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Kendall Grove’s Mind State
By Carlos | June 19, 2008
Kendall Grove has been in Hawaii training with B.J. Penn and getting his mind right for his up-coming fight at The Ultimate Fighter 7 Live Finale against Evan Tanner. Grove respects Tanner, but claims he’s gotten into the right state of mind that will allow him to go out and fight his best. Grove explains in an MMAWeekly Radio interview:
“Honest to God, I ain’t got no pressure coming into this fight. That’s what I did wrong in my last fight with Jorge (Rivera), I took into that fight like ‘aw, (expletive) I can’t get hit, I don’t want to get hit, I don’t want get hit.’ That’s what screwed me up in the past is me putting all that pressure on myself. I’ve got to win. I’ve got to win. No, I’ve just got to go out there and fight. That’s all that matters.”
This will be a decisive bout, and while some fans don’t think the match up will fare well for Tanner due to his extended absence from cage bouts, others are hyped to see if he can hold his own against Grove.
“This is a make or break fight for both of us,” stated Grove. “We’re both coming off devastating losses, make it or break right here. I think that’s what’s going to make it a good fight. Each one of us has everything to gain and everything to lose. I forget who told me this but ‘America is built on winning,’ and nobody likes a loser, so there you go.”
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