{"id":816049,"date":"2024-12-31T04:21:50","date_gmt":"2024-12-31T10:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/31\/jon-jones-mocks-colby-covington-with-big-shoutout-after-ufc-tampa-loss\/"},"modified":"2024-12-31T04:21:50","modified_gmt":"2024-12-31T10:21:50","slug":"jon-jones-mocks-colby-covington-with-big-shoutout-after-ufc-tampa-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/31\/jon-jones-mocks-colby-covington-with-big-shoutout-after-ufc-tampa-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Jones mocks Colby Covington with &#8216;big shoutout&#8217; after UFC Tampa loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post-2793784\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/NewsArticle\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2024-12-17T08:50:19-05:00\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2024-12-17T18:00:33-05:00\"><\/p>\n<header>\n<div>\n<p><span><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nYMiqXChhag?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;start=67&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div itemprop=\"author\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n<p><span>December 17, 2024 8:50 am ET<\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div id=\"content-container\">\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/tag\/jon-jones\">Jon Jones<\/a> enjoyed watching <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/tag\/colby-covington\">Colby Covington<\/a> get beat up at UFC on ESPN 63.<\/p>\n<p>Covington (17-5 MMA, 12-5 UFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2024\/12\/ufc-tampa-results-joaquin-buckley-dominates-colby-covington-doctor-stoppage\">suffered a third-round doctor stoppage TKO loss to Joaquin Buckley<\/a> (21-6 MMA, 11-4 UFC) in this past Saturday\u2019s headliner at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Fla., after a laceration to his right eyelid wouldn\u2019t stop leaking blood.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the week, <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2024\/12\/colby-covington-attacks-lebron-james-jon-jones-ufc-tampa-media-day\">Covington went off on Jones<\/a>, his former college roommate, during UFC on ESPN 63 media day. Covington questioned Jones\u2019 sexuality, accused him of <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2024\/11\/ufc-309-tom-aspinall-opinion-jon-jones-officially-ducking-me-for-heavyweight-title\">ducking Tom Aspinall<\/a>, and took aim at <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2021\/10\/jon-jones-911-audio-domestic-violence-arrest-ufc\">past allegations of domestic violence<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So, it should come as no surprise to see Jones jump at the opportunity to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DDrfFqARzQr\/?img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">revel in Covington\u2019s defeat<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201c<span>Big shoutout to Colby Covington for skipping training to get President Trump \u2018ready\u2019\u2014we all appreciate the sacrifice <\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Clown face\" draggable=\"false\" alt=\"????\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" src=\"https:\/\/abs-0.twimg.com\/emoji\/v2\/svg\/1f921.svg\"><\/p>\n<p><span>At least he got to see me win <\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Saluting face\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/abs-0.twimg.com\/emoji\/v2\/svg\/1fae1.svg\" alt=\"????\" width=\"17\" height=\"17\" data-old-src=\"https:\/\/abs-0.twimg.com\/emoji\/v2\/svg\/1fae1.svg?w=1&#038;h=1\">.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s what I find the most hilarious, listening to what he\u2019s gonna come up with next after getting his ass whooped.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know I shouldn\u2019t but it\u2019s just so much fun. It\u2019s amusing watching someone you know hate you fail repeatedly.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DDrfFqARzQr\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Covington appeared in good spirits after taking the short-notice opportunity against Buckley. He lost the first two rounds on the judges\u2019 scorecards but was having a solid third round before the doctor intervened to stop the fight with seconds remaining.<\/p>\n<p><i>For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie\u2019s event hub for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/tag\/ufc-on-espn-63\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UFC on ESPN 63<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><i><span dir=\"ltr\">Be sure to visit the MMA Junkie <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mmajunkie\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> page and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@MMAJunkieOfficial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a> channel to discuss this and more content with fans of mixed martial arts.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Farah Hannoun<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2024\/12\/jon-jones-mocks-colby-covington-ufc-tampa-donald-trump\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 17, 2024 8:50 am ET Jon Jones enjoyed watching Colby Covington get beat up at UFC on ESPN 63. Covington (17-5 MMA, 12-5 UFC) suffered a third-round doctor stoppage TKO loss to Joaquin Buckley (21-6 MMA, 11-4 UFC) in this past Saturday\u2019s headliner at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Fla., after a laceration to his<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":816050,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[520,22478],"tags":[6742,14365],"class_list":{"0":"post-816049","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jones","8":"category-mocks","9":"tag-jones","10":"tag-mocks"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=816049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/816050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=816049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=816049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=816049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}