LAS VEGAS – Josh Fremd beat Sedriques Dumas with a second-round submission Saturday on the preliminary card at UFC Fight Night 221 in Las Vegas.
Take a look inside the fight with Fremd, who got his first UFC win in an upset and handed Dumas his first loss.
Sedriques Dumas vs. Josh Fremd
Result: Josh Fremd def. Sedriques Dumas via submission (guillotine choke) – Round 2, 3:00
Updated records: Fremd (10-4 MMA, 1-2 UFC), Dumas (7-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC)
Key stat: Fremd landed two takedowns and had control time in more than half of the fight’s eight total minutes.
Fremd on the fight's key moment
“The game plan was go out there and be Josh Fremd. There was no thought process. There was no actual game plan – I’m going to do this, that and the other. I wanted to revert back to who I was in LFA and what got me here, and that was putting people out, putting people to sleep – just being violent, being the Josh Fremdd I know I can be.”
Fremd on feeling like he was there to lose to a prospect
“From where I come from, I know what a setup looks like – and I know they were trying to set me up, push this kid along. That’s not going to happen on me.”
Fremd on what he wants next
“I have a couple names. The one I called out not too long ago, Claudio (Ribeiro) – he just lost to (Razak) Alhassan. I’ll fight him, honestly, if it’s a good matchup. I’ll take it. I don’t have a particular name or person. I want to fight someone who’s going to push me and make me be the better version of myself. I don’t want to go out there and be a bully. I want to go out there and fight someone who kind of scares me.”
To hear more from Fremd, check out the video of the full post-fight interview above.
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