Don Frye was one of the best fighters in the early UFC days. He is widely considered the first MMA fighter. Don Frye made his UFC debut at UFC 8, knocking out Thomas Ramirez in 8 seconds, then finishing Sam Adkins, and submitting Gary Goodridge to become the UFC 8 tournament champion on February 16, 1996. Don Frye then returned to the UFC at UFC 9 and finished Amaury Bitetti. Don then Returned at UFC 10, finishing Mark Hall, submitting Brian Johnston, but ultimately lost to Mark Coleman in the finals of UFC 10. Don was upset over his loss to Mark Coleman, returning to U-Japan to finish Mark hall and then entering the Ultimate Ultimate 96 tournament, finishing Gary Goodridge, submitting Mark Hall, and submitting Tank Abbott in the finals to become the Ultimate Ultimate 96 tournament champion. Don then left the UFC to become a Pro wrestler but eventually returned to MMA, submitting Eric Valdez, beating Gilbert Yvel, submitting Cyril Abidi, beating Ken Shamrock and then at pride 21 Don Frye faced Yoshihiro Takayama in the manliest fight in MMA history. Don Frye and Takayama punched each other in the face countless times but Ultimately Don Frye finished Yoshihiro Takayama. Don’s career never reached the same heights again, suffering many losses after this fight, including Mark Coleman, Gary Goodridge, and others. Don Frye will be remembered as perhaps the greatest MMA fighter in the early UFC’s and a UFC hall-of-famer revered for his authentic toughness and the manliness that characterized the best single year in MMA history.
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Mark was 265 lb he was a monster he was a fing gorilla I think I need a lot of luck to win that fight you know a lot of luck I’ve made it to the championship fight I’ll be using my Freestyle Wrestling skills to bring back the title to Columbus Ohio oh then almost didn’t come out for that final fight with Mark colan thought about making up Sheed pulling out ho did it Shamrock did it so maybe I should do it but then I looked at the guys that they had for alternat would been criminals and one of those kids out there I’m Don fry I’m here in the finals for another championship it’s all mine baby money in the bank so I went back out there and I took my ass whooping just like a man should that was the head butt days too yeah yeah when Mark would get on top of you and and get control of you and start smashing his head into your face I never once thought about tapping you know they didn’t they didn’t pay me to TAP they pay me to fight Mark hman whooped my ass for 9 and a half minutes straight know that my first loss it’s F Coleman and that is all hark Coleman wins UFC 10
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😂😂😂😂 don such a legend
My dad actually went to dinner with Don Frye once, he accidentally took a sip from his glass, now he lifts 400KG with no spotter and has hands so tough he can sand a rock with them.
That’s a real man right there!
That was a beating he took.
More than 1 fight in 1 night? These guys put mma to shame!
Dude, I forgot about The Hammer. Scary freaking individual
Don Frye bad ass ❤✝️
That's my man Mr. FRY 😮
Respect to the man, but Royce never backed out of a fight because he was scared. In fact, the fight he backed out of was probably against one of the weakest opponents… and it was because of the damage he took against Kimo in his first fight.
Don fry was a great fighter tough as hell man never back down
Dan Severn is my man!!!
Mark basically cheated if it wasnt for the massive amounts lf steroids he was taking don would have DESTROYED him
Well Coleman was absolutely juiced up too. I don’t think Don was on much at that time
Don Frye talks about the early ufc like the Vietnam war. “ I knew if I didn’t go they’d send one of these kids.”
That's a fkn G.
What a Class act!! Don Frye for President!!
"I took my ass whoopin just like a man should"
No wonder Frye started juicing. Revenge.
Summer of 94 at OSU i went to go see a homie who was from Steubenville. He told me go on in it’s only Mark in there I’ll be in a few minutes. I never met Mark at this time, but I went in and saw one of the largest dudes I’d ever seen sitting on the couch. Didn’t say anything to each other. I smoked a couple bong hits then got a drink out of the Burger King cup I had just gotten with lunch. I looked at my cup and saw it was Mark Coleman US Olympic Greco Roman star on the it and it was the same dude in the OSU wrestling hoodie and shorts. That’s how I met Mark Coleman. Dude was freakin chiseled outta granite and you could feel the power just sitting across from him. Never knew he would be UFC at the time but it sure made sense.
Sounds like a western story at the end lol
You just can't get more manly dammit…. Manly manly what a manly man…. Manly. MANLY!
Tch tch… Voice is a little feminine though.
I imagined him saying, "That was the finest beating i ever took"in the voice of Bill "the Butcher".
Real men out there !!! I will always have a huge amont of respect for these pioneers !
I saw my first ufc back to 1995 as a teenager….. It doesn't make me any younger😅.
when don said he was going to take a ass whooping you know how good the other guy was
Coleman was on a shitload of gear, just like his buddies Kerr, Randleman, and Baroni.
Mark was a bad mother fucker to do not forget that
I don't like Mark Coleman the way he is extremely cruel with his opponents and beat them when he has upper hand in fights against them…….
Mark was 243 lbs lol
So not a tap machine
Legend
Did Don smoke crack for 20 years? Fry his chords?
Don Fry is a man’s man..
Stand up guy