Kendall Grove
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| Kendall Grove | |
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| Statistics | |
| Nickname | Da Spyder, Original Thinker |
| Height | 6 ft 6 in |
| Weight | 185 lb |
| Nationality | American |
| Born | November 12, 1982 |
| Fighting out of | Maui, Hawaii, U.S. |
| Town of birth | Maui, Hawaii, U.S. |
| Team/Association | Xtreme Couture |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Wins | 8 |
| By knockout | 1 |
| By submission | 6 |
| Losses | 5 |
| Draws | 0 |
| No contests | 1 |
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 unanimous 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 currently trains with Randy Couture's camp at Xtreme Couture.[1]
Grove is a graduate of Baldwin High School in Wailuku, Hawaii.[2]
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 set up to fight Evan Tanner at The Ultimate Fighter 7 Finale on Jun 21, 2008.
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[edit] Personal life
Kendall and his girlfriend are expecting a baby in August 2008.[1] [2]
[edit] Mixed martial arts record
| Professional record breakdown | ||
| 14 matches | 8 wins | 5 losses |
| By knockout | 1 | 4 |
| By submission | 6 | 1 |
| By decision | 1 | 0 |
| Draws | 0 | |
| No contests | 1 | |
| Result | Opponent | Method | Event | Date | Round | Time | Notes |
| Loss | Jorge Rivera | TKO (strikes) | UFC 80: Rapid Fire | 1/19/2008 | 1 | 1:20 | |
| Loss | Patrick Côté | KO (strikes) | UFC 74: Respect | 8/25/2007 | 1 | 4:45 | |
| Win | Alan Belcher | Submission (D'Arce choke) | UFC 69:Shootout | 04/7/2007 | 2 | 4:22 | |
| Win | Chris Price | Submission (Strikes) | Ortiz vs. Shamrock 3: The Final Chapter | 10/10/2006 | 1 | 3:59 | |
| Win | Ed Herman | Decision (Unanimous) | UFC Ultimate Fighter 3 Finale | 6/24/2006 | 3 | 5:00 | Won TUF 3 tournament (Middleweight division) |
| Win | Jay Carter | Submission(Triangle Choke) | ROTR-Showdown in Maui | 10/7/2005 | 1 | 3:25 | |
| Loss | Hector Ramirez | KO (Punch) | KOTC-Mortal Sins | 5/7/2005 | 1 | 1:08 | |
| Win | Matt Gidney | Submission (Rear Naked Choke) | TC 8-Total Combat 8 | 4/2/2005 | 1 | N/A | |
| Loss | Savant Young | Technical Submission (Choke) | LIP 1-Lockdown in Paradise 1 | 3/19/2005 | 1 | 2:00 | |
| Win | Matt Hendricks | TKO | TC 7-Total Combat 7 | 1/29/2005 | 2 | N/A | |
| No contest | Ricky Gunz | No Contest | TC 6-Total Combat 6 | 10/24/2004 | 1 | N/A | |
| Loss | Joe Riggs | KO (Strikes) | ROTR 5-Rumble on the Rock 5 | 5/7/2004 | 1 | 3:09 | |
| Win | Kaipo Kalama | Submission (Rear Naked Choke) | SB 34-SuperBrawl 34 | 3/28/2004 | 2 | 3:16 | |
| Win | Tripstin Kersiano | Submission (Triangle Choke) | KFC 3-Island Pride | 7/27/2003 | 1 | N/A |
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