UFC 90 Discussion: Silva v. Côté
Written by Lex on October 25th, 2008 in Live Discussion, MMA, UFC.
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FYI, I’ve decided to move all MMA coverage back to this blog and scrap MMA Shoot. I simply don’t have the time to maintain two blogs and a podcast right now, so I think this will work out better. Of course, the bulk of our coverage will still focus on pro wrestling, but I think there are enough of you guys that still like talking about MMA that I can get away with writing the occasional MMA post.
Of course, tonight’s UFC PPV, UFC 90, features Anderson Silva. That means, unfortunately, that this PPV is not worth purchasing.
Why, you ask? Simple: because the outcome of the main event is not in question. Côté actually looked horrendous in his last fight against Ricardo Almeida, so I see no reason for him to even get this shot, regardless of what they were trying to set up with that fight. It would be the upset of the century, in my opinion, if Côté somehow beat Silva. I doubt he’ll even get out of the second round. But then again, this is MMA, so anything could happen.
If you drop your money on this show, you’ll probably get some good matches on the undercard. Alves v. Koscheck and Sherk v. Griffin figure to be good bouts. Still, in my opinion, there’s not enough here to warrant a purchase, especially after we saw UFC 89 for free last weekend.
Here’s tonight’s card:
- Middleweight championship bout: Flag of Brazil Anderson Silva vs. Flag of Canada Patrick Côté
- Welterweight bout: Thiago Alves vs. Josh Koscheck
- Heavyweight bout: Fabricio Werdum vs. Junior dos Santos
- Lightweight bout: Sean Sherk vs. Tyson Griffin
- Lightweight bout: Gray Maynard vs. Rich Clementi
- Middleweight bout: Thales Leites vs. Drew McFedries (may not be televised)
- Lightweight bout: Spencer Fisher vs. Shannon Gugerty (may not be televised)
- Middleweight bout: Matt Horwich vs. Dan Miller (may not be televised)
- Lightweight bout: Hermes Franca vs. Marcus Aurelio (may not be televised)
- Welterweight bout: Josh Burkman vs. Pete Sell (may not be televised)
Discuss UFC 90 here, and remember to stop by tomorrow night to discuss WWE Cyber Sunday.


October 26th, 2008 at 2:31 am
ugh
October 26th, 2008 at 10:26 am
Obviously no one bought this show. Shockingly, Cote made it out of the second round, but blew out his knee at the beginning of the third. That sucks for him. Sounds like it definitely wasn’t worth the 40 bucks.
October 26th, 2008 at 12:10 pm
Lex -
We’re all saving up for UFC 91.
October 26th, 2008 at 1:43 pm
lex i heard tyson griffin vs sean sherk was really good and also Thiago Alves vs. Josh Koscheck was good thiago challenged gsp to a match after wards but isnt bj penn facing gsp in December?
October 26th, 2008 at 2:30 pm
SC Mike,
As am I.
jmart,
Those two matches were good, but if the main event isn’t up to par, no fight card is worth 40 bucks!