Don Frye Back in the UFC

"You don't come to quote movies or thank your sponsors," Don Frye recently barked on SportingNews.com’s The Rumble. "You don't come to have your fingernails or your toenails painted. Goddamn, you come to fight, not to be a fairy. Fight, that's what these two old boys are going to do.”

Those “two old boys” in question are, of course, Randy Couture and Mark Coleman. The legendary former UFC champions are set to do battle at UFC 109 next month.

Frye, a former UFC tournament winner and true icon of the old PRIDE FC, went on to explain that this particular event is the first UFC PPV he’s ordering in the last 10 years.

Most fans are complaining about the main event. So why is Frye, a non-UFC fighter, going so far out of his way to create hype for this show?

Well, we got our answer early this morning.

“I’m not saying Don Frye’s coming back to fight in the UFC,” Dana White told the wildly popular Juiceboxing 101 author Justin Orel. “What I’m saying is, Don Frye’s coming back to dominate the UFC.”

At first glance, it seems like Frye’s vintage value, especially in light of the new Best of PRIDE series beginning, is the only reason he got the contract. That, or so many fighters are injured or sick right now that Frye is a last-ditch effort. Dana assures us this isn’t the case.

The always-controversial UFC President then further illustrated the details behind Frye’s signing, but not before firing some shots at future critics.

“Don Frye is only 44-years-old. That’s not a big deal anymore. Randy’s 46. Coleman’s 45. And they’re sniffing at the Light-Heavyweight title right now. If you wanna point fingers at old fighters, look at Hershel Walker. He’s older than all of them, and he’s not even a real f***in’ fighter. Don Frye is a legit badass.”

Also chiming in almost immediately on Frye’s signing was UFC commentator Joe Rogan.

“I’ve seen a LOT of guys come and go throughout the years,” Joe told me. “And I’ve called thousands of fights. So when people ask me about the most memorable fight I’ve seen, I always tell them about the Don Frye-Yoshihiro Takayama fight from PRIDE 21. How often do you see an Olympic wrestler bang like that?”

Well, Joe, I personally am not thrilled with seeing Don Frye "bang" anything. However, I'd be lying if I said I wasn't super excited for his UFC re-debut in 2010.

Frye’s contract is supposedly only for one fight, so I’m assuming it’s going to be a big one. Don’t be surprised to see Frye stroll into the Octagon following the Couture-Coleman fight and engage in an epic stare-down with his next opponent.

Or his next victim.

source:
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/328536-juiceboxing-101-don-frye-back-in-the-ufc

Really?

Quote :

“I’m not saying Don Frye’s coming back to fight in the UFC,” Dana White told the wildly popular Juiceboxing 101 author Justin Orel. “What I’m saying is, Don Frye’s coming back to dominate the UFC.”

Is this a fucking joke.

Who is next Harold Howard? This is getting ridiculous.

I'm still in shock over this

Who's he gonna fight?

Kimbo, if Kimbo beats Mitrione

redvexx8 wrote:

Tom is a funny guy.

tolivendiewithLA wrote:

I'm still in shock over this

Who's he gonna fight?

Kimbo, if Kimbo beats Mitrione

According to the article the winner of Coleman/Couture is a huge possibility.

Ugh, what? if anything he should fight the loser, and only if it's Coleman.

tolivendiewithLA wrote:

Ugh, what? if anything he should fight the loser, and only if it's Coleman.

Yes, I can't wait to see Coleman vs Frye 3.

He will probably fight the winner. They are just giving Randy old school guys to fight in his last couple matches that won't decapitate him. But boy did they ever hype the shit out of Don Frye in that article

I'm not a fan of any fight for him in the UFC, but if he has to fight someone, that's who I'm giving him.

Randy would be going from Brock, to Nog, to Vera, to Coleman, to Frye

I'm going to laugh so hard when Randy gets a title shot at LHW in like the last fight of his career and Dana will say he earned it by beating Coleman and Frye. He's already setting the groundwork by claiming Couture and Coleman are "sniffing at the Light Heavyweight title right now"

I wish he would fight Chuck. Some1 would getted killed but it would be entertaining.

you all know this makes me smile

this is reminding me of when Duran, Leonard, and Hearns went on the oldies tour in the 90s

That story had at least 3 head shakers in it. There are 2 hilarious points in this paragraph alone:

“Don Frye is only 44-years-old. That’s not a big deal anymore. Randy’s 46. Coleman’s 45. And they’re sniffing at the Light-Heavyweight title right now. If you wanna point fingers at old fighters, look at Hershel Walker. He’s older than all of them, and he’s not even a real f***in’ fighter. Don Frye is a legit badass.”

But a Frye Kimbo matchup? Bring it.

I for one have made a total turn around on my outlook toward the rapidly developing circus division in the UFC.

Ninja\Rua/Fan wrote:

tolivendiewithLA wrote:

I'm still in shock over this

Who's he gonna fight?

Kimbo, if Kimbo beats Mitrione

According to the article the winner of Coleman/Couture is a huge possibility.

Ha! It's a AARP tourney!

I have no problem with it, I am waiting for him to bring Kerr back next.

Joe Rogan hypes everyone. Don Frye was never an olympian, though that wont get in Rogan's way of claiming that he was. Plus, even if he was an Olympian in his prime, that would have been 20 years ago!

Severn will be next.

While we are at it, maybe they should get Steve Jennum? Harold Howard? Maybe Keith Hackney?

Damn Andrew is going all the way back lol. Didn't throw in the towel against Howard cuz he was hurt? Got the early UFCs on DVD but its been years

Yeah, Royce walked out there but he had nothing left and they threw the towel in before the fight actually began. I did love Keith Hackney though, that guy was tough!