Michael Bisping and Chris Leben’s talk of brutally knocking each other out failed to come to fruition in the main event of the evening. While unspectacular at times, Bisping appeared to have the perfect game plan to thwart his aggressive opponent and executed it almost flawlessly. Leben started out well, stalking his rangier foe with pounding inside leg kicks and his trademark looping punches. Had he continued with the leg kicks he may have found more success walking down Bisping, however after being stung with a few jabs he returned to his wide open glove-slinging style. Leben searched for his home run left hand. Bisping circled away accurately landing jabs, right hands down the pipe at the southpaw and body kicks. A round by round analysis would be futile, as the rest of fight played out exactly like this with the exception of a couple of quickly negated takedowns. Bisping made a mess of Leben’s face and frustrated the brawler as he had stated he would, landing the more telling blows and turning Leben’s head a couple of times. Toward the end of the fight Leben offered his chin to Bisping to goad him into a scrap, but Bisping was measured as ever and simply landed a nice head kick. Some fans felt the main event was lack lustre, but none can doubt the skill and discipline with which Bisping dispatched a very tough opponent convincingly. After the fight Bisping admitted to having fought for a decision win, which will not win him any fans. Leben was aggressive throughout and gracious in defeat, and his stock will not have gone the way of the Nasdaq due to this one performance.

From here:
Leben – Old habits die hard and if he continues to rely on the left hand/iron chin technique he will continue to be out-foxed by the division’s more cunning fighters. A marked improvement in conditioning could now be supplemented with a small training session with one of the fight games mastermind coaches. Greg Jackson, Matt Hulme or Mark Dellagrotte might all be able to fine tune Leben’s game to the next level. Alan Belcher, Wilson Gouveia, Martin Kampmann, Rousimar Palhares would all be excellent next tests.
Bisping - A good performance from the PRIDE of British MMA, but it seems he has some way to go before he’s ready for the division kingpin. His wrestling looked ineffective and he would be unable to rely on the same stick-and-move strategy against Anderson Silva. He has demonstrated that intangible quality though – the ability to win. He is now firmly in a middleweight contender spot. The winner of Franklin vs Henderson should be his next opponent. Failing that a fight with Nate Marquardt would also clear up the divisional picture.