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Don Frye
Donald "Don" Frye (born November 23, 1965) is an American former mixed martial artist, amateur, professional wrestler, and actor. In MMA he was one of the sport's earliest well-rounded fighters and he had instant success, winning the ''UFC 8'' and ''Ultimate Ultimate 96'' tournaments and finishing as runner-up ''UFC 10'' in his first year of competition. Despite his accomplishments, he retired from MMA in 1997 to pursue a career in professional wrestling with New Japan Pro Wrestling and quickly became one of the company's leading heels. After spending four years as one of Japan's top ''gaijin'' wrestlers, Frye returned to MMA with the Pride Fighting Championships in September 2001, much more muscle-bound and sporting an American patriot persona in response to the September 11 attacks. After developing a reputation for toughness and fighting spirit, mostly due to his legendary bouts with Ken Shamrock and Yoshihiro Takayama during his two-year stint in Pride, Frye departed the promotion to compete in K-1 and Hero's in 2004 but returned for the final Pride event in 2007.
==Background==
Born of Irish, Scottish and Pennsylvania Dutch descent, Don Frye 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 legend, then assistant wrestling coach, Dan Severn. In 1987, he won the freestyle and Greco-Roman events during an Olympic qualifier. A year later, he transferred to Oklahoma State University–Stillwater, where he encountered another future UFC star amongst his teammates: Randy Couture.
After college, Frye trained in boxing for a year and a half and made his professional debut on August 28, 1989 in Phoenix, Arizona, scoring a first round knockout over Luis Mora. This would be his one and only boxing match as he soon retired and went on to work as a firefighter and an emergency medical technician.〔(UFC The Early Years: What You May Have Missed Part 3 (UFC 6-8) )〕 During this time, he also took up judo and earned the rank of second ''dan'' black belt.〔(16 Questions for Don Frye )〕
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