{"id":198236,"date":"2016-07-07T11:00:29","date_gmt":"2016-07-07T18:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=198236"},"modified":"2016-07-07T11:00:29","modified_gmt":"2016-07-07T18:00:29","slug":"ufcs-colby-covington-former-roommate-jon-jones-telling-response-usada-violation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/jon-jones\/ufcs-colby-covington-former-roommate-jon-jones-telling-response-usada-violation\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC&#8217;s Colby Covington, former roommate of Jon Jones has a telling response to USADA violation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>9-1 UFC welterweight <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-results\/ufc-fight-night-89-results\/ufn-89-results-colby-covington-vs-jonathan-meunier\/\">Colby Covington<\/a> has a history with current UFC interim light heavyweight champion <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/daniel-cormier\/jon-jones-apologizes-to-daniel-cormier\/\">Jon Jones<\/a>. The two were roommates back when they both wrestled for Iowa Central Community College.<\/p>\n<p>While the two went separate ways since their days at the community college together, both of them have ended up fighting in the UFC.<\/p>\n<p>Following news of <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/jon-jones\/ufc-releases-statement-jon-jones-potential-anti-doping-policy-violation\/\">Jones&#8217; potential Anti-Doping Policy violation<\/a>, Covington had a very interesting response to the news and made it public on twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Covington tweeted a link to the news of Jones&#8217; potential violation and said, &#8220;Can&#8217;t say I&#8217;m surprised.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Can&#39;t say I&#39;m surprised. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/F2eVRTRXEb\">https:\/\/t.co\/F2eVRTRXEb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Colby Covington (@ColbyCovMMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ColbyCovMMA\/status\/750907304351043584\">July 7, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Covington told <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2015\/5\/24\/8652077\/colby-covington-hoped-for-reunion-with-jon-jones-at-ufc-187\" target=\"_blank\">MMA Fighting<\/a> back in 2015 that he and Jones were great friends back in college, but has been critical of Jones&#8217; mistakes throughout his career in hopes that he would learn from them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>9-1 UFC welterweight Colby Covington has a history with current UFC interim light heavyweight champion Jon Jones. 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