![]() ![]() After a quick technical knockout of Sam Adkins in the semis, taking him down and landing hammerfists to the face for the TKO, he met with Gary Goodridge in the final, and forced the Trinidadian to submit simply by gaining dominant position at the 2:14 mark, though not without landing multiple uppercuts standing and punches on the ground. In the quarter-finals, he set the record (since broken by Duane Ludwig and Jorge Masvidal) for fastest knockout in UFC history when his punches knocked down 410-lb Thomas Ramirez in just eight seconds. Debuting at UFC 8 in Bayamón, Puerto Rico on February 16, 1996, Frye was among the eight competitors in the openweight tournament that night and was one of two fighters of the era skilled in both stand-up and ground fighting, the other being Marco Ruas. He soon made the jump to the burgeoning sport of mixed martial arts himself and joined the Ultimate Fighting Championship the following year. In 1995, Don Frye helped train Dan Severn for the Ultimate Ultimate 1995, accompanying Severn's entourage to Denver. Mixed martial arts career Ultimate Fighting Championship (1996) During this time, he also took up judo and earned the rank of second dan black belt. ![]() Frye also worked in a psychiatric ward but left that position after breaking a patient's arm while restraining him. In his final boxing match, Frye lost via technical knockout to David Kilgour of Somis, California at the Reseda Country Club in Reseda, Los Angeles on December 11, 1990, bringing his professional record to two wins, five losses and one draw. Frye in several matches after being forced to change his name due to a contractual dispute. ![]() After eight bouts over the next fourteen months he retired and became an emergency medical technician and a firefighter in Bisbee, Arizona. Īfter college, Frye trained in boxing for a year and a half and made his professional debut on Augin Phoenix, Arizona, scoring a first-round knockout over Luis Mora. A year later, he transferred to Oklahoma State University–Stillwater, where his teammates included future colleague Randy Couture. In 1987, he won the freestyle and Greco-Roman events during an Olympic qualifier. He was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame in 2016.īorn of Irish and Scottish descent, Don Frye began wrestling at Buena High School in Sierra Vista, Arizona then in college for Arizona State University in 1984, where he was trained by fellow future Ultimate Fighting Championship competitor, then assistant wrestling coach, Dan Severn. He departed the promotion to compete in K-1 and Hero's in 2004 but returned for the final Pride event in 2007. He fought bouts with Ken Shamrock and Yoshihiro Takayama during his two years in Pride. After spending four years as one of Japan's top gaijin wrestlers, he returned to MMA with the Pride Fighting Championships in September 2001, much more muscular and sporting an American patriot persona in response to the September 11 attacks. He retired from MMA in 1997 to pursue a career in professional wrestling with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and quickly became one of the company's leading heels. In MMA, he was one of the sport's earliest well-rounded fighters and won the UFC 8 and Ultimate Ultimate 96 tournaments and finished as runner-up UFC 10 in his first year of competition. Don Fryeĭonald Frye (born November 23, 1965) is an American former mixed martial artist, professional wrestler, and actor. For the professional wrestler who also used the ring name "The Predator", see Sylvester Terkay. ![]()
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