The UFC officially announced Anderson Silva vs. Patrick Cote for the Middleweight Title, set for October 25th at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, IL. Diego Sanchez vs. Thiago Alves will be on the undercard. Tickets for UFC 90 go on sale for Fight Club members this Saturday.

In addition, Five Ounces of Pain is reporting the following as rumored matches:

• Tyson Griffin vs. Sean Sherk @ 155lbs
• Fabricio Werdum vs. Junior dos Santos @265lbs
• Thales Leites vs. Goran Reljic @ 185lbs
• Ricardo Almeida vs. Matt Horwich @ 185lbs
• Hermes Franca vs. Gleison Tibau @ 155lbs
• Josh Burkman vs. Pete Sell @ 170lbs
• Spencer Fisher vs. Melvin Guillard @ 155lbs

-Wrestling Observer/Figure Four Weekly reported earlier this week that Cheick Kongo (12-4-1) is rumored as the next opponent for Brock Lesnar.

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