Comments on: Kendall Grove and Ricardo Almeida Agree to UFC 101 Bout

By: Starr

Starr — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 02:38:00 +0000

This one will be close, I think. Being from Maui, Kendall is one of my favorite fighters. Yes, he has a weak chin and is KO-prone to the max… But, if he can dodge getting hit, which with Almeida, I think he has a good chance of that, I think he has a very good chance of winning.
I’ve interviewed Kendall many times and have gotten to know him personally. The kid’s got amazing heart and has grown up a lot and is not full of himself at all. If you read his current interviews, he’s always giving props to his opponents.
He trains unbelievably hard. Don’t know why there’s a stigma of Hawaii fighters being lazy. I know first hand that Grove is busting his ass training for this fight while training a camp of fighters under him at the same time.
He and his partner at I & I Training, Rude Boy Troy Mandaloniz, are dedicated to the sport of mma in a major way.
It bums me out to see people hating on him that don’t know him, or who he’s developed into since his TUF win.
Totally different guy, totally different fighter.
I respect him a lot and really hope that he wins. But win or lose, he really just wants to put on a good, exciting fight for the fans.

By: CT

CT — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:15:46 +0000

I have no problem with the dude…. ya i think the tito celebration is lame.. come up with something original… I dont think he is the worst fighter out there… he jus needs to keep his mouth shut and tuck that chin..

By: marvelknight4

marvelknight4 — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 20:24:04 +0000

Turk,
Grove is not the worst fighter out there, but he celebrates and acts like he is the best fighter out there. He talks a lot of $hit that he never backs up and the guy is just annoying as hell. He’s not the worst fighter, but just because he won TUF doesn’t mean he’s as good as he thinks he is and he’s soo not cool enough to celebrate the way he does.

By: Justin

Justin — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 20:00:51 +0000

I don’t like the attitude, I don’t like the celebration, and he’s not that good. No he’s not the worst fighter out there, and no one said he was. I only said he was the worst TUF winner, besides Lutter.

By: chrisl

chrisl — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:57:17 +0000

kinda with you there Turk, I think he’s a decent fighter but I think a big part of it is just the fact that he has the Tito attitude w/o the Tito skills…

By: Turk

Turk — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:44:05 +0000

I don’t understand all the “Beef” with Grove. I mean the belly tat is gay as hell no doubt but i mean come on he is not the worst fighter out there.

Almeida 2nd rd RNC

By: chrisl

chrisl — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:30:17 +0000

the TUF contract will be over in October(3 years starts on the first fight after winning) so if he loses then yeah they probably won’t renew but if he isn’t hurt he’ll try to sneak another in.

By: marvelknight4

marvelknight4 — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:48:46 +0000

Almeida has a good jj game,if he wins it will for sure be by submission. I don’t see him getting a ko or tko, Grove has the reach to keep him away and has overall better striking than Almeida.

I know a lot of people would like to see Grove out of the UFC, IMO i don’t really care,i honestly think he isn’t that bad of a fighter. He talks a lot of $hit and is very annoying, but he has improved a bit. Anyway i’d like to see Almeida put him away early. I think Almeida has more promise of becoming a contender in the future than Grove. But it won’t be a suprise to me if Grove can get a win.

If Almeida can get the takedown i’m sure he’ll eventually get a sub. If he can’t, i’m pickking Grove by tko or decision.

By: tjack

tjack — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:13:59 +0000

Well he seems cool just as long as u don’t touch his bird feeder haha just messin.

By: raffy

raffy — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:10:57 +0000

I can agree with that. I actually really like Danzig. He seems like a pretty laid back intelligent guy. Him and Keith Jardine should start hanging out together. They could read books at local albuquerque coffe shops together. He just hasn’t lived up to the tuf hype.