Two UFC middleweights very much in need of a win will meet at The Ultimate Fighter 7 Finale when Kendall Grove (8-5 MMA, 3-2 UFC) takes on veteran Evan Tanner (32-7 MMA, 11-5 UFC).
Grove posted the fight on his official website, though the bout hasn't officially been announced by the UFC.
The finale, which caps off the current season of "The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rampage vs. Team Forrest," takes place June 21 at The Palms Las Vegas. Luigi Fioravanti and Diego Sanchez are expected to meet in the night's main event.
Tanner returned from a two-year absence and suffered a second-round knockout to Yushin Okami at UFC 82 last month. Soon after the loss, Tanner wrote a blog entry about overcoming alcohol addiction so he could return to the UFC. He said he was both thankful and relieved that the defeat didn't cause him to relapse.
Grove, the middleweight winner of "The Ultimate Fighter 3," began his UFC career with three consecutive vitories. However, he's since posted back-to-back losses -- both of which were first-round knockouts -- to Patrick Cote and Jorge Rivera.
The middleweight bout, which features 37-year-old Tanner and 25-year-old Grove, will likely take place on the night's televised main card.
Monday, April 7, 2008
Kendall Grove vs. Evan Tanner at TUF 7 Finale
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I commend Tanner for blogging about his alcohol problem, but i dont think he has quite what it takes anymore. I'm not saying Grove is all that much better, but sometimes age can really be on your side ( although couture proved that wrong!) We'll have to see, should be a good fight regaurdless
Tanner was a big person for doing that, but then he chronicled him losing his winnings from his previous fight to gambling in one night. He's a good fighter at this poing, not great, and should be thankful for making a dime doing this as a career. I find it hard for someone who is given so many chances yet continues to blow his money through so many poisons. He seems like a good dude too. But how many bad habits can you have and still be considered a professional? He's the John Daly of MMA. By the way, do i know you?
Tanner definitely sounds like the John Daley of MMA. I also have a hard time feeling bad for someone who is given chance after chance to straighten up. I can't help but think of all the good up and coming fighters doing the right thing who would absolutely kill just for one small break....a break they may never get. As far as Grove goes, he's a pot smoking joke! Has probably 1 or 2 more fights (unfortunately) then we'll never hear of him again.
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