Patrick Cote talks about next fight after successful knee surgery

he wants the winner of franklin vs. silva? ummm, maybe the loser. either way, he would lose in his first fight back with either guy.

also, the guy has been out of the spot light for so long…he finally gets interviewed and the best he could do is Mention fighting Vitor, a fighter NOT signed to the UFC that probably wont ever return to the UFC?

There are about 10 Great match ups awaiting Cote, yet this fool is worried about Vitor?

I’m sure he doesn’t care who he fights. I’d like to see him and Marquardt personally.

I think it’s interesting that he mentions Vitor because just a few months ago it was reported that Vitor was in talks for a possible UFC return. Could this mean that there’s some truth to that?

John, he doesn’t seem worried about Vitor at all…The state of Affliction is doubtful and Cote knows this…fighting and beating Vitor after his KO of Lindland would be a BIG deal, Vitor will probably end up in the UFC or Strikeforce so Cote threw his name in the hat…dude’s had a lot of time to think

When did he say he was worried about Vitor? I can see him signing again, considering there’s notmuch else for him outside the UFC. There are a few guys, but Vitor is on par with UFC MW’s, even better thatn most. If Leites is the top contender, then Belfort should be in the UFC.

Sorry guys, but I dont ever think we will see Vitor back in the UFC. Affliction has at least 1 more show left that VITOR will be a part of….with his recent success at middleweight and the drastic improvement of the UFC middleweight division…I think Vitor is much more valuable to strikeforce than the UFC.

Also, I am not ready to proclaim that Affliction is done. Fedor’s contract will expire after the next show, and if they dont re-sign him it will be hard for them to survive…but they did just sign Din Thomas to a 3 fight deal, so to me that at least tells me that they aren’t alreday p[lanning for Affliction 3 to be their last show….At least they are trying to survive, and It will be hard, but I hope that they pull it off!

On a sad note: I hear that DREAM 7 rating were TERRIBLE!!! I sure hope that they survive, because I dont really like Sengoku but I love Japanese mma!

“I’d go back and watch again but why?? Nothing even happened.”

LOL good point. I’ll probably watch it one more time anyway and get all frustrated with Silva not bringing his usual intensity in that fight.

Silva tried. Those big knees that Cote ate would have wobbled quite a few other fighters. Every time he pured it one thick Cote got out of range.

Cote’s got one of the best chins in the game (see Leben vs Cote) but I wasn’t rooting for or expecting him to win in any fashion. I knew it would take a series of consecutive strikes (see Silva vs Leben) to finish him and I’m as sure as one can be that Silva would have TKO’d him eventually.

they’re like unicorns, leprachans, or Matt Lindland fans

I’m not a spider hater, I’m a huge fan. But his performance in that fight was way off. He didn’t look interested at all. Cote at least looked like he wanted to be there. There isn’t a doubt in my mind that Silva would have decided to fight sooner or later and destroyed Cote, but he didn’t ever get to that point. I was only saying that Matt is retarded if he judges fights on the amount of blood someone loses.

point well taken jay. looks like we were actually on the same page the whole time.

I’m excited to see The Crow. I’d like to see him elbow his way to the top of the division!

I was soooooo pissed at Kang for gassing in that Belcher fight. I hope Alan sent him a thank you card afterward to thank Kang for handing over the win on a silver platter. And that fool Belcher actually thinks he proved something in that fight. Yeah, he proved Kang could punch him & take him down at will.