Just saw this thread.
My thoughts on the fight were that the crowd booing Silva are disgraceful. If MMA wants to be considered a real sport then it has to be about winning or losing and nothing else. These people saying that it's Silva's responsibility to be "exciting" (meaning a KO everytime) represent the mentality that holds MMA back. Leites is a BJJ stud who I think realized towards the end of the first round that he was outmatched and wasn't going to stand a chance unless he could pull guard and go for some kind of sub. Silva, to me, looked like he was trying to engage in the stand up, but everytime he put together a good combo, Leites would fall on his back, trying to entice Silva to jump into his guard and play into his strength (JJ).
Why should Silva play along? He was clearly dominating the fight, so these people complaining that it's Anderson's job as a champion to "make the fight exciting" by risking getting subbed for no reason whatsoever drive me crazy. If you are going to blame anyone for the fight not being dazzling, and I don't think you should blame anyone if you're a real fan of the sport, then blame Leites for not pressing the action when he knew he was losing. If you are clearly losing a fight, then you have to try to make something happen, not the guy who is dominating because the drunken idiots in the stands want KOs and nothing else. Imagine if the Pats got criticized for winning the Superbowl in a manner that fans didn't find "exciting" enough, or if Michael Phelps got criticized for not breaking any records or not slowing down for a photo finish to win the gold. This is that WWE/backyard brawling mentality that I just cannot stand.
I don't blame Leites though for not going kamikaze because what's the point, at this point it's obvious that in a weaker division Silva is head and shoulders above everyone. Leites couldn't take him down and couldn't stand with him, there was nothing he could do. Personally I enjoy Silva sniping him from the stand up because it's such a nice display of superiority. The only guy I think that would be an interesting challenge for Silva at this point (besides possibly GSP, who I doubt would be able to do much) is Vitor Belfort. I think Mayweather has the same problem since he clearly just can't be beat by anyone in his division and never knocks anyone out, but even he doesn't receive the same vitriol from these morons when he wins by decision. On top of that, Silva never even got a chance to knock out Cote, and other than that he has had some spectacular finishes.
As for the rest of the card I thought it was pretty good, especially since I'm a big Shogun fan and it was nice to see him return to form with good conditioning for a change, even if it was against a Liddell that didn't quite look like the Chuck of old. The fight of the night for me was the Wiman/Stout fight, which I thought was a great overall display of MMA, ven though I didn't agree with the decision.