Likely Bonuses for UFC on Versus 1

With my BloodyElbows account finally being enabled, it's alittle late to do any breakdowns as those are already available in abundance. Today I'll take a quick stab at predicting the bonus winners for Saturday nights fights.

Fight of the Night:

While normally with Clay Guida on a card I'd lean towards him, Fight of the Night is likely to go to the main even of Vera and Jones. While Vera has had some less than exciting fights since moving to LHW, Jones will push him and he'll have no choice but to come hard when he gets the chance, much like Randy forced Vera to do in their fight. On the other side of the Octagon, Jones is basically incapable of having a boring fight with his blend of flashy standup and violently breathtaking takedowns. Additionally, this fight could certainly go 3 rounds which usually favors a FOTN bonus as well.

Also on the card, Paul Buentello vs Cheick Kongo is likely to be heavy on the leather. While this one isn't as likely to go three rounds, a boring main event could put these fighters in line for a bonus.

KOTN

Irvin vs Sakara has 1st round KO written all over it and while Buentello vs Kongo also has just as a good a chance to end the same way, the speed of the Middleweights vs the Heavyweights is likely to produce something more highlight reel worthy for the lighter fighters.

SubOTN

Schafer, Pierce or Marshal seem the most likely to pick up a submission on this card. While I wouldn't put some athletically impressive guilotine past Jon Jones, Vera won't be easy to submit. Schafer or Marshal are not only capable off of their backs, but they both have opponents that are likely to make them fight there, making a submission their likely path to victoy. Mike Pierce will likely fight his fight by taking his opponent down and punishing him from the top with strikes, but Pierce is a capable enough grappler that if his ground and pound attack presents the opening for a choke or kimura, he'll take it and crank it.