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UFC Announces UFC 90: Silva vs. Cote

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From a press release in my inbox:

Las Vegas, NV (USA) – Sports fans in Chicago unite! The UFC® is coming to town and it is bringing the world's greatest pound for pound fighter, Anderson "The Spider" Silva, for a middleweight title fight against his number one contender, Patrick "The Predator" Cote.  The UFC will make its historic first trip to Chicago this fall when it presents UFC 90: SILVA vs. COTE live from Allstate Arena on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2008.

"Anderson Silva once again showed why he’s the greatest pound for pound fighter in the world when he moved up to light heavyweight and destroyed James "The Sandman" Irvin," said Dana White, UFC President.  "Now he drops back down to middleweight to defend his world title against Patrick Cote, a fighter on a four-fight win streak with a style that guarantees an incredible fight, wherever it goes. There is no better way to introduce Chicago to the UFC than with the championship fight Anderson Silva vs. Patrick Cote."

Tickets for UFC 90: SILVA vs. COTE will go on sale Monday, August 18 at 10am CT starting at $50. Tickets will be available at Allstate Arena Box Office, all Ticketmaster Ticket Centers, Charge-By-Phone at (312) 559-1212 or online at ticketmaster.com.

UFC® Fight Club members will have the opportunity to purchase tickets to this event Friday, August 15 at 10am CT via the website www.ufc.com.  A special Internet ticket pre-sale will be available to UFC newsletter subscribers Sunday, August 17 starting at 10am CT.  To access this presale, users must register for the UFC newsletter through www.ufc.com

UFC 90: SILVA vs. COTE is available live on pay-per-view at 10 p.m. EST/7 p.m. PST on iN DEMAND, DIRECTV, DISH Network, TVN, Bell ExpressVu, Shaw Communications and Viewer’s Choice Canada for a suggested retail price of $44.95 for standard definition or high-definition broadcasts (where available).

It took Silva (22-4) just 61 seconds to defeat his last opponent, James "The Sandman" Irvin at UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas July 19, but that is par for the course for "The Spider", who burst on to the UFC scene two years ago.  His list of victims started with a devastating knockout of Chris Leben in June 2006.  He followed that up with two TKOs over Rich Franklin, a submission win over Travis Lutter, a TKO over Nate Marquardt and a second round submission over PRIDE 183-pound champion Dan Henderson.  Silva, considered by most to be the most dominant force the UFC middleweight division has ever seen, now faces number one middleweight contender Patrick "The Predator" Cote.

"It's an honor to be fighting Patrick Cote in the first UFC event ever in Chicago," said Silva.  "I'm excited to take on Cote, but I am taking him very seriously; he is a dangerous striker and he likes to stand and trade with his opponents.  That's the kind of fight fans like to see, and that's definitely the fight we're going to give them Oct. 25."

Cote, (14-4) fighting out of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, is on a four fight win streak in the Octagon™, beginning his string of excellence back in February of 2007 with a decision win over Scott Smith at UFC 67. Six months later, he TKO'd Kendall Grove in the first round at UFC 74, and followed that up with a first round TKO over and Drew McFedries at UFC Fight Night in January 2008.  But it was his most recent victory, a pivotal win over Ricardo Almeida at UFC 86 on July 5th that propelled him to number one contender status.  Now Cote has the opportunity to join countryman Georges St-Pierre as a current Canadian UFC titleholder by taking out reigning champion Silva at UFC 90.

"Everybody that fought Anderson Silva was scared of him; I'm not scared of him one bit," said Cote.  "It's gonna take him 10 straight punches to take me down - I only need one punch to take him down.  I'm Patrick Cote, I win against grapplers and I knock strikers out. I can't wait to go to Chicago and take the belt home to Montreal."

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This is a pretty weak main event. I hope they have something else up their sleeve.

by Michael Rome on Jul 28, 2008 1:24 PM EDT   0 recs

I’d love to see Alves vs. Sanchez on this card.

by Luke Thomas on Jul 28, 2008 1:25 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

It will be..^

Also, did Irvin say the exact same shit…in terms of taking 10-30 punches from Silva to get one of theirs off? Cote…I know you are hyping the fight dude….but getthahellouttahere with that…LOL.

http://tharealness.wordpress.com/

by Tha Realness on Jul 28, 2008 1:27 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Alves-Sanchez is on this card.

I don’t see it doing well with those fights on top. In a month with 4 shows, it will be lost in the shuffle unless they get a bigger name fight on here.

by Michael Rome on Jul 28, 2008 1:28 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

But

I expect the city of Chicago to fill out the arena.

by Luke Thomas on Jul 28, 2008 1:28 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I think Zuffa is banking on the added exposure of Silva to carry the card alone…thus gauging how valuable he is in terms of PPV buys…

http://tharealness.wordpress.com/

by Tha Realness on Jul 28, 2008 1:33 PM EDT   0 recs

It’s not really a fair way to measure, Chuck Liddell vs. Patrick Cote wouldn’t even draw a good number.

by Michael Rome on Jul 28, 2008 1:35 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

A good # for Silva wouldn’t necessarily be a good # for Liddell though…I mean if Silva surpassed the 400K mark…I think they deem it successful….where he’s been at the 300-325K level thus far.

http://tharealness.wordpress.com/

by Tha Realness on Jul 28, 2008 1:39 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

If this breaks 400k against Patrick Cote of all people then Silva really is a draw now. I guess it’s possible they could try to really hype it in Canada to get those buys.

by Michael Rome on Jul 28, 2008 1:41 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Depending on how the rest of the card rounds out….It’s plausible that this card could do 400K IMO…

http://tharealness.wordpress.com/

by Tha Realness on Jul 28, 2008 1:45 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Ice Pack

I think this card is squarely targeted at the frozen north of Minnesota and Canada and will draw surprisingly well. That said, you’re right that they need a few more fights to make it a stacked card cause this is no Rampage vs. Forrest.

by thetakeover on Jul 28, 2008 5:04 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Only one punch to take Silva down huh? Hey Patrick, Anderson might not speak English that well but he does have a translator that will relay these types of things back to him.

Good luck seeing minute two of round one.

by Day Man on Jul 28, 2008 1:38 PM EDT   0 recs

So does Cote have a puncher’s chance? He didn’t come close with Almeida. Also, why is Cote saying the same thing that Irvin said. We all know that he has a good chin, just like Chris Leben, right?

I would have loved for this fight to have been Almeida and Silva.

by lovingmma25 on Jul 28, 2008 2:08 PM EDT   0 recs

I like that Silva, who is the champ and scary as hell, says how honored he is to be fighting Cote and that Cote is dangerous, and Cote, who hasn’t really proven anything is cocky about this fight. You can be confident without being arrogant. More people need to realize this.

by SplitBreast on Jul 28, 2008 2:12 PM EDT   0 recs

I’m curious if he’s that ridiculous or if he is trying to hype the fight to get people to buy it.

by Michael Rome on Jul 28, 2008 2:17 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Gotta be the latter….hopefully anyways…

http://tharealness.wordpress.com/

by Tha Realness on Jul 28, 2008 2:46 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

They’re going to do Anderson Silva v. Patrick Cote in the main event with Diego Sanchez v. Thiago Alves as the semi-main.

7/24/2008

by Brett Jones on Jul 28, 2008 2:26 PM EDT   0 recs

Whether you talk pre fight smack or not, it really doesn’t matter when you are fighting Anderson Silva.

by lovingmma25 on Jul 28, 2008 2:29 PM EDT   0 recs

The canucks will hyped about the the card with Cote on it… Is it October yet?

by Nick Thomas on Jul 28, 2008 3:03 PM EDT   0 recs

I hope Cote is just posturing and realizes what he’s up against. It didn’t work for Irvin, obviously. Guy couldn’t look Silva in the eyes and appeared to be crying after the beatdown he endured. I like Cote, he’s a tough dude—but it should be Almeida facing Silva in Chicago. If it were, I’d make that drive.. As it stands, the card needs to bolster up so that I make the six hour trip for more than Cote getting his head detached in the first 90 seconds.

by Blackout612 on Jul 28, 2008 3:09 PM EDT   0 recs

It’s gonna take him 10 straight punches to take me down

I’m pretty sure Silva can deliver 10 unanswered punches. He did against Leben, may have against Franklin the second time, didn’t need to the first time, didn’t need to against Irvin (although they were all unanswered). Silva took some good shots against Hendo and didn’t really even blink. I hope Cote realizes Silva’s chin is a lot better than the other ‘Spyder’.

I’m not blowing Cote off completely…he’s a tough dude, but that might not be enough.

by Dabashire on Jul 28, 2008 3:25 PM EDT   0 recs

I can’t wait to see the lines on this one…

http://tharealness.wordpress.com/

by Tha Realness on Jul 28, 2008 3:28 PM EDT   0 recs

I don’t see the lines being close at all. I may bet $1 on Cote.

by lovingmma25 on Jul 28, 2008 3:34 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Yea

I just want to see how big of an underdog Cote will be.

http://tharealness.wordpress.com/

by Tha Realness on Jul 28, 2008 3:36 PM EDT   0 recs

LOL@ disrespecting Cote like that….smh…but it would be fair.

http://tharealness.wordpress.com/

by Tha Realness on Jul 28, 2008 3:58 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I see Silva-vs-Cote being about the same as Silva-vs-Leben maybe even worse ?Silva is going to destroy Cote it will be quick and brutal,Another Highlight Real KO !!!!

by Shocbomb on Jul 28, 2008 4:32 PM EDT   0 recs

If anyone is gonna beat Silva. It’s not going to be Cote. No matter how he tries to convince himself he isn’t scared, he is. Everyone is scared of “The Spider”.

Rob Dib
http://www.break-your-face.com

by Rob Dib on Jul 28, 2008 5:54 PM EDT   0 recs

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