Middleweight champion Anderson Silva is such an overwhelming favorite over Patrick Cote at UFC 90 tonight that the most common question for UFC President Dana White at press events this week has been some version of, "Who will Silva fight after he beats Cote?"As you can imagine, Cote doesn't appreciate that much.
"I was a little pissed at the lack of respect toward me," Cote said of the way the media talked to him like they assumed he was going to lose. "I'm here. I'm not dead yet. I'm going to put on a good show and I'll surprise a lot of people, and after that maybe a lot of people will regret what they said."
White says he gets it all the time: There's an assumption among UFC fans that Silva simply can't lose.
"Our 185-pound division is stacked with great fighters," White said. "He makes it look like it's not. That's how good he is. Everybody thinks that every Anderson Silva fight is going to be a walk-through. ... "Anderson has this Mike Tyson mystique. It's becoming, 'Who's Anderson going to fight? He's going to knock him out.'"
Of course, Mike Tyson's mystique only lasted until he met Buster Douglas. And Cote thinks he has the chance to end the Silva mystique as well.
"To fight for the UFC title is a dream come true for me," Cote said. "I trained very hard for this fight. It's a real dream for me to fight Anderson Silva, the best fighter in the world. I have great respect for this guy and I'm going to give him a real war."
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Hey Patrick! I respect ya! You got a tremendous amount of heart! Just use all the negative crap as motivation!
smart mkoney is on silva but I am pulling for you Pat
go Pat le quebec est avec toi
Let me be the one to say that Patrick Cote is not a good fighter. Hes a mediocre fighter, he has lossess to Leben, Lutter, Ortiz. These are guys Silva easily defeated and honestly not exceptional fighters and anyone with talent or good skills can beat these opponents(who have one dimensional styles of fighting).
Cote is not a smart fighter, actually hes kinda like Henderson without the experience/aggression. He relies on power punch and the rest of his skills sit on the shelf. This is pretty much," in the air" but noone has said it. Cote is a punching bag for Silva.
Filho,LaWler,Okami are all much better fights for Silva but the UFC doesnt have contracts for Lawler/Filho and Okami just fought Tanner i believe and is not scheduled.
So Silva's opponents are dropping fast and Dana is quickening his matches but noone in the ufc has can compete with him so throw in some guy that really is like 5-4 in UFC because they dont have the guys that Wamma rates top 5
best middleweights.
Sorry but this isn't an Opinion, look at Cotes record in the UFC and look at what middleweights are left that Silva hasnt crushed or are still within the 3 month fight layoff's and you'll find that Silva has a contract to satisfy but noone competetitive to fight.
I really want to see who Silva will fight when he Crushes Cote. Okami?