Dave Hess ~ Long Days And Hard Work
In every fighter's career an opportunity comes along to make a name for themselves by defeating an opponent with a well-known name. This Saturday, heavyweight fighter Dave Hess will get that opportunity as he faces off against UFC veteran "Irish" Jake O'Brien in the main event of "MMA Big Show: Triple Threat." MMASpot recently sat down with Dave to discuss his origins and his thoughts on the fight.
An Indiana native growing up in the town of Sunman, Hess has been an athlete his entire life.
"I grew up playing football and got into wrestling at a pretty early age. I started wrestling before high school, maybe in fifth grade. I did just about every sport the school offered, but my main focus was wrestling. And I use a lot of that in my fights too, it's helped me out a lot."
Since going pro, Hess has earned a 3-1 record. The submission expert has won all of his professional fights by submission: Eyib Mekhridze fell to a Keylock submission at "Caged Inferno 4," Josh Burns lost to a Rear Naked Choke at "MMA Big Show: Retribution," and Bo Huitt succumbed to an armbar just 39 seconds into their fight at "MMA Big Show: Heavy Hitters." Hess regards the Burns fight as his toughest test thus far.
"I came into that fight off a layoff of almost a year and I just didn't have myself prepared enough to go in there and actually fight. It lasted three rounds and I was worn out, and it was kind of a sloppy mess. I choked him out in the third round."Hess is looking to return to his winning ways against O'Brien. The two fighters both grew up in Indiana and in fact wrestled each other before in high school.
"I didn't know him personally, I knew him because of who he was, always one of the guys to watch out for." Regardless of their history, Hess knows how he'd like the fight to go.
"I'd like to stand up and knock him out. I know he's got excellent takedowns and if he does get me down on the ground I can finish him there too, so it doesn't really matter to me."Read the rest at
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