Patrick Cote climbs back into UFC Octagon, not ready to hang it up just yet
At 37, Patrick (The Predator) Cote still enjoys climbing into a cage to fight.
“For sure, if not I’d probably be at my home now drinking wine and having a barbecue,” the Montreal MMA veteran said with a laugh. “This is why I’m still here. Because I’m still enjoying it.
“I don’t make all those sacrifices — diet, the training, the injuries, leaving home every morning, leaving my little girl behind to get into the gym two, three times a day — if I’m not having fun and not enjoying it.”
Cote (24-10-0) returns to action Saturday night after a 10-month absence to take on American-based Brazilian Thiago (Pitbull) Alves (26-11-0) in a welterweight bout on the main card of UFC 210 in Buffalo. It’s Cote’s first fight since being dominated by Donald (Cowboy) Cerrone last June in Ottawa.