Kendall Grove

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nick=The Spyder, Da Spyder, Original Thinker
height=6 ft 5 in
weight=185 lb
birthdate=birth date and age|year=1982|month=11|day=12
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nationality=American
fightingfrom=Maui, Hawaii, U.S.
hometown=Maui, Hawaii, U.S.
fightteam=BJ Penn's MMA
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wins=9
losses=5
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ko=1
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Kendall Kekoa "Da Spyder" Grove (born November 12, 1982 in Maui, Hawaii) is an American mixed martial arts fighter. Grove was a contestant on "The Ultimate Fighter 3", a reality television show, training under Tito Ortiz. In "The Ultimate Fighter 3", he won a preliminary victory against Ross Pointon by rear naked choke and in the semi-finals defeated Kalib Starnes; a rib injury incurred by Starnes during the fight caused him to verbally submit. He defeated Ed Herman in the finals in a close but split decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) in the series finale, winning a six-figure contract. In his first bout since the show on October 10, 2006, Grove defeated then-undefeated Chris Price in the first round via a submission (ground and pound, due to strikes).

After the taping of the series, Grove was invited to Ortiz's training camp, Team Punishment, and has trained with Ortiz along with many of his former teammates on "The Ultimate Fighter 3" at Ortiz's Big Bear City, California training facility. He trained with Randy Couture's camp at Xtreme Couture. [http://www.rmaxinternational.com/blog/?p=67] Since his loss to Jorge Rivera, he has moved back to Hawaii and now trains with his good friend BJ Penn.

Grove is a graduate of Baldwin High School in Wailuku, Hawaii, where he was a high school wrestler. [http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061011/SPORTS18/610110331/1067/SPORTS] He placed sixth in the state in Hawaii at 170 lbs. and only weighed 150 lbs. [4]

At "UFC 74", Grove experienced his first loss in the UFC to Patrick Côté, who won by knockout in the first round. Grove experienced his second consecutive loss at UFC 80 to Jorge Rivera by TKO at 1:20 in the first round.

Grove faced Evan Tanner at The Ultimate Fighter 7 Finale on June 21, 2008. The bout saw Grove bloody Tanner and frustrate the former middleweight champion by stopping his takedowns and getting back immediately following being sent to the floor. Grove won a split decision (30-26, 30-26 for Grove, 29-28 for Tanner) to snap his two fight losing streak.

Personal life

Kendall is opening a MMA training center in his hometown of Wailuku, Maui. [ [http://www.cagepotato.com/category/interview/page/2/ Cage Potato - MMA News, Knockout Videos, and the Hottest Ring Girls ] ] [cite web
url=http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=news.detail&gid=12844 |title=Can Kendall Grove Recapture that 2006 Magic? |accessdate=2008-06-18 |publisher=UFC.com,Thomas Gerbasi|date=2008-06-18 ] Kendall and his girlfriend had a daughter named Khloe on July 31, 2008. [ [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=59146618&MyToken=33d3a65b-854c-49f7-9cae-6ffa1228868e Kendall Grove Myspace Area] ]

Mixed martial arts record

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wins=9
losses=5
draws=0
ko-wins=1
ko-losses=4
dec-losses=0
sub-wins=6
sub-losses=1
dec-wins=1
nc=1

References

4. http://www.usadojo.com/biographies/mma/Kendall-Grove.htm

External links

* [http://www.kendallgrovemma.com Official website]
*Sherdog|id=10126|name=Kendall Grove
* [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=59146618&MyToken=33d3a65b-854c-49f7-9cae-6ffa1228868e Kendall Grove Myspace Area]