UFC 86 Preview: Patrick Cote

Really pulling for Cote in this fight.

He made me a bunch of money when he beat Kendall Grove. How Cote was ever the underdog in that fight I’ll never know.

I’ll balance it out.

I’m pulling for Almeida.

Not saying he would beat Anderson, but imo, he is the type of fighter that will.

Super good guy and a great instructor.

Definitely an interesting fight.

I’d really like to see Cote vs Silva because I think he’s got a great jaw and would be able to take a lot of punishment and finally push Silva into deep waters to see how he performs.
Sadly though I think Almeida has his kryptonite, will take him to the ground and submit him. Cote has looked good against his last few opponents but none of them had much of a submission game, Almeida on the other hand obviously has a huge submission game. I expect a replay of the Lutter fight unfortunately.

I am gunning for my Canadian boy Cote in this war against Almeida but I am a little worried. Almeida has wins over Marquardt, Chonan, Misaki, Minowa, etc Thing is Almeida is praised as this insane BJJ guy but if you look at his history he has many, many decision victories in there.

I think this fight could go either way—if Patrick can keep it on his feet Almeida is going to sleep.