Messer vs Verdinez

Who won Messer vs Verdinez?

Santos Verdinez beat Kevin Messer by knockout in the 1st round during the prelims of LFA 145, on Friday 21st October 2022 at Oshkosh Arena in Oshkosh.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Messer vs Verdinez stats

Kevin Messer stepped into the octagon with a record of 8 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Santos Verdinez made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 1 win, 0 losses, and 0 draws and 1 by submission.

Kevin Messer's LFA record stood at 0-1-0, while Santos Verdinez's came in at 3-0-0.

The stats suggested Messer had a massive power advantage over Verdinez, boasting a 38% knock out percentage over Verdinez's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Verdinez had a massive advantage over Messer, boasting a 100% submission rate over Messer's 38%.

Kevin Messer was the same age as Santos Verdinez, at 29 years old.

Messer had a height advantage of 6 inches over Verdinez.

Messer was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 8 more fights, and made his debut in 2009, 10 years and 1 month earlier than Verdinez, whose first professional fight was in 2019. He had fought 11 less professional rounds, 2 to Verdinez's 13.

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Verdinez's last 2 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 9 months and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 3 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.5 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Messer vs Verdinez?

Kevin Messer was a 4/11 (-280) favourite going into the contest, while Santos Verdinez made his way into the ring at 2/1 (+200) with oddsmakers.