Thiago Alves is a beast. He just dominated Josh Koscheck, and now is poised to take on GSP for the welterweight title. But I wish he had the guts to fight Anderson Silva at his natural weight (185). Cote showed today that Anderson is not really on his game and can be challenged.

Speaking of Cote, he did put up a good fight. He didn’t land much but he didn’t go down by Silva’s devastatingly accurate punches. He blew his knee out in the third round (almost seemed he jinxed himself right before the third round by holding up 3 fingers to brag about lasting for three rounds). I am sure he will be back, but will Anderson Silva? Anderson has 5 more fights left, 3 of them see to be at light heavyweight. And if he faces Bisping or the winner of Henderson/Franklin, I am not sure Cote can actually get another shot without having to fight another opponent first. The good news for Cote is that he is close to another shot, but I am just not sure how long Anderson will stick around in this division.

UFC 90 was a great night though. The main event was boring, but other than that we saw some very good fights. And boy I am glad Werdum got his behind handed to him. He talked a lot of smack about the 4-way tournament, and he still couldn’t back it up.