The penultimate bout of the evening was Tony “The Freak” Fryklund against Matt “The Law” Lindland, both of whom need no introduction.
After the massive smacktalking that went on before this one, people expected a grudge match, but both fighters behaved themselves and acted as sportsman. The first round showed Lindland exhibiting much improved standup skills, though Fryklund still got the better of most exchanges.
Matt issued several takedowns, but didn’t really get a whole lot going until the second round when he took Fryklund down at will and pounded him bloody.
By the end, The Freak looked pretty beat up, but both men shook hands and seemed very congenial, despite all the trash talk beforehand. (If you haven’t been reading Lindland’s online open letters lately, you should check them out; he’s becoming quite entertaining in that aspect of the fighting game.)
