“That the Media Is Afraid of Asking” – Colby Covington Wants to Rekindle Bad Blood With Former Roommate Jon Jones With Fight Week Proposition

Colby Covington is often found at the center of controversies. As Dana White has confirmed the UFC Welterweight championship match, ‘Chaos’ will now look to end Leon Edwards‘ reign. Covington has appeared in a lot of interviews lately and has been voicing out his opinions on a variety of topics.

While speaking about the next title shot, Covington had some words for former roommate Jon Jones. ‘Chaos’ revealed his desires about featuring in the same PPV with Jones.

Colby Covington wants to fight in a card featuring Jon Jones

The former UFC Interim Champion provided the fans with his take on when he wants to fight next. ‘Chaos’ said that he is ready for a fight at any moment.

Covington stated, “At any moment the sooner the better you know. Why not put this on the grandest stage James. Put it on International Fight week in July.”

Covington added, “They like to stack those cards you know. Sometimes with multiple title fights so you know there’s been rumblings that there might be Jon Jones versus Stipe. Come on we got so much history me and him being former roommates you know. I just want to take a chat with him James. I just got a couple of things to seriously ask Jon Jones that the media is afraid to ask him.”

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Colby Covington has surely raised some eyebrows owing to his statements. It looks like the American fighter is already selling the fight, although none of the matches have been confirmed yet.

Colby Covington has a conspiracy theory for Jon Jones vs Ciryl Gane

Covington also opened up about his thoughts on UFC 285 main event. Covington went all in and criticized Ciryl Gane for the poor performance. He said, “Just looked like Ciryl was scared. Scared of the moment too much. Pressure too big he was afraid he didn’t even have been in there that night.”

He also added a conspiracy theory revolving around UFC 285. ‘Chaos’ continued, “So honestly, James it looked like it was a work. It looks like it was a fix maybe Jon Jones and his brothers went over to Francis and told Ciryl that you know they’re gonna pay him under the table to take a dive. Because that’s honestly what it looked like.”

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