PRIDE FC Free Fight: Don Frye vs Yoshihiro Takayama (2002) 

That wasn't just consolation either.Sorry to hear of his paralyisis - may that warrior spirit sustain him.Props to Frye for his empathy and respect.

Damn thats sad. Both fighters have amazing hearts and Takayama never backed down once

Jeezus that's horrible. If there is any such man who's heart could carry him through such tragedy it's him. I wish him all the best and hope by any miracle he can overcome it.

What an absolute fucking legend

知らなかった。書き込んでくれてありがとう。

the easy way or the hard way

It's ruhtardid af

Lol brute force maui tai

It's like two cavemen fighting

Or 2 gorillas

Death called in sick that night. Decided it was too dangerous.

@@ObservationofLimitsyou got that right brother. Grim reaper decided he didn’t want none.

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Death decide that they have to live with the glory both of them earned in that fight, for a long life

Not that anyone can prepare for the shit that went down in that fight.

You call only one sir , k

@@guotyr2502 Mister, not sir. And that's because I felt it would be awkward to call him Mr Don. I'm pretty sure it's disrespectful to speak with familiarity to or about someone you don't know in Japan.

so being born in a certain culture makes you more worthy of being respected ? that's just dumb , also using the japanese term is cringe at best , you talked about awkward you talking like a huge weeb is

@@guotyr2502Not being from another culture, continuing to fight a battle he was clearly going to lose. For the fans. I respect Don wholeheartedly, but he wasn't the one who looked like he got mauled by Don Frye afterwards.

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Based.

Well done sir,well done.

That moustache has a higher testosterone level than most men do.

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@@holycrap8367 ៊

ur gay

Literally laughed till it hurt at this comment

We can't even just leave a normal opinion.. everything has to be a meme.. society is dead

Don Frye z tej walki mógłby być mega trudnym rywalem dla fedora gdy wtedy ten był w swoim prime

Same here i saw it on the PPV.

I saw it as well. It was incredible. Pride was the best back in the day.

Just tow MEN battling. This fight was beautiful. Awesome fight.

Yes, i did

Umm, nah bro... I didn't

I jerked off to it several times.

almost

Yea this wasn’t even mma. This was a slug fest. A chin testing fight. Brutal. So brutal. These guys are made out of fucking stone.

1:35 even one of the best MMA fighers of all time is looking with his mouth open behind, you know its on :D

They are Warriors. You have to sacrifice something to get inside. And Frye's inside was just as hard as his outside. Respect

@@Michael-cm5kb 100% mate

Lies again? Civil War Hei Sushi

imagne the crowd in america

wtf lol

@@brofreeze4359 it’s all good - I don’t have a wife. One heckuva fight though!

It would be an honor if you wife slept with Don or Takayama ( and i'm sure she would enjoy it ), thank you for your sacrifice

Its okay my friend, because a woman always has 3 loves in life, Don Fry, Don Fry's moustache and her partner :)

​@@rondyreeves4772If my future wife ever tells me she's fantasizing about these two I'll just lean in and whisper "me too". And I'm not even gay!

Forrest Griffin and Stefan Bonner is definitely a close second though. But I definitely agree with you

@@hinglemccringleberry9138 I think the impact that fight had made it the greatest. Forest and Stefan really sent the ufc rocketing

@@hinglemccringleberry9138 Hmm 🤔 Kimo Leoplda vs Gracie. Frankly a lot of early UFC as in UFC 1-10.Butterbean vs Cabbage (MMA). The unsanatized erra of was (braudly speaking) was legend. Their is no way in hell a guy like Tank Abbot who is proud to be drunk most of the time would be let into the big 3 these days. UFC now would take a hard pass just on his unwillingness be sober and add in (alagedly) having "low testosterone" TRT to help (alagedly), would be the other reason. in the sanatized erra Chael Sonnen would be very unlikely being a CEO of EPO. He could cut a promo, but once he wasn't aloud on juice his performance went to shit. Same a lot of the legends of this erra (looking at you Viktor Greacy) Gracie and Shamrock (the popular one) was legendary as well. It's now why you aren't aloud to lay and pray. even though everyone does lol.

@@EraDaGod nah man go back even further to the likes of UFC 1: A man with record of 666 to nothing. a samoan vs a duch kick boxer and shamrock(the popular one) having a hissy fit. 😂 Now you're talking impact and popularity! Dan Sevren, tank abbot, and Don Frye, all on the same card? no way in hell is that kind of thing happening these days unfortunately. You can thank them all for all the good, bad, and oddly specific rules we have now.

@@hinglemccringleberry9138 lol how about Mario "you have life insurance right?" Yamasaki vs MMA and what did he say to get his stoned as fired "I wanted to allow her show her -breasts to me- er uh show her heart, so I allowed her to "be a warrior" ..." he lost round 10 vs Donna white me thinks.

高山同志万歳!

Fedor is best!

The fact Bas Rutten is doing commentary just further ensures the eternal legacy of this fight...

​@@user-db7hv3bf4x Fedor loh

hard but not smart 🤣🤣🤣

RIP and sorry for your loss brother

Mega moustache for your Old Man I'm sure ❤

RIP and hope you get to see him in these clips

@@maxxpayneez thanks bud. Nothing but love

@@johnnytopgun6414 hell yeah. Made Tom Selleck's stache look like a greasy teenager's first facial hair. Turn Dad upside and you'll sweep the floor clean lickity split

You need to lay off the Prime drinks

​@herbieholcroft wtf is prime, geek This dudes spittin real shit. Go suck off your keyboard

Nah bro I am with you!

Nah youre right that was a thing of beauty. Both of these guys showed a lot of heart and determination

This was men being men. The manliest of men.

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Nope

This is a bar brawl no skills

@@josebaez5967 No martial arts, which is different. Just raw strength.

@@Dan_om3 Yeah Like I said no skills

Like freaking wrestling.

@@bluesuitreviews658 nothing like a wrestling match that I've ever seen. You dont walk away from a wrestling match not being able to see. Hockey is the right description.

Ever fight I've seen of Frye's. He starts the same. Walks up and starts swinging. Comes straight at em 💪

Like rock em sock em robots hahahahahah

You could see by the look in their eyes before the fight they both agreed to do exactly that

Would have been amazing to have a proper scheduled rematch where Takayana-san could prepare

Better now than never!

Hell yeah!! 😁👍

the honed tried and true skill of pounding your opponent

Yes! pride is about how id' imagine things go if you had Mortal koooombaaaat!!! and StreatFighter under one roof, in RL somehow. Sorry but now people are to focused on points they, bluntly, chicken out to do much of anything. Almost all UFC fighters now just hump someone on the fence for 30 minutes and hope the ref and judges went to sleep so they can go home.

No skill but best fight ever?

@@gorkskoal9315 😂😂😂

@@gunsharck First knockout punch wins lmao. 100 percent offense here

This was a hockey fight lol

What do you mean? Takayama blocked every one of those punches with his face! :p

And juice was still in the picture

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Don had his mustache for defense and Takayama had his inner mustache for his

Open CD: punch

L3 Punch, R3 Punch, on/off Punch

artoreus go

artoreus la policia tiene k tener mas esperiemsa

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Unfortunately he won't. But nevertheless he has proven himself as a Bushido over and over again. God bless him

@@deputybluevein93 actually he could. They developed this new technology called “dancing molecules”, I’d give it a search

@@alcostello6114 Spreading the right vibes, fck that Gliese dude..

@@alcostello6114 how much do you two clowns want to bet on that?

Yup, takayama is warrior with bushido in his heart and mind. God bless him

Probably true. I like to say late 90s was peak Kumbaya, soon after Y2K it was all over.

You can see Don clearly frustrated by the way Takayama still get up and fights.

Takayama was one tough SOB in both pro wrestling and MMA

And Don frye wasn't the same after this. These two risked it all.

Both took as much punishment as each other, both have the true heart of warrior

​@@RC-nv6rcclearly Don Frye didn't take as much punishment as Yoshihiro Takayama did.

I also imagine being that big causes more stress on the body so he probably gets worn out a lot easier

@@doomi_nukem Same can be said with having a lot of muscle mass, the bigger and wider you are whether that be from pure muscle or just from weight/fat it will drain your energy tank quickly. I felt bad for Takayama at the end, you can see the welt, the bruising and the blood on his face but he was a warrior for sure.

I was thinking the same thing. He would have been unstoppable if he'd begun with boxing instead of other martial arts. Plus, his height put him at a severe disadvantage when standing toe to toe and throwing like that. His long arms simply needed more room to deliver their full power. Keeping him close and trading like that was a good strategy, as he could only punch at 50-75% efficiency.

​@@jamescard299with that soccer mom technique, he won't last one round in boxing.

Amazing

Definitely showing my 10 yr old boy this fight tonight!

Yeeees

01:24 Wanderlei Silva's face in the background like WTF is this!?!?!?

Well spotted. You have a great eye bro..

or the dumbest fight in combat sports history....

@@plisskennn lmaaao

worth

Stonks

That's a good way to explain it casual

pshhh most of these guys had to wait to be Born to watch this fight

Pfffff, amateur I only had to wait 10

Right it's like them punches this shared off that mustache. Mustaches made iron

The warrior code. Deep respect between worthy opponents

Don created Frankenstein haha

Strength, power, skill, respect. These guys are the whole package.

Frye bowed lower showing the utmost respect

Might as well have a 🌈 flag in there

Amen to that... The guy took like 45 blows to the face from Don Frye... Meanwhile, any of us could just barely take one lol

Don Frye absorbed that massive knee to the head, too. Most people would be in the hospital after that.

@@pauliedibbs9028 you wouldn t be able to take one shot, get over youreself.

@@vladraduandrei5227 I'll admit, not many can take as many shots on the chin as you, Radu..

Dude he absorbed so many shots it's insane

EE GW An Ozzyman reviews guy huh?

except for that haircut...

Yeah I heard this one was in the Guiness Book of Fuckin Retards edition. Nah, it was entertaining..

@Mhd max you have no clues

nope, that was great!

I think this was the manliest fight of all time

@@boobtoob2507 nah yan vs sterling 1 is the manliest fight in human history

@@Chadius_Thundercock facts

@@LarsTragel-zh7ei nah pride was THE fighting organization before the UFC took over the sport. It was based in Japan and was the UFCs rival for a couple years before pride was bought. Pride was kind of shady though and were apparently run by the yakuza, which was one of the reasons for its downfall

Oh no I realized this guy was probably being sarcastic, I’m gonna get wooshed

Lmao

Underrated comment lol

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And Apparently it works really good when you compare their faces lol

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@@JonesGplay hahaha

Wahahahahahaha!

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I love watching professional fights, each fighter brings their own “energy” and each fight is unique. But my absolute favorite part of any fight is when they show good sportsmanship and concern for one another.

Is there any consideration that this fight is at all staged?

@@genox3636 absolutely not. That would be an insult to both of these warriors.

@@chairmanofthebored6860 ah

@@genox3636 yes, and that's fake blood. Come on man.

Incredible fortitude and heart. Like Don Frye said of him: "The image of Bushido and Strength and Triumph."

Im your 1000th like on this

@@spectrespartan8140 there 548 likes 😄

@@lukef1586 now there are 1k

@@ma8_ 🙏🏼 thanks

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Hahahaha!

Lol

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You clearly haven't seen many fights. They're just throwing the same sissy punches at eachother for 10 minutes, no movement, no force summation no nothing..

​@@dirtyshinobii Throwing sissy punches even though he made Takayamas face look like a swollen Hemmeroid. Ok lol.

​@@dirtyshinobiiyou obviously do not know what sissy means

@@Cumman23678 "soft, timid, or oversensitive, or overly interested in things traditionally associated with women." Those punches were sissy. I've seen better punches thrown in middle school

@@dirtyshinobii you haven't lol

That staredown looked like two characters from The Simpsons.

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Indeed

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@@tonyjimenez6801 f2

Whenever i feel down i watch this and feel pumped

The fucking tv guy voice is in my head lmao

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@@viperRX you can bet 🤣🤣🤣🤣

YOU AGAIN?!!!!

Also, he keeps pressing X for a combo.

Jealous Mr. Mustachless? Lol

Why i keep seeing u

You AGAIN?

I think the biggest difference in the result was compound damage: Takayama hit different parts of the body whereas Don almost entirely focused his strikes one side of his opponent's jaw. I can't imagine how painful it would feel to keep fighting under those circumstances. Takayama has an unbreakable spirit.

Takayama was a (catch) wrestler while Don was an MMA fighter. Takayama had little to no combat sport experience and was essentially a card filler for a freakshow fight. But since the first three matches on the card sucked the energy out of the audience; Takayama went up to Don with a gentleman's agreement. Let's wake up this crowd and go for broke. Don thought Takayama was crazy, but this was going to be Frye's last fight with Pride FC, and said "fuck it, i'm in" (Pride renewed Don's contract after this fight with a massive bonus) So not only did Takayama survive it, he asked for it to entertain the crowd.

"his skull was in pieces - shattered"- what are you mumbling about you clueless moron!? He had facial bruises and swelling, nothing more. I can't believe I have to actually say: 'his skull was intact'. Stick to the kitchen. 😮

Well, maybe Takayama has a secret superpower we don't know about - like an indestructible skull made of vibranium or adamantium. Or maybe he just has a really thick head, both literally and figuratively. I mean, the guy took so many hits to the dome, he could probably audition for a role in a zombie movie without any makeup. But seriously, watching two warriors like Takayama and Don Frye battle it out is like watching a medieval joust - except with more blood and less horses

I don't know how Don survived the knee blow from Takayama right after they fell to the ground, it was a knockout shot that actually made a hole in Don's frontal skull :)

The Japanese show so much love for anything they attend. Sumo, concerts, etc. They are badass fans

@slevinlindsay yeah that's how I am, people will be trying to talk to me while I'm watching and I'm just thinking "can you shut up for a minute because it looks like this guy is trying to set up a fucking twister"

you killed me dude :-D

I think anyone would be allergic with Don Frye whaling on them like a speedbag.

Don't worry, he took antihistamines after the fight.

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Hahahahaha

Definitely, but Forrest Griffin and Stefan Bonner will always be the close second

7:30 how

7:99 wew

well, said.

Diego Mendi haha

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Yes, but one of these small table tennis bats, where the ball is attached with a rope

...and he looks like Fredy Mercury xD

It’s that pornstache and trunks.

He looks mexican lmfao

you beat me to it lol

@ArchAingeal great, racism. He has a huge mustache and wears a hat.

And you can tell the crowd appreciated it, too. It's amazing because Japanese crowds are usually very respectful and quiet, but when they saw the unmitigated war going on between Frye and Takayama, they couldn't help but lose their cool. None of us can help it when we see this fight. This was perhaps the last recorded instance of two actual warriors giving everything they had to win.

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El Vegano Cordobes that’s why don Frye didn’t block any punches

@@blazingharry5574 Errrr that was his point lol

El Vegano Cordobes underrated comment

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forreal tho ahahaaa

PFFFT HAHAHAHA

It's funny, the two actually DID wind up with a tremendous amount of respect for each other. When Takayama received a potentially life-ending injury, Frye personally wrote to Takayama as his most honored opponent and damn near begged Takayama to live on.

that was a very nice gesture actually, specially if you consider that Taka wasnt that properly trained in mma yet he won the respect of a legend like Don.

Frye actually went and visited him in Japan a couple years ago. They both gained enough respect for each other that night to have a friendship.

That turns you on doesn't it?

It’s true. As entertaining as it is, they both walked out of the ring with life altering problems moving forward. That’s the price for an incredible fight. Much love to both of these incredible fighters.

What were the life altering injuries?

@@solomonstello I don't know about Don Frye, but Takayama is currently paralysed from the shoulder dow for a spinal injury he suffered later in his career.

@WINRetrogaming98 Thanks! Yes they are living legends!

@@pomodorino1766 Don Frye was unable to win afterwards due to aftereffects of this match.During surgery for the aftereffects,he suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and was in a coma for three weeks.That is why his family ran away from him so he spent his rehabilitation in a solitude.(I used translator app so maybe my English grammar is incorrect.sorry)

LOL!!

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Good one

THEY NEED MORE VERSATILITY AND CRIT. STRIKE

Underrated comment of the year! Hahaha

Takayama is the text book embodiment of bushido and never giving in. He is someone All men should aspire to be like.

I just read from another comment his condition is improving and he is able to stand now

@@eggchin22x78 Wow that is great news. Much respect to Takayama

How did he get injured?

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@@antoniosamtos207 oooh ok

@Alex Amaya nah he'll get TKO'd just like his last couple of fights.

.more Steroids..

@Alex Amaya Don Frye wrestled for years. He was a NCAA division I wrestler. And Don Frye can punch and take a punch. Tuivasa can't wrestle at all and he gets knocked out. Don Frye would own Tuivasa.

LMAOOOO i like this one better then the other ones

Guess Rocky Balboa wasnt such a bad boxer after all

Blocking punches with your face ? You must be high son

momo yase it’s a joke idiot

@@runeplate123 its okay every comment needs their idiots here and there lol.

MrBrenman21 i hope they upload some of Nick Diaz’s fights or even the Heavyweight Grand Prix.

Style Bender they should upload some nick Diaz fights for sure

There is already Fedor vs Rodrigo fight on UFC Russia channel

Егор Егоркин good looks

WEC fights would be amazing

Kansas Geoff oh for sure. From now on whenever I have just 1 of something, it’s a collection.

Lol

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I've watched two of his fights and all I see him collecting is American ass whippins. 😆

and ready to kill.

Frye looked to be in better shape but Takayama had the support of the Japanese People - I think that support kept him on his feet a bit too long - see how he collapses after the fight?

Edmond: head movement Fighters: that's Facking illegal

@@tell-it7649 typical mojahed viewer

Indeed... good call

Wtf the fuck

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freddie mercury in steroids 😂😂😂

No, he looks like Freddie's husband, Jim Hutton.