Cote Game, but Knee Injury Ends His Night against Silva

[FUZO]

TweetWOW COTE WOULD OF WENT THE DISTANCE WITH HIMDID COTE WIN ANY ROUNDS BEFORE HE BLEW HIS KNEE OUT. THIS JUST MEANS SILVA WILL BE STOPPED SOON IF COTE WENT EVERY ROUND IMO BEFORE THE ACCIDENT


Silva successfully defended his UFC middleweight title against heavy underdog Patrick Cote in the UFC 90 main event Saturday night at Allstate Arena. What no one saw coming was the ending, as a competitive fight ended prematurely when Cote blew out his knee in the third round, awarding the bout to Silva via TKO.

The win was Silva’s eighth in the UFC against no losses, and his fourth successful title defense. And contrary to what oddsmakers believed prior to the match, Cote was no easy mark for the pound for pound king.

Cote shot out a few range-finding leg kicks to open the bout. Silva calmly used the Octagon, keeping his distance until he got his rhythm. Cote calmly stalked, moving his head side to side to avoid getting hit with a quick KO punch or kick.. Two minutes in, Cote tried a head kick that Silva easily pulled away from, and the champion looked like he was starting to get his own offense in gear. With under two minutes left, the crowd and Cote started getting restless, and the Canadian attacked wildly. Silva avoided serious trouble and fired back with a knee to the chin that Cote took well. Silva continued to use all the Octagon real estate in the final minute,
only landing a quick head kick just before the bell that left Cote bleeding from a cut over his right eye.

Silva struck early in round two, first with a jarring left to the head. Moments later the two briefly locked up against the fence, but after breaking, Silva kept the pressure on, eventually forcing Cote to the canvas. While there, Cote stayed busy with strikes from the bottom, and the two stood up seconds later. In an ensuing exchange, Cote appeared to hurt his foot, but he kept trudging forward. Silva was seemingly toying with the challenger, but Cote was all business as he shot for two takedowns, both of which were rebuffed. By the end of the round, Silva had scored with a couple of knees to the body at close range, but neither did any significant damage.

Both fighters closed the distance quickly to start round three, but just as suddenly, as Cote planted his foot to move in on the champion, he buckled his right knee and fell to the canvas in pain. After making an attempt to rise, he fell again, and referee Herb Dean had no choice but to stop the fight at the 39 second mark.

We were putting on the fight that the world wanted to see it was a fun fight but unfortunately it ended the way it did. We’ll be back again.

With the win, Silva improves to 23-4; Cote falls to 14-5.

[tn94z]

TweetCote is one of my top fighters and I think he has been underrated. I think he did VERY well and was taking everything Anderson had. I don't know that Cote won any rounds, but he was getting some shots in and was getting rocked by the knees, etc.. He would have had to have KOd Silva to win but he was on track to take him the distance and who knows...I can't wait to see the rematch!!!

[straydoglogic]

Tweeti felt bad for him...thats a terrible way to have to end a fight..let alone a championship fight...i hope he gets another shot...

[tn94z]

TweetYea me too....and you know it really pisses me off that the crowd was booing!!!! That is freaking ridiculous man! How disrespectful can you be?

[straydoglogic]

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Yea me too....and you know it really pisses me off that the crowd was booing!!!! That is freaking ridiculous man! How disrespectful can you be?

no effin doubt..that pissed me off too...

[badasz32]

Tweeti was in the crowd... anderson silva was not taking the fight seriously. he toyed with cote the whole fight. he would dance around and make jokes... dodge kicks, put his gloves down, play paddy-cake. he would engage cote for about 30 seconds almost knock him out and then back off. i feel that silva was paid to make the fight last longer or was playing mind games.

[tn94z]

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i was in the crowd... anderson silva was not taking the fight seriously. he toyed with cote the whole fight. he would dance around and make jokes... dodge kicks, put his gloves down, play paddy-cake. he would engage cote for about 30 seconds almost knock him out and then back off. i feel that silva was paid to make the fight last longer or was playing mind games.

There is a big discussion going on about this on another board. I disagree. Silva's trainer said that he very much respected Cote's standup and with Cote's head movement being so much different than the rest of the fighters Anderson has faced, Silva's couldn't find his timing. He was trying to lure Cote in, because he is a counter striker, and Cote was not falling for it. If Anderson was playing games, then he lost all my respect. I just don't see it happening.

And as far as almost knocking Cote out...it wasn't even close. Cote was never bothered by any of Anderson's strikes. I watched the PPV in which you get a much better view of the fight unless you are standing ring side. The strikes that Anderson hit Cote with have put many fighters down, and they didn't even bother Cote....I think that was in Anderson's head too. He wasn't playing games to extend the fight, that would just be plain stupid. He was just fighting smart.