After a poor showing with their second event, Pro Elite is set to host it’s third event in January and already has it’s main event scheduled for the Hawaiian event.
MMAWeekly.com has confirmed with the promotion that a middleweight bout between winner of “The Ultimate Fighter” season three, Kendall ‘The Spyder’ Grove (13-9), and DREAM Super Hulk Tournament winner, Ikuhisa ‘Minowaman’ Minowa (51-32), are set to headline Pro Elite’s third event.
Also featured on the Pro Elite 3 card are the semi-final bouts of the promotions Heavyweight Grand Prix which took place earlier this month in Moline, Illinois.
The Pro Elite 3 event is expected to take place at the Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu, Hawaii with the main card likely airing on HDNet.
After his dismissal from the UFC after two straight losses, Grove bounced back with a victory earning a quick submission win over Joe Riggs at the Pro Elite 1 event last August. The win avenged a loss to Riggs from back in 2004 when the two fought at a Rumble on the Rock event. ‘The Spyder’ made his last Octagon appearance in May of this year, losing to Tim Boetsch by unanimous decision at UFC 130.
Since winning the DREAM Super Hulk Grand Prix in December 2009, Minowa has fought nine times going 7-2 in that span. He is currently riding a four fight win streak, having earned all of those victories in 2011 on Japanese cards. According to ‘Minowaman’s’ long record, this bout will be the first time he has fought in the United States having mostly fought in Japan for his career.