Apr 26, 2014; Baltimore, MD, USA; Joe Rogan interviews Jon Jones after the UFC light heavy weight championship fight against Glover Teixeria at Baltimore Arena. Jones retained the light heavy weight championship by defeating Teixeria.
Apr 26, 2014; Baltimore, MD, USA; Joe Rogan interviews Jon Jones after the UFC light heavy weight championship fight against Glover Teixeria at Baltimore Arena. Jones retained the light heavy weight championship by defeating Teixeria. REUTERS

Add Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) light heavyweight champion Jon Jones to the list of personalities who are not appreciative of the way CM Punk has jumped ahead of everyone in the UFC totem pole. Jones bared in a recent interview that he is not appreciative of how the former wrestler has been gift wrapped the opportunity that many fighters are been lining up for in the recent years. The dominating champion even went on to say that he wishes that Punk, who is also known as Phil Brooks real life, "will be knocked out in his first match."

"Every day I'm at the gym watching these kids training," Jones said during the recent edition of the radio show Chad Dukes versus the World. "These guys have no money and they're training their tails off, giving up everything to be a fighter. Living in the gym, eating turkey and peanut butter, bare minimum to chase this dream and then a superstar like him just gets to jump into the UFC just because he knows the right people and has a name."

Still, Jones knows that the company is banking on the popularity of the former WWE talent given his massive fan base. He recalled a time that he went to a wrestling event and saw firsthand how fans reacted to fights as if they were not scripted. The 27-year-old American mixed martial artist admitted that putting out Punk would make a lot of publicity for the UFC as evidenced by the massive following and passion of WWE fans. Still, that would not deter him from hoping that the UFC does not baby Punk and give him a "real opponent who can knock him out."

After all, Jones knows a thing or two about dominance in the Octagon. The current champion has strung an impressive 8 title defences and is hoping to add more Jan. 3 against bitter rival Daniel Cormier. The champion is already looking forward to their weigh-in Friday and is vowing to stay professional and not risk the repeat of the head butting fiasco that escalated the brawl in August. The UFC event is the conclusion to the long brewing rivalry between the current champ and the Olympic wrestling team captain that dates back to a few years ago when Cormier was still new to the scene and in a different class. Both fighters have vowed to show each other up with Cormier delivering a message to Jones and calling him a "phony in the public eye."