MMAWeekly has a great interview with UFC Middleweight and TUF3 winner Michael Bisping in which he shares his thoughts about the upcoming fight between Rich Franklin and Dan Henderson, the winner to coach opposite him in the next season of the Ultimate Fighter.

Popular Opinion and all indications are that the winner in the eventual fight between Bisping and the other coach will get to face UFC Middleweight Champion and Pound-for-Pound fighter Anderson “Spider” Silva. Bisping, who since moving down to the Middleweight division has been on a tear analysed the fight, breaking down each fighters strengths.

“Rich Franklin is probably the smarter fighter out of the two. I think he’s got better footwork, probably more technically composed fighter. Dan’s got great knockout power obviously. They’re both fantastic fighters,” Bisping commented.

“If I had to pick a winner, I’d probably go out on a limb and say Rich Franklin by decision, to be honest.”

A win against either of the fighters will cement Bisping’s position at the top of the contenders list at middleweight and solidify his claim to the throne. As popular as “the Count” is as a fighter, this will probably be the most important fight that he will have to fight post UFC 93.

“I want to dominate him striking, in the clinch, taking him down, ground and pound. I want to dominate him everywhere, that is my goal,” says Henderson.

Dangerous Dan also says that he knows that Rich is a good striker and is hard to finish. This is what motivates him to finish Franklin even more come UFC 93 next week.

Dan Henderson and Rich Franklin headline a UFC card that features exciting fighters such as Shogun Rua and Mark Coleman come next week. The fight also decides who goes on to become one of the coaches in the next season of the Ultimate Fighter: US vs Britain with the other coach being “The Count” Michael Bisping, who has looked really great after his transition to the 185 pound division.