Sherdog's pros pick: http://www.sherdog.com/news/articles/pros-pick-silva-vs-cote-14911 Sherdog PbP link (once they have it up)
I've never been able to stand Cote for some reason. I hope he gets destroyed. I know fighters have to be confident, but his comments along with Mark Delegrotte's comments this week on anderson are seriously
i thought cote might pull a matt serra and get lucky, but now i'm changing my mind. silva wins in the 1st round
Cote is a good guy, a lot of people don't have the confidence that he brings to the table and it makes him fight better, even if he is sometimes overconfident
Silva over Cote (TKO but I think Cote makes it out of the first) Alves over Koscheck (Decision) Maynard over Clementi (Huge fight of the night potential - Decision) Werdum over Dos Santos (Submission) Sherk over Griffin (Decision) Leites over McFedries (TKO) Fisher over Gugerty (TKO) Miller over Horwich Aurelio over Franca (Decision) Burkman over Sell (Could challenge for fight of the night - KO)
I have never in my entire life looked up to a anyone and actually admired them. A personal hero. Until I started following Anderson Silva. Probably one of the most homo things I've ever said (while being serious) but I really look up to that guy. I would like to see him have a really hard fight that goes a few rounds, but pull it off. I'm going to be super upset if Cote takes it. Hendo, I wouldnt have minded it that much....but please not Cote. Do work, son.
Franca tries to shake Aurelio’s hand and Marcus has none of it. Franca then flips him off. 10-9 for Franca. The official judges see the bout 29-28 (twice) and 30-27 for Hermes Franca. Aurelio is such a poor sport