Hidehiko Yoshida vs Don Frye Pride 23 Championship Chaos 2

Hidehiko Yoshida vs Don Frye Pride 23 Championship Chaos 2
Year : 2002
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Hidehiko Yoshida (born September 3, 1969) is a Japanese gold-medalist judoka and retired mixed martial artist. He is a longtime veteran of Japan's PRIDE Fighting Championships, competing in the Middleweight (93kg) and Heavyweight divisions. He won gold at the 1992 Summer Olympic Games at 78 kg. Yoshida also had two famous fights with MMA pioneer Royce Gracie that resulted in a no-contest and a time-limit draw.
Yoshida first came onto the judo scene at the 1991 World Judo Championships in Barcelona, taking third place at 78 kg. He then took gold in the 1991 All Japan Judo Championships and 1992 A-Tournament in Sofia before entering the 1992 Summer Olympic Games. He swept the competition in Barcelona, winning all six matches by Ippon en route to his first Olympic gold medal. He went on to medal in the 1993, 1995 and 1999 World Championships, but didn't win gold at the Olympics again. He finished in fifth place at the 1996 Summer Games and ninth at the 2000 Summer Games. He retired from Judo after the 2000 Summer Games.
In 2002, Yoshida turned fully his attention to the world of mixed martial arts, where he had already worked as a color commentator, and signed up with Pride Fighting Championship to become a fighter. He accepted the premise of having to fight high level opponents. He also vowed to compete in a judogi in order to draw interest to judo as a martial art. Yoshida later founded the team Yoshida Dojo, which focuses both in judo and MMA.
As his retirement, Yoshida participated in an event called ASTRA for his last fight on April 25, 2010, as a response to his frustration with his previous promotion. Yoshida lost the fight via unanimous decision to Kazuhiro Nakamura, a long-time student of his dojo.
Yoshida is a graduate of Meiji University where he was part of the Judo Club.
In 2000, he founded the "Yoshida Dojo". It is a mixed martial arts academy based in Tokyo, Japan that focuses on judo. Many members, including Yoshida, have participated in both judo and mixed martial arts. The dojo is promoted and managed by J-Rock Management and Viva Judo! Entertainment and has produced some of Japan's top fighters.
Donald Frye (born November 23, 1965) is an American former mixed martial artist, professional wrestler, and actor. In MMA, Frye 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 (NJPW) 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 muscular 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. Frye was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame in 2016.
Frye is divorced and has two daughters. Don Frye has had a rough time over the past few years. Health Problems, surgeries, divorce, suicide (by-cop) attempts, led to loosing almost everything.
“I’m homeless right now,” Frye said. “So I don’t have a girlfriend, don’t have a job, don’t have a family and I got half my healthy back. So I’m halfway to one.
“Nothing ruins my day anymore,” Frye said. “Life is short, life is a gift, and it’s over in a blink of an eye so appreciate it.”

[@rogerfederik4452]

Yoshida is helping Don Frye to recover from the armlock. Respect to Japan!

[@РичардСапогов-э1й]

Японец подлец

[@wrath231]

I loved that show of respect from Yoshida.

[@adamcz3183]

What a fucking event man. Just looking at this. How in the fuck can the UFC be number one and Pride gone? This is some bullshit.

[@chakko007]

If you're corrupt and illegal to the core, it's kinda obvious that you won't last forever.

[@EricHalverson83]

Best comment I have ever read in my whole life lol

[@jakefoster7650]

​@@EricHalverson83 what about my comment bro? 😔

[@pandaman1677]

UFC parent Company bought Pride. That’s why over ten years ago all the Pride Fighters fought in UFC

[@jakefoster7650]

@@pandaman1677 dont forget about that handy "no compete" clause

[@opponenspericulo]

Pride FC, in my opinion, were more interesting and varied to view than UFC at that time.

[@benmacsek547]

we've all seen don frye fight. He was a dangerous competitor and seemed immune to fatigue, he was tough like few others. And he was skilled on his feet and the ground. Dude is no joke. That goes to show just how good yoshida really is, to be able to take him down so easily and able to take back the advantage so quickly when don got out, this man is a true 1% of the 1%

[@rusiadamanik7381]

I like it

[@johnnym2069]

This fight happened after that brutal war Don had with Yoshihiro. Don was never the same after that fight and never won a fight again since.

[@Psilocybiant]

Chael Sonnon " What did Judo ever do"...... Look at the flag pants tapping Chael.. Look at the flag pants. No disrespect to Don 1 bit but PHOOK chael sonnon

[@rihardsgr]

This guy is a secret hero. Not as flashy as Sakuraba, and not as well known, but very solid in his fighting.

[@すーま-o9d]

吉田のプライド参戦はめちゃ興奮したのを覚えてる ０距離なら吉田のテリトリーだからなぁ それでもフライはよくマウントポジション取れたよね 吉田は紳士的で柔道の礼儀とか精神とか感じれる素晴らしいファイターだったよね

[@AntonioSalazar-db1eb]

Wow! I didn't know Yoshida had beaten Don Frye! Incredible!.

[@theophrastusbombastus1359]

Idk why Judo doesn't get more recognition. The toughest I've ever been in my life was when i was practicing Judo.

[@brenttaylordotus]

When Yoshida beat Royce it said a lot about Judo.

[@douglasbueno7481]

Because Murica try Sell Wrestling being Stronger than other Martial arts.

[@douglasbueno7481]

@@meteoroz Every Sambo Fighter trains Judo is an important Martial art, You can see Several times Khabib and Islam using Judo in their Fights.

[@douglasbueno7481]

@@meteoroz MMA is a sport too LOL, If you use Judo on the street on concrete you can Kill Someone it's a Dangerous ART.

[@emilianosintarias7337]

​@@meteoroz Judo is far more practical than BJJ for self defense. Self defense is not like 2 guys in a grappling match on mats, with all the time in the world. You toss someone on concrete, you can run away and they won't be getting up.

[@dengar_tenga4445]

Damn lol after Frye said hes gonna break his arm. Btw that entrance was sick 3:22

[@yintaichi]

Love how Yoshida just takes away Big Don' s striking game.

[@chakko007]

His technique is really impressive. Strong and technically skilled. And a good example of how different styles can be successful in MMA.

[@inthekingdom1996]

​​@@chakko007nailed it, he was the one who showed that strong Judo could be a successful foundation in MMA

[@DABA2024]

Don wings arm punches from his hips. He was never a striker.

[@rommelthedesertfox3089]

@@DABA2024don was a great striker one of the best

[@BLUDDYknucklez]

i love how the pro-Frye commentator was happy that Frye decided to remove his Gi before the fight because Yoshida would've used it against him, but then later on when Frye is losing, he tries to make it seem like Yoshida's Gi is being used as an advantage against Frye, which was refuted by the other commentator lmfao... What a biased and hypocritical pos

[@Bonzi2]

Both can be true. If Frye had his Gi it would be used against him, and he wouldn't be able to use it offensively. So it's fairer if he took it off.

[@donaldumunawa4787]

Pride entrances were epic.

[@hamadalrowaie6882]

And people keep on saying that judo is not legit !! And where the hell did jiu joitsu came from ?!!! 😅

[@theophrastusbombastus1359]

Judo came from Jiu Jutsu. _Brazilian_ Jiu Jutsu came from Judo JJ > Judo > BJJ PS. Only reason I split hairs is because JJ and BJJ are very different things

[@teovu5557]

@@theophrastusbombastus1359 "Jujutsu" is the proper spelling.

[@Spiritof_76]

@@teovu5557 Being a Japanese word, it would be written in kanji. English or Portuguese spellings can vary.

[@teovu5557]

@@Spiritof_76 We are in the west we dont use Kanji we use the western Alphabet. (Also Kanji is Chinese characters that represent words not sounds, that the Japanese used along with native hiragana,katakana writing systems and romaiji(western alphabet) The reason for the various spellings of Jujutsu. And why it is official written Jujutsu now and not Jujitsu or Jiujitsu- "Jujutsu, the standard English language spelling, is derived using the Hepburn romanization system. Before the first half of the 20th century, however, jiu-Jitsu and ju-jitsu were preferred, even though the romanization of the second kanji as Jitsu is not faithful to the standard Japanese pronunciation. It was a non-standardized spelling resulting from how English-speakers heard the second short u in the word, which is pronounced /ɯ/ and therefore close to a short English i.[citation needed] This may also be a reflection of the speech of Shitamachi that merges 'ju' into 'ji'. Since Japanese martial arts first became widely known of in the West in that time period, these earlier spellings are still common in many places. Ju-jitsu is still a common spelling in France, Canada, and the United Kingdom while jiu-jitsu is most widely used in Germany and Brazil. Different from the Japanese pronunciation, the word Jujutsu is still usually pronounced as if it is spelled jujitsu in the United States." Some Gracie family members and their cousins the Valente Brothers have also started to use the correct Romanization spelling as well. "Rose Gracie, grand daughter of Helio asked Pedro Valente on Sherdog Radio, why the Valente brothers had recently decided to change the way they write “Jiu-Jitsu” and now write it as “JuJutsu” Pedro Valente stated that they didn’t change anything and they were actually transcribing the Japanese word of Jiu-Jitsu (meaning the gentle art) into the right phonetic sound of ‘Ju” instead of “Jiu”. Brazilians at the time of Mitsuyo Maeda actually transcribed the wrong way. For Valente, it should have always been written as ‘JuJutsu”. Grandmasters Carlos and Helio were not experts in transcribing Japanese to Portuguese. Why did Maeda use that spelling? Because in those days nobody knew how to transcribe Kanji to roman letters. There is a method that is used, the Hepburn method.” “Knowing Helio Gracie, I think he would have approved.” “It’s about precision.” Is that clear enough for you yet?

[@Spiritof_76]

@@teovu5557 Here's what's clear: You went and read up on it after my post. I know about kanji and romanji. I've been to Japan. The USA and Great Britain both speak and spell English, but we have lots of words that are spelled differently. Aluminum isn't spelled or pronounced the same at all. There are jujitsu and jiu-jitsu all over the USA and elsewhere. Guys like you want to look smart by claiming only one way is correct. Go have a donut, or a doughnut if you prefer.

[@pleun315]

Bas Rutten is the a absolute best of the best 🙏❤️

[@ケツのナル毛]

フライはマジで（漢）だわ！ あそこまで伸び切ってるのに､耐えに耐えてた！あの極まり具合は泣きが入る痛さだよ(T_T) 本当はフライって､日本人なんじゃないか？と思う位のド根性漢だよ｡

[@三毛歩ち]

吉田はかっこよかったなぁ

[@VelhaGuardaTricolor]

Carlos Honorato was the Brazilian who beat him at the Sidney Olympics by Ippon ( unfortunately the bad landing caused Yoshida's arm to break )

[@SpaceEag11]

Wow that's insane !

[@thierrywarot5792]

Un combat incroyable avec un Japonais absolument génial !!!

[@schmitty1437]

Masterful technique by Yoshida... to take down Gracie and Frye is an incredible accomplishment and a testament to the strength of his fighting style

[@Hammermaster420]

To bad he doesn't know real fighting. He would be better

[@bachconneshon7809]

​@@Hammermaster420 real fighting?

[@konradbauer685]

@@Hammermaster420 !d!o§t

[@LuandaWaterFront1990]

Legendary Warriors! Hidohiko Yoshida have always been one of my favorites! Pure Class ! Insane ground game and lots of heart ! ❤️.

[@kevinward3305]

Both tuff as nails

[@desdecero8654]

Don Frye es una leyenda de las MMA, pero en lucha no tenía nada que hacer frente a un judoka de ese nivel, que además no le dió chance alguno de usar los puños o las rodillas para buscar el KO. Sin dudas un combate muy interesante.

[@dcpunisher4781]

Ken Shamrock was the man that got me into MMA (because I was a wrestling fan in the 90's as a kid and Shamrock was in WWF) so my circle of OG MMA Legends are Ken Shamrock, Royce Gracie, Don Frye and Dan Severn. They are essentially the Knights of the MMA Round Table.

[@Laneganswake]

Two legends. Two treasures to their home countries

[@Broslow965]

Ёшида обладает нечеловеческой стойкостью. Бои с Вандерлеем тому доказательство

[@aratakiitto7435]

I like how he don't pull the arm hard

[@Veritas-dq2hs]

Yoshida's a G.

[@rommelthedesertfox3089]

He didn’t want to inflict too much damage. Respect to him

[@roybano2846]

Fantastic work by Yoshida, under rated fighter.

[@nihatgurbuz4175]

He won against mark hunt easily and lost against wanderlei silva with split decision. That man is really underrated.

[@oldironsides4107]

Took some brutal low kicks constantly from cro cop as well. I can’t remever his fight with hunt but he gained a ton of respect against wanderlei

[@chakko007]

He was the real deal.

[@halilzelenka5813]

Don Frye really played the villain well to the mostly Japanese audience

[@oldironsides4107]

He was a famous pro wrestler in Japan before this. He often had a long pony tail believe it or not

[@棒銀]

He lost by arm bar twice. he lost by arm bar twice. The one time was by Yoshida. Another was by Mutoh. They were both Japanese Judo fighter.

[@princecrane1277]

Nah Japan has loved the U.S so much since the 80’s and maybe before that some time. They also see him as an American Hero haha. Of course they’re glad their Japanese hero won though. What I fight and ending.

[@tcwentertainment]

​@@棒銀Keiji Mutoh? He's a pro wrestler if it's the same

[@cudipato]

it was a fake just like Takada vs Coleman...it's a shame!!!

[@trevorgoodman4895]

This no tap work was performed better than Coleman's tap job.

[@markwheatley4598]

I meet nakanishi the 1985 judo champion respect to the Japanese. Koga was my hero from uk

[@DaemonRicks]

Frye is quite courageaous to take on a former Judo world champ. It would have been very surprising if he did win while on the ground. Judo is a very competitive sport with lots of people involved. Conditioning is very tough. And technicity is very good too. Even if it's not specially aimed at MMA it's quite efficient in itself. Nowadays everybody in Mma is good at striking and grappling but it would have been interesting to have a Judo world champ in the first UFC. Yoshida lost quite a few matches after that but he was quite dangerous anyway :)

[@Quidoute]

we don't have a "pure" judo champ in UFC, but most top level UFC fighters did Judo. Khabib, Islam, and Rhonda and more moreover their has been pure "judo" mma champs, their has never been a "pure" X martial art champ

[@liamlemporte2050]

Good impersonation 8:20

[@ナランチャ-e5f]

DON Fryeも負けたけどタップしていない。生き様がカッコイイ

[@rabbits77]

Never underestimate the Japanese they are tough as f&%#

[@rommelthedesertfox3089]

Not tougher than Americans

[@HunGerMovies]

I equally respecet both, but this was not the Don Frye on top for sure. He was very slow and not explosive at all.

[@pridefclover212]

He was 37 years old at that time ...almost 40 .... Fighters retire before they reach that age ... But still he was a beast :) When MMA came to the big door .. ( In UFC, in mid 90's he was allready 30 years old ) Imagine if he came to PRIDE with 24...or 25 years old :)

[@HunGerMovies]

@@pridefclover212 I am 37 too, and I feel old, tho I look much younger than him, probably the lack of mustache and muscle :)

[@Broslow965]

​@@HunGerMovies и анаболиков

[@rommelthedesertfox3089]

@@HunGerMovies37 ain’t old

[@carbocookies]

Poor Don 😢

[@gratefuldrifter6588]

Don Frye ,respect the man,and always respect the man that won,pride i love you.

[@baret_digital]

Did he tap?

[@huckfin1100]

He never tapped, you better look again !

[@andykerr3803]

No, but the ref was right... You've got to wonder if his arm itself made a noise, Don looked really damaged. He was too tough for his own good. Watching the way Ken Shamrock tried to break his leg and lost, you know Frye does not give in.

[@Tom__2023]

Beautiful udehishigi juji gatame, though Frye was also an amazing fighter I know. Miss two big legends

[@alexsignorelli6780]

Damn good. Refused to tap despite the obviously horrible pain. Titans

[@generatorx]

Refusing to tap is not always an act of bravery, but sometimes an act in stupidity. Frye was fortunate that was challenging an opponent who was respectful, a mean SOB would have just snapped it without thought.

[@rommelthedesertfox3089]

@@generatorxno it’s definitely an act of bravery

[@夢見るおじさん-d4o]

柔道家の ﾏﾁﾞの締め 恐い((((;゜Д゜)))

[@kota5169]

当時一部でヤオ扱いされた試合。某団体の選手が完全にフェイク扱いしててセコンドの大山がブログで反論してた。真偽は如何に…

[@allexis248]

stay away from arrogance above the sky there is still a sky

[@oldironsides4107]

I love that Gene Shallot quote

[@DABA2024]

When this fight went down, people thought it was a work because no one believed that Yoshida could beat a one-dimensional aging Don Frye 😂

[@Pillmanized]

People are dumb then?? Yoshida is a legitimate *Olympic gold medalist* .... what more needs to be said.

[@MrBluesmeister]

Don was a bad man but Bas and his commentator side kick don’t know squat evidently. Does Dons really have a second degree black belt in Judo? LOL He got handled like a stepchild.

[@boledle]

Fight starts at 8:45

[@pridefclover212]

😡😠 ... 😅😄

[@Couch-Tomato]

吉田とノゲイラの試合が見たかった。

[@johnnywishbone1349]

Ref should have backed off. Don was in control and they didn’t like that. Made him lose position

[@gogobabe3079]

Judoka shoot WTF

[@gogobabe3079]

I know this match happened before the IJF banned leg grabs but no way judo takedowns like that LOL

[@cudipato]

the most fake armlock ever

[@eliotquintana9802]

Like both winner 🏆 tournament ufc

[@bambanx]

Both legends

[@musethove7225]

perfect armbar.......

[@eduardomori7816]

Classic judo vs wrestling

[@marcelocorreaalves6387]

Com todo respeito ao grande Don frie que não precisa provar seu valor a ninguém mas na minha opinião assim como a luta do mark kerr contra takada e mark colleman versus o mesmo takada essa luta também teve um apwrtosinho de mão muito camarada entre ambos

[@cudipato]

3 lutas mandrakes...esse armlock aí nem minha filha de 12 anos faixa amarela bateria...puta farsa !!!

[@stuart207]

Don could have broken every rib on that guy. Fake.

[@greasebob]

100% work.

[@saschahenning7303]

Wow 🙏

[@victorediaz1]

I HAVE NEVER AGREED THAT THEY USE CLOTHES TO HANG OR IMMOBILIZE.

[@アルコール中毒ヒロシ]

ドンフライに勝ってほしかったです。

[@AHumanClay]

Unbelievable

[@wess-cp7vd]

KNEW Don was in trouble..

[@marciocbf]

whats the name of don frye entrance song?

[@DreadMaximus]

There’s rough and then stupid

[@aydingunay1309]

Don frye iyi bir dövüşçü yoshida onu yendi tebrik ediyorum

[@Gangland-ud4vb]

Dream Match: Bas vs Frye

[@yja496]

Both were great fighters.

[@木枯し寅次郎]

やはり、柔道って実戦的だな。　すっかりスポーツ化してしまった今でも、格闘技としても充分に戦える。

[@jamesfiaco4922]

The Year Of Skull & Bones: MMA Fighter Victoria Lee Dead At 18 Years Old (CAUSE OF DEATH UNKNOWN???)

[@Martin-bp4rm]

I wanted yoshida to go towe to toe

[@miguelfloriano9039]

Bro looks like a real life Make Haggar.

[@carlosafonsolopescardoso2564]

É ridículo. O Pride foi desmoralizado.

[@ig-8892]

Don Frye: I'm going to break his arm. Yoshida: *proceeds to break Frye's arm when he refuses to tap out*

[@stephanogordinho]

Ledddlddd ,d

[@checkm8852]

Wheres the tap?

[@fabaospider6206]

Não entendi nada mais tá bom kkkk

[@АзаматПоразительный-в7с]

Ничёси, зверюга

[@VelhaGuardaTricolor]

14:42 Freeze. And ask anyone who is going to win the fight and how long is going to take from this point.

[@luccaboaventuramoreiradefr64]

Ouro

[@محمدالبلوشي-د9ذ4غ]

وحش الياباني ولا كوري الظاهر بس وحش👏🏻👏🏻🤍🤍

[@محمدالبلوشي-د9ذ4غ]

٨/٥/٢٠٢٣

[@richardrincon3090]

You can call me a dummy but I didn't see Don fright Tapout and when they showed it from another angle I didn't see his mouth moving as insane I give up

[@guren-gq4xc]

😊

[@ThomasfromDenmark1]

That looked fixed.

[@HeberPerez-ix6sg]

Gran pelea iconica,entre dos gigantes,pero,yo sabia ue iba a ser dificil para Don Frye,vencer a este Judoca de tanta experiencia,que es una araña cuando agarra,y no suelta hasta dejar vencido a su rival.

[@コブラツイストをかける男]

愛知っ子か？😡腹立ついろんな意味で

[@johnbutler2780]

Don didn’t tap. He was obviously done but didn’t tap.

[@のぶニャン]

私の中では日本人最強の柔道家。大好きです。

[@jc4388]

lol bas, "don frye would be my last choice!"

[@bigsiggi4021]

on the Japanese com the big eyes from Boxing

[@douglasbueno7481]

Another Wrestler that Judo Destroyed nothing new.

[@jimk7882]

Lol clean victory..using the gi

[@cancontrl]

9:09 "That same choke" is called a basic Ezekiel lol how times have changed

[@AnandSingh-nt7ys]

Great 👍. A bully who thought he was above was lost. 😊😅❤

[@hiromin1330]

ふらいうぁ上になってる時に顔面パンチは打たなかったね。シャムロック戦と違い。

[@greasebob]

100% work.

[@zartic4life]

How did he do that with no gi! Judo doesn't work with no gi. No gi no gi no gi. Also Judo has ground stuff like Gracies? I thought it was only throws and lots and lots of bowing. Something smells fishy Brazil.

[@theophrastusbombastus1359]

Newaza is the ground portion of Judo. For example: what you would call an "armbar" a judoka calls _juji gatame_ Gracies took that one aspect (newaza) and hyperfocused on it, modifying it to what became BJJ today

[@luisantoniomartinezmtz]

# 28 . Sow a map. Where's now...

[@frankm5150]

Don Frye wasnt about to tap out to a japanese the week before Pearl Harbor anniversary. Hero,

[@harrybond1485]

Why drag that b.s. into it?

[@doctor.dickface]

The US knew Pearl Harbor was going to happen. And allowed it, in order to have a pretext to go to war. They even enticed it by participating in an embargo against Japan during the Russo-Japanese War.

[@Po1itica11yNcorrect]

Don Frye rarely tapped out to anyone.

[@王様-f7p]

吉田先輩マジやん寒

[@jasonking1284]

The tables were turned....