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Patrick Cote's Advice to the TUF 11 Contestants...

Judging by how active Patrick Cote has been on his Facebook and Twitter lately, talking about his 'return to the octagon' I figured now would be a good time to check in with him. Coming off a loss to Anderson Silva (that dates back to UFC 90 in October 2008) that hurt him in more ways than just his record. While in the 3rd round he injured his knee and would later require surgery followed by a lengthy recovery. Back in high spirits and anxious to get back into the octagon, here's what he had to share...

Rachel: You gave a shout out on your twitter to Alan Belcher and congratulated him on his new baby, that’s so sweet. How important is family to you?

Patrick: Actually I don’t have kids yet, but you know what family is the most important thing in your life and you have to take care of it !

R: Speaking of fighting Alan, it’s been confirmed your return to the octagon will be at UFC 113. How excited are you? Especially being in your homeland of Canada!

P: For sure, it s about time, can t wait to herd the fans there and fight for them.

R: You’ve mentioned in the past you’d like to fight Bisping assuming he lost to Henderson. And clearly we all know he lost big time to Hendo. Is that still a wish? To fight Bisping?

P: I want to fight the best as possible, I want the best fight for me and I thought Bisping was this guy, but now I think Silva will murder him.

R: The 185lb weighclass is STACKED.  I know it’s hard to look past your next opponent but you must have short list of guys you’d like a shot at. Who are they?

P: My goal is to have another title fight and it s start with Belcher, I don t care about the opponent, my goal is to be world champion

R: The 11^th season of TUF has started filming. As a former contestant what advice would you give the new guys?

P: Enjoy and don t be stupid in front of the camera haha !!

R: Speaking of The Ultimate Fighter, you were on the same team as Matt Serra. Is it safe to assume you’ll be cheering him on as he faces Frank Trigg at UFC 109?

P: For sure. Serra and I we are relly good friend, he came to my house last summer and we had a great time !! I ll cheer for him for sure and he ll win !!

R: What’s the first thing you like to eat after weighins?

P: Babyback ribs

R: I hate to ask you, because I know you get asked all the time… but how’s the knee?

P: Knee is very very strong and it s almost done now !! the knee is 95% perfect !!

R: Tell me, who is your hero and why?

P: I don t have Hero but some athlete than I respect alot. Like Brett Favre is for me the perfect example of a true athlete and warrior!

R: Yikes, the big 3-0 birthday is coming up for you next month. Any plans?

P: Actually I’ll start my training camp around this date so that will be very calm and just nice diner with some friends!! I’ll do a freaky party after my win at UFC 113

R: According to your Facebook (and we know facebook does not lie), you’re in a relationship. How does she feel about your profession?

P: She don t like that at all haha but she is very very supportive. She just don t like watching me live because it s to stressful and she don’t want me to get hurt. It 's nice she's worries about me I guest hahah. Seriously she understand my life and everything is nice now !!

Happy (early) Birthday Patrick! And good luck at UFC 113.

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UFC 100 Results

UFC 100 did not disappoint, it was full of great fights, rowdy fans and a little bit of drama. Here are the results at a glance.

Jon Fitch beat Paulo Thiago via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)

Brock Lesnar beat Frank Mir via technical knockout at 1.48, round two

Georges St Pierre beat Thiago Alves via unanimous decision (50-45, 50-44, 50-45)

Dan Henderson defeated Michael Bisping via knockout at 3.20, round two

Yoshihiro Akiyama defeated Alan Belcher via split decision (30-27, 28-29, 29-28)

Mark Coleman defeated Stephan Bonnar via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Jim Miller defeated Mac Danzig via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Jon Jones defeated Jake O'Brien via submission (D'Arce choke) at 2.43, round two

Dong-Hyun Kim defeated T.J. Grant via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-26, 30-26)

Tom Lawlor defeated CB Dolloway via submission (guillotine choke) at 55 seconds, round one

Shannon Gugerty defeated Matt Grice via submission (guillotine choke) at 2.36, round one

The drama came in a couple different fashions. Dan Henderson worked Michael Bisping and a few fans thought that last punch he landed after Bisping was already out was a bit uncalled for. If you ask me it was just his way of getting the last word in. Bisping sort of set it up by running his mouth a little too much before the fights.

I had picked Thiago Alves to beat Georges St Pierre. I really thought he was going to be the upset pick. While it did go the distance, unfortunately Thiago wasn't able to win even one round. I am happy to see he was able to go the distance and look forward to seeing their next opponents. In my opinion, the 170 lb weight class is a bit shallow compared to the other weight classes.

Yikes the drama-rama of the night award goes to Broke Lesnar (aka Nacho Libre). After beating Frank Mir Brock managed to showcase the WWE still left in him by running his mouth. He said something about a horse shoe up the bum, flipped off the 11,000 or so fans that were booing him and then proceeded to say he was going to go drink a Coors Light not a Bud Light because Bud Light won't pay him. And if that weren't enough he closed his speech by saying something about getting on top of his wife...

The lesson learned tonight my friends is there is always a winner and a loser. But in some cases even the winners are losers. Behavior like Brock's will only tarnish the image of a sport that has been fighting for so long to be more mainstream. It's a shame when a publication as great as MSNBC doesn't really showcase MMA and yet when it does it's highlight is Brock's bad behavior.

To be fair, Brock did apologize during his post fight interview with ESPN MMALive. I'm guessing he got a good talking to after his stupidity. I was also reminded by a fellow MMA writer who said "Don't forget he's new to the sport, give him time." Point made but Brock needs to remember he's no longer in the WWE. MMA/UFC fans are a little smarter and a smidgen classier.

I pushed UFC Fantasy all week. How did you guys do? I ended up at 112 out of 24865...

I can't wait for UFC 101. Philly bound. We should have a tweet up! Don't forget you can follow me at twitter.com/mmahotstuff

UFC 100 Predictions Lesnar vs Mir

I've been looking forward to doing these predictions for this historic event, but managed to put it off until the last minute. And now I think I know why. I'm a huge Frank Mir fan. Huge. I think it's great to see his career and personal story evolve over the past few years. And the fact that he's the only person to have beaten Brock Lesnar, well that makes me love him even more. But the truth is, while I want to see him do it again at UFC 100, I just don't think he's going to.

I've had this bad habit of making my predictions based on who I want to see win rather than who I honestly believe is going to win.

For these few of you that read my predictions you know the drill... winners in green!

Brock Lesnar vs Frank Mir - Grrrrr I'm picking Brock to win this match up. I have him as winning by TKO in the 2nd round. (and I look at it this way, if I'm wrong and Frank wins well I'll still be happy because my loyal readers know how I feel about Brock (aka Nacho Libre)).

Georges St Pierre vs Thiago Alves -this is my upset pick. Hearing these guys on the media calls they have mad respect for each other and the skills they posses. It's great when two fighters go into a fight knowing it's going to be the biggest fight of their careers. While GSP is the defending champion, Thiago is the up-and-comer that wants that title more so than anyone else in that weight class right now. And the skills to make it happen.  I'm giving this fight to Thaigo by TKO in the 3rd. If it goes past the third round I think GSP would probably outlast Thiago. But I'm putting my shoe money on Thiago. Come on Thaigoooooooo! Ma'ma needs a new pair of shoes!

Dan Henderson vs Mike Bisping - This is a no brainer for me. Bisping doesn't stand a chance against Dan's wrestling skills (sorry mike). He'll never get in a position to take Dan down and when it comes to striking skills, again I give those to Dan. Dan Henderson for the win. TKO in the 2nd!

Jon Fitch Vs. Paulo Thiago  - while this will be a good fight (every fight that includes Jon Fitch is likely to be good) Jon will definitely give Paulo his first loss. Jon is also the huge favorite in this match up. I have Jon winning by rear naked choke in the 2nd.

Yoshihiro Akiyama Vs. Alan Belcher - Assuming there aren't any questionable "substances" used in this fight (that was sort of a joke), I give this fight to Yoshihiro by submission (arm bar) in the 1st. He's going to go in and get the job done early.

Mark Coleman vs Stephan Bonnar - Stephan is coming off a loss against Jon Jones (unanimous decision). I hate to say this (because I said it when he fought jon jones and see how that turned out) but I do think this will be a failry easy win for Stephan. In fact I'll say he wins by TKO in the 1st. I mean come on,  we are talking about The American Psycho!

So, tell me where you agree or disagree. Come on, I have thick skin.

Also, if you're wondering where you're going to watch the fights, check out this list of bars/restaurants showing the fight on PPV.ufc 100 ppv list