Ringside MMA: Patrick Cote vs Kalib Starnes booked for April 9 in Montreal
by Geno Mrosko on Jan 22, 2011 3:05 PM EST
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Earlier this week it was announced that Patrick Cote had signed a deal to compete with Canadian promotion Ringside MMA and he would headline an April 9 show in Montreal against an opponent to be named.
That opponent now has a name -- none other than "The Running Man" Kalib Starnes.
The promotion held a press conference on Friday to announce the fight booking.
Cote was recently released by the UFC after dropping three fights in a row. Although "The Predator" nearly reached the pinnacle of his weight class, the middleweight championship, he blew out his knee in his fight against Anderson Silva and hasn't been the same since.
It's been over two years since that injury and the excuses will have to stop if he wants to make his way back to the world's largest fight promotion. The journey begins against another former UFC middleweight, albeit one who has lived in infamy since his last fight with the organization.
The mere mention of the name Kalib Starnes elicits either a smile or a shake of the head. His fight against Nate Quarry at UFC 84 was memorable for all the wrong reasons. So memorable in fact, that nearly three full years later if you type his name into a Google search engine, the list of suggestions centers solely around his actions in that fight.
Going into that bout, the Canadian was 2-2 with the promotion and right on the fringe of being cut. When he turned in a bizarre performance that included him running around the cage and throwing a total of about 14 strikes over three rounds, it sealed the deal and he was immediately released by company President Dana White.
A return to the big leagues is highly unlikely.
Especially considering Starnes has gone an unimpressive 3-2 since leaving the big show. If he wants to get back he's still a ways off from a making a run that will impress the decision makers enough to consider a second chance.
How much would a win over Cote help that along?
Would it help at all?
Stay tuned to MMAMania.com for any updates as the become available.
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Still dont get how the fuck Kalib gets paid to fight still...assuming he doesnt just run laps over and over than its not much of a fight
If you dont like drugs then dont do them.....give them to me!
Because aside from that fight he is very talented. People just look back on that fight. People forget he didnt too so bad vs Yushin Okami all those years ago
"So it is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you can win a hundred battles without a single loss.
If you only know yourself, but not your opponent, you may win or may lose.
If you know neither yourself nor your enemy, you will always endanger yourself."
by AintNoSunshine on Jan 22, 2011 3:22 PM EST up reply actions
okami is garbage though
starnes is a tuf reject and a bad one.
by Lester The Pimp on Jan 22, 2011 3:27 PM EST up reply actions
lol Okami can be boring yes
But garbage he is not
The Red Eye Jedi Holds a 7th Degree Black Belt In BongHitsu
by Red Eye Jedi on Jan 22, 2011 5:01 PM EST up reply actions
Wanted out of his contract to fight for someone else. Then when he pulled that shit that someone else also no longer wanted him.
"So it is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you can win a hundred battles without a single loss.
If you only know yourself, but not your opponent, you may win or may lose.
If you know neither yourself nor your enemy, you will always endanger yourself."
by AintNoSunshine on Jan 22, 2011 5:12 PM EST up reply actions
yep...the running joke will haunt this man for ever..
hope cote’s knee can hold hold out doing the laps around the octagon…
ok it’s out of my system now..i can now discuss the fight more seriously..i think it will actually make a good fight..
LoL
hope cote’s knee can hold hold out doing the laps around the octagon…
If you dont like drugs then dont do them.....give them to me!
by Khaos_Warrior on Jan 22, 2011 3:32 PM EST up reply actions
People who bash Kalib Starnes style aren't real MMA fans and don't appreciate the sport.
Just like with GSP, if you don’t like his style you don’t respect the sport, you’re not a true Mixed Martial Arts fan. That’s just how it goes, Kalib is like Machida.
If you don’t like his style maybe you should go watch K1
Yea that is just a wonderful post Danago
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by enzo-enormous on Jan 22, 2011 3:43 PM EST up reply actions
Get Over It!
The Quarry fight was three years ago – we’re not still dogging GSP for being unprepared against Serra and getting blasted or ripping on Paulo Filho for coming into his second fight with Sonnen out of shape and out to lunch, so why still rip on Kalib?
He may not be an elite middleweight, but he’s done okay for himself since – running a school and teaching, and winning a couple fights.
It’s about so much more than what “fans” think of him for Starnes; if he put together a five-fight winning streak and made it back to the middle of the pack in the UFC, half of you would be on his jock celebrating his comeback…
Imagine if a bunch of people constantly reminded you of your worst day at work at every mention of your name… give the dude a break!
by E. Spencer Kyte on Jan 22, 2011 4:22 PM EST reply actions
you forgot the
‘Love from Kalibs boyfriend’ at the end of that
"I knew i ‘urt ‘im, when he said argh" – GSP
by Rampagelangford on Jan 22, 2011 4:58 PM EST up reply actions
umm, no to giving him a break
he wanted to fight on tv, in front of millions. it’s the gamble you take. if you don’t want to be made a fool of publicly, then don’t do something foolish in the public eye
Sometimes I am God, if I say a man dies, he dies that same day.
by sir.tickleberry on Jan 22, 2011 6:30 PM EST up reply actions
People do stupid things in front of lots of people every day – we’ve all done it at some point, but few would welcome or accept being dogged about it for years on end.
Really easy for guys with Internet names to bash a man who trains every day and takes the risks to compete, fighting for their entertainment and probably making less per year than the “fans” who won’t let him forget one bad performance…
Just disappointing to me.
by E. Spencer Kyte on Jan 22, 2011 10:49 PM EST up reply actions
Oh cry me a river
Fact is, he put on a pathetic display that wasted the time and money of thousands of fans in attendance and watching at home who paid good money to see a card of fights and instead had to sit through a guy literally running away from his opponent for 15 minutes. There’s nothing to pity, the man got paid to fight and he refused to do so in front of his hometown crowd so he got cut. No amount of whining and excuse making or bitching about the fans who were justifiably angry with this pathetic showing can take away from that. If you want to fight professionally in a major promotion then you have to be able to handle criticism, if you can’t then you’re in the wrong profession.
"The British fans are very knowledgeable and passionate about MMA. I would love to fight there once more"
Anderson Silva and you have no idea how happy I am to see this, come on Bisping don't let me down, earn a title shot so I can see my idol fight in person.
Everything you said is 100% true, but it’s also ancient history now. All kinds of things have happened since then and yet whenever his name comes up, all anyone wants to do is insult him for one performance…
Handling criticism is one thing – having throngs of people constantly rip on you non-stop despite having put in some solid performances since is crap to me. You can be justifiably agree about his performance three years ago, but to still be going back to the same old routine at every mention of his name is not only lame, but it’s also unoriginal…
He’s not making excuses – he has long since moved on from this bout and it’s time that everyone else does too.
And just as a special, bonus geography lesson – Montreal is nowhere near Surrey, British Columbia where Kalib would really be fighting in front of his hometown crowd.
by E. Spencer Kyte on Jan 23, 2011 12:10 PM EST up reply actions
Not gonna lie
Kinda mad I’m not home to shop this Ben Richards style
It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.
by Jesse Holland on Jan 22, 2011 5:17 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Have at it
once you get home. Make it look nice for the archives.
Forget it Donny, you're out of your element.
cut him some slack
if i remember correctly didnt kalib break his foot early in the the 1st round?
ran around pretty good for a guy with a broken foot
and yet he couldnt fight??
He claimed that but to me it was a lie and a poor one at that
"The British fans are very knowledgeable and passionate about MMA. I would love to fight there once more"
Anderson Silva and you have no idea how happy I am to see this, come on Bisping don't let me down, earn a title shot so I can see my idol fight in person.
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