After four losses in his first four fights inside the Octagon Canadian middleweight Patrick Cote (11-4) will look to make it three in a row when he battles Drew McFedries (6-2) at UFC Fight Night 12 on January 23.
It's a 185-pound clash that pits two hard-hitting bangers up against one another -- both have knockouts to their credit in their most recent performances.
Cote took out Kendall Grove in an upset at UFC 74: "Respect" back in August and McFedries stopped Jordan Radev at UFC Fight Night 11 in devastating (and scary) fashion in June.
London Free Press recently caught up with Cote and he had this to say about the match up:
"He [McFedries] is very explosive for two minutes of the fight and then he gasses. He always tries to land the bombs and knock the guy out. Everyone knows I'm ready to take a punch and I'm ready to stand up with anyone in my weight class. He has heavy hands, but so do I. If I have any problems on my feet I'm just going to take him down and put him to sleep."
The Miletich-trained McFedries was submitted earlier this year when Martin Kampmann caught him in an arm triangle that left him unconscious on the canvas at UFC 68: "Uprising." He's also returning from as serious staph infection that kept him off the October card in Cincinnati, Ohio.
This could be an exciting fight depending on which Cote shows up -- the one who was cautious against Scott Smith or the one who threw caution to the wind against Grove.
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