Kendall Grove (born November 12, 1982) is an American

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who is currently signed to Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship. A professional competitor since 2003, he has also competed for the

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, KSW, ProElite,

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, and was the winner of '' The Ultimate Fighter 3'' on

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Early life

Grove was born in Wailuku, Maui, Hawaii and is a graduate of Baldwin High School in

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, where he was a high school wrestler and played football. Grove has a mixed ethnic heritage of

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, Samoan,

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, and Native American bloodlines. Kendall trained

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in his freshman year in the high school and moved to Las Vegas in 2002 to focus in the sport. However, he got intrigued in mixed martial arts and begun training all aspects of it.

Mixed martial arts career

The Ultimate Fighter

While on The Ultimate Fighter 3, Grove trained under Tito Ortiz, and won a preliminary victory against

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by rear naked choke and in the semi-finals defeated

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by submission after a rib injury sustained by Starnes during the fight caused him to verbally submit. He defeated Ed Herman in the finals by unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, and 29–28) in the series finale, winning a six-figure contract with the

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Ultimate Fighting Championship

In his first bout since the show on October 10, 2006, Grove defeated then-undefeated Chris Price via submission (elbows) in the first round at Ortiz vs. Shamrock 3: The Final Chapter. 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

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training facility. He has trained with

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's camp at

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. Since his loss to Jorge Rivera, he has moved back to Hawaii and has trained there with his friend BJ Penn. In his next fight at UFC 69 he faced up and coming prospect Alan Belcher. After a close first round Grove came out strong in round two. Grove rocked Belcher with punches and knees from the clinch. With just over two minutes remaining in the round Grove secured a double-leg takedown. As Belcher scrambled to escape Grove locked in a D'Arce choke which rendered Belcher unconscious giving Grove the victory by technical submission at 4:42 of round two. At ''

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'', Grove faced UFC veteran Patrick Côté. Côté defeated Grove via first-round TKO. Grove experienced his second consecutive loss at UFC 80 to Jorge Rivera losing by KO at 1:20 in the first round. Grove faced Evan Tanner at The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rampage vs Team Forrest Finale on June 21, 2008. The bout saw Grove bloody Tanner and frustrate the former middleweight champion by stopping his takedowns and getting back up immediately following being sent to the floor. Grove won a split decision (28–29, 30–26, and 30–26) to snap his two fight losing streak. Grove then defeated

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by TKO at

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. In his next appearance at UFC 101, Grove lost to

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by unanimous decision. At

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Grove defeated

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by triangle choke at 3:59 of the first round. Grove next faced middleweight prospect

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at UFC 112 in a bout that would earn ''Fight of the Night'' honors. After a successful first round with several near submissions, Grove lost via TKO at 2:50 in the 2nd round. Grove faced

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on July 3, 2010, at

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. Grove won via split decision (28–29, 30–27, and 29–28). Grove next fought

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on December 4, 2010, at The Ultimate Fighter: Team GSP vs. Team Koscheck Finale. Grove lost the fight via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, and 29–28). Grove faced Tim Boetsch on May 28, 2011, at

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and lost via unanimous decision. On June 17, 2011, Grove announced via Facebook that he had been released from the UFC, along with welterweight Chuck O'Neil. He became the third Ultimate Fighter winner to be released following

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from Season Eight and Travis Lutter from Season Four.

ProElite

Grove fought

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at ProElite 1 This was a rematch of their previous encounter at Rumble on the Rock 5, a match which Riggs won. Grove won via guillotine choke submission 59 seconds into round 1. Grove fought

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at ProElite 3 on January 21, 2012. He won the fight by unanimous decision.

Independent Promotions

Grove headlined against

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on February 16 in

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. Grove lost the fight via submission in the second round. Grove's next fight was against undefeated

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for the ShoFight Middleweight Championship. Grove won via split decision. Grove next fought Ariel Gandulla in Victoria, Canada at Aggression Fighting Championship 13 on November 3, 2012. Grove defeated Gandulla by TKO in the second round.

KSW

On December 1, 2012, Grove faced Mamed Khalidov at KSW 21 event in Poland. He lost by submission in the second round. On June 8, 2013, he fought Michał Materla, for KSW Middleweight Championship and lost by unanimous decision.

Bellator MMA

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

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. In 2014, Grove entered the Bellator Season 10 Middleweight tournament. He faced Brett Cooper at

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on March 28, 2014. He lost the fight via knockout in the second round. Grove faced former Bellator Light Heavyweight champion

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on October 3, 2014 at

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. He won the fight via submission in the second round. Grove faced

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for the Bellator Middleweight Championship on May 15, 2015 at

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. He lost the fight via TKO in the fourth round. Grove next faced

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on September 25, 2015. He won the fight via TKO in the third round. Grove then faced Francisco France at Bellator 150 on February 26, 2016. He again won the fight via knockout, this time in the first round. Following two knockout victories, Grove faced former

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, in the main event at Bellator 162. Grove lost the fight via TKO in the second round. Grove was originally scheduled to face

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at Bellator 174 on March 3, 2017. However, Honeycutt was removed from the bout on February 28 and replaced by Mike Rhodes. Rhodes was then unable to make the required weight, and the bout scratched after they were unable to come to an agreement for the bout to proceed at a catchweight. Grove faced

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at Bellator 181 on July 14, 2017. He lost the fight via technical submission in the first round. Grove faced A.J. Matthews at Bellator 193 on January 26, 2018. He lost the fight via split decision and was subsequently released from the promotion.

Golden Boy Promotions

Grove was expected to face Andre Walker on

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' inaugural MMA event on November 24, 2018 but the fight never made it to fruition.

Other regional promotions

Grove was scheduled to face Casey Ryan at LXF 6 on March 20, 2020, but the event was cancelled due to the

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Bare knuckle boxing

After three straight losses in Bellator, Grove signed to a new promotion, Bare Knuckle FC and debuted on August 25, 2018. He faced Bruce Abramski and won the bout by unanimous decision. In his sophomore bout in BKFC, Grove faced Marcel Stamps at BKFC 3 on October 20, 2018. He lost the fight via knockout. Grove next faced fellow UFC veteran

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at BKFC 12 on September 11, 2020. He lost the fight via knockout in the first round.

Personal life

Grove and wife Anna, have six children together: two sons and four daughters.

Championships and achievements

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Season 3 Tournament Winner ** Fight of the Night (Two times) ** Knockout of the Night (One time) *ShoFight **ShoFight Middleweight Championship (One time)

Mixed martial arts record

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