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Posted: May 20 2011 01:18 am

this interview was published in Muscle & Fitness magazine about 2 months ago, and i figured i would share w/you guys. i thought it was great & Don Frye rules.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0801/is_4_72/ai_n57310129/?tag=mantle_skin;content

Quote:

Today's UFC fighters almost have it easy compared to Don Frye. They have to fight only one guy in a night, and they don't need to worry about getting head-butted or kicked in the balls (at least not intentionally). The 6'1", 220-pound Frye--nicknamed "The Predator" for the way he stalked his opponents--talked to us about fighting in the UFC back when gloves (and shoes) were optional, his bodybuilding influences, and what it means to be tough.

M&F: Mixed martial arts fans remember you as one of the first fighters who cross-trained. How did you come to train in so many styles before it was popular?

FRYE: I was never good at any of them [laughs]. You know, jack-of-all-trades, master of none. I wrestled in high school, and I did a Golden Gloves [boxing] tournament in eighth grade. Did you win?

No! I knocked the guy down, and that made him mad. He got up and broke my nose. They stopped the fight because I bled tike a stuck pig. It taught me that any time you can beat somebody up and not go to jail, it's fun.

When did you get into judo?

After college and boxing [Frye had a few pro fights], when I was a firefighter. I was in a bad marriage and had to vent.

continued at the link
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0801/is_4_72/ai_n57310129/?tag=mantle_skin;content

Joined: May 22 2009 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 353

Best Pride fight ever. Don Frye should be in the hall of fame.

Posted: May 28 2011 03:52 pm

Frye was the fucking man. If Blain from Predator fought MMA, he'd be Don Frye.

Posted: Sep 26 2011 12:52 pm

Hate to necro this, but first I saw this thread
I love a lot of the greats from the first era of the UFC /Pride / Pancrease
Don Frye is one of them

I also love the idea of Don Frye facts as opposed to Chuck Norris, for example
(you can find many of these on sherdog)

Don Frye does not lather, rinse, repeat. Don Frye repeats for no one
A single hair from Don Frye's moustache can hold up the Sears Tower
Don Frye was born with the moustache he now has
Chuck Norris goes to bed in Don Frye pajamas
Don Frye can believe its not butter
Don Frye works part time for Ginsu sharpening knives on his elbows
Don Frye's moustache is Tom Selleck's father
Don Frye isn't allowed to breed because there can only be one
Don Frye invented ground beef by throwing a cow through a chain link fence
When Don Frye was born and the doctor slapped him, Don Frye's moustache killed the doctor

Joined: Sep 17 2007 Location: The Opium Trail Posts: 3474

This is pretty awesome.

Posted: Oct 07 2011 11:41 am

WOW, further proof Don Frye is not only hilarious, but also the man

Posted: Oct 07 2011 11:52 am

Damn! Haggar is a Pride Fighter now? I guess they don't allow Piledrivers in pride fights, huh.