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From the pandemic to the perils of matchmaking at the amateur level, Nathaniel Grimard has made it clear he won’t let anything stand in the way of his aspirations to move up the mixed martial arts ladder.
In a historical chapter where it has been challenging to stay busy in an up-close-and-personal sport and tempting to pad your record with a spoon-fed opponent or two if the opportunities arise, Grimard is a newly crowned champion about to enter a cage for the fourth time in 2021.
Grimard (4-0) will defend his New England Fights 145-pound amateur belt against Billy “The Kid” Wilson (6-1) at “NEF 45: Uprising” on Friday, November 5 at Aura in Portland, Maine. Opening bell time is 7 p.m.
“I’m pretty excited. It’s a tough guy from a good gym,” Grimard said. “It’s going to be my toughest fight yet. I got offered a few opponents, and I took the toughest one I could get. He’s a good wrestler just like me, so I think it’s going to be a pretty back-and-forth fight.”
On a night that coincides with the 416th anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot in jolly, old England, the 23-year-old Grimard constitutes anything but a surprise attack.
An accomplished wrestler at Exeter High School and the University of Southern Maine – he graduated from the latter with a degree in criminal justice – Grimard’s co-conspirator in his climb through the ranks is none other than UFC veteran and noted New England warrior Devin Powell.
