Frey was sluggish throughout her five-round battle with Finland’s Minna Grusander and appeared to lose four of the allotted rounds. Nevertheless, all three cageside judges favored her in the fight.
Grusander controlled the fight in the clinch, occasionally landed some solid punches and stalked the American throughout their 25-minute encounter. “Brutsku” had to fend off a rear-naked choke attempt from Frey in the third round, but that was the best offense the Arlington, Texas, fighter mustered in the bout.
Even with Frey backing up and playing it safe for the duration of the final round, the judges submitted scorecards that gave her the win by margins of 49-46, 48-47 and 48-47. The decision appeared to…