10 Lessons Learned From UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs. Le

What went down at UFC Fight Night 48, and what did we learn? The UFC returned to Macau, China today for UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs. Le, otherwise known as UFC Fight Night 48. It wasn't a huge event on paper, but it featured two compelling fights in Michael Bisping vs. Cung Le (a fun fight for the fans) and Tyron Woodley vs. Dong Hyun Kim (a chance to Kim to emerge as a contender, and Woodley to get back into the title picture after a tough loss earlier this Summer to Rory MacDonald). The rest of the card was underwhelming at best on paper, but as we've learned in the past, cards that look weak on paper can often deliver a lot of surprisingly good action. A pair of fights went to a (split) decision to open the card, with Elizabeth Phillips dropping her fight to the debuting Russian Milana Dudieva, and Royston Wee somehow stealing a decision from Yao Zhikui. Following those bouts we had the exciting debut of Yuta Sasaki, who choked out Roland Delorme, and a fantastic one-round war between Alberto Mina and Shinsho Anzai. The prelims were then closed out by Wang Sai vs. Danny Mitchell, a fight that went the three-round distance and turned into a back-and-forth affair that finished strong but still took the wind out of the crowd's sails after two straight fantastic finishes in the Sasaki and Mina fights. Wang Sai took the bout by unanimous decision in the end, 29-28 on all three scorecards. Ning Guangyou opened the main card by winning TUF China's featherweight tournament via decision in a lacklustre fight that the crowd heckled throughout. Zhiang Lipeng followed up with a win over Australian Brendan O'Reilly, but the action really started when Dong Hyun Kim took on Tyron Woodley - a fight that you might have missed if you blinked. A spinning back elbow attempt early in the first round put Kim out of position, and sealed his fate as Woodley caught him, knocking him down then moving in with punches and earning the TKO victory. Then came the main event - a fantastic striking clinic with solid kicks and punches from former Champion Cung Le, who just didn't have enough to overcome the volume punching of England's Michael Bisping. It's a big win for the Count, and well worth watching - really, the main and co-main events made the card. The results: Main Card: MW Michael Bisping defeated Cung Le via TKO (punches and knee) (Round 4 - 0:57) WW Tyron Woodley defeated Dong Hyun Kim via TKO (punches) (Round 1 - 1:01) LW Zhang Lipeng defeated Brendan O€™Reilly via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27) FW Ning Guangyou defeated Yang Jianping via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) Preliminary card: WW Wang Sai defeated Danny Mitchell via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) WW Alberto Mina defeated Shinsho Anzai via TKO (punches) (Round 1 - 4:17) BW Yuta Sasaki defeated Roland Delorme via Submission (rear-naked choke) (Round 1 - 1:06) WW Colby Covington defeated Wang Anying via submission (punches) (Round 1 - 4:50) WBW Milana Dudieva defeated Elizabeth Phillips via split decision (30-27, 28-29, 29-28) Now lets take a look at ten lessons we learned from UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs. Le!