Patrick Côté (fighter)

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Patrick Côté
Statistics
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg)
Nationality Canada Canadian
Born February 29, 1980
Fighting out of Quebec City, Canada
Town of birth Rimouski, Quebec, Canada
Fighting style Boxing, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Wrestling, Kickboxing
Mixed martial arts record
Wins 8
  By knockout 3
  By submission 3
Losses 4
Draws 0

Patrick Côté (February 29, 1980 - ) is a Canadian mixed martial arts fighter. He currently fights as a middleweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Martial arts background

Patrick Côté started his martial arts training in the Canadian Army, where he took up boxing. Côté added kickboxing and wrestling to his repertoire, and then started studying Brazilian Jiu Jitsu under Fabio Holanda.

Côté served in the army until 2004, when he started training full time. He currently trains with Team Union. He also periodically trains with another Canadian MMA fighter, Georges St. Pierre, who he met while competing in TKO Major League MMA, where they’ve become friends.

[edit] Mixed martial arts career

Côté began his career in TKO, where he went undefeated with five wins and captured the TKO Light Heavyweight Championship. His big break came after Lion’s Den veteran Guy Mezger had to pull out of the main event fight with Tito Ortiz at UFC 50 due to injury and Côté was called in with four days notice that his original opponent against Marvin Eastman at UFC 50 was switched for Ortiz. Côté lost by unanimous decision, and has not won in a major competition since, losing to Chris Leben and Joe Doerksen.

In 2006, Côté joined the competition at The Ultimate Fighter 4 in the middleweight tournament, and finally won his first UFC match (albeit an exhibition match) over Jorge Rivera. He advanced to the semi-finals – where he beat Edwin Dewees – and proceeded to the finale, where he lost by first round submission to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu fighter Travis Lutter. With the loss to Lutter factored in and none of The Ultimate Fighter exhibition bouts included, Côté's official UFC record fell to 0-4.

Côté is the current TKO Light Heavyweight Champion, King of the Cage Canadian Light Heavyweight Champion (victory over Bill Mahood at KOTC: Anarchy), and the Maximum Fighting Championship (MFC) World Middleweight Champion (victory over Jason MacDonald at MFC 9 in March 2006).

[edit] Mixed martial arts record

8 Wins (3 TKO's, 3 submissions, 2 decisions), 4 Losses
Date Result Opponent Method Event Round, Time Notes
11/11/2006 Loss Travis Lutter Submission (Armbar) The Ultimate Fighter 4 Finale 1 2:18
3/10/2006 Win Jason MacDonald Submission (Rear Naked Choke) MFC 9-No Excuses 5
2/11/2006 Win Bill Mahood Submission (Choke) KOTC-Anarchy 2 2:42
8/6/2005 Loss Chris Leben Decision (Split) UFC Ultimate Fight Night 3 5:00
4/16/2005 Loss Joe Doerksen Submission (Rear Naked Choke) UFC 52 - Couture vs Liddell 2 3 2:35
1/29/2005 Win Ricardeau Francois Decision (Split) TKO 19-Rage 3 5:00
10/22/2004 Loss Tito Ortiz Decision (Unanimous) UFC 50 - The War of '04 3 5:00
5/22/2004 Win Bill Mahood KO TKO 16-Infernal 1 0:21
11/29/2003 Win Steve Vigneault KO TKO 14-Road Warriors 1 1:08
9/6/2003 Win Yan Pellerin Decision (Unanimous) TKO 13-Ultimate Rush 3 5:00
3/22/2003 Win Glenn Murdoch TKO (Corner Stoppage) UCC PG 9-UCC Proving Ground 9 1 5:00
11/3/2002 Win Pascal Gosselin Submission (Rear Naked Choke) UCC PG 8-UCC Proving Ground 8 1 1:18

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The Ultimate Fighter - Season 4
Mikey Burnett | Shonie Carter | Rich Clementi | Patrick Côté | Edwin Dewees | Jeremy Jackson | Travis Lutter | Chris Lytle | Charles McCarthy | Gideon Ray | Jorge Rivera | Pete Sell | Matt Serra | Scott Smith | Pete Spratt | Din Thomas

Trainers: Randy Couture | Georges St. Pierre | Mark DellaGrotte