We are only 2 months and 8 days away from Anderson Silva's title defense against Patrick Cote at UFC 90 in Chicago and the mental mind games have begun. Patrick Cote fresh off his less than stellar victory over Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu ace Ricardo Almeida has already began the war of words in recent interviews with The Fight Network Radio and Toronto Sun, he had this to say about his upcoming fight with Silva. "We know how to beat Anderson Silva."
"The only way to beat him is to push the pace. Go forward all the time. You can't let him get confident and comfortable in the center of the Octagon. You have to push the pace for five minutes every round. If I do that, I can catch him. I'll take care of him."
Cote's last win was less then impressive but you can not deny the power he has in his hands. After going without a win in his first 4 Octagon appearances Cote had now won 5 consecutive fights. He has put himself in contention for the Middleweight Championship against one of mixed martial arts best fighters. One thing is for sure even though; the card is still 2 months away the anticipation for Silva's next fight began on July 19. We all love watching Silva fight and Cote should bring a tough challenge to Silva or at least we hope he will.
