Patrick Cote Still Wants Terry Martin

"I just don’t like this guy. He has a big mouth. Terry Martin has said he’s the next big thing at 185 and that he will be champion. He thinks he has heavy hands because he knocked out Jorge Rivera. But if you watch that fight, you see Rivera was already off balance and he caught him. He’s a one-dimensional fighter. He doesn’t shoot for the leg; he tries to trap you against the cage. I can use my reach against him, and I have good footwork and hands. It will be a long night for him if he wants to try and trap me against the cage."

I'm still not quite sure what to make of two middle-of-the-pack middleweights trading barbs. Should I be excited for a Cote-Martin showdown? Both have new-found success at 185 lbs, and neither is really positioned for title contention. Either way, I'm always amused by fighters badmouthing one another.

To see what Martin had to say about Cote a few weeks back, click here.

Terry Martin vs. The Windy City

Terry Martin filed a lawsuit yesterday against Chicago police officers and mayor Richard M. Daley for misconduct related to a 2005 incident in which Chicago police stopped Martin for a traffic infraction and allegedly hurled racial slurs at the UFC middleweight.

Martin reportedly went to file a complaint the next day at his local police precinct, where he was identified and arrested by the same officers who allegedly used racially-charged language the previous night. Damn.

For more on this story from MMA Weekly, click here.

Straight Talk

"I’m going to hurt that dude (Patrick Cote) for real. He barked up the wrong tree. He better watch what he says. Look at his facts. He’s never been knocked out? Woo, there’s goes another one. Another one bites the dust. That bitch is getting knocked out."

- UFC middleweight Terry Martin

UFN 11 Card Looking Good

Tis is a shaping up to be a great little card, especially for the price.

Kenny Florian vs. Din Thomas (main event)
Jonathan Goulet vs. Mike Swick
Junior Assuncao vs. Nate Diaz
Chris Leben vs. Terry Martin
Nate Quarry vs. Pete Sell
Leonard Garcia vs. Cole Miler
Gray Maynard vs. Joe Veres
Thiago Alves vs. Kuniyoshi Hironaka

Morning Droppings

- Chris Leben will, in fact, be fighting on the September 19 UFC Fight Night 11 card after all. Leben will face the powerful Terry Martin, who most recently defeated Ivan Salaverry by dropping him on his head.

- UFC lightweight chump Sean Sherk has appealed the 365-day suspension and $2,500 fine from the CSAC after testing positive for banned substances. The hearing is set for August 6, after which the UFC will decide whether Sherk keeps his belt.

- Yesterday, Sherdog.com senior editor Josh Gross composed an open letter to UFC president Dana White regarding the Sherk/Franca/steroid debacle. Apparently, White read the letter and decided to answer with a letter of his own. Check it out. There's no verifying that the response letter is, in fact, from White himself, but the UFC president has been very vocal before about his disdain for Sherdog.com, and the language of the letter is very similar to that which Dana uses. You be the judge.