(Cote, in the process of claiming the center of the Octagon.)
You could forgive a guy for being a little detached from reality after fighting Anderson Silva. If you’re someone who beats up other dudes for a living and suddenly you come face to face with the distinct possibility that another person is much, much better at this than you, your mind probably has a little bit of a meltdown. That phenomenon, plus maybe some mind-altering substances, seemed like enough to explain this video.
But lo these many months later, as Patrick Cote prepares for a return to the Octagon at UFC 113 on May 1 May 8, he still subscribes to an alternate version of what was going on at UFC 90. Not only does he think he was doing really well against the middleweight champ, he wouldn’t change a thing if they met for a rematch:
"If I fight him again I think I am going to do the same thing, I think I learned that if you’re not scarred of him right away you have a good chance to win and that’s what I did. I was there in the first second of the fight, I took the centre of the octagon and I showed him I wasn’t scarred of him."
For the last time, you were not winning that fight. You were merely still in the fight when you got hurt. And as for being unafraid of Silva, I think we can add that to the long list of other failed strategies for toppling the champ. It’s right there with rough-necking him, refusing to go on the defensive, and not getting frustrated when you miss as sure-fire game plans that yielded painful results.
Silva is not a schoolyard bully. He’s not winning all these fights because people are too afraid to stand up to him. He’s winning because he’s on some next-level Jedi shit. A lot of guys have gone in there against him telling themselves that they won’t get scared or discouraged or frustrated. Not a lot of guys have been successful with that approach. Shouldn’t that tell us something?
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commentsF = d(m * v) / dt
In layman's terms, it means: Force "power" is a product of Mass "hand/foot/knee/beverage" multiplied by Change in Velocity with Time "acceleration." This is an important part of the K.O. equasion:
K.O. = (Power+Accuracy)? Chin
If I casually toss you a cool beverage, and you're not ready for it, it could harmlessly collide with your chin. Now, if i give you that same beverage Nolan Ryan style, and it hits you in the exact same way, you're not likely to remember much of what happened that day.
Power is hugely important in knocking a dude out. Forrest Griffin doesn't have it, and he landed on Tito all day their last fight. Carwin/Brock/Silva have it and they drop kids like crazy. Silva's got power, and he's a ninja in the cage. He's not indestructible, he's just insane good at what he does.
We have a bunch of GREAT doctors around here. BTW, a lot of US doctors are from Canada...this is a big problem for us actually, we pay for their school and they run away to make more money down south.
Problem is that the free/public system is overloaded so you should expect a lot of waiting but still get decent treatments.
As for Brock he couldve went in a private clinic just like in the US. He's obviously not the average guy, he's body is his paycheck. I really doubt GSP would go wait 12 hours in a public hospital.
Society wise our system is way better than the US which is only good for young and healthy people....my sisters had like 17 majors surgicals interventions. She wouldve been left for dead in the US or my whole familly would be broke.
Yeah yeah... i know you're not impressed by my english performance.
you sirs are fucking retarded...
heres the scenario.. what is going to hurt worse... 5 pounds going one mile per hour? or 5 pound going 50 miles per hour?
i could be shane carwin and hit you with my ham hands with a glancing blow and fucking put out your lights....
or i could be anderson silva and hit you with my 5 pound fist going apeshit fast super crazy fast and KTFO you..its the same thing physical power can puts your lights out becasue your strong as fuck... but if you are fast as a raped ape and have a little hand it can equal the same thing... its physics bitches
theres and old saying SPEED KILLS, just go back and relive don fry KTFO some nameless hap with a six inch punch in like ufc 11 (i may be wrong here about which event but it happend, just like anderson fucking up forrest with a little ity bity shot to the face which made him cry like a little girl) silva has speed which equals power, as well as accuracy which is ever more deadly.
and swede ......again your an assclown gibroney bitch with a mouth full of beef with chinnuts on the side
Holla if ya here me!!!
I guess putting down Forrest with a straight right while stepping backwards doesn't constitute "punching hard."
and sorry Canada but your healthcare sucks and your mother smells of elderberries.
LOL!
this article had me chuckling.
Scientists call this the "Timothy Treadwell fallacy".
@iDestroy - ha ha ha "everyone has been pretty quiet on that issue" nice. I don't tear people apart, I am a nice guy.
how can i believe a word you say when your name is Patrick.. you're French.. it should be Patrice
[I told Swede to kill himself. Twice.]
Then I said that Cote was not winning that fight in any way. Silva was doing some kind of "I'm not gonna kill this guy right away" kind of shit, and he got blasted for it in the media for it. Anyway, jsut because Silva isn't killing you, Patrick, doesn't necessarily mean that you're holding your own.
That was the first fight where I saw Silva knock an opponent down and then offer him a hand back to his feet. I think doing that was cocky and without class, no matter how good you are. We saw him do it again against Griffin, and I didn't like it there either. Too bad, since I like Silva and agree with CP that he has the Jedi thing going for him.
Anyway, Cote wasn't winning that fight against Silva any more than I was that night.
Apparently we are in serious need of mental-healthcare reform...
And im Glad for it also....i already pay for my own families health care, ill be damned if i have to pay for health care for all the freeloading welfare using lazy unemployed douchebags that are in this country, who are to lazy to get some fucking skills and education to compete in a difficult job setting as we have today ..
and i must say i make a modest living, not rich by any means... but i would have been one of those who have the so called cadillac plan....(because a set dollar amount comes out of my wages for every hour i work, it's self paid for) which would effectivley fuck me overby about and extra hundred a week..
so fuck off swede.. and your sociolized medicine (your probably one of the afformentioned freeloaders anyways)
and last i looked this is the bens website so they can push whatever agenda they want
Cote is missing some brains cells with those comments
Yeah, sorry. I was attempting humor. Ugh! My wife is right! I'm just a stupid piece of shit!
Thanks man, im trying to take it easy. I should be up and about in a few days. I've been off for two months, with one more month now for recovery. Can't lift more than 10-20 lbs. Hurray for T3's!
Second, if you're having trouble sleeping because you read a political opinion you didn't like on a non-political website, you should take responsibility for that and look for solutions to your sleeping/anger problems. Life's too short, man.
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