UFC 90: Silva vs. Cote

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1 Background
2 Fight Card
3 Pre-Event Notes
4 Results
5 Bonus Awards
6 UFC Event Chronology
7 External Links

Background

UFC 90: Silva vs. Cote was a 10-bout fight card that took place on October 25th, 2008 at the Allstate Arena in Chicago, IL.

The card will aired live on pay-per-view at 7pm PT and 10pm ET and featured a middleweight championship bout between, UFC middleweight champion, Anderson Silva and TUF 4 veteran, Patrick Cote.

Fight Card

Preliminary Card

Welterweight Bout: Josh Burkman vs. Pete Sell
Lightweight Bout: Hermes Franca vs. Marcus Aurelio
Lightweight Bout: Spencer Fisher vs. Shannon Gugerty
Middleweight Bout: Matt Horwich vs. Dan Miller
Middleweight Bout: Thales Leites vs. Drew McFedries

Main Card

Lightweight Bout: Sean Sherk vs. Tyson Griffin
Heavyweight Bout: Fabricio Werdum vs. Junior Dos Santos
Lightweight Bout: Rich Clementi vs. Gray Maynard
Welterweight Bout: Josh Koscheck vs. Thiago Alves
Middleweight Championship Bout: Anderson Silva vs. Patrick Cote

Pre-Event Notes

Hermes Franca was originally set up to face Gleison Tibau but Aurelio stepped in after Tibau pulled out with injury.

Spencer Fisher was originally slated to face Melvin Guillard but Guillard was pulled from the fight after violating probation on a 2007 drug charge.

Thales Leites was originally meant to fight on September's, UFC Fight Night 15 against Dean Lister. Lister pulled out due to injury and Reljic was listed as his replacement and the fight was pushed back to this card. It's Reljic's first fight at 185 lbs.. Reljic was then forced to pull out and was replaced by Drew McFedries.

Matt Horwich was originally slated to face Ricardo Almeida but Almeida pulled out due to injury and was replaced with Dan Miller.

Diego Sanchez had to pull out of his bout with Thiago Alves due to rib cartilage issues. Josh Koscheck stepped in on a few weeks notice to face Alves.

Results

Preliminary Card

Welterweight Bout: Pete Sell defeated Josh Burkman via unanimous decision
Lightweight Bout: Hermes Franca defeated Marcus Aurelio via unanimous decision
Lightweight Bout: Spencer Fisher defeated Shannon Gugerty via submission (triangle choke) at 3.56 of round 3.
Middleweight Bout: Dan Miller defeated Matt Horwich via unanimous decision.
Middleweight Bout: Thales Leites defeated Drew McFedries via submission (rear naked choke) at 1.18 of round 1.

Main Card

Lightweight Bout: Sean Sherk defeated Tyson Griffin via unanimous decision.
Heavyweight Bout: Junior Dos Santos defeated Fabricio Werdum via KO at 1.21 of round 1.
Lightweight Bout: Gray Maynard defeated Rich Clementi via unanimous decision.
Welterweight Bout: Thiago Alves defeated Josh Koscheck via unanimous decision.
Middleweight Championship Bout: Anderson Silva defeated Patrick Cote via TKO (knee injury) at .39 of round 3.