My money is on Grove at UFC 74

Grove will face a very tough test in his next fight at UFC 74 in Patrick Cote.

Cote has had his ups and downs in the Octagon, but is a game fighter and packs heavy hands.A win over Cote in this fight would move his status as a top title contender up quite a bit. Grove isn't taking him lightly though. "He's gonna bring out the best in me, and I'm pretty sure I'm going to bring out the best in him."

Cote presents some possible problems for Grove, but he's aware of them. "He's dangerous and he has dynamite in his hands. I would like to see this fight go the distance and have us beat the sh** out of each other, but I don't think he'll be able to handle my conditioning. My conditioning is at it’s best."

Kendall isn't looking past the French Canadian, but he does have some ideas of whom he would like to fight next. "Not looking past Cote, but I wouldn’t mind fighting Jason MacDonald next," Grove said. "He says he's the TUF killer. Let's see him beat the TUF champion."

With Anderson Silva literally mowing through the competition, Grove could be on the fast track for a title shot. 'Da Spider' feels a little different."Right now, I feel that I'm not ready for Anderson. To jump in there right now with him, I just feel he'll destroy me. Give me a year, maybe a year and a half to better my skills and I’ll jump in there with him. Hopefully when the UFC goes to Hawaii; that should be about a year and a half from now.

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