Don Frye
American mixed martial artist
Donald Frye · ドン・フライ · 돈 프라이
- Born
- 23 November 1965, Sierra Vista
- Citizenship
- United States
- Sport
- judo, boxing, mixed martial arts
- Discipline
- heavyweight
- Occupation
- professional wrestler, actor, judoka, mixed martial arts fighter, television actor
- Height
- 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
- Weight
- 93 kg (205 lb)
Donald Frye (born November 23, 1965) is an American former mixed martial artist, professional wrestler, and actor. In MMA, he was one of the sport's earliest well-rounded fighters and won the UFC 8 and Ultimate Ultimate 1996 tournaments and finished as runner-up at UFC 10 in his first year of competition. He retired from MMA in 1997 to pursue a career in professional wrestling with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) 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 fought bouts with Ken Shamrock and Yoshihiro Takayama during his two years in Pride. He departed the promotion to compete in K-1 and Hero's in 2004 but returned for the final Pride event in 2007. He was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame in 2016.
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