Jon Jones will be the first person to tell you he’s been no angel over the years. He might be the greatest mixed martial artist of all-time, but outside the cage, he’s had more than his fair share of slip-ups and run-ins with the law.
So when the UFC light heavyweight champion acknowledges this himself as a setup to talk about another person’s character, that carries significant weight.
And he made absolutely clear on Friday that he has no love lost for Colby Covington.
Jones was part of a press conference Friday pushing his UFC 247 title defense against Dominick Reyes. The presser was held at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, where on Saturday night, Covington will attempt to wrest the welterweight title from Kamaru Usman in UFC 245’s main event.
And “Bones” made no bones about the fact he considers Covington, his former roommate at Iowa Central Community College, a bad person.
“Colby’s a habitual liar at the end of the day,” Jones said. “He really is. He told the fans that we lived together for two years. 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 really is. He really, really is.”
Jones also pointed to the fact Covington has found himself at the center of drama at his home gym, American Top Team, with multiple high-profile teammates, to back up his claim.
Tyron Woodley left ATT after developing a dislike for Covington. Jorge Masvidal remains a part of the team, but has also made his disdain for Covington clear.
“There’s no coincidence that Tyron Woodley got to know him and hates him, Masvidal got to know him and hates him, I got to live with him and really don’t like him.”
In case you haven’t gotten the point yet, Jones doesn’t like Covington, and he’s pretty sure if you haven’t come around to his point of view on the UFC 245 headliner, you eventually will.
“If any of you guys got to know him, man, he’s a really rotten person,” Jones said. “I think the MMA community is going to start to see it over the years.”
Jon Jones rips former roommate Colby Covington: 'He's a really rotten person'
