Patrick Cote Knee Surgery Complete, Expects To Return To The UFC Octagon In 6 Months

Patrick "The Predator" Cote was one fight away from acquiring the UFC middleweight title.  Unfortunately for Cote, he suffered a knee injury against Anderson "The Spider" Silva at UFC 90.  The first two rounds of their UFC middleweight title fight was pretty even according to the judges, but the injury came within the first minute of the third round.  The win was awarded to Silva via TKO because Cote was not able to continue.

According to his doctors, the right knee injury produced a tear in two sections— his MCL and meniscus.  He was forced to undergo surgery, which we can finally say is complete.  Cote has stated that his surgery was successful and has started to walk again.  He’ll have to be sidelined for at least six months and expects to return to the octagon sometime around June or July if the recovery goes as planned.

Here’s a snip from Patrick Cote:

"I feel great…I’m already walking with a brace and it’s all good.  I’ll be back soon."

Video: Trainer Mark DellaGrotte Talks Patrick Cote Knee Injury

UFC 90 Picture: Patrick Cote Knee Injury Clip

At UFC 90, Patrick "The Predator" Cote injured his knee in the third round of his first UFC title shot match against Anderson "The Spider" Silva.  Due to this, Cote was forced to end the fight and acquired his fifth loss in mixed martial arts competition. 

Here are two pics of Cote’s injury…just look at how he pops that right knee:

Closeup pic:

UFC 90 Video: Anderson Silva And Patrick Cote Post-Fight Interview

UFC 90 Pre-Fight Video: Anderson Silva And Patrick Cote Talk At Press Conference

Anderson Silva Plans To Retire After UFC Contract, Possibly June 2009 (Video)

In a recent video interview, Anderson "The Spider" Silva talks about his upcoming bout against Patrick Cote at UFC 90.  He also goes on to talk about his plans on retiring in mixed martial arts for good.  He plans to continue training hard for his last fights, whether it be at 185 lbs or at 205 lbs.  It seems like the issue isn’t even money anymore because he wants to dedicate the rest of his life assisting rising stars in this sport.

Here’s a snip from the Spider and check out the video below to hear the rest of his interview:

"I have six more fights on my contract. I believe until June of 2009.  I can have these six fights and then it’s over…everything has its time and I believe my time is already over…it has nothing to do with money because I’m a humble person who has an ordinary life.  Actually I never did it for money.  As a matter of fact, I believe my time is over…everything I could do for MMA, I already did.  Now it’s time to help the new generation, guys like Andre Galvao, Feijao, Dan Dan, Pitbull.  Now we have to help these newcomers…I’m going to be fat, with a big belly by the side of the octagon, eating popcorn behind the scenes, making my imitations and screaming for the fighters."

UFC 90 Video: Patrick Cote Talks Anderson Silva- “I’ve Never Been Knocked Out In My Life”

UFC 90: Anderson Silva Says “It’s Going To Be Real Fun” Fighting Patrick Cote

Anderson "The Spider" Silva is currently preparing to defend his UFC middleweight title once again, but this time it’s against the very tough Patrick "The Predator" Cote.  Cote will step into the cage on October 25th with 4 consecutive UFC wins.  The Canadian challenger has never been knocked out once in his MMA career nor does he plan on doing so at UFC 90. 

The Spider respects Cote and doesn’t ever underestimate any of his opponents.  He believes that every fighter has their weaknesses and admits that although he has a 7-fight winning streak going in the UFC, he is indeed "beatable."  That doesn’t necessarily mean that he’s going to lose to Cote, but then again anything can happen when it comes to mixed martial arts. 

Here’s a snip from Silva:

"I think it’s going to be real fun…He is going to come out and stand
up with me and it will be exciting and entertaining. He’s going to hit
me and I’m going to hit him a few times and we’ll see what happens…I
believe in every opponent there are some weak points that I can
capitalize on…He may find some weak points in my game where he can
capitalize on me, but I am very confident and I’m training very hard. I
think Patrick Cote is right: I am beatable…I believe the confidence
that Patrick Cote has is a good thing…Every fighter should be
confident and the same way he’s confident I’m confident. If Cote thinks
he’s going to knock me out or submit me in the third round that’s a
good thing to think that. But there is an opportunity that he might get
knocked out or submitted. I believe everybody is beatable and that’s
what makes this sport so interesting."

UFC 90 Video Interview: Patrick Cote Says He’ll Beat Anderson Silva “In The Third Round”

UFC 90 Video Interview: Patrick Cote “Expects A War” With Anderson Silva

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