The New Jersey crowd was firmly behind Matt Frevola on Saturday at UFC 288 – and in the end, he gave them something to cheer about.
In the featured preliminary card bout at Prudential Center in Newark, Frevola (11-3-1 MMA, 5-3-1 UFC) finished Drew Dober (26-12 MMA, 12-8 UFC) with punches at 4:08 of Round 1.
A massive right hand that Frevola later dubbed “the death bomb” sent Dober crashing to the canvas after approximately three-and-a-half minutes of a competitive quasi-kickboxing match. Bloodied on the canvas, Dober grabbed hold of his opponent. Frevola, however, continued to hammer away. Dober struggled to escape the punches, so much so that referee Herb Dean waved off the fight.
