{"id":47653,"date":"2012-12-21T11:59:26","date_gmt":"2012-12-21T19:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=47653"},"modified":"2022-02-06T13:22:56","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T21:22:56","slug":"bobby-voelker-vs-patrick-cote-official-for-ufc-158-ufc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bobby-voelker-vs-patrick-cote-official-for-ufc-158-ufc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Bobby Voelker vs. Patrick Cote official for UFC 158 | UFC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/cote.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45264\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/cote.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/cote.jpg 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/cote-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/cote-361x250.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Former Strikeforce fighter Bobby Voelker\u00a0(24-8 MMA, 0-0 UFC) will make his UFC debut this March when he takes on Patrick &#8216;The Predator&#8221;\u00a0Cote (18-8 MMA, 5-8 UFC)\u00a0at UFC 158 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Voelker is currently riding a three-fight win streak that includes a pair of second-round TKO&#8217;s over Roger Bowling in Strikeforce. Voelker, who\u00a0went 4-1 under the Strikeforce banner, has\u00a0not enetered the cage\u00a0since his last victory in\u00a0July of 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Voelker now faces Cote, who recently announced on\u00a0Twitter\u00a0that he was dropping to the welterweight division, stating the following: &#8220;After a year of thinking and good talk with my coaches and [nutritionist, it&#8217;s] time. My next fight will be at 170. Thanks for the support.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Cote returned to the UFC this past July, where he suffered a unanimous decision loss\u00a0to Cung Le at UFC 148. He most recently saw action at UFC 154 in Montreal, where he scored a win over Alessio Sakara, albeit by DQ. The victory marked his first in the promotion since a July 2008 split-decision win over Ricardo Almeida at UFC 86.<\/p>\n<p>UFC 158 is set to go down March 16, 2013\u00a0at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada. The\u00a0event is headlined by\u00a0a welterweight title\u00a0fight between champ\u00a0Georges St.Pierre\u00a0and\u00a0his nemisis Nick Diaz.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Strikeforce fighter Bobby Voelker\u00a0(24-8 MMA, 0-0 UFC) will make his UFC debut this March when he takes on Patrick &#8216;The Predator&#8221;\u00a0Cote (18-8 MMA, 5-8 UFC)\u00a0at UFC 158 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Voelker is currently riding a three-fight win streak that includes a pair of second-round TKO&#8217;s over Roger Bowling in Strikeforce. 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