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Patrick Côté (fighter)
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Patrick Côté is a French-Canadian mixed martial artist
. He currently fights as a middleweight
, most recently in the Ultimate Fighting Championship
, and was the TKO Major League MMA
middleweight champion. Côté is known for having a powerful punch and one of the best chins in MMA.
He holds notable wins over Ricardo Almeida
, Drew McFedries, Kendall Grove
and Jason Day
.
and subsequently added kickboxing
and wrestling
to his repertoire. He currently studies Brazilian Jiu Jitsu under Fabio Holanda
at BTT Canada.
Côté served in the army until 2005, when he started training full time. He is currently training at Brazilian Top Team Canada
based in Montréal where his friend Georges St. Pierre
, a member of team Tristar, also trains. The two met while competing in TKO Major League MMA
. Côté also trains Muay Thai with renowned coach Mark DellaGrotte
who was a coach on The UFC's reality TV show
The Ultimate Fighter 4
. He also maintains ties with Team Legion.
for the title. He is a King of the Cage Canadian Light Heavyweight Champion (victory over Bill Mahood at KOTC: Anarchy), and the Maximum Fighting Championships World Middleweight Champion (victory over Jason MacDonald at MFC 9 in March 2006). He most recently fought for the UFC and holds an overall record of 16–7 (a perfect 12–0 when not fighting in the UFC).
against Tito Ortiz
. Côté accepted the fight on just four days notice when Lion's Den
veteran Guy Mezger
pulled out of the main event due to an injury. He said to Ortiz before the fight that, if he thought Chuck Liddell hit hard, he hit harder. Côté lost via Unanimous decision, however, he impressed UFC officials by not being submitted or knocked out by Ortiz and displaying toughness and willingness to take the fight on short notice.
Côté returned to the octagon in 2005 losing his next two fights to Joe Doerksen
and Chris Leben
. In 2006, Côté joined The Ultimate Fighter 4
defeating Jorge Rivera
and Edwin Dewees
in exhibition matches. He advanced to the finale, where he lost by first round submission to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu fighter Travis Lutter
at The Ultimate Fighter 4 Finale in a non-exhibition match. This loss brought Côté's official UFC record to 0–4.
Three months later Côté earned his first win in the UFC at UFC 67
, defeating TUF4 teammate Scott Smith
by unanimous decision. In August 2007 he defeated TUF3 winner Kendall Grove
at UFC 74
via KO in the first round. Côté then fought Drew McFedries at UFC Fight Night, winning via a first round TKO after catching McFedries with a counter punch. Côté extended his UFC win streak to four fights at UFC 86
by defeating Ricardo Almeida
via split decision, also earning him a Middleweight title shot.
Côté and Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva
met at UFC 90
on October 25, 2008, the UFC's first event in Illinois
. Silva won the first 2 rounds but Côté proved how good his chin was by taking a roundhouse kick and flying knee right on the button without getting rocked in the very first round. In the third round, Côté landed awkwardly on his right leg while throwing a kick and fell to the mat grasping his right knee and in pain. Referee Herb Dean declared the fight over when Côté could not continue, ruling the bout a TKO victory for Silva. Côté, however, became the first of Silva's UFC opponents to make it into the third round.
On January 25, 2009, while taking time off for his surgically repaired knee, Patrick said during an interview with MMA Mania that if he gets a rematch with Anderson Silva he is confident that he will beat him.
He also indicated in a July 2009 interview with Rogers Sportsnet
's MMA Connected television program that he would like to fight Michael Bisping
, assuming that Bisping lost to Dan Henderson
.
Côté returned from his injury after nearly a year and a half off at UFC 113
. In the second round Côté was submitted via rear naked choke by Alan Belcher
after being slammed on his head. Côté complained after the loss that he had been illegally spiked onto the canvas, but the referee ruled that no rules had been broken.
Côté faced Tom Lawlor
on October 23, 2010, at UFC 121
. Out-wrestled by his opponent for all three rounds, Côté lost the fight 30–27 on all three judges' cards.
After the loss to Lawlor and with a record of 4-7 in the UFC, Côté was released from the promotion.
that he had signed a contract with Montreal's Ringside MMA promotion to fight at an upcoming card on April 9th, to be held at Montreal's Bell Centre
. He faced fellow UFC veteran Kalib Starnes
and won the fight via unanimous decision.
On June 4th, Côté faced fellow UFC veteran Todd Brown
. The day before, Brown and Cote were in a heated confrontation when Brown shoved Cote during the weigh-ins and Cote slapped Brown across the face afterwards. Cote won the fight by unanimous decision.
|Win
| style="text-align:center;"|16-7
|
Crafton Wallace
| TKO (knee injury)
| Instinct MMA 1
|
| align="center" |1
| align="center" |1:36
| Boisbriand, Quebec
, Canada
|
|-
|Win
| style="text-align:center;"|15-7
| Todd Brown
| Decision (unanimous)
| Ringside MMA 11: Côté vs Brown
|
| style="text-align:center;"|3
| style="text-align:center;"|5:00
|Quebec City
, Quebec
, Canada
|
|-
|Win
| style="text-align:center;"|14-7
|
Kalib Starnes
| Decision (unanimous)
| Ringside MMA 10: Côté vs Starnes
|
| style="text-align:center;"|3
| style="text-align:center;"|5:00
|Montreal
, Quebec
, Canada
|
|-
|Loss
| style="text-align:center;"|13-7
| Tom Lawlor
| Decision (unanimous)
|UFC 121
|
| style="text-align:center;"|3
| style="text-align:center;"|5:00
|Anaheim, California
, US
|
|-
|Loss
| style="text-align:center;"|13–6
| Alan Belcher
| Submission (rear naked choke)
|UFC 113
|
| style="text-align:center;"|2
| style="text-align:center;"|3:25
|Montreal
, Quebec
, Canada
|
|-
|Loss
| style="text-align:center;"|13–5
|
Anderson Silva
| TKO (knee injury)
|UFC 90
|
| style="text-align:center;"|3
| style="text-align:center;"|0:39
|Rosemont, Illinois
, US
|
|-
|Win
| style="text-align:center;"|13–4
| Ricardo Almeida
|Decision (split)
|UFC 86
|
| style="text-align:center;"|3
| style="text-align:center;"|5:00
|Las Vegas, Nevada
, US
|
|-
|Win
| style="text-align:center;"|12–4
| Drew McFedries
|TKO (punches)
|UFC Fight Night: Swick vs. Burkman
|
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|1:44
|Las Vegas, Nevada
, US
|
|-
|Win
| style="text-align:center;"|11–4
| Kendall Grove
|KO (punches)
|UFC 74
|
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|4:45
|Las Vegas, Nevada
, US
|
|-
|Win
| style="text-align:center;"|10–4
| Jason Day
|Submission (punches)
|TKO 29: Repercussion
|
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|4:05
|Montreal
, Quebec
, Canada
|
|-
|Win
| style="text-align:center;"|9–4
| Scott Smith
|Decision (unanimous)
|UFC 67
|
| style="text-align:center;"|3
| style="text-align:center;"|5:00
|Las Vegas, Nevada
, US
|
|-
|Loss
| style="text-align:center;"|8–4
| Travis Lutter
|Submission (armbar)
|The Ultimate Fighter 4 Finale
|
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|2:18
|Las Vegas, Nevada
, US
|
|-
|Win
| style="text-align:center;"|8–3
| Jason MacDonald
|Submission (rear naked choke)
|MFC 9 – No Excuses
|
| style="text-align:center;"|5
| style="text-align:center;"|3:35
|Edmonton
, Alberta
, Canada
|
|-
|Win
| style="text-align:center;"|7–3
| Bill Mahood
|Submission (choke)
|KOTC – Anarchy
|
| style="text-align:center;"|2
| style="text-align:center;"|2:42
|Prince George, British Columbia
, Canada
|
|-
|Loss
| style="text-align:center;"|6–3
| Chris Leben
|Decision (split)
|UFC Ultimate Fight Night
|
| style="text-align:center;"|3
| style="text-align:center;"|5:00
|Las Vegas, Nevada
, US
|
|-
|Loss
| style="text-align:center;"|6–2
| Joe Doerksen
|Submission (rear naked choke)
|UFC 52
|
| style="text-align:center;"|3
| style="text-align:center;"|2:35
|Las Vegas, Nevada
, US
|
|-
|Win
| style="text-align:center;"|6–1
| Ricardeau Francois
|Decision (split)
|TKO 19: Rage
|
| style="text-align:center;"|3
| style="text-align:center;"|5:00
|Montreal
, Quebec
, Canada
|
|-
|Loss
| style="text-align:center;"|5–1
| Tito Ortiz
|Decision (unanimous)
|UFC 50
|
| style="text-align:center;"|3
| style="text-align:center;"|5:00
|Atlantic City, New Jersey
, US
|
|-
|Win
| style="text-align:center;"|5–0
| Bill Mahood
|KO (punch)
|TKO 16: Infernal
|
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|0:21
|Quebec City
, Quebec
, Canada
|
|-
|Win
| style="text-align:center;"|4–0
| Steve Vigneault
|KO (punch)
|TKO 14: Road Warriors
|
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|1:08
|Victoriaville, Quebec
, Canada
|
|-
|Win
| style="text-align:center;"|3–0
| Yan Pellerin
|Decision (unanimous)
|TKO 13: Ultimate Rush
|
| style="text-align:center;"|3
| style="text-align:center;"|5:00
|Montreal
, Quebec
, Canada
|
|-
|Win
| style="text-align:center;"|2–0
| Glenn Murdoch
|TKO (corner stoppage)
|UCC Proving Ground 9
|
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|5:00
|Victoriaville, Quebec
, Canada
|
|-
|Win
| style="text-align:center;"|1–0
| Pascal Gosselin
|Submission (rear naked choke)
|UCC Proving Ground 8
|
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|1:18
|Victoriaville, Quebec
, Canada
|
Mixed martial arts
Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...
. He currently fights as a middleweight
Middleweight (MMA)
The middleweight division in mixed martial arts can refer to a number of different weight classes:*UFC's & Strikeforce's middleweight division, which groups competitors within 171 to 185 lb...
, most recently in the Ultimate Fighting Championship
Ultimate Fighting Championship
The Ultimate Fighting Championship is the largest mixed martial arts promotion company in the world that hosts most of the top-ranked fighters in the sport...
, and was the TKO Major League MMA
TKO Major League MMA
TKO Major League MMA is a defunct Canadian mixed martial arts organization, formerly the biggest MMA promotion in Canada. Despite its name, it was considered a minor circuit, overshadowed by the Ultimate Fighting Championship, with which it had a close working relationship...
middleweight champion. Côté is known for having a powerful punch and one of the best chins in MMA.
He holds notable wins over Ricardo Almeida
Ricardo Almeida
Ricardo Almeida is a retired Brazilian-American mixed martial artist and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu grappler residing in Bordentown, New Jersey.-Background:...
, Drew McFedries, Kendall Grove
Kendall Grove
Kendall Kekoa Grove is an American mixed martial artist. He was the winner of The Ultimate Fighter 3 on Spike TV.- Early life :...
and Jason Day
Jason Day (fighter)
Jason Day is a Canadian mixed martial artist born in Lethbridge, Alberta. He has fought for a variety of Mixed martial arts promotions, including the Ultimate Fighting Championship, TKO Major League MMA, and King of the Cage....
.
Martial arts background
Patrick Côté started his martial arts training in the Canadian Army, where he took up boxingBoxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
and subsequently added kickboxing
Kickboxing
Kickboxing refers to a group of martial arts and stand-up combat sports based on kicking and punching, historically developed from karate, Muay Thai and western boxing....
and wrestling
Wrestling
Wrestling is a form of grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position...
to his repertoire. He currently studies Brazilian Jiu Jitsu under Fabio Holanda
Fabio Holanda
Fabio Holanda is a Brazilian mixed martial artist who practices out of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He currently fights in TKO and MFC as a lightweight and is a contender for the title in the former organization....
at BTT Canada.
Côté served in the army until 2005, when he started training full time. He is currently training at Brazilian Top Team Canada
Brazilian Top Team Canada
Brazilian Top Team Canada is an association of mixed martial arts schools begun in 2003 by Philip Gelinas and Fabio Holanda, a third-degree black belt in Brazilian jiu jitsu...
based in Montréal where his friend Georges St. Pierre
Georges St. Pierre
Georges St-Pierre , often referred to as GSP, is a Canadian mixed martial artist and the current Welterweight Champion of the UFC. St-Pierre is ranked as the No. 1 Welterweight in the world according to Sherdog, MMAWeekly and numerous other publications. St-Pierre is ranked the No. 2 pound for...
, a member of team Tristar, also trains. The two met while competing in TKO Major League MMA
TKO Major League MMA
TKO Major League MMA is a defunct Canadian mixed martial arts organization, formerly the biggest MMA promotion in Canada. Despite its name, it was considered a minor circuit, overshadowed by the Ultimate Fighting Championship, with which it had a close working relationship...
. Côté also trains Muay Thai with renowned coach Mark DellaGrotte
Mark DellaGrotte
Mark DellaGrotte is an American former professional Muay Thai kickboxer and a trainer in Muay Thai. He is the owner and operator of the Sityodtong USA Branch in Somerville, Massachusetts, and was certified and appointed by Master Yodtong to be recognized as an international conservator of Thai...
who was a coach on The UFC's reality TV show
The Ultimate Fighter 4
The Ultimate Fighter 4
The Ultimate Fighter 4: The Comeback is the fourth season of the mixed martial arts reality television series The Ultimate Fighter. It premiered on August 17, 2006, immediately after the conclusion of UFC Fight Night 6. The finale was aired on November 11, 2006.This series featured a change from...
. He also maintains ties with Team Legion.
Mixed martial arts career
Patrick Côté began his career in TKO, where he went undefeated with five wins and captured the TKO Light Heavyweight Championship. He is a former TKO Light Heavyweight Champion, and now owns their middleweight championship having beaten Jason DayJason Day
Jason Day is an Australian professional golfer who is a member on the PGA Tour. He has had some notable results in the major championships with two consecutive second place finishes at the 2011 Masters and the 2011 U.S. Open...
for the title. He is a King of the Cage Canadian Light Heavyweight Champion (victory over Bill Mahood at KOTC: Anarchy), and the Maximum Fighting Championships World Middleweight Champion (victory over Jason MacDonald at MFC 9 in March 2006). He most recently fought for the UFC and holds an overall record of 16–7 (a perfect 12–0 when not fighting in the UFC).
UFC career
Côté made his UFC debut in 2004 at UFC 50UFC 50
UFC 50: The War of '04 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on October 22, 2004, at the Trump Plaza in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The event was broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United States, and later released on DVD.-History:Headlining the card were Tito...
against Tito Ortiz
Tito Ortiz
Jacob Christopher "Tito" Ortiz is a Mexican-American mixed martial artist and former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, having held the title from April 14, 2000 to September 26, 2003. Along with fighters like Randy Couture and Chuck Liddell, he was one of the sport's early stars...
. Côté accepted the fight on just four days notice when Lion's Den
Lion's Den (mixed martial arts)
The Lion's Den is a mixed martial arts team and training facility that was based out of Susanville, California and San Diego, California but has recently moved its headquarters to Reno, Nevada. The team was founded in the early 1990s by UFC Hall of Famer Ken Shamrock, and was the most dominant...
veteran Guy Mezger
Guy Mezger
Guy Mezger is a retired American martial artist who competed in professional combat sports ranging from full contact karate, kickboxing, and boxing, but is most recognized as a mixed martial arts fighter . He is associated with Lion's Den Dallas...
pulled out of the main event due to an injury. He said to Ortiz before the fight that, if he thought Chuck Liddell hit hard, he hit harder. Côté lost via Unanimous decision, however, he impressed UFC officials by not being submitted or knocked out by Ortiz and displaying toughness and willingness to take the fight on short notice.
Côté returned to the octagon in 2005 losing his next two fights to Joe Doerksen
Joe Doerksen
Joseph Daniel Doerksen is a Canadian mixed martial artist from New Bothwell, Manitoba. He is a former middleweight contender of the Ultimate Fighting Championship and a veteran of the International Fight League...
and Chris Leben
Chris Leben
Christian Cyrus Leben is an American mixed martial artist currently signed to the Ultimate Fighting Championship where he fights as a middleweight....
. In 2006, Côté joined The Ultimate Fighter 4
The Ultimate Fighter 4
The Ultimate Fighter 4: The Comeback is the fourth season of the mixed martial arts reality television series The Ultimate Fighter. It premiered on August 17, 2006, immediately after the conclusion of UFC Fight Night 6. The finale was aired on November 11, 2006.This series featured a change from...
defeating Jorge Rivera
Jorge Rivera (fighter)
Jorge Luis Rivera is an American mixed martial artist who was featured on The Ultimate Fighter 4. He holds victories over five former or future UFC title contenders; Travis Lutter, David Loiseau, Kendall Grove, Dennis Hallman and Nate Quarry.-Military career:19k Tank with A/1-70 Armor at Fort...
and Edwin Dewees
Edwin Dewees
Edwin Stanton Dewees is an American mixed martial artist. He was featured on The Ultimate Fighter 4...
in exhibition matches. He advanced to the finale, where he lost by first round submission to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu fighter Travis Lutter
Travis Lutter
Travis S. Lutter is an American mixed martial artist who won the The Ultimate Fighter 4 reality show. His UFC record, not including his exhibition wins on The Ultimate Fighter 4, is 2–4...
at The Ultimate Fighter 4 Finale in a non-exhibition match. This loss brought Côté's official UFC record to 0–4.
Three months later Côté earned his first win in the UFC at UFC 67
UFC 67
UFC 67: All or Nothing was a mixed martial arts event held by Ultimate Fighting Championship. The event was held Saturday, February 3, 2007 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada...
, defeating TUF4 teammate Scott Smith
Scott Smith (fighter)
Bryan Scott Smith, , is an American mixed martial artist previously fighting at middleweight for the Ultimate Fighting Championship making his debut at UFC 59. He also fought for EliteXC before it folded and currently fights for Strikeforce...
by unanimous decision. In August 2007 he defeated TUF3 winner Kendall Grove
Kendall Grove
Kendall Kekoa Grove is an American mixed martial artist. He was the winner of The Ultimate Fighter 3 on Spike TV.- Early life :...
at UFC 74
UFC 74
UFC 74: Respect was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship . The event took place on August 25, 2007 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.-Background:...
via KO in the first round. Côté then fought Drew McFedries at UFC Fight Night, winning via a first round TKO after catching McFedries with a counter punch. Côté extended his UFC win streak to four fights at UFC 86
UFC 86
UFC 86: Jackson vs. Griffin was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on July 5, 2008, at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada....
by defeating Ricardo Almeida
Ricardo Almeida
Ricardo Almeida is a retired Brazilian-American mixed martial artist and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu grappler residing in Bordentown, New Jersey.-Background:...
via split decision, also earning him a Middleweight title shot.
Côté and Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva
Anderson Silva
Anderson da Silva is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. He is the current UFC Middleweight Champion and the promotion's longest reigning champion. With 14 consecutive wins, Silva holds the longest winning streak and title defense streak in UFC history...
met at UFC 90
UFC 90
UFC 90: Silva vs. Côté was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on October 25, 2008 at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois. The main event featured UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva vs Patrick Côté....
on October 25, 2008, the UFC's first event in Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
. Silva won the first 2 rounds but Côté proved how good his chin was by taking a roundhouse kick and flying knee right on the button without getting rocked in the very first round. In the third round, Côté landed awkwardly on his right leg while throwing a kick and fell to the mat grasping his right knee and in pain. Referee Herb Dean declared the fight over when Côté could not continue, ruling the bout a TKO victory for Silva. Côté, however, became the first of Silva's UFC opponents to make it into the third round.
On January 25, 2009, while taking time off for his surgically repaired knee, Patrick said during an interview with MMA Mania that if he gets a rematch with Anderson Silva he is confident that he will beat him.
He also indicated in a July 2009 interview with Rogers Sportsnet
Rogers Sportsnet
Sportsnet was launched on October 9, 1998 as CTV Sportsnet. The name was chosen to match the regional "Fox Sports Net" operations across the United States...
's MMA Connected television program that he would like to fight Michael Bisping
Michael Bisping
Michael Gavin Joseph Bisping is an English mixed martial artist born in Cyprus but living in Clitheroe, Lancashire. He currently fights as a middleweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship and is the former Cage Warriors Fighting Championship light heavyweight champion, former Cage Rage light...
, assuming that Bisping lost to Dan Henderson
Dan Henderson
Daniel Jeffery Henderson, is an American mixed martial artist and former Olympic wrestler, who competes as a middleweight and light heavyweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is the former Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion and was the last Welterweight and Middleweight champion...
.
Côté returned from his injury after nearly a year and a half off at UFC 113
UFC 113
UFC 113: Machida vs. Shogun 2 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on May 8, 2010, at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.-Background:...
. In the second round Côté was submitted via rear naked choke by Alan Belcher
Alan Belcher
John Alan Belcher , is an American mixed martial artist who fights in the middleweight division of the UFC. He fights out of Remix MMA in Biloxi, Mississippi, where he is also the owner. Belcher holds notable wins over Jorge Santiago, Jason MacDonald, Ed Herman, Dennis Kang, and Patrick Côté...
after being slammed on his head. Côté complained after the loss that he had been illegally spiked onto the canvas, but the referee ruled that no rules had been broken.
Côté faced Tom Lawlor
Tom Lawlor
Thomas Joseph "Tom" Lawlor is an American mixed martial artist. He was a cast member of SpikeTV's The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir.-Mixed martial arts:...
on October 23, 2010, at UFC 121
UFC 121
UFC 121: Lesnar vs. Velasquez was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on October 23, 2010 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, United States...
. Out-wrestled by his opponent for all three rounds, Côté lost the fight 30–27 on all three judges' cards.
After the loss to Lawlor and with a record of 4-7 in the UFC, Côté was released from the promotion.
Post UFC
On January 18th, Côté confirmed via TwitterTwitter
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
that he had signed a contract with Montreal's Ringside MMA promotion to fight at an upcoming card on April 9th, to be held at Montreal's Bell Centre
Bell Centre
The Bell Centre , formerly known as the Molson Centre , is a sports and entertainment complex in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It opened on March 16, 1996 after nearly three years under construction...
. He faced fellow UFC veteran Kalib Starnes
Kalib Starnes
Kalib Axel Starnes is a retired Canadian mixed martial artist of Metis descent. He was featured in the third season of the reality TV series, The Ultimate Fighter...
and won the fight via unanimous decision.
On June 4th, Côté faced fellow UFC veteran Todd Brown
Todd Brown (fighter)
Todd Brown is an American mixed martial artist, who most recently competed as a light heavyweight in the UFC..-Mixed martial arts career:Born in Mishawaka, Indiana he started training in muay thai at the age of 15. He worked as a mortgage broker before turning to professional mixed martial arts in...
. The day before, Brown and Cote were in a heated confrontation when Brown shoved Cote during the weigh-ins and Cote slapped Brown across the face afterwards. Cote won the fight by unanimous decision.
Championships & accomplishments
- Ultimate Fighting ChampionshipUltimate Fighting ChampionshipThe Ultimate Fighting Championship is the largest mixed martial arts promotion company in the world that hosts most of the top-ranked fighters in the sport...
- Knockout of the Night (One Time)
- The Ultimate Fighter 4 Middleweight (Runner Up)
Mixed martial arts record
|-|Win
| style="text-align:center;"|16-7
|
Crafton Wallace| TKO (knee injury)
| Instinct MMA 1
|
| align="center" |1
| align="center" |1:36
| Boisbriand, Quebec
Boisbriand, Quebec
Boisbriand is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the north shore of the Rivière des Mille-Îles in the Regional County Municipality of Thérèse-de-Blainville.The Hasidic community of Kiryas Tosh is located within the city limits...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
|
|-
|Win
| style="text-align:center;"|15-7
|
Todd BrownTodd Brown (fighter)
Todd Brown is an American mixed martial artist, who most recently competed as a light heavyweight in the UFC..-Mixed martial arts career:Born in Mishawaka, Indiana he started training in muay thai at the age of 15. He worked as a mortgage broker before turning to professional mixed martial arts in...
| Decision (unanimous)
| Ringside MMA 11: Côté vs Brown
|
| style="text-align:center;"|3
| style="text-align:center;"|5:00
|Quebec City
Quebec City
Quebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...
, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, Canada
|
|-
|Win
| style="text-align:center;"|14-7
|
Kalib StarnesKalib Starnes
Kalib Axel Starnes is a retired Canadian mixed martial artist of Metis descent. He was featured in the third season of the reality TV series, The Ultimate Fighter...
| Decision (unanimous)
| Ringside MMA 10: Côté vs Starnes
|
| style="text-align:center;"|3
| style="text-align:center;"|5:00
|Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, Canada
|
|-
|Loss
| style="text-align:center;"|13-7
|
Tom LawlorTom Lawlor
Thomas Joseph "Tom" Lawlor is an American mixed martial artist. He was a cast member of SpikeTV's The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir.-Mixed martial arts:...
| Decision (unanimous)
|UFC 121
UFC 121
UFC 121: Lesnar vs. Velasquez was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on October 23, 2010 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, United States...
|
| style="text-align:center;"|3
| style="text-align:center;"|5:00
|Anaheim, California
Anaheim, California
Anaheim is a city in Orange County, California. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city population was about 365,463, making it the most populated city in Orange County, the 10th most-populated city in California, and ranked 54th in the United States...
, US
|
|-
|Loss
| style="text-align:center;"|13–6
|
Alan BelcherAlan Belcher
John Alan Belcher , is an American mixed martial artist who fights in the middleweight division of the UFC. He fights out of Remix MMA in Biloxi, Mississippi, where he is also the owner. Belcher holds notable wins over Jorge Santiago, Jason MacDonald, Ed Herman, Dennis Kang, and Patrick Côté...
| Submission (rear naked choke)
|UFC 113
UFC 113
UFC 113: Machida vs. Shogun 2 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on May 8, 2010, at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.-Background:...
|
| style="text-align:center;"|2
| style="text-align:center;"|3:25
|Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, Canada
|
|-
|Loss
| style="text-align:center;"|13–5
|
Anderson SilvaAnderson Silva
Anderson da Silva is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. He is the current UFC Middleweight Champion and the promotion's longest reigning champion. With 14 consecutive wins, Silva holds the longest winning streak and title defense streak in UFC history...
| TKO (knee injury)
|UFC 90
UFC 90
UFC 90: Silva vs. Côté was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on October 25, 2008 at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois. The main event featured UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva vs Patrick Côté....
|
| style="text-align:center;"|3
| style="text-align:center;"|0:39
|Rosemont, Illinois
Rosemont, Illinois
Rosemont is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States located immediately northwest of Chicago. The village was incorporated in 1956, though it had been settled long before that...
, US
|
|-
|Win
| style="text-align:center;"|13–4
|
Ricardo AlmeidaRicardo Almeida
Ricardo Almeida is a retired Brazilian-American mixed martial artist and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu grappler residing in Bordentown, New Jersey.-Background:...
|Decision (split)
|UFC 86
UFC 86
UFC 86: Jackson vs. Griffin was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on July 5, 2008, at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada....
|
| style="text-align:center;"|3
| style="text-align:center;"|5:00
|Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...
, US
|
|-
|Win
| style="text-align:center;"|12–4
|
Drew McFedries|TKO (punches)
|UFC Fight Night: Swick vs. Burkman
|
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|1:44
|Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...
, US
|
|-
|Win
| style="text-align:center;"|11–4
|
Kendall GroveKendall Grove
Kendall Kekoa Grove is an American mixed martial artist. He was the winner of The Ultimate Fighter 3 on Spike TV.- Early life :...
|KO (punches)
|UFC 74
UFC 74
UFC 74: Respect was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship . The event took place on August 25, 2007 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.-Background:...
|
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|4:45
|Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...
, US
|
|-
|Win
| style="text-align:center;"|10–4
|
Jason DayJason Day (fighter)
Jason Day is a Canadian mixed martial artist born in Lethbridge, Alberta. He has fought for a variety of Mixed martial arts promotions, including the Ultimate Fighting Championship, TKO Major League MMA, and King of the Cage....
|Submission (punches)
|TKO 29: Repercussion
|
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|4:05
|Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, Canada
|
|-
|Win
| style="text-align:center;"|9–4
|
Scott SmithScott Smith (fighter)
Bryan Scott Smith, , is an American mixed martial artist previously fighting at middleweight for the Ultimate Fighting Championship making his debut at UFC 59. He also fought for EliteXC before it folded and currently fights for Strikeforce...
|Decision (unanimous)
|UFC 67
UFC 67
UFC 67: All or Nothing was a mixed martial arts event held by Ultimate Fighting Championship. The event was held Saturday, February 3, 2007 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada...
|
| style="text-align:center;"|3
| style="text-align:center;"|5:00
|Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...
, US
|
|-
|Loss
| style="text-align:center;"|8–4
|
Travis LutterTravis Lutter
Travis S. Lutter is an American mixed martial artist who won the The Ultimate Fighter 4 reality show. His UFC record, not including his exhibition wins on The Ultimate Fighter 4, is 2–4...
|Submission (armbar)
|The Ultimate Fighter 4 Finale
The Ultimate Fighter 4 Finale
The Ultimate Fighter 4 Finale was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on November 11, 2006. Featured were the finals from The Ultimate Fighter 4 in both the Middleweight and Welterweight divisions....
|
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|2:18
|Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...
, US
|
|-
|Win
| style="text-align:center;"|8–3
|
Jason MacDonaldJason MacDonald
Jason Anthony MacDonald is a Canadian mixed martial artist who is currently fighting with the Ultimate Fighting Championship as a middleweight. He is also a veteran of the Maximum Fighting Championship and TKO Major League MMA in his native country of Canada...
|Submission (rear naked choke)
|MFC 9 – No Excuses
|
| style="text-align:center;"|5
| style="text-align:center;"|3:35
|Edmonton
Edmonton
Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta and is the province's second-largest city. Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by the central region of the province.The city and its census...
, Alberta
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
, Canada
|
|-
|Win
| style="text-align:center;"|7–3
|
Bill Mahood|Submission (choke)
|KOTC – Anarchy
|
| style="text-align:center;"|2
| style="text-align:center;"|2:42
|Prince George, British Columbia
Prince George, British Columbia
Prince George, with a population of 71,030 , is the largest city in northern British Columbia, Canada, and is known as "BC's Northern Capital"...
, Canada
|
|-
|Loss
| style="text-align:center;"|6–3
|
Chris LebenChris Leben
Christian Cyrus Leben is an American mixed martial artist currently signed to the Ultimate Fighting Championship where he fights as a middleweight....
|Decision (split)
|UFC Ultimate Fight Night
UFC Ultimate Fight Night
Ultimate Fight Night was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on August 6, 2005. The event took place at Cox Pavilion in Paradise, Nevada and was broadcast live on Spike TV in the United States and Canada. The telecast drew a 1.5 overall rating in the United...
|
| style="text-align:center;"|3
| style="text-align:center;"|5:00
|Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...
, US
|
|-
|Loss
| style="text-align:center;"|6–2
|
Joe DoerksenJoe Doerksen
Joseph Daniel Doerksen is a Canadian mixed martial artist from New Bothwell, Manitoba. He is a former middleweight contender of the Ultimate Fighting Championship and a veteran of the International Fight League...
|Submission (rear naked choke)
|UFC 52
UFC 52
UFC 52: Couture vs. Liddell 2 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on April 16, 2005, at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event was broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United States and Canada, and later released on DVD.-History:Headlining the...
|
| style="text-align:center;"|3
| style="text-align:center;"|2:35
|Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...
, US
|
|-
|Win
| style="text-align:center;"|6–1
|
Ricardeau Francois|Decision (split)
|TKO 19: Rage
|
| style="text-align:center;"|3
| style="text-align:center;"|5:00
|Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, Canada
|
|-
|Loss
| style="text-align:center;"|5–1
|
Tito OrtizTito Ortiz
Jacob Christopher "Tito" Ortiz is a Mexican-American mixed martial artist and former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, having held the title from April 14, 2000 to September 26, 2003. Along with fighters like Randy Couture and Chuck Liddell, he was one of the sport's early stars...
|Decision (unanimous)
|UFC 50
UFC 50
UFC 50: The War of '04 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on October 22, 2004, at the Trump Plaza in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The event was broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United States, and later released on DVD.-History:Headlining the card were Tito...
|
| style="text-align:center;"|3
| style="text-align:center;"|5:00
|Atlantic City, New Jersey
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Atlantic City is a city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, and a nationally renowned resort city for gambling, shopping and fine dining. The city also served as the inspiration for the American version of the board game Monopoly. Atlantic City is located on Absecon Island on the coast...
, US
|
|-
|Win
| style="text-align:center;"|5–0
|
Bill Mahood|KO (punch)
|TKO 16: Infernal
|
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|0:21
|Quebec City
Quebec City
Quebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...
, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, Canada
|
|-
|Win
| style="text-align:center;"|4–0
|
Steve VigneaultSteve Vigneault
Steve "Lion Heart" Vigneault is a Canadian mixed martial artist. He competes in the Welterweight division. He won his last fight at Ringside MMA - Rivalry against Dan Chambers on November 14, 2009.-Mixed martial arts record:|Win|align=center|12-6...
|KO (punch)
|TKO 14: Road Warriors
|
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|1:08
|Victoriaville, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, Canada
|
|-
|Win
| style="text-align:center;"|3–0
|
Yan Pellerin|Decision (unanimous)
|TKO 13: Ultimate Rush
|
| style="text-align:center;"|3
| style="text-align:center;"|5:00
|Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, Canada
|
|-
|Win
| style="text-align:center;"|2–0
|
Glenn Murdoch|TKO (corner stoppage)
|UCC Proving Ground 9
|
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|5:00
|Victoriaville, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, Canada
|
|-
|Win
| style="text-align:center;"|1–0
|
Pascal Gosselin|Submission (rear naked choke)
|UCC Proving Ground 8
|
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|1:18
|Victoriaville, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, Canada
|