Patrick Cote has warned Anderson Silva he will have to do something he has never done before if he wants to hang on to his middleweight title at “UFC 90”: Go five rounds inside The Octagon.
Cote has worked his way up the 185lb ladder for a title challenge, yet he is largely thought of as cannon fodder in a growing line of Anderson Silva victims.
Even the Canadian knows the size of his task, admitting: “Silva’s biggest strength is…everything. This guy is the best fighter in the world.”
Silva (22-4-0) has never been five rounds in The UFC. He hasn’t even been past round two. He hasn’t had to.
That seven-win streak has listed five shattering knock-outs, yet Cote has never been KO’d in his 17-fight career.
Now he is promising to take the brilliant Brazilian into the deep waters of the fifth round in order to break his legend inside The Octagon.
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