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The main event featured UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva vs. number #1 contender Patrick Côté. Silva's original opponent was rumored to be Yushin Okami, but the fight was cancelled after Okami suffered a hand injury. A scheduled bout between Thales Leites and Goran Reljic was scratched from the card due to an injury suffered by Reljic.
Patrick Côté (French pronunciation: [patʁik kote]; born February 29, 1980) is a retired Canadian professional mixed martial artist. A professional from 2002 until 2017, Côté is perhaps best known for his 21-bout career in the UFC , and was a finalist on season four of The Ultimate Fighter .
Anderson da Silva [1] (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈɐ̃deʁsõ ˈsiwvɐ]; born 14 April 1975) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist and professional boxer. [16] He is a former UFC Middleweight Champion and holds the record for the longest title reign in UFC history at 2,457 days.
The historic Forrest Griffin vs. Stephan Bonnar fight in the first season drew millions of viewers to the show and launched the sport into the mainstream. Because of this success, The Ultimate Fighter was regarded as instrumental to the survival and expansion of the UFC and mixed martial arts into the mainstream.
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Matt Serra defeated Georges St-Pierre for the UFC Welterweight Championship, while Lutter lost to Anderson Silva in a non-title bout. The bout was originally to be for Silva's UFC Middleweight Championship, however, the bout was changed to a non-title bout when Lutter failed to make weight. Principal filming began on May 21, 2006.
Boxing coach Nico Robledo Jr. narrowly survived COVID-19 and will be in MMA legend Anderson Silva's corner on Saturday in Glendale, Arizona, when "The Spider" fights Jake Paul.
This event was the first UFC pay-per-view event since UFC 60 to have no championship bouts on the card. In the main event, the middleweight winner of The Ultimate Fighter 4, Travis Lutter was scheduled to challenge middleweight champion Anderson Silva for the middleweight title, however he was not able to make weight and the fight was changed to a non-title contest.