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Wow, it seems like UFC 89 was just last week. That’s because it was last week and the admission was free. Now we get to watch another UFC this week but it is a PPV event.  Maybe UFC will partner up with CBS in the near future. Patrick Cote believes he can win with an upset over SIlva:

Now comes Patrick “The Predator” Cote (13-4-0), the latest underdog — actually, make that huge underdog — to promise to “shock the world” by beating UFC middleweight champion Anderson “The Spider” Silva (22-4-0), the dangerously explosive muay Thai striker considered by many to be the best pound-for-pound MMA fighter on the planet.

The two meet Saturday in a championship bout at UFC 90 in Rosemont, Ill.

“I’m very excited for this fight and I know there are a lot of people who are behind me and there are a lot of people who don’t think that I have a chance,” the heavy-handed Cote, 28, a KO artist in his own right, said in his thick French-Canadian accent.

“Anderson Silva is an incredible fighter. But nobody is unbeatable. He has been beat before and that can happen again. We found some little holes in his game that we’re going to exploit, and we know how to beat him. So I’m going in there and I’m going to do my stuff and shock the world.

I don’t know if Cote’s skill level is there, but he seems to have the confidence. Also, Silva since announcing his retirement doesn’t seem to have the same intensity and motivation. I don’t know what the odds are, but if I were a betting man I would go with Cote.
Here is the rest of the card:

Main Card Bouts:
-Anderson Silva (#1 Middleweight in the world)* vs. Patrick Cote
-Thiago Alves (#3 Welterweight in the World)* vs. Josh Koscheck (#4 Welterweight in the World)*
-Fabricio Werdum (#6 Heavyweight in the World)* vs. Junior dos Santos
-Tyson Griffin vs. Sean Sherk
-Gray Maynard vs. Rich Clementi

Preliminary Bouts:
-Thales Leites vs. Drew McFedries
-Spencer Fisher vs. Shannon Gugerty
-Dan Miller vs. Matt Horwich
-Hermes Franca vs. Gleison Tibau
-Josh Burkman vs. Pete Sell

Main card airs in the United States on pay-per-view for $44.95