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UFC 74 Respect
Patrick Cote vs. Kendall Grove
Saturday, Aug 25, 2007 10PM EST
Grove
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Kendall “Da Spyder” Grove takes on Patrick “The Predator” Cote in a battle of the Middleweights. Kendall rose to fame by winning The Ultimate Fighter 3 TV show. The 6’6” 185lb Hawaiian has a serious height advantage over his opponents. You wouldn’t want to get caught with your head down around this guy. Grove was asked what his favorite technique was, and he replied “To stand and brawl – I love it”. Da Spyder’s last opponent was Allen Belcher in UFC 69, in which Kendall choked out Belcher in the second round for the win. Before that it was Chris Price in Ortiz vs. Shamrock 3. Grove won by submission in the first round by repeated punches to the head. Perhaps Groves best fight, possible the fight of the year, was for the finale of the TV series. Grove fought Ed Herman in a three round face bashing, all out knuckle busting fight of all fights. Kendall Grove is a fighter that doesn’t stop until the fight stops or his opponent is down.

His opponent is Patrick Cote, the 5’11”, 185lb from Quebec, Canada. Cote is a knock-out puncher who took Tito Ortiz to a three round decision in UFC 50, only to lose. He’s got great submission skills and lots of experience behind him. He can go three rounds no problem; in fact he’s never lost by knock-out. His last four loses; two were submission, one split and one unanimous decision. Asked what his favorite techniques were he replied “One punch knockout, Kimura and the rear naked choke”. Unfortunately his last win, in UFC 67, against Scott Smith was a bore. The fighters didn’t do much except throw some kicks and punches that didn’t do any real damage. There was a lot of clinching going on. Cote ended up getting the win by decision, giving him his first win in five fights. He’s not much of an attacker and he’s average on the ground.

Bottom Line: Kendall Grove is going to pound Patrick Cote or submit him. He’s got height, strength and speed. Grove is a pressing fighter that is constantly engaging the action, something that Cote wasn’t doing in his last fight. Grove’s also got the punching power to hit down on opponents and bring his knees up into his challengers face. He can do all of this constantly for three rounds no problem.

Kendall Grove for the win!

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