TUF 7 Finale: Evan Tanner vs. Kendall Grove
Evan Tanner will reportedly return to action against Kendall Grove in a middleweight bout at The Ultimate Fighter 7 finale. The match up, though unconfirmed by the UFC, appears on the main page of Kendall Grove’s personal website.
After competing for a variety of promotions since 2003, Kendall Grove would join the cast of The Ultimate Fighter 3 in 2006, and go on to win in the season finale against Ed Herman. Grove has since gone 2-2 in the UFC with victories over Chris Price and Alan Belcher, but has more recently suffered back to back losses against Patrick Cote and Jorge Rivera.
Evan Tanner is a UFC veteran and former middleweight champion, who lost his briefly held title to Rich Franklin at UFC 53 in 2005. Tanner recently returned to the octagon after a two year hiatus, losing via knock out to Yushin Okami at UFC 82. Evan Tanner has had a history of personal problems and alcohol abuse, but claims to have overcome those obstacles so that he can refocus on his fighting career.
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Tags: Evan Tanner, Kendall Grove
How the heck is Grove in the UFC still. Can they please get a clue? He sucks. Evan better win this.
Lets go Team Tanner!
do middleweight fights even matter anymore? who’s ever gonna beat silva?
this is a fight between a “has-been” and a “will never be”
agree with kelvin all the way… ufc is trying to bring back tanner b/c of his name… “washed-up” or in kelvin’s words “has been” and kendall grove?? kendall “can’t take a punch” grove?? again i must agree with kelvin “will never be” … made me laugh… tanner will win…tko first round and kendall will get knocked right out the UFC ..
BOOOOOREING
Is this the Main Card for WEC or King of The Cage?…But one things is for sure, one of them is getting KO’ed!!!
kendall “the spider” grove is going to pull a upset and shock all you haters out there
i used to like grove, then he got ko’d, then he got ko’d again. this fight makes no sense, not even as a co-main event. this is the complete oppossite of the last fight night were even the unaired fights were great. damn you dana, set the bar too high.
let’s see kendall “da spyda” grove and michael “the fag” bisping!