According to Colby Covington , UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones refuses to fight on the same card as him. Jones (27-1 MMA, 21-1 UFC) is set to headline UFC 295 where he’ll defend his title against Stipe Miocic (20-4 MMA, 14-4 UFC) on Nov. 11 at Madison Square Garden in New York. Covington (17-3 MMA, 12-3 UFC), who’s slated to challenge welterweight champion Leon Edwards (21-3 MMA, 13-2 UFC), wants to book his title fight for the same card. Covington has not minced his words when speaking about Jones, who was his college roommate, throughout the years, and thinks the UFC needs him and Edwards as a backup on the card given Jones’ troubled past outside the octagon
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