{"id":280973,"date":"2018-07-18T09:12:41","date_gmt":"2018-07-18T16:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=280973"},"modified":"2018-07-18T09:12:41","modified_gmt":"2018-07-18T16:12:41","slug":"colby-covington-suggests-jon-jones-management-could-be-bribing-usada-to-expedite-ufc-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/colby-covington\/colby-covington-suggests-jon-jones-management-could-be-bribing-usada-to-expedite-ufc-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Colby Covington suggests Jon Jones&#8217; management could be bribing USADA to expedite UFC return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC interim welterweight champion Colby Covington has never been shy when it comes to comments on his former roommate Jon Jones. His latest comments on Jones, however, might just take the cake.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Chael Sonnen&#8217;s Beyond the Fight podcast, Covington accused the former UFC light heavyweight champion and his management of bribing the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) in order to expedite his return to the Octagon.<\/p>\n<p id=\"SDvA3C\">\u201cHis scumbag management team, Malki Kawa and those guys, they\u2019re probably trying to pay off the UFC or USADA somehow to get him back earlier,\u201d Covington said (transcribed by Jesse Holland for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2018\/7\/18\/17586394\/jon-jones-accused-bribing-usada-score-early-ufc-return-mma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAMania<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p id=\"hWccXa\">\u201cYou never know the UFC\u2019s side, they want to do business and make money so if he\u2019s available, and USADA clears him, then they\u2019re gonna want to do business and put him back out there to fight and make that company money,\u201d he said. \u201cThey\u2019ve got a $4 billion installment on that loan to pay back, so they\u2019re gonna do whatever it takes to make money and pay back that loan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Colby Covington: Jon Jones hid from USADA drug testers under Jackson&#039;s MMA cage.\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y8liCrPQtSc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>While these are some serious accusations from Covington, it&#8217;s worth noting that, for the moment, they seem to be pure speculation.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, it seems that Jones&#8217; team and USADA are <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/jon-jones\/jon-jones-manager-optimistic-usada-decision-could-be-made-by-end-of-this-month\/\">very close<\/a> to reaching a deal, which should give us a clear sense of when Jones will be eligible to return to the cage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very confident we will have a decision on this thing by the end of this month,\u201d Jones&#8217; manager Kawa said on a recent episode of Ariel Helwani&#8217;s MMA Show. \u201cThey\u2019re pushing hard. I know everyone involved is working hard to come to a resolution. I know that the UFC is anxiously waiting and we\u2019re dealing with USADA on a daily basis. They\u2019ve been really good with us as far as really investigating this thing and looking at it from a lot of different angles and stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m hoping he gets cleared in the next month or so and that the opportunity to fight presents itself. If it\u2019s next year, early next year or whatever it is, I\u2019m confident.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of Colby Covington&#8217;s latest fiery comments on Jon Jones?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 7\/18\/2018. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC interim welterweight champion Colby Covington has never been shy when it comes to comments on his former roommate Jon Jones. His latest comments on Jones, however, might just take the cake. Speaking on Chael Sonnen&#8217;s Beyond the Fight podcast, Covington accused the former UFC light heavyweight champion and his management of bribing the United [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54430,"featured_media":280975,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[22188,10091],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Colby Covington suggests Jon Jones&#039; management could be bribing USADA to expedite UFC return | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"UFC interim welterweight champion Colby Covington hits his former roomate, former light heavyweight champ Jon Jones, with some weight accusations.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/colby-covington\/colby-covington-suggests-jon-jones-management-could-be-bribing-usada-to-expedite-ufc-return\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Colby Covington suggests Jon Jones&#039; 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