45 Facts About Kendall Grove

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Kendall Grove was born on November 12,1982 and is an American mixed martial artist who is currently signed to Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship.

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Kendall Grove has a mixed ethnic heritage of Native Hawaiian, Samoan, Spanish, and Native American bloodlines.

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Kendall Grove trained Brazilian jiu-jitsu in his freshman year in the high school and moved to Las Vegas in 2002 to focus in the sport.

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Kendall Grove defeated Ed Herman in the finals by unanimous decision in the series finale, winning a six-figure contract with the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

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Kendall Grove has trained with Randy Couture's camp at Xtreme Couture.

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Kendall Grove rocked Belcher with punches and knees from the clinch.

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Kendall Grove experienced his second consecutive loss at UFC 80 to Jorge Rivera losing by KO at 1:20 in the first round.

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Kendall Grove faced Evan Tanner at The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rampage vs Team Forrest Finale on June 21,2008.

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Kendall Grove won a split decision to snap his two fight losing streak.

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At UFC 106 Kendall Grove defeated Jake Rosholt by triangle choke at 3:59 of the first round.

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Kendall Grove next faced middleweight prospect Mark Munoz at UFC 112 in a bout that would earn Fight of the Night honors.

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Kendall Grove faced Goran Reljic on July 3,2010, at UFC 116.

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Kendall Grove next fought Demian Maia on December 4,2010, at The Ultimate Fighter: Team GSP vs Team Koscheck Finale.

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Kendall Grove lost the fight via unanimous decision.

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Kendall Grove faced Tim Boetsch on May 28,2011, at UFC 130 and lost via unanimous decision.

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On June 17,2011, Kendall Grove announced via Facebook that he had been released from the UFC, along with welterweight Chuck O'Neil.

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Kendall Grove became the third Ultimate Fighter winner to be released following Efrain Escudero from Season Eight and Travis Lutter from Season Four.

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Kendall Grove fought Joe Riggs at ProElite 1 This was a rematch of their previous encounter at Rumble on the Rock 5, a match which Riggs won.

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Kendall Grove won via guillotine choke submission 59 seconds into round 1.

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Kendall Grove fought Ikuhisa Minowa at ProElite 3 on January 21,2012.

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Kendall Grove lost the fight via submission in the second round.

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Kendall Grove's next fight was against undefeated Derek Brunson for the ShoFight Middleweight Championship.

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Kendall Grove next fought Ariel Gandulla in Victoria, Canada at Aggression Fighting Championship 13 on November 3,2012.

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On December 1,2012, Kendall Grove faced Mamed Khalidov at KSW 21 event in Poland.

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Kendall Grove made his promotional debut at Bellator 104 on October 18,2013 with a three-round decision victory over Joe Vedepo.

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In 2014, Kendall Grove entered the Bellator Season 10 Middleweight tournament.

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Kendall Grove faced Brett Cooper at Bellator 114 on March 28,2014.

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Kendall Grove lost the fight via knockout in the second round.

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Kendall Grove faced former Bellator Light Heavyweight champion Christian M'Pumbu on October 3,2014 at Bellator 127.

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Kendall Grove won the fight via submission in the second round.

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Kendall Grove faced Brandon Halsey for the Bellator Middleweight Championship on May 15,2015 at Bellator 137.

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Kendall Grove lost the fight via TKO in the fourth round.

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Kendall Grove next faced Joey Beltran at Bellator 143 on September 25,2015.

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Kendall Grove won the fight via TKO in the third round.

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Kendall Grove then faced Francisco France at Bellator 150 on February 26,2016.

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Kendall Grove again won the fight via knockout, this time in the first round.

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Kendall Grove was scheduled to face Chris Honeycutt at Bellator 174 on March 3,2017.

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Kendall Grove faced John Salter at Bellator 181 on July 14,2017.

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Kendall Grove lost the fight via technical submission in the first round.

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Kendall Grove lost the fight via split decision and was released from the promotion.

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Kendall Grove was expected to face Andre Walker on Golden Boy Promotions' inaugural MMA event on November 24,2018 but the fight never made it to fruition.

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Kendall Grove was scheduled to face Casey Ryan at LXF 6 on March 20,2020, but the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Kendall Grove faced Bruce Abramski and won the bout by unanimous decision.

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Kendall Grove next faced fellow UFC veteran Hector Lombard at BKFC 12 on September 11,2020.

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Kendall Grove lost the fight via knockout in the first round.