UFC 90: Silva vs. Côté was held on October 25, 2008 at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois.
In the main event UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva faced off against Patrick Côté.
Play-by-Play
UFC 90 Picks and Predictions
UFC 90 Breakdown: The Main Card, The Undercard.
Match | Winner | Loser | Method | Round | Time |
1 | Pete Sell | Josh Burkman | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 |
2 | Hermes Franca | Marcus Aurelio | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 |
3 | Dan Miller | Matt Horwich | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 |
4 | Spencer Fisher | Shannon Gugerty | Submission (Triangle Choke) | 3 | 3:56 |
5 | Thales Leites | Drew McFedries | Submission (Rear Naked choke) | 1 | 1:18 |
6 | Sean Sherk | Tyson Griffin | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 |
7 | Junior dos Santos | Fabricio Werdum | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 1:21 |
8 | Gray Maynard | Rich Clementi | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 |
9 | Thiago Alves | Josh Koscheck | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 |
10 | Anderson Silva | Patrick Cote | TKO (Injured knee) | 3 | 0:39 |
* Thiago Alves was originally scheduled to face Diego Sanchez, who was forced to withdraw due to injury, and replaced by Josh Koscheck.
* Thales Leites was originally scheduled to face Goran Reljic, who was forced to withdraw due to injury.
* Hermes Franca was originally scheduled to face Gleison Tibau, who was forced to withdraw due to injury.
* Spencer Fisher was originally supposed to face Melvin Guillard, who was pulled from the card and replaced by Shannon Gugerty.
* Matt Horwich was originally supposed to face Ricardo Almeida, who was replaced by Dan Miller.
This was a solid card. Going into it I wondered if it would compete with UFC 84 for best event of the year. Now I doubt that will be the case. Too bad we were not able to see more of the prelims.
What’s up with referees Todd Fredrickson and David Smith?!? These are the worst referee ever!!!