Patrick Cote retires at age 37

Canada’s Patrick Cote has retired from mixed martial arts, following a loss to Thiago Alves on the main card of UFC 210. He left his gloves in the Octagon, and said win or lose, he planned for Saturday night to be his final fight.

Cote’s career spans an incredible 16 years and three weight divisions.

Cote began fighting in 2002, and after going 5-0 in then top Canadian promotions UCC and TKO, he entered the UFC in 2004. His first fight was … Tito Ortiz.

In 2006 he entered The Ultimate Fighter: The Comeback, and ended in second place, losing only to Travis Lutter at TUFC 4 Finale, at middleweight. He fought on both in and out of the UFC, and challenged Anderson Silva for the UFC middleweight belt, only to lose when he suffered a freak knee injury. He lost the next three and was released by the UFC.

He then won four in a row in lesser promotions, and in 2012 was back in the UFC permanently. He went 1-1 and in 2014 dropped to welterweight. For four years in the UFC, his sole loss was to Stephen Thompson. He also coached opposite Kyle Noke on The Ultimate Fighter Nations: Canada vs. Australia in 2013 opposite Kyle Noke, and emerged victorious in the Finale.

He lost to Donald Cerrone at UFC Fight Night: MacDonald vs. Thompson on June 18, 2016, and then again on Saturday, and now, he has retired.

The UnderGround wishes Patrick Cote every success in his post-fight career, and offers thanks and respect for an exemplary career.