Colby Covington has repeatedly hurled verbal trash in Jon Jones’ direction over the preceding months. But, the controversial fighter’s latest attack prompted a fiery response from the man who will battle “Bones” next, Anthony Smith.
Smith is preparing to face Jones on March 2nd at UFC 235. Recently Covington directed the tweet below to Jones, which prompted a pretty heated retort from Smith.
Hey @JonnyBones. Nobody’s looking. Go snort a few picograms.
its played out, Colby. Its not funny anymore. Stop throwing shade at my fight. Also, I heard you have a issue with me getting a title fight… next time I see you, we should talk about that. Or you gonna tuck your tail and hide in the corner of the gym like you did in Chicago?
its played out, Colby. Its not funny anymore. Stop throwing shade at my fight. Also, I heard you have a issue with me getting a title fight… next time I see you, we should talk about that. Or you gonna tuck your tail and hide in the corner of the gym like you did in Chicago?
— Anthony Smith (@lionheartasmith) February 14, 2019
How about that? Wonder if any more details might emerge regarding this apparent exchange in Chicago?
UFC 235 will be hosted by the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Here is the card’s line-up.
UFC Light Heavyweight Championship
Jon Jones (c) vs. Anthony Smith
UFC Welterweight Championship
Tyron Woodley (c) vs. Kamaru Usman
Welterweight: Robbie Lawler vs. Ben Askren
Strawweight: Tecia Torres vs. Weili Zhang
Welterweight: Diego Sanchez vs. Mickey Gall
Female Bantamweight: Gina Mazany vs. Macy Chiasson
Female Bantamweight: Holly Holm vs. Aspen Ladd
Featherweight: Jeremy Stephens vs. Zabit Magomedsharipov
Light Heavyweight: Johnny Walker vs. Misha Cirkunov
Bantamweight: Cody Garbrandt vs. Pedro Munhoz
Bantamweight: Thomas Almeida vs. Marlon Vera