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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 96 tournaments and finished as runner-up at UFC 10 in his first year of competition.
At the end of the event, Abbott met his final adversary in Don Frye himself, with the winner of the fight gaining a title shot against Dan Severn. Despite Frye being a superior wrestler like Severn, Abbott caught him with a hard left jab and dominated the match onwards with wild strikes, appearing as if he could win by KO at any moment.
The submission loss came after Severn avoided Gracie's submission efforts for 15 minutes, the longest UFC fight up until that time. He was the first world-class wrestler to enter the UFC, foreshadowing the period of dominance by wrestlers such as Don Frye in UFC 8 and 9 and Mark Coleman in UFC 10 and 11.
UFC 8 was the first UFC event located outside of the Continental United States.It featured an eight-man tournament, and a UFC Superfight Championship fight between reigning UFC champion Ken Shamrock and Kimo Leopoldo.
Don Frye: TKO (punches) 1 6:23 Lightweight Shinya Aoki: def. Brian Lo-A-Njoe: Submission (armbar) 1 1:33 Heavyweight Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou: def. Ricardo Arona:
Don Frye: Submission (achilles lock) UFC: Ultimate Ultimate 1996: December 7, 1996: 1 0:20 Birmingham, Alabama, United States Ultimate Ultimate 1996 Semifinals. Win 4–3 Felix Mitchell TKO (punches) UFC: Ultimate Ultimate 1996: December 7, 1996: 1 1:45 Birmingham, Alabama, United States Ultimate Ultimate 1996 Alternate Bout. Loss 3–3 Don Frye
This event marked the 10th anniversary of the UFC and to celebrate, the UFC inaugurated its Hall of Fame, with Royce Gracie and Ken Shamrock as the first inductees. UFC President Dana White said; "We feel that no two individuals are more deserving than Royce and Ken to be the charter members.
Mark Coleman was a late substitution for Don Frye, who had earned the rematch with Severn after winning the Ultimate Ultimate 1996, but was unable to participate in UFC 12 because of injuries he had suffered in that previous event. Frye never returned to the UFC. "Judgement Day" also featured two alternate bouts in case of tournament injury.