Colby Covington Drags Daniel Cormier into Feud with Jon Jones

Former UFC interim welterweight champion Colby Covington has reignited his long-standing hostility with Jon Jones, bringing Jones' former archrival Daniel Cormier into the dispute, according to a report by Sherdog. The public spat began after Jones' protégé, heavyweight Gable Steveson, suffered an upset knockout loss to Sean Sharaf at UFC 331 in September in Los Angeles. Covington initially blamed Steveson's defeat on Jones' "bad energy."

Jones responded by pointing out that Covington, his former college roommate, has not matched even a fraction of his accomplishments in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. That prompted an intense rebuttal from "Chaos," who took to X to attack Jones regarding past domestic abuse allegations, arguing that success inside the Octagon does not excuse alleged misconduct in private life.

"The things I say only bother you because they’re true," Covington wrote on X. "You’re a narcissistic abusive sociopath. Your achievements inside the Octagon don’t make you a better person outside of it.

Those same achievements definitely don't give you the right to abuse women either, Jon. At the end of the day, I feel for Gable being in this situation… It’s too bad he can’t take punches from heavyweights as well as your wife does. If Gable really cares about advancing in his career, he should leave you and go train with a real man like Daniel Cormier."

Jones and Cormier engaged in one of the most intense rivalries in UFC history, which has lingered long after both finished competing against each other. Jones won their first meeting, while his knockout victory in their rematch was overturned to a no contest following a failed drug test. Years after retiring from mixed martial arts, Cormier has maintained that he has no interest in reconciling with Jones.