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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 David vs. Goliath 96 tournaments and finished as runner-up at UFC 10 in his first year of competition.
With the growing worldwide popularity of mixed martial arts (MMA) as an athletic sport, numerous MMA films have come to theaters, television, and DVDs.. The following is a list of live action MMA films where at least one character or martial artist fights in the MMA style or MMA is the central theme.
List of UFC events is a list of events held and scheduled by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. UFC's first event, UFC 1 , took place on November 12, 1993.
UFC 80: Rapid Fire was a mixed martial arts (MMA) event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), that took place on January 19, 2008 at the Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle, United Kingdom. [ 1 ]
Mixed martial arts (MMA) [a] is a full-contact fighting sport based on striking and grappling, incorporating techniques from various combat sports from around the world. [10]In the early 20th century, various inter-stylistic contests took place throughout Japan and the countries of East Asia.
At UFC 48 on June 19, 2004, a 40-year-old Shamrock returned to fight the 244 lb (111 kg; 17.4 st) Kimo Leopoldo in a rematch of the UFC 8 Superfight Championship match, which Shamrock had won via submission due to a kneebar. The rematch saw Shamrock once again win, this time by way of KO.
In his UFC debut, Northcutt also made his lightweight debut when he faced Francisco Treviño on October 3, 2015, at UFC 192. He won via technical-knockout (TKO) in 57 seconds. [15] Northcutt's second UFC fight was against Cody Pfister on December 10, 2015, at UFC Fight Night 80. [16] [17] Northcutt won the fight via guillotine choke in the ...
The new Hall of Fame was a passion project of former UFC executive Anthony Evans, who pitched UFC President Dana White on the four-wing structure several times before finally getting White's permission in 2015. [4] The UFC Hall of Fame is located in the UFC Performance Institute on the walls of the first and second floor staircase. [5]