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Don Frye is a professional wrestler and a professional mixed martial arts fighter.

Biography

Frye began wrestling as a freshman in 1984 for Arizona State, where he was trained by fellow future Ultimate Fighting Championship legend, then assistant wrestling coach, Dan Severn. In 1987, he won the freestyle and Greco-Roman events during an Olympic qualifier. A year later, he transfered to Oklahoma State, where he counted another future UFC star amongst his teams mates; Randy Couture. In 1995, Frye helped train his old friend Dan Severn for the Ultimate Ultimate, accompanying Severn's entourage to Denver. Severn returned the favour in 1996, when he acted as Frye's manager for UFC 8; 'The Predator' went on to win the tournament with relative ease. However, the controversial nature of the event meant that Frye was barred from both firefighting, his previous occupation in Bisbee, Arizona, and from training in the Buena High School gym he had used since his ASU days. He is considered one of the original "cross trained" MMA competitors who have a background in multiple disciplines. Along with his collegiate wrestling experience, Frye holds a 2nd degree black belt in Judo and a professional boxing record.

Frye has beaten notable MMA competitors including Ken Shamrock, David "Tank" Abbott and Gary Goodridge. Frye was once one of the most dominant figures in MMA, but has lately focused on other endeavors. He primarily wrestles for New Japan Professional Wrestling, but occasionally takes part in MMA bouts (or even K1-style kickboxing matches).

Frye's most recent appearance was in the 50th Anniversary Godzilla film Godzilla: Final Wars (2004). "Gojira: Fainaru uôzu". Frye plays the role of Captain Douglas Gordon. In an interview, Frye mentions that unlike his fights where he has complete control, acting in a Godzilla film he had no control but enjoyed the experience nonetheless. The director of "Godzilla Final Wars" Ryuhei Kitamura, mentioned that he wrote the Gordon role with Frye in mind since he was a fan of Frye's fighting matches. Kitamura, found Frye's tough-guy/good-heart demeanor to be the perfect role for the comic book character of Gordon. Most of his dialogue in the movie was in English. It was found quite interesting due to the fact that it seemed the Gordon character can understand Japanese, yet cannot speak it very well.

Record

Professional mixed martial arts:14-5-0 (win-loss-draw) with 1 no contest.

Win Yoshihiro Nakao Decision (Unanimous) K-1-Premium 2004 Dynamite 31 December 2004

Win Yoshihiro Nakao No Contest - Accidental Headbutt K-1 MMA-ROMANEX 22 May 2004

Loss Gary Goodridge KO (Kick) PRIDE-Shockwave 2003 31 December 2003

Loss Mark Coleman
Decision (Unanimous) PRIDE 26-Bad to the Bone 8 June 2003

Loss Hidehiko Yoshida Technical Submission (Armbar) PRIDE 23-Championship Chaos2 24 November 2002

Win Yoshihiro Takayama TKO (Punches) PRIDE 21-Demolition 23 June 2002

Win Ken Shamrock
Decision (Split) PRIDE 19-Bad Blood 24 February 2002

Win Cyril Abidi Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2001-K-1 vs. Inoki 31 December 2001

Win Gilbert Yvel DQ (Eye Gouging) PRIDE 16-Beasts From The East 24 September 2001

Win David Abbott Submission (Rear Naked Choke) UU 96-Ultimate Ultimate 1996 7 December 1996

Win Mark Hall Submission (Achilles Hold) UU 96-Ultimate Ultimate 1996 7 December 1996

Win Gary Goodridge Submission (Fatigue) UU 96-Ultimate Ultimate 1996 7 December 1996

Win Mark Hall Submission (Forearm Choke) U-Japan 17 November 1996

Loss Mark Coleman TKO (Strikes) UFC 10-The Tournament 12 July 1996

Win Brian Johnston Submission (Strikes) UFC 10-The Tournament 12 July 1996

Win Mark Hall TKO (Strikes) UFC 10-The Tournament 12 July 1996

Win Amaury Bitetti TKO (Strikes) UFC 9-Motor City Madness 17 May 1996

Win Gary Goodridge Submission (Position) UFC 8-David vs. Goliath 16 February 1996

Win Sam Adkins TKO (Cut) UFC 8-David vs. Goliath 16 February 1996

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