Colby Covington is taking another shot at Jon Jones, this time by reopening a story from their community-college roommate days and tying their fallout to alleged testosterone use.
Speaking with Daniel Cormier, Covington said he and Jones were good while living together at Iowa Central Community College, but claimed things changed when Jones started trying to bulk up from 197 pounds.
“It wasn’t until my last year in college when he started using testosterone. Because he wanted to beef up from 197 to heavyweight. So his plan was like, ‘Hey, let’s just start doing a bunch of testosterone to get strength and get bigger.’ That’s when his mood swings started going all over the place.”
Covington then pointed to the kind of small arguments he says started popping up in the house.
“He started yelling at me for little s–t. Like, I’d leave my shoes up front by the door. ‘What the f–k Colby? Why are your shoes by the door? I almost tripped on them.’ Freaking out, making a big deal out of something. I’m being real. That’s the honest truth.”
Covington ties the old story to Jones’ later PED history
Covington pushed the accusation further by linking that period to Jones’ later test failures.
“He would freak out about little s–t that didn’t matter just because he was having mood swings from all the chemicals and the steroids he was putting in his body. That’s facts. No one can dispute that. He failed two or three steroid tests. The guy’s a cheater, bro. He was doing it in college because he wanted to bulk up to heavyweight. He didn’t want to go 197 anymore.”
Jones’ history with failed drug tests is part of the public record, which is why Covington’s accusation will get instant attention. The harder part to verify is the college claim itself, because that rests on Covington’s account of what he says he saw back then.
The timing matters too. Covington is coming off a unanimous decision loss to Joaquin Buckley in December 2025, and his recent name value has also stayed alive through outside-the-cage headlines like his planned RAF appearance against Chris Weidman. Jones, meanwhile, last fought in November 2024 when he stopped Stipe Miocic at UFC 309, and the bigger cloud around him lately has been the whole White House card fallout after he said he was done fighting.
Watch the full interview below:
One old clip from their shared history also keeps making the rounds:
College roommates reunite at UFC 295 at MSG.
Jones vs Miocic
Covington vs EdwardsGoing to need extra security during fight week. pic.twitter.com/Icbq6BTIHm
— AFeldmanMMA (@afeldMMA) July 20, 2023
That leaves the story in a familiar spot. Jones’ failed tests are documented. Covington’s story about college is his allegation. Put together, it is another ugly round in a feud that has never really gone away.
