painted in a good light because he’s not a God-fearing man. He’s an evil spirit.”
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I believe it. Jones wants the UFC to remain a safe space for him, where he can do no wrong. Colby would make the press conference a complete roast session.

The way the UFC stands behind Jones is one of the blackest marks on the sport.

Jones could beat a guy to death and next day Dana and some goofball from the athletic commission would be on tv splitting hairs over how the guy died from general exhaustion and "overall unaliveness", and how they need to investigate more.

"Look, people die all the time. The science on this is just not there yet."
 
“So, the only way I see that fight happening is, we know Jon’s unpredictable, we know he might go sniff some white girls, kind of like Joe Biden. He’s not to be relied on. He might get pulled off the card, and we might have to save the day and be the main event."

“It all went sour when he started doing steroids to bulk up,” Covington said. “So, his mood swings and all the stuff he was putting in his body was affecting his emotions, and he had mood swings."

These did get a laugh though.
 
Sticko said:
Does Colby earn PPV points?
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Probably. But I don't think anyone knows for certain. I'm only guessing that all the guys that ask to be on the big name cards get PPV points.
 
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I don’t like Jones.
I think he is right in doing this.
Colby doesn’t like Jones and thinks he is a scumbag. but he wants to share a card with a ‘scumbag’ and wants to profit from this ‘scumbag’. It shows how fake he is.
He wants to lift on the eyes for Jones.
It shows how contradicting Colby Covington is.
I wouldn’t want to share with Covington either if I was Jones.
 
Tweak896 said:
Good why should Colby get a cut of Jones PPV sales? Colby needs to sell his own fight.
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Sticko said:
Does Colby earn PPV points?
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Colby likely wouldn't be earning PPV points anyway.

If anything, it would be Jon "benefiting" from having Colby on the card.

(I put "benefiting" in quotes because I don't wanna get into a debate about how much Colby sells, that's not the point.)
 
Redando said:
I don’t like Jones.
I think he is right in doing this.
Colby doesn’t like Jones and thinks he is a scumbag. but he wants to share a card with a ‘scumbag’ and wants to profit from this ‘scumbag’. It shows how fake he is.
He wants to lift on the eyes for Jones.
It shows how contradicting Colby Covington is.
I wouldn’t want to share with Covington either if I was Jones.
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If you were Jones you would be scared to have people reminding everyobe around you of how spotty your legacy is, and how much of a terrible person you are. Jon Jones thrives in controlled environments.
 
CannotWin said:
The way the UFC stands behind Jones is one of the blackest marks on the sport.
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Dana did say that NO wife beaters would get a pass, he must've had his fingers crossed.
 
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