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Cote weighing in at UFC 67. Photo property of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

The Ultimate Fighting Championship has officially announced that UFC 90 will be headlined by a middleweight title fight between Anderson “The Spider” Silva and Canadian-middleweight Patrick “The Predator” Cote.

In a press release at UFC.com, Silva said, “It’s an honor to be fighting Patrick Cote in the first UFC event ever in Chicago, I’m excited to take on Cote, but I am taking him very seriously; he is a dangerous striker and he likes to stand and trade with his opponents. That’s the kind of fight fans like to see, and that’s definitely the fight we’re going to give them Oct. 25.”

Cote said, “Everybody that fought Anderson Silva was scared of him; I’m not scared of him one bit. It’s gonna take him 10 straight punches to take me down - I only need one punch to take him down. I’m Patrick Cote, I win against grapplers and I knock strikers out. I can’t wait to go to Chicago and take the belt home to Montreal.”

UFC 90: Silva vs. Cote is scheduled for Saturday, October 25, 2008 at the Allstate Arena in Chicago, Illinois.