Dana White said this following Cote's decision win over Big Dog Almeida: <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>The fight was boring. The reality is when there are two guys who are really good at different things, and guys who have different game plans, that’s sometimes what happens.</div> <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Patrick Cote has earned himself a title shot. The plan is to have Anderson Silva fight with Yushin Okami, then slide Cote into the title fight against the winner.</div> Silva has to fight James Irvin and Yushin Okami first, so there might be a buffer fight for Cote in the meantime, but in six or eight months we should see a Cote/Silva fight for the 185-lbs title. For those who don't remember, or don't know, Cote had a title shot a long time ago. His first fight in the UFC was a last minute call-up to fight then champion Tito Ortiz. He took Ortiz to a decision and at one point in the fight had Tito rocked. It was too much to ask of Cote at the time, but now that he has had time to settle into the UFC groove, he should be ready to challenge for the belt. Unfortunately he's probably going to be fighting Anderson Silva, who is far and away the most dangerous fighter on the planet.
ugh, I like Cote and all, but if he makes it past the 2nd round, I'll be shocked. Of course if Anderson gets to fight more often like he's asked (and it appears will be doing) he may not have the zing in his striking to end it so soon.
The Almeida/Cote fight bored the living hell out of me. I don't see Cote lasting more than a round with Anderson.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Black Mamba @ Jul 7 2008, 02:48 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>The Almeida/Cote fight bored the living hell out of me. I don't see Cote lasting more than a round with Anderson.</div> It was a bad style match up where the striker can't go for it for fear of it going to the ground and the ground guy can't get the striker down because the striker has decent sprawl and isn't over committing... which makes for a boring (or 'technical' as Joe Rogan would try and sell it) fight. I couldn't figure out how Almeida was going to get a title shot if he won, having beat a replacement in Robin Yundt and then Cote.
Almeida was a big disappointment Saturday for sure, but I think a lot of that has to do with Patrick Cote's good defense.
Yea, I think Cote would get overwhelmed by Silva, but everyone else has. Although he is that kind of underdog fighter, so I would be surprized, but he does have a shot. I`d give him 25-28% lol.
The only question about that fight is, can Cote survive to a decision? He took Ortiz to a decision at 205 over 5 rounds, so you know Cote is a tough SOB.
You are correct sir, I assumed it was 5 rounds because I thought tito was the champ, he was not though. I believe Randy was the LHW champ, but Tito was in the main event for UFC 50 and his opponent (vitor belfort maybe?) was injured and Patrick too the fight on short notice as he was scheduled to be on the undercard.
Everyone keeps saying how great Cote's defense was, but there are only three rounds and in one of them Almeida got him on the ground, kept him there, and did a lot of nice work. The judges could have easily given Almeida the third round and the win he deserved. Neither of them did anything in that round, but Almeida did take down Cote with about 20 seconds left.
To be honest I picked Almeida to win it and wanted him to win it (so I would get more points). However Almeida didn't deserve the 3rd round. He got Cote to the ground, but Cote got out of it pretty easy. Almeida was very lackadasical in the 3rd in the standup. He only attempted to take Cote down like once or twice that round. Overall in the 3rd, Cote was more aggressive and Almeida seems like he kind of gave up a bit on taking him down after getting tired and f.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ghoti @ Jul 8 2008, 08:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Everyone keeps saying how great Cote's defense was, but there are only three rounds and in one of them Almeida got him on the ground, kept him there, and did a lot of nice work. The judges could have easily given Almeida the third round and the win he deserved. Neither of them did anything in that round, but Almeida did take down Cote with about 20 seconds left.</div> You bring up a good point, was it Cote's take down defence that improve or was it Almeida's take downs were weaker and weaker. Did Almeida gas a little?
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Celtic Fan @ Jul 9 2008, 04:39 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ghoti @ Jul 8 2008, 08:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Everyone keeps saying how great Cote's defense was, but there are only three rounds and in one of them Almeida got him on the ground, kept him there, and did a lot of nice work. The judges could have easily given Almeida the third round and the win he deserved. Neither of them did anything in that round, but Almeida did take down Cote with about 20 seconds left.</div> You bring up a good point, was it Cote's take down defence that improve or was it Almeida's take downs were weaker and weaker. Did Almeida gas a little? </div> Almeida definitely gassed, but it's like the judges punished him for not taking down Cote when Cote did nothing to take advantage of a tired opponent. Technically, the decision wasn't terrible, because the last two rounds were bad and since they were all stand up Cote had the advantage. But I think the judges should have used that final takedown to score Almeida a win because he did more in the fight.
apparently he didn't gas.. no,no.. he got bored <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>We’ve heard some great explanations for losing in our time covering mixed martial arts, but Ricardo Almeida has a new one: boredom. That’s what he says cost him in his split decision loss to Patrick Cote at UFC 86, according to Setanta Sports: “I lost because I got bored…Whatever I say, I know it’s gonna sound biased,” said Almeida, who moved to 9-3 in his MMA career. “It wasn’t a great fight. I felt I dominated the first round. Then I had the incident with the glove [which needed cutting], and something happened to me mentally right there. “Even physically, I was just dead in the second round – very very tired. I felt I bossed the third, some good jabs, I got a takedown – and the only reason he got on top was because I tried the guillotine. “My corner told me to stay on top with 60 seconds left. But I guess because the fight was so boring, I wanted to try a submission and he finished the fight on top – which probably swung it.”</div>
