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Quoteworthy:
“[The UFC 97 main event was] boring! At least I tried to engage with Silva! Fuck, I’m actually a little pissed. I like Thales and all, but that was awful. He looked very scared and nervous in there. I wasn’t scared at all. I want Silva back!”
Former number one middlweight contender Patrick Cote [...]

Here’s a taste … the entire interview airs in its entirety on HDNet later on this evening (April 24):

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Quoteworthy:
“I think both guys should hang their heads in shame, quite honestly. Leites probably won the first two rounds but nothing happened in the fight. [Canadian fans] deserved a hell of a lot better than they got from these two. I’ve seen more aggression from my fiancé when she hits the January sales. It [...]

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Click the link above to view a tremendous amount of fantastic images from this past weekend. Also … thoughts on the decision in the Sam Stout-Matt Wiman 155-pound brawl? We never talked about it — now is your chance.

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Quoteworthy:
“How much Vaseline can they put on someone’s eyebrows that’s going to make a difference? Where’s he going to wipe it? If he wasn’t wiping it on his shorts, where would he wipe it? It wasn’t like he was rubbing it in. He just took it off. We didn’t put it on. It was [...]

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Quoteworthy:
“I think (Chuck) should retire! I felt so bad for him to see him go out like that. He is a great person and a legend and when you see that as a fighter, you get a small glimpse of your own demise in the sport. There were no changes (in his style). I [...]

Check out part two after the jump.

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“I can honestly tell you that I’ve never put on an event that I was embarrassed to be at until tonight. I want to publicly apologize to all the fans…. I apologize. I personally apologize for what happened tonight. You guys know, this isn’t what the UFC was built on and this isn’t the way [...]