Despite earlier reports that indicated middleweight Patrick Cote would not compete at UFC 83 on April 19 at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, it now appears that “The Predator” will be in action when the promotion “invades” Canada for the first time ever, according to UFC.com.
No opponent has been named.
It was speculated that Cote would be a guest commentator during the pay-per-view (PPV) event. Things have since changed — perhaps the the desire to fight in front of a hometown crowd was just too much to pass up after all.
Cote is on a three-fight win streak inside the Octagon after dropping his first four matches. He has stopped Kendall Grove and Drew McFedries each in the first round his last two times out. It’d be good to see him get a solid opponent in a fight that would mean something in the 185-pound division contender picture.
In addition to the Cote fight announcement, the UFC made official several rumored bouts for UFC 83: “Serra vs. St. Pierre II.” We already knew all of them were booked, but let’s take a quick look at the complete card regardless:
170 lbs.: Matt Serra vs. Georges St. Pierre
185 lbs.: Rich Franklin (22-3) vs. Travis Lutter (9-4)
185 lbs.: Michael Bisping (15-1) vs. Charles McCarthy (10-4)
185 lbs.: Patrick Cote (12-4) vs. TBA
155 lbs.: Mac Danzig (17-4-1) vs. Mark Bocek (5-1)
185 lbs.: Jason MacDonald (19-9) vs. Joe Doerksen (39-11)
185 lbs.: Ed Herman (14-5) vs. Demian Maia (6-0)
185 lbs.: Kalib Starnes (8-2-1) vs. Nate Quarry (9-2)
170 lbs.: Jonathan Goulet (21-9) vs. Kuniyoshi Hironaka (11-4)
155 lbs.: Sam Stout (13-3-1) vs. Rich Clementi (30-12-1)
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This looks like a great card! I can’t wait to see who Cote will fight. I’d say Swick or Marquardt.
Cote better win his next fight
It seems like ex TUF fighters are swamping every card.
swick is a welterweight, marquardt just fought. I would like to see cote fight jorge rivera.
[quote comment=”294683″]This looks like a great card! I can’t wait to see who Cote will fight. I’d say Swick or Marquardt.[/quote]
I think he beats swick.. Marquart is a harder fight for Cote.
[quote post=”4809″]This looks like a great card! I can’t wait to see who Cote will fight. I’d say Swick or Marquardt.[/quote]
Swicks in welterweight now
This card is pretty average.
I want to see the main event, and Maia/Herman, but other than that.. meh.
It’s all good, though, because UFN 13 has a lot of great fights on free TV. So, it all works out.
franklin-lutter is kind of boring to me. would be nice if there was another high profile fight
Cote going to fight Martin Kampman, mark my words boys. That guy is due for a comeback this year and it would be an explosive technical fight.
[quote comment=”294689″]It seems like ex TUF fighters are swamping every card.[/quote]
The TUF show brings in more fighters than anything I would assume.
The card is decent…not great…but decent. I think that having the Franklin/Lutter fight as the second fight on this card is pretty weak though. With all the middleweghts on this card they could have matched them up a little better than this though. They really need to have Cote fight someone good on this card…maybe Marquart…or maybe even Eastman after his win over Martin. I’d rather see Cote take on Franklin…and MacDonald take on Lutter. Then have Herman and Bisping fight as well. This card still lacks a solid #2 fight in my opinion.
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Overall a very average card, the Lauzon Ken Flo fight night is better.
Canada would be up in arms over the card if it wasn’t for GSP. To be fair i think him on his own would sell out any arena in Canada.
How about dropping McCarthy and thenwe get Cote v Bisping. Thats a fight I’d pay to see.
They need to add a contender fight to the card. Overall, the card isn’t horrible, but devoid of any fights with title implications(besides GSP and Serra of course). But, having the card saturated with canadians will suffice if you are watching it in person, I suppose.
[quote comment=”294723″]How about dropping McCarthy and thenwe get Cote v Bisping. Thats a fight I’d pay to see.[/quote]
Agreed, wno wants to see mccarthy fight???????i think the ufc is babying bisbing a little to much.
I say Cote vs Bisping that would be good. Get rid of McCarthy.
[quote comment=”294738″]I say Cote vs Bisping that would be good. Get rid of McCarthy.[/quote]
[quote comment=”294738″]I say Cote vs Bisping that would be good. Get rid of McCarthy.[/quote]
I agree, but The UFC couldnt risk Cote putting a whole through Bisping’s face.
[quote comment=”294730″]They need to add a contender fight to the card. Overall, the card isn’t horrible, but devoid of any fights with title implications(besides GSP and Serra of course). But, having the card saturated with canadians will suffice if you are watching it in person, I suppose.[/quote]
I think Cote vs Kampman would be a decent contender fight. Patrick has been hot as of late, knocking out tough opponents. Kampman was slated to be next in line to fight Silva before he got hurt. They both took out Mcfedries in impressive fashion and both love to bang. I see Cote knocking Kampman out much like the Mcfedries fight and moving onto fight Bisping for a title shot once Bisping rolls through McCarthy and a top notch opponent like Franklin or Okami.
i dont know what you are guys are complaing about this is a very solid card. Rich franklin is a healiner just about everytime he fights and now you are saying he is not worthy of playing second fiddle to the main event. i think this is a very solid card along with ufc 82 and ufc 13. 82 is so stacked they have AA and koscheck on the prelims but some how diego “dirty” sanchez made the televised protion of the card.
this card blows. other than the main event, total garbage. Plus the main event isn’t even gonna be competitive. GSP is a man on a mission and he’s gonna tear right through that Brooklyn piece of trash like a razor blade thru tin foil.
who cares about Franklin anymore anyways? what a waste of space he is and Lutter? give me a break! definite non-buy for me. I’ll catch the main event on a live internet stream for free and that’ll be it.
the only reason why dirty Sanchez’s fight is on the televised portion is because they don’t want to showcase AA in the last fight of his contract. Oh well, it’ll end up being the first one shown since he’s gonna make quick work of O’Brien in impressive fashion too.
[quote post=”4809″]I think Cote vs Kampman would be a decent contender fight. Patrick has been hot as of late, knocking out tough opponents. Kampman was slated to be next in line to fight Silva before he got hurt. They both took out Mcfedries in impressive fashion and both love to bang. I see Cote knocking Kampman out much like the Mcfedries fight and moving onto fight Bisping for a title shot once Bisping rolls through McCarthy and a top notch opponent like Franklin or Okami. [/quote]
kampman would have got KO in the first exchange his chin has show to be mad of paper.
Add Cro Cop!!!! I just got my tickets…They opened up another block!!! Section 119 row F WOOT!!!
Lutter is the only person to take it to the Spider Silva in the UFC?? He wasn’t in good condition though for some reason, and couldn’t make weight?
I know how people can forget about it, but i think it’ll be cool to see if he can take it to Franklin [if hes in shape, and makes weight this time]
As for the last fight there, My man Hands of Stone Stout will have his hands full !!!! I think its all round pretty good card… especially with all the Canadian fighters =p
AND the ALL CANADIAN matchup: i think the Athlete will beat up old Joe… who knows. Should be a fun night, as of late there have been many surprises and upsets. I don’t think its about the names anymore— its pure action with all the talent floating around now =p
My fault, I forgot the skinny ass apologizing after every fight lately Mike Swick dropped to 170. I would say Cote vs Kampman for number 1 contendership but I don’t know if Kampman is still injured.
another 10 fight card maybe all pay per views will have them now, i don’t know who he would fight right now, maybe jorge rivera?? or kendell grove but i doubt it. so the 5 fights on the main card has to be gsp, sam stout fight, franklin, ed herman fight and the 5th being bisping or the cote fight
Cote will either fight Alan Belcher or Rees (whoever he is). Not the marquee match up that I was expecting.
just found that out but belcher should be a good opponent
UFC have sold 13000 presale tickets to this event in one day. The rest are going for sale to the public. This is what they said on the radio today so I am not sure if it is confirmed but I know people were picking up tickets in a hurry.
Not bad for day’s sales eh?
I should have looked on the UFC site first….seems like MMAMANIA.com is my 1st choice.
http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=news.detail&gid=9945
First off martin kampann was never in line to fight anderson silva. he was gonna fight rich franklin but he got hurt and okami took his place.
cote will probably fight jorge rivera or alen belcher.
[quote comment=”295010″]Cote will either fight Alan Belcher or Rees (whoever he is). Not the marquee match up that I was expecting.[/quote]
I think Belcher would make a decent matchup…he likes to bang so it would be a stand up war and probably wouldn’t last too long. There are so many middleweights on this card that I wish they would rotate them around for some better matchups.
Franklin vs Cote
Bisping vs Herman
Maia vs Lutter
Now those are some quality matchups with the same fighters on the card. I’m getting a little annoyed with the UFC trying to bring too many fighters along slowly that they think they can market. Lets see the fights the fans want to see for a change instead of trying to showcase the TUF fighters or former champs.