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Former NHL Enforcer Donald Brashear Wins MMA Debut

Filed under: Fighting, NewsDonald Brashear was a feared enforcer during an 18-year career in the National Hockey League, but now he can add another descriptor to his resume: mixed martial artist.

The 39-year-old earned a victory in his debut bout on S…

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Donald Brashear was a feared enforcer during an 18-year career in the National Hockey League, but now he can add another descriptor to his resume: mixed martial artist.

The 39-year-old earned a victory in his debut bout on Saturday night, needing just 21 seconds to defeat Mathieu Bergeron.

Fighting as a southpaw, Brashear rocked Bergeron early with a left hand to the chin and looked to finish on the ground with a series of strikes from the top. Bergeron momentarily worked free and tried find a way back to his feet, but stumbled across the cage and Brashear followed him, landed several more punches and the referee called an end to the action.

Video of the fight is below.

Brashear’s debut came as the co-main event of the Ringside 11 event in Quebec. Bergeron was also fighting for the first time.

Afterward, Brashear, who signed a three-fight deal with the promotion, said he would fight again.

In the night’s main event, former UFC middleweight star Patrick Cote won his second straight bout since leaving MMA’s biggest promotion. Cote defeated Todd Brown via unanimous decision to improve to 15-7.



 

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Patrick Cote Involved in Minor Tiff at Ringside 11 Weigh-Ins

There’s nothing like a pre-fight kerfuffle to generate interest in an upcoming bout. Tonight’s fight between “The Predator” and Todd Brown largely flew under the radar until things escalated at last night’s weigh-ins. Just when the two were working their way toward a nice little Frye-Thompson homage, people had to get all pushy-shovey and ruin it. As the two men were separated an indignant Cote offered his opponent the sort of white-glove slap usually reserved for Warner Brothers characters. Whether the beef was sincere or not, congrats, you got our attention.

Brown comes into this bout on the heels of an 0-2 run in the UFC that saw him drop a decision to Tim Boetsch and lose via TKO (retirement between rounds) after barely surviving a first round beatdown from Igor Pokrajac last March. Cote rebounded from his own UFC exile with a victory over Kalib Starnes at Ringside 10 two months ago. Both men are hungry for a return to the big leagues. Will we see the same Cote that came close to dethroning Anderson Silva?

There’s nothing like a pre-fight kerfuffle to generate interest in an upcoming bout. Tonight’s fight between “The Predator” and Todd Brown largely flew under the radar until things escalated at last night’s weigh-ins. Just when the two were working their way toward a nice little Frye-Thompson homage, people had to get all pushy-shovey and ruin it. As the two men were separated an indignant Cote offered his opponent the sort of white-glove slap usually reserved for Warner Brothers characters. Whether the beef was sincere or not, congrats, you got our attention.

Brown comes into this bout on the heels of an 0-2 run in the UFC that saw him drop a decision to Tim Boetsch and lose via TKO (retirement between rounds) after barely surviving a first round beatdown from Igor Pokrajac last March. Cote rebounded from his own UFC exile with a victory over Kalib Starnes at Ringside 10 two months ago. Both men are hungry for a return to the big leagues. Will we see the same Cote that came close to dethroning Anderson Silva?

Weekend Results: Patrick Cote, Josh Neer, Efrain Escudero Score Wins

Former UFC middleweight title contender Patrick Cote (14-7) registered a win this past Saturday, taking a successful first step in his campaign to return to the UFC.

In the main event of Ringside MMA 10 in Montreal, Cote outpointed Kalib Starnes 29-28…

Former UFC middleweight title contender Patrick Cote (14-7) registered a win this past Saturday, taking a successful first step in his campaign to return to the UFC.

In the main event of Ringside MMA 10 in Montreal, Cote outpointed Kalib Starnes 29-28 on all three of the judges’ scorecards for the unanimous decision. Cote, who was cut last fall by the UFC after three straight losses, earned his first win since UFC 86 in July 2008.

Let’s take a look at some of the other results on the local circuit from this past weekend.

The MMA Hour With Almeida, Cote, Miletich, ‘Mayhem,’ Riggs, Hale

Filed under: UFC, FanHouse Exclusive, BellatorThe MMA Hour returns on Monday with another two-hour live show. Here’s who will be stopping by:

* Ricardo Almeida will be in studio to discuss his recent retirement from MMA.

* Patrick Cote will talk abou…

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The MMA Hour returns on Monday with another two-hour live show. Here’s who will be stopping by:

* Ricardo Almeida will be in studio to discuss his recent retirement from MMA.

* Patrick Cote will talk about life after the UFC and Saturday night’s fight against Kalib Starnes at Ringisde MMA 10.

* Strikeforce color analyst Pat Miletich will discuss Strikeforce Challengers 15 and the future of the organization.

* Jason “Mayhem” Miller will update us on what’s next for him.

* MMA fighter turned WWE Tough Enough contestant Jeremiah Riggs will talk about why he went from mixed martial arts to pro wrestling.

* Bellator light heavyweight Richard Hale will discuss the amazing inverted triangle he pulled off last week against Nik Fete.

And of course, we’ll be taking your calls. Give us a shout at: 212-254-0193 or 212-254-0237.

Watch the show live below beginning at 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT. Download previous episodes of The MMA Hour on iTunes: audio feed here; video feed here.

Patrick Cote Signs with Ringside MMA; Will Make Promotional Debut March 25 at Bell Centre in Montreal

(Cote will be looking to punch his ticket back to the UFC in Quebec in 2011, where he will fight for Ringside MMA.)
Former number one UFC middleweight contender Patrick "The Predator" Cote will not have to travel far for his next fight.
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(Cote will be looking to punch his ticket back to the UFC in Quebec in 2011, where he will fight for Ringside MMA.)

Former number one UFC middleweight contender Patrick "The Predator" Cote will not have to travel far for his next fight.

CagePotato.com has learned from a source close to the situation that the popular French-Canadian fighter has signed with the Quebec-based Ringside MMA organization and will make his promotional debut against a yet-to-be-decided opponent March 25 at the Bell Centre in Montreal.

Cote was unceremoniously dropped by the UFC after logging three losses in a row — two of which came after a year-and-a-half layoff following a pair of knee surgeries he required after injury forced him to prematurely bow out of his UFC 90 championship bout with Anderson Silva at the 39-second mark of the third round. Looking to rebuild his record at home so he can make it back to the Octagon one day, "The Predator" apparently decided that Ringside would provide him with the best stage to do just that considering they have a pay-per-view agreement in place with Canal Indigo in Quebec and are also negotiating a Canadian TV deal.

Born out of the ashes of the widely popular but now-defunct TKO Major League MMA organization, Ringside has made moves in Quebec to take over where its former partner left off, and by moving its events into the Bell Centre in 2011 and by signing leading Canadian talent like Cote the promotion is on the right track.

*UPDATE* Cote denied the signing tonight via Twitter, but our source (who isn’t Cote) insists that the deal is done and that "The Predator" will indeed debut at the March 25 show. I guess we’ll have to wait and see how this plays out.

Patrick Cote Cut From UFC

As UFC continues to practice a “three strikes and you’re out” rule and basically a “we can also cut you at anytime” rule (see Todd Duffee), Middleweight Patrick Cote announced he received his walking papers today, following his UFC 121 Unanimous Decision loss to Tom Lawlor. Cote, who proved a viable contender for Anderson […]

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As UFC continues to practice a “three strikes and you’re out” rule and basically a “we can also cut you at anytime” rule (see Todd Duffee), Middleweight Patrick Cote announced he received his walking papers today, following his UFC 121 Unanimous Decision loss to Tom Lawlor. Cote, who proved a viable contender for Anderson Silva at UFC 90 in 2008, having victories over names like Kendall Grove and Ricardo Almeida had a bad blow in the third round when an awkward kick landed him with a knee injury which put him out of the game for a year and a half. Following his return to UFC 113 against Alan Belcher, he was choked out in the second round, which lead him to his final loss with the organization against Lawlor this past Saturday.

The 30 year old French-Canadian wrote about his cut from UFC stating, “I had a little hope but finally got the release word from the UFC. Its been a awesome experience! Ill be back!!”