I thought Franklin looked good. He has been working on his defense and it shows. I thought he looked good, MacDonald really couldn't do anything. The first round was slow but that was because they were in the clinch most of the time. And then when MacDonald finally did get him down and started letting his punches go he stayed calm and reversed it.

I don't know if he can beat Silva, but he's a lot better equipped to do it now then he was when they fought imo.