This Sunday the UFC makes its way to the Versus network for the second time this year. Headlining the card will be surging light heavyweight prospect Jon “Bones” Jones taking on the always crafty Vladimir “The Janitor” Matyushenko. The co-main event of the evening will pit middleweight phenom Mark Munoz against the Japanese grinder Yushin “Thunder” Okami.

Both men are coming off impressive second round stoppages in their previous fights. Okami took out UFC newcomer, Lucio Linhares, via doctor stoppage during their UFC Fight Night scrap back in March.

Munoz was last seen opening the live show for the UFC’s first venture to Abu Dhabi for UFC 112 with his fight against Kendall Grove. Mark survived a shaky start and came back with a vengeance in round two, working his violent ground and pound on Grove and finishing the Hawaiian to improve to 8-1 overall.

Last night UFC President Dana White made an appearance on the Versus sports talk show, The Daily Line, to discuss this Sunday’s UFC on Versus 2 card. His comments about the middleweight contest should definitely catch the eye (or ears) of Yushin Okami as the boss made the claim for “Thunder” getting a UFC title shot somewhere down the road:

“I think it’s time this guy gets a title shot; he’s been here a long time.”

What’s interesting about these comments is that no one has really considered this fight as a number one contender bout or anything of the sort — especially with Vitor “The Phenom” Belfort waiting in the wings.

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