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Daniel DeWayne Severn (born June 8, 1958), nicknamed "the Beast", is an American semi-retired professional wrestler, retired mixed martial artist [1] and amateur wrestler.A UFC Hall of Fame member, Severn is considered one of the leading pioneers of mixed martial arts [2] [3] and the first true world-class wrestler to compete in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. [4]
Frye was born of Irish and Scottish descent. He began wrestling at Buena High School in Sierra Vista, Arizona, then in college for Arizona State University in 1984, where he was trained by fellow future Ultimate Fighting Championship competitor, assistant wrestling coach Dan Severn.
In the tournament side of the event, Dan Severn won in the finals by defeating Dave Beneteau via a keylock submission. The referee for the night was 'Big' John McCarthy . This UFC event was the last with the involvement of UFC co-creator Rorion Gracie , ostensibly because of the introduction of time-limits, which ran counter to his family's ...
Gracie's final tournament bout was against Dan Severn, a former Pan American freestyle wrestling gold medalist. Severn dominated the fight, securing takedowns and maintaining top control throwing ground and pound for nearly fifteen minutes. However Gracie eventually managed to secure a triangle choke for the submission victory at 15:49 of round ...
The main event was the highly anticipated rematch between reigning UFC Superfight Champion Ken Shamrock and number one contender Dan Severn, who had fought one year earlier at UFC 6 for the UFC Superfight Championship, with Shamrock reigning victorious.
Dan Severn is a 2-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion By 1994, the Eastern Championship Wrestling (ECW) territory became the NWA's most televised affiliated wrestling promotion. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] The NWA decided to hold an NWA World Title Tournament through ECW at the ECW Arena in August 1994, which was won by Shane Douglas .
Ken Shamrock was supposed to face Josh Barnett at SuperBrawl 16 February 8, 2000, but withdrew due to pay issues, Shamrock was the favorite to win the bout and was replaced by former fellow UFC Superfight Champion Dan Severn, He signed with Pride Fighting Championships and defeated Alexander Otsuka by KO due to punches at the Pride Grand Prix ...
Dan Severn 3: Pts Raw The Godfather: Pts 8/3 Scorpio Raw 8-Ball: 7/20 Scorpio: Pts 1 Steve Blackman won the bout, but was forced to withdraw due to an injury ...