{"id":281429,"date":"2018-07-24T07:25:56","date_gmt":"2018-07-24T14:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=281429"},"modified":"2018-07-24T07:25:56","modified_gmt":"2018-07-24T14:25:56","slug":"ufc-bellator-veteran-kendall-grove-signs-with-bkfc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/kendall-grove\/ufc-bellator-veteran-kendall-grove-signs-with-bkfc\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC, Bellator veteran Kendall Grove signs with BKFC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) has signed another notable MMA veteran: Kendall Grove.<\/p>\n<p>This news was announced in a Monday press release from the promotion. Kendall Grove also announced the news on his official Twitter account.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">very excited to be fighting for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bareknucklefc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@bareknucklefc<\/a> aug 25 in Mississippi <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RiP4Tz9RMh\">pic.twitter.com\/RiP4Tz9RMh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; kendallgrovemma (@kendallgrovemma) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kendallgrovemma\/status\/1021243039145123845?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 23, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Grove, who has competed extensively in the UFC, Bellator and Polish MMA promotion\u00a0Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki (KSW), is the latest in a long parade of MMA veterans to transition to the wild world of bareknuckle fighting.<\/p>\n<p>Several years ago, former UFC lightweight <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/takanori-gomi\/takanori-gomi-melvin-guillard-collide-japan\/\">Melvin Guillard<\/a> began competing in bareknuckle boxing in the UK, where he realized <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/melvin-guillard\/video-knife-wielding-melvin-guillard-involved-near-brawl-bareknuckle-boxer-2\/\">moderate success<\/a>. More recently, MMA veterans like Ricco Rodriguez, Joey Beltran, Eric Prindle, Tony Lopez, and former UFC flyweight Bec Rawlings have signed with BKFC. All the above competed at the promotion&#8217;s memorable debut show on June 2. Then, of course, there is the <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/chris-leben\/chris-leben-explains-how-hell-be-able-to-compete-in-bareknuckle-fight-despite-severe-heart-condition\/\">controversial<\/a> Chris Leben vs. <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/exclusive-phil-baroni-has-a-message-for-chris-leben\/\">Phil Baroni<\/a> bareknuckle bout that was recently announced. This clash of former UFC middleweight stars will occur on October 20 under the World Bare Knuckle Fighting Federation (WBKFF) banner.<\/p>\n<p>Kendall Grove will make his bareknuckle boxing debut at BKFC 2, which goes down inside the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, Mississippi, on August 25. At present,Grove does not have an opponent for this debut.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned for more updates on Kendall Grove&#8217;s BKFC debut as they emerge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 7\/23\/2018. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) has signed another notable MMA veteran: Kendall Grove. This news was announced in a Monday press release from the promotion. Kendall Grove also announced the news on his official Twitter account. very excited to be fighting for @bareknucklefc aug 25 in Mississippi pic.twitter.com\/RiP4Tz9RMh &mdash; kendallgrovemma (@kendallgrovemma) July 23, 2018 Grove, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54430,"featured_media":281430,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[39551],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>UFC, Bellator veteran Kendall Grove signs with BKFC | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/kendall-grove\/ufc-bellator-veteran-kendall-grove-signs-with-bkfc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UFC, Bellator veteran Kendall Grove signs with BKFC | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) has signed another notable MMA veteran: Kendall Grove. 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