Its hard to believe that this is the same guy that trains with Mark Dellagrotte. Cote clearly lives in some fantasy world. Although it is upsetting that Anderson Silva did not dispose of this crap bag sooner, it is obvious to anyone who is a fight fan or judge; in order to win the title you have to take it! That simple. I dont see any possible way of how Cote thinks that he pressed the action. Given the fact that Silva is the taller fighter and has a longer reach. It is obvious that he would keep Cote at bay with his jab and circle around with lots of footwork and head movement. Preventing his opponent from planting his feet and getting comfortable with throwing shots. Patrick “The Poutine” Cote has displayed a complete lack of knowledge and respect for the fight game and deserves NO REMATCH! I hope he enjoys riding at the back of the bus….because that’s where he is heading.
Well now that UFC 89 is out of the way we can concentrate on a championship match and a card that might actually be worth the 50 bucks. The main event looks to be much more of the same stuff we have grown to love from Anderson Silva. Expect to see another dominating performance mixed with superior technical skills dished out by the spider. Although the main event maybe interesting to some the real meat and potatoes of the card look to be coming from the supporting cast.
In an interesting twist of events Diego Sanchez has been sidelined by a rib injury that seems to have come from training. Stepping into fill his place will be Josh Koscheck. Who will be facing Thiago Alves. There has been alot said about the early days of Koscheck. But I have to give credit when its due. Kos has managed to step up his game and drastically improve his striking skills since training with AKA. He seems more willing and comfortable to exchange strikes with his opponents. This plays perfectly into a match up against up and comer Thiago Alves. It would not be surprising if this match up was to take fight of the night with Thiago coming out on top with the TKO victory. In order for Kos to be successful he is going to have to push the pace and force the takedown. Smother his opponent with superior wrestling and a top game mixed with devistating ground and pound.
Another matchup that should be far from borring is Sean Sherk Vs. Tyson Griffin. Sherk is a serious vet in this mma game and has only lost to 3 people in over 36 fights since 1999, Georges St. Pierre, Matt Hughes and Bj Penn. All of which could easily be ranked anywhere in the top 5 best welterweights of all time. Both men have superior wrestling backgrounds. Sherk does take the advantage in the striking department having quicker hands and looks like he hits much harder. Unforetunately for Tyson Griffin I just cant see him getting past Sherk. There is no one right now in the light weight division that trains as hard as the muscle shark. Looks like Griffin got handed more than he can chew.
Other notable fights are:
Rich Clementi Vs. Gray Maynard
Thales Leites Vs. Drew McFedries
Hermes Franca Vs. Marcus Aurelio
Josh Burkman Vs. Pete Sell
Pay per view cost $50, pizza cost $30, Beer cost $40, watching Silva slaughter another victim….PRICELESS!
Are you kidding me? This is what the UFC is offering as a main even??? Thank god its free. The only ones stupid to buy tickets or pay for the event is the Brits. No wonder why they decided to host the event over there. That plus Michael “The Count” Bisping is the UK poster boy. Ok enough complaining lets talk about the actual fight.
Style wise we will be entertained by two standup mma fighters that like to exchange leather. From a technical perspective the fight has to go to Bisping. His standup skills are on the upper end of the food chain when compared to Leben’s. In order for him to pull off the win he is going to have to throw punches in bunches and come at different angles. Much the same as what current middle weight champ Anderson Silva did when he fought Carrot Top…oops I mean Chris Leben.
That being said the unorthodox south paw does have a punchers chance. Leben has been known to hit hard and does not mind to eat a few shots to land his own. If Leben expects to pull off the upset, and believe me this would be a huge upset. He is going to have stay out of the clinch and throw straight left hands down the pipe. If Leben does end up in the clinch by choice or misfortune, dirty boxing or body clinch take down is going to be a must. Bisping has got to be one of the most borring fighters from his back and his submission game is less than par.
To say I am not interested in watching a free event would be lying. However for either man win or lose does not seem to be very exciting given the fact that current king pin Anderson Silva would destroy either man on his worst day.
Are you kidding me? This is what the UFC is offering as a main even??? Thank god its free. The only ones stupid to buy tickets or pay for the event is the Brits. No wonder why they decided to host the event over there. That plus Michael “The Count” Bisping is the UK poster boy. Ok enough complaining lets talk about the actual fight.
