Fighters.com's Middleweight Champion "Spider" Anderson Silva (23-4) won by TKO at UFC 90 in Chicago Saturday night when "Predator" Patrick Cote's (13-5) knee popped at 39 seconds of round three. Top welterweight contender "Pitbull" Thiago Alves (16-3) easily beat fourth-ranked Josh Koscheck (11-3) by unanimous decision. Scores were 30-27 twice and 29-28 once. Fourth-ranked heavyweight "Vai Cavalo" Fabricio Werdum (11-4-1) was devastated by fellow Brazilian, but virtual unknown "Cigano" Junior dos Santos (7-1) via first-round TKO at 1:21. Fifth-ranked lightweight "Muscle Shark" Sean Sherk (33-3-1) won a unanimous decision over Tyson Griffin (12-2) by judges' scores of 29-28 twice and 30-27 once. Thales Leites (14-1), "Bully" Gray Maynard (6-0), "King" Spencer Fisher (22-4), Dan Miller (10-1), "Drago" Pete Sell (8-4), and Hermes Franca (19-7) were all winners inside the Octagon. ...

TUF 3 Champion "Spider" Kendall Grove (8-5) has posted at his website that he'll fight former UFC Middleweight Champion Evan Tanner (32-7) in Las Vegas 21 June on the finale of the current TUF season. The match-up has not been confirmed by the UFC. Both fighters are coming off disappointing losses. After a two year hiatus from professional MMA battling alcoholism, Tanner returned to the Octagon last March to be knocked cold by top middleweight "Thunder" Yushin Okami (22-4). Grove has posted a 2-2 record since winning season three's TUF Championship over "Short Fuse" Ed Herman (14-5). In January, "Spider" was squashed by "El Conquistador" Jorge Rivera (15-6) in a first-round knock out.  UFC "Beastman" Marvin Eastman (15-7-1) has let his cat out of the bag too, posting on his MySpace blog that he'll follow-up February's unanimous decision over Terry Martin (16-4) with a match-up against Andrew McFedries (6-3) 21 June. McFedries was TKO'd by "The Predator" Patrick Cote (12-4) in January. The fight will conclude Eastman's contractual obligation to the UFC. ...