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(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4He was a champion in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, having won the UFC 8 and Ultimate Ultimate 1996 tournaments the same year; He was also a finalist in the UFC 10 tournament. It boasts the UFC record for the largest number of victories over a year, as in 1996 only nine meetings on the ten played won; It also boasts one of the fastest KOs in the history of the organization, having put Thomas Ramirez in his first eight seconds in his first career meeting. How Wrestler made himself known in the Japanese circuit thanks to the victories in the tournaments ANTONIO INOKI FINAL OPPONENT (1998) and G1 World Climax (2001).        (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4As an actor, he starred in various films from 2004 onwards as Gojira – final wars , Big Stan It is Public enemy – Public Enemies , almost always holding minor roles. Table of ContentsBeginning [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ] Ultimate Fighting Championship [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ] Pride Fighting Championships [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ] After the Pride [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ] Beginning [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ] Don Frye began to practice free struggle at the Buena High School institute in Sierra Vista, in Arizona; When he moved on to college he was trained by the future legend of the UFC Dan Severn, only whose guide won the events of free struggle and Greco-Roman struggle valid for qualifying for the Seoul 1988 Olympics. Subsequently he moved to Oklahoma State University-Stillwater, where he had the knowledge of another sacred monster of the UFC, or Randy Couture.        (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4In 1989 Frye also dedicated himself to boxing, taking part in a single meeting as a professional, however won for Ko in the first round. Ultimate Fighting Championship [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ] Considered together with Marco Ruas as one of the first martial arts fighters mixed not to have focused on a single fighting style (in addition to free struggle and boxing he practiced the judo) Frye made his appearance in the UFC circuit in 1995 as coach and accompanying person of Dan Severn, who won the Ultimate Ultimate Tournament 1995. 1996 was the year of the consecration of Frye as a fighter of MMA, as he took part in the UFC 8 tournament in Puerto Rico accompanied by Severn, and won the OpenWeight tournament by defeating the fighter of the house Thomas Ramirez in just 8 seconds in one night in just 8 seconds (Ko record fastest in UFC, exceeded only in 2006 by Duane Ludwig), Sam Adkins for Ko in less than a minute and took more than two minutes in the final to get the better of Gary Goodridge. He also took part in the UFC 9 evening where Marco Ruas should have faced, but the latter was unavailable and was replaced with the Amaury Bitetti compatriot, defeated for Ko. Also in 1996 he enrolled in the UFC 10 tournament, where he struggled to arrive in the final and faced the champion Mark Coleman who defeated Frye for technical ko after more than 11 minutes of fighting. In December of the same year, Frye once again left his name in the history of the UFC, participating in the Ultimate Ultimate 96 tournament and winning it thanks to three successes for submission on Gary Goodridge, Mark Hall and Tank Abbott. After that Frye tournament he retired from the UFC to devote himself to professional wrestling in Japan. Pride Fighting Championships [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ] After a parenthesis in the Japanese alloys of Wrestling Frye he returned to the martial arts mixed thanks to the prestigious Japanese Federation Pride. His first meeting took place in 2001 against Gilbert Yvel, against whom he won by disqualification of the Dutchman, who repeatedly attacked Frye in the eyes.Subsequently he subdown the kickboxer of K-1 Cyril Abidi with a strangulation and obtained a victory against the legend of the American MMA Ken Shamrock. In 2002 Frye fought a dramatic meeting with Yoshihiro Takayama, as at a certain point the two wrestlers lowered the guard and began to hit the face events that are not sketched on any defense: Frye won for Ko. At the end of that year, the decline of Frye began: the first to punish him was the Olympic Judo champion Hidehiko Yoshida, who submitted the American with a Arbar in the first round.Moreover, a few months earlier, Frye fought a kickboxing meeting against the champion J\u00e9r\u00f4me Le banners, being lying in the first round. In 2003 he had the opportunity to take revenge on Mark Coleman, the first fighter who managed to defeat Frye, but the latter was defeated again, this time on the points.On the other hand, that year suffered the desire for redemption of Gary Goodridge, previously defeated twice by Frye: the Trinidadian put Ko Frye with a kick to the head after just 39 seconds. After the Pride [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ] The fall of Frye performance completed in 2004 in the K-1 promotion against Kickboxer Yoshihiro Nakao, who won on the points. Frye took a break and returned to fight in 2006 always in Japan, this time with Hero’s, winning by submission against the former Akebono Sumo fighter. Frye continued his career between ups and downs and was able to return to the United States as a coach of one of the teams of the Internazional Fight League, an American promotion organized to teams of wrestlers. From 2007 onwards he underwent other defeats against James Thompson, Ikuhisa “Minowaman” Minowa and Dave Herman.In 2011 he struggled for the title of mediomassic weights in the Gladiator Challenge organization, but was defeated for Ko in the first round by Ruben Vilillaal. Result Record Opponent  Method  Event  Data  Round  Time  City  Note  Defeat 20\u20139-1 (1) Ruben Villareal Ko (pugni) GC 6 – Mega Stars 11 December 2011 first 2:30 Lincoln, United States For the title of Mediomassimi Gladiator Challenge.  Defeat 20\u20138-1 (1) Dave Herman Technical Ko (punches) Shark Fights 6: Stars & Stripes 12 September 2009 first 1:00 Amarillo, United States  Victory 20\u20137-1 (1) Ritch Moss Sottomissione (rear naked choke) Shark Fights 4 2 May 2009 first 2:48 Lubbock, United States  Defeat 19\u20137-1 (1) IKUHISA Minowa Submission (Kneebar) Deep: Gladiator August 16, 2008 first 3:56 Okayama, Japan  Victory 19\u20136-1 (1) Bryan Pardoe Ko (pugni) NLF: Heavy Hands January 26, 2008 first 0:47 Dallas, United States  Defeat 18\u20136-1 (1) James Thompson Technical Ko (punches) PRIDE 34: kamikaze April 8, 2007 first 6:23 Saitama, Japan  Victory 18\u20135-1 (1) Kim Min-soo Ko (punch) Hero’s 7 9 October 2006 2 2:47 Yokohama, giappone  Victory 17\u20135-1 (1) YOSHIHISA YAMAMOTO Sottomissione (rear naked choke) Hero’s 6 August 5, 2006 first 4:52 Tokyo, Japan  Equality 16\u20135-1 (1) Ruben Villareal Equality King of the Cage: Predator May 13, 2006 3 5:00 Globe, United States  Victory 16\u20135 (1) Akebono Submission (guillotine) Hero’s 5 May 3, 2006 2 3:50 Tokyo, Japan  Defeat 15\u20135 (1) YOSHIHIRO NAKAO Decision (unanimous) K-1 Premium 2004 Dynamite 31 December 2004 3 5:00 Osaka, Japan  No contest 15\u20134 (1) YOSHIHIRO NAKAO No contest (involuntary head) K-1 MMA ROMANEX May 22, 2004 first – Saitama, Japan  Defeat 15\u20134 Gary Goodridge KO (Football in the head) Pride Shockwave 2003 December 31, 2003 first 0:39 Saitama, Japan  Defeat 15\u20133 Mark Coleman Decision (unanimous) Pride 26: Bad to the Bone June 8, 2003 3 5:00 Yokohama, giappone  Defeat 15\u20132 Hidehiko Yoshida Submission (Armbar) Pride 23: Championship Chaos 2 November 24, 2002 first 5:32 Tokyo, Japan  Victory 15\u20131 YOSHIHIRO TAKAYAMA Technical Ko (punches) Pride 21: Demolition June 23, 2002 first 6:10 Saitama, Japan  Victory 14\u20131 Ken Shamrock Decision (not unanimous) Pride 19: Bad Blood February 24, 2002 3 5:00 Saitama, Japan  Victory 13\u20131 Cyril Abidi Sottomissione (rear naked choke) Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2001 December 31, 2001 2 0:33 Saitama, Japan  Victory 12\u20131 Gilbert Yvel Disqualification (fingers in the eye) Pride 16: Beasts From the East September 24, 2001 first 7:27 Osaka, Japan Pride debut  Victory 11\u20131 Eric Valdez Submission (strangulation) Unified Shoot Wrestling Federation 5 June 20, 1997 first 0:49 Amarillo, United States  Victory 10\u20131 Tank Abbott Sottomissione (rear naked choke) Ultimate Ultimate 1996 December 7, 1996 first 1:22 Birmingham, the United States The Ultimate Ultimate Tournament 1996 wins  Victory 9\u20131 Mark Hall Sottomissione (achilles lock) Ultimate Ultimate 1996 December 7, 1996 first 0:20 Birmingham, the United States Ultimate Ultimate Tournament 1996, semifinal  Victory 8\u20131 Gary Goodridge Submission (exhaustion) Ultimate Ultimate 1996 December 7, 1996 first 11:19 Birmingham, the United States Ultimate Ultimate Tournament 1996, quarter -finals  Victory 7\u20131 Mark Hall Submission (strangulation) U-Japan November 17, 1996 first 5:29 Japan  Defeat 6\u20131 Mark Coleman Technical Ko (punches) UFC 10: The Tournament 12 July 1996 first 11:34 Birmingham, the United States UFC 10 tournament, final  Victory 6\u20130 Brian Johnston Technical ko (submission to the elbows) UFC 10: The Tournament 12 July 1996 first 4:37 Birmingham, the United States UFC 10 tournament, semifinal  Victory 5\u20130 Mark Hall Technical Ko (punches) UFC 10: The Tournament 12 July 1996 first 10:21 Birmingham, the United States UFC 10 tournament, quarter -finals  Victory 4\u20130 Amaury Bitetti Technical Ko (punches) UFC 9: Motor City Madness May 17, 1996 first 9:22 Detroit, United States  Victory 3\u20130 Gary Goodridge Submission (position) UFC 8: David vs. Goliath February 16, 1996 first 2:14 Bayam\u00f3n, Porto Rico The UFC 8 tournament wins  Victory 2\u20130 Sam adkins Technical Ko (medical stop) UFC 8: David vs. Goliath February 16, 1996 first 0:48 Bayam\u00f3n, Porto Rico UFC 8 tournament, semifinal  Victory 1\u20130 Thomas Ramirez Ko (punch) UFC 8: David vs. Goliath February 16, 1996 first 0:08 Bayam\u00f3n, Porto Rico UFC 8 tournament, quarter -finals  Don Frye began his career as a professional wrestler in 1997 after ending his experience in UFC, moving to Japan to enter the New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Frye soon became one of the best Heel of the Federation and in 1998 he won the Antonio Final Opponent tournament, a tournament that designated the challenger in the match against the legend of the wrestling Antonio Inoki: it was the match of the retirement of Inoki who defeated Frye. Frye made himself known for his feud with Kensuke Sasaki and Scott Norton and for being in Tag Team with Masahiro Chono, with whom he fought for the Iwgp Heavyweight Championship without success. After he changed Team and began to train with Keiji Muto Frye won the G1 World Climax tournament in 2001; After the victory he decided to interrupt his wrestler career to return to mixed martial arts. He returned to the Catch in 2002 for a meeting won against Tadao Yasuda and in 2003, when he entered the all Japan pro wrestling to fight for the Ajpw Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship, losing against Toshiaki Kawada. He returned to fight in Tag Team with Masahiro Chono, with whom he defeated the couple Hiroyoshi Tenzan-Y\u016bji Nagata, and in a three-courses meeting he joined Scott Norton and Manabu Nakanishi to defeat Shinsuke Nakamura, Yutaka Yoshie and Blue Wolf. In the following years he was defeated by Jamal and Josh Barnett in the Inoki Genome Federation. Frye made his debut as an actor in 2004 when he reads in Gojira – final wars In the role of Captain Douglas Gordon. In 2005 he is in the cast of the film Just Another Romantic Wrestling Comedy together with the Wrestler Joanie Laurer and also in No Rules With, among others, Randy Couture and Pamela Anderson. In 2006 he made a appearance in Miami Vice , and also reads in the films Big Stan (together with Randy Couture and Bob Sapp) e Public enemy – Public Enemies . Thanks to his popularity in Japan Frye took part in several commercials, such as that of the Yakisoba spaghetti produced by Nissin Foods. He also worked as a voice actor, giving voice to the Soldier Ant in the animated film Ant Bully – A life from Formica .   Official site . are thepredatordonfrye.com .  ( IN ) Don Frye . are sherdog.com , CraveOnline Media, LLC.  ( IN ) Donald Frye . are Boxrec.com .  ( IN ) Don Frye . are Internet Wrestling Database (IWD) .  ( IN ) Don Frye \/ Don Frye (another version) . are Online World of Wrestling (OWW) .  ( OF , IN ) Don Frye . are Cagematch.net , Philip Kreikenbohm.  ( OF , IN ) Don Frye . are wrestlingdata.com .  ( IN ) Don Frye . are Internet Movie Database , IMDB.com.       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