UFC 9: Don Frye vs Amaury Bitetti | May 17, 1996

[@ChristopherTeague-cs8vg]

😂 Don Fryes Mustache was tougher than some fighters today. 👊🏼

[@ahklys1321]

the role model for young mustaches everywhere

[@ChristopherTeague-cs8vg]

@@ahklys1321 Yes, young mustaches everywhere have Don Fry pictures hanging up. 😂 👊🏼 🤕 👍🏼

[@Walt_82]

Poatan mataria ele com essa briga de bar

[@ChristopherTeague-cs8vg]

@@bteach54 😂 Struck a nerve . You youngsters think I know everything. The Sport was tougher. They didn't 🛑 the fights why you started getting your ass kicked. Not even a discussion.

[@ChristopherTeague-cs8vg]

@@bteach54 Sure

[@Rando1975]

One of the most one-sided beatings you'll ever see from the early days. Bitetti was TOUGH.

[@mantovannni]

Yeah the balls on the kid as well for going up against Frye.

[@Rando1975]

@mantovannni Apparently it was supposed to have been UFC 7 champ Marco Ruas to face Frye, but he had to drop out. So Bitetti steps up against the defending tournament champion!

[@mantovannni]

@@Rando1975 They were just built differently back then or he had a screw loose lol.

[@BillyBob-wq9fl]

@@mantovannniThey were built differently. For sure. Not as technically skilled as today.. but far tougher. They would fight 3 times in a night.

[@marcelocolle1002]

​@@Rando1975Marco entregaria uma luta melhor

[@JamesBuddell-fn6bz]

High level college wrestler with pro boxing skills and experience. Even though he got mauled by mark collman(Olympic caliber wrestler who out weighed him by 30 pounds) Don Frye was the first modern mma fighter. He had standup and elite wrestling skills.

[@misterrr7]

Frye always called himself a judoka instead of wrestler

[@dancingtrout6719]

he newly trained for these ufc events leg arm ankle submissions and ground & pound

[@FabioEMarques]

Marcus Rua noob

[@hurricaneaquatics]

Yes, he was great and continued to have a lot of success in Pride and some other organizations for years and years. Don Frye is the embodiment of the American MAN.

[@Dean-t2j]

Pro boxing skills. What a load of nonsense. Around this time, Frank Bruno was making $4 million for second Tyson fight. What are these guys getting paid.

[@Larry_Hegs]

To hear the "USA, USA, USA" chants brings me back.

[@Helloimsatan666]

I love Don Frye he delivers the beatings! ❤😂

[@Zippadeedoodaa-nt8om]

My favorite fighter to watch when I was a teenager. He would rent UFC VHS tapes when they first came out.

[@Zippadeedoodaa-nt8om]

We, not Don Frye.😂

[@stevenwahl3440]

Yeah, to a guy half his size 🙄

[@ordinarypete]

@@stevenwahl3440cry.

[@charlespancamo9771]

@@stevenwahl3440 ok but I just watched another '96 UFC fight where the size differential was even bigger than this and the little guy whooped the giants ass! GREAT stuff, love it!

[@coyster530]

When the UFC was still the real UFC.

[@steelballs5179]

and people died from the beatings

[@carloscoll5249]

Sometimes reality kills

[@ricksundberg5659]

​@@steelballs5179 Not one person has ever died from a UFC fight. ​

[@zionix15432]

@@steelballs5179 if anybody had died in these early days they would have shut the ufc down instantly. it never happened.

[@eminboztepe]

​@@zionix15432 Yes and no. Cal Worsham collapsed in the locker room immediately after his fight with Zen Frazier and was rushed to the ER. He technically died twice as his heart stopped beating. Look it up. Not surprisingly, he died "again" years later of a heart attack.

[@sergio2207]

Big John McCarthy knows how to conduct the fight and preserve the athletes without harming them. He is sorely missed. Great referee.

[@Robert-p7j9m]

He's still doing it

[@masonkelley8219]

Good God the old days were insane. Frye was a monster

[@OscillatorCollective]

DANG‼️, that dude took the beating of a lifetime, and never gave up! That is a Warrior Spirit!

[@Philo68]

The authentic/original BAD BOY shorts were the kiss of death for many a fighter back in the day.

[@Rando1975]

No kidding. It seemed everyone who wore the shorts back then ended up losing.

[@Philo68]

@@Rando1975 I remember back in Full Contact Fighter reading a Hunter (anybody remember them?) advert. It said ‘watch out Bad Boy you’re about to get Hunted!’. Great, formative days of an awesome sport…

[@ripperox]

those shorts was a fever here in Brasil back in that time

[@Philo68]

I have a shirt with the slogan ‘Bad Boy Club - Not For Everyone!’ from back in these days. Makes me feel young and STILL dangerous! Im very choosy where I wear it of course.

[@Bucephalus84]

​@@Rando1975that is anecdotal. Fighter like Vitor, Hendo, Pedro Rizzo, Mark Kerr and even Machida wore badboy shorts .

[@TheLochs]

Saw this when it aired live. Amaury was gettin throttled. This was one of the first times a BJJ guy just couldn't answer a good wrestler. He hung in there though.

[@traviscrown9189]

Joe Rogan said it best. Good basic wrestler with good basic western style boxing beats bjj every-time.

[@rafaelmartins8165]

@@traviscrown9189 don't forget back in the days they could grab the fence and it made a big difference in this fight, but in general i agree

[@eduardomori7816]

Well he got submitted by Yoshida

[@macaluso48]

@@traviscrown9189it doesn't happen everytime lol but yes wrestling and boxing is good combo style bs style wrestling seems to lose agaisnt Bjj everytime

[@traviscrown9189]

@@macaluso48 true

[@rlmpproductions]

Don Fry= Magnum P.I.

[@Lexthebarbarian]

Hard to find this fight. Thanks!

[@JacobJordan-n9n]

Wow Lex...brave text?

[@KyleHuntington-k8q]

Ufc fight pass. Easy

[@dexterlecter7289]

This fight has been nearly impossible to find for the past several years. No search would bring it up.

[@justinknots]

@@dexterlecter7289 I've had it for years on DVD 😁😜

[@SSO1025RET]

When you look up the definition of a man, there’s a picture of Don Frye. The GOAT Edit ….. I amend my comment, both of these men would be pictured.

[@Unvaccinated69-m9o]

U can be more.of a man if u just try

[@buakawfan333]

You see him trying to gently close the eyes of his opponent like "shhhh, rest in peace brother"

[@buakawfan333]

It's just a guy who works all day, comes home to play with the kids, cook dinner and help get the kids ready for bed, spends half the evening supporting with other house chores, maybe 1 or 2 hours free time, then goes to bed and repeats next day.

[@westcoastwoodsman2289]

Why is that kid fighting his dad?

[@kevinbuchanan67]

I wish the ufc was still this exciting

[@mantovannni]

Thanks to Big John for finally ending the battle.

[@marcotelli1601]

WTF took him so long?

[@2Fast4Mellow]

@@marcotelli1601 Fighter wanted to continue. As long you show some form of defense (movement) he let you continue, but he also knows when to stop a fight to protect the fighter.

[@doublethomas8415]

Much respect to Bitetti! Many men have fallen to Don Frye from lesser beatings!

[@brutalplanet1708]

Ive never seen someone handle such an ass kickin before. Very impressive....

[@cunecao]

Look up for Glover vs Maldonado.

[@JamesBuddell-fn6bz]

I guess you never saw Oleg taktarov fight then. Guys would literally gas out and injure their hands beating on this guy. Nobody took a beating like Oleg

[@ryanlynch290]

@@brutalplanet1708 Watch Igor vs. Enson. Enson almost died. He was in the hospital for weeks with rabdo it was so bad.

[@Zippadeedoodaa-nt8om]

Yep. Opponents would wear themselves out beating on his face, then he'd submit them.😂

[@Zippadeedoodaa-nt8om]

His face would be a bloody mess every fight.

[@TheAntManChannel]

Don Frye is an American's American

[@-Hesco]

yes. vastly different from these he-she’s wearing women’s clothes that identify as a refrigerator

[@jhkuno88]

A mens man

[@That90sShow]

​@@jhkuno88a true man mens

[@toddforhetz]

AMEN !!!

[@tbone5911]

That was the closest we get to modern time gladiators.. Men of men they are.. keyboard warriors go to a gym near you and go for just 1:47 and you will see.

[@1_Fish.2_Fish.Red_Fish.]

MAKE UFC MORTAL KOMBAT AGAIN!

[@rotorbob]

MUMKA

[@kingfu9647]

Nice Fight... I love the UFC in the 90s... can you upload Fights in the Pancrase Promotion in the 90s to?

[@eminboztepe]

Gotta love the whizzer technique employed by Don Frye. Also funny to hear Amaury's finance screeching in the background the entire time, while watching him get a beat down. 😂

[@rotorbob]

It’s crazy that elbows to the back of the head were legal especially when the dudes head is on the mat where it can’t move.

[@lombardvolakz]

I like ufc earlier than now. It was really street fight

[@ЕгорИванов-н2з]

Это были лучшие драки мужчин!!!

[@lombardvolakz]

@@ЕгорИванов-н2з да мне нравятся больше старые бои чем сейчас,

[@papatango5085]

But now they are more better

[@ЕгорИванов-н2з]

@@lombardvolakz ну там реально была настоящая драка!! Не правил не времени и ребята просто гасили друг друга!! Приятное интересное зрелище

[@JeffHuntsinger]

The pride of Southeastern Arizona!

[@doutorkefflen2]

don frye no auge, campeão do ufc 8, lutassa

[@CRCfail]

Big John was always such a prick, especially when he yanked fighters around by their arms.

[@ryanlynch290]

And screaming the entire time for no reason. He always came off as a moron cop. I bet he was a dirty cop lol

[@billycole852]

​@@ryanlynch290 no doubt

[@Zippadeedoodaa-nt8om]

I always wanted to see him in a fight against Tank Abbott.

[@Michael-t9k]

He was on Don's side . You can hear him saying good job after Don smacks him. Check it Start at 8.minutes then he said Don doing good right at 9 minutes.

[@krell2130]

Big Ego John McNarcissist

[@Zippadeedoodaa-nt8om]

I always wanted to see Frye demolish Royce Gracie.

[@eduardomori7816]

Frye got submitted by Yoshida via arm bar , not Royce Gracie but similar style.

[@eduardomori7816]

I’ve seen him getting arm bar by hidehiko Yoshida

[@dexterlecter7289]

Frye was dealing with a ton of injuries and I suspect he never took care of them until it was way too late. I know he’s entered a fight where he was so messed up he literally could not turn left from the hips up because of multiple spine injuries from the back to his neck.

[@tjbailey336]

Early UFC was wild

[@bilbaz4489]

"thats all the beating he can take on one night"😂😂 amazing

[@jd9119]

UFC needs fighters like these guys. I miss the old UFC where the fighters fought with more heart and guts.

[@radiorahim861]

Huh. Idk, this crap is whack. All of Don Fryes fights are just smothering and bashing. It is boring. Today, I see knockouts, skillful submissions, and yes, some unnecessary showboating. There is no talent, just raw testosterone, which don't get me wrong, they are beasts, but common man lol.

[@derekblackthorne]

Wtf is Eddie Alvarez's wife doing there, and who is she screaming for?

[@ateam137]

Underrated comment

[@davidzel2]

O.G. stuff. I remember my friends and I watching this show live. It was intense.

[@giusepperuggiero1151]

Hold on the fence fry woulda got token down quicker but kept holding 😂😂😂

[@moto-fl3rd]

It was allowed.

[@forrestmalcom8351]

Marco Ruas was originally supposed to be in this fight. This was a total mismatch 😂😂😂

[@rotorairgroup8409]

Fry vs Ruas would have been a great fight

[@UncleTermite]

@@rotorairgroup8409I think he got cold feet , he was bitter because the UFC ruled in Oleg Taktarovs favor . Ruas beat Oleg up in the rematch outside the UFC but he used that fight as an excuse not to fight Frye in UFC . I believe he avoided better strikers as he aged he’d lose to Maurice Smith in the UFC years later and that was his last UFC fight .

[@BigBass-xf5yi]

I miss these days

[@PNW_Sportbike_Life]

Don Frye brought the PAIN in this fight; the dude was an absolute force!

[@hurricaneaquatics]

Magnum PI was pretty successful in the UFC back in his off-time 😂. Don Frye is beside the definition for a real man.

[@earth7551]

Interesting fight and then Don Frye got the same beating against Mark Coleman

[@jason75]

Don frye is one of the best fighter I seen

[@hernanedias3159]

Don were insane !!!!!! Brutal !!!!

[@andyusfca]

Amaury Bitetti got the double underhook, but still couldnt take Don Frye down....DAMNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

[@Golgi-Gyges]

Mc Carthy was favoring the BJJ competitors is the rumor.

[@eminboztepe]

FUN FACT: closed fist punches were illegal in this event due to political pressure, but the fighters disregarded it anyway. You can hear referee John McCarthy yelling at the fighters to "open the hand" during the entire bout.

[@DouglasBuenoGomes]

Back then the Fight only stop if the team Throw a Towel or the Fighter Quit, I know in modern World standart that's very brutal but that's Classic UFC.

[@brucepedersen4032]

Fry held the fence twice ealy. 😮

[@johnp7739]

That wasn't illegal in the earliest events. I'm not sure about this one.

[@George18798]

By reading the comments, you can clearly see majority of the people here have never watched any old school tournaments and got no clue what they are talking about, complaining about weight difference, rules, referee stoppage and etc.

[@nzdefrag]

I know right. We had to sit in the back of old trucks with hoods on our heads, driving winding tracks for hours to get to our tournaments. When we arrived there were guys in black suits, tigers in cages, and bikini girls as well. Oh, hang on, maybe that was a movie?

[@George18798]

@@nzdefrag What are you talking about? Do you not know that UFC was in a tournament format from 1993 to 1998? UFC 1-11 plus two Ultimate Ultimate tournaments had 8 man format, meaning fighters had up to 3 fights in one night, and Royce Gracie had 4 fights at UFC 2. Then UFC 12-17 plus Ultimate Japan tournament had 4 man format. And there were no rules during the time UFC was on a tournament format

[@dexterlecter7289]

Exactly. I suspect there’s a lot of younger folks watching who never rented a UFC VHS…

[@UncleTermite]

@@dexterlecter7289This guy was a late replacement for Marco Ruas , I remember ordering this and I was like what the hell ? Back then they had no social media they had the UFC hotline . Lol

[@tiagosilva8302]

Amauri , um dos faixas preta mais duro do grande mestre Carson Gracie !!!!! Grande guerreiro !!!!

[@innocentbystander8038]

Fry should be disqualified for Performance Enhancing Moustache

[@krell2130]

If anything, he should be rewarded

[@-Hesco]

what is the ref yelling at them? good lord the way he was hovering is so different than what it is now lol.

[@joshshipp1]

Big John Mccarthy. He's telling them to work, he doesn't let them lay around and not stay fighting.

[@Rando1975]

@-Hesco this was the infamous Detroit show where the politicians wanted them to use all sorts of ridiculous rules like headgear, no closed fists. UFC said okay, we'll fine them if they throw a closed fist. What they DIDN'T say is when they'd collect said fine. They never would collect.

[@charlienelson2105]

‘Open the hand! Open the hand!”

[@ManMountainMetals]

He's yelling 🤣 'open hand' 👐 and Don is ignoring him.

[@George18798]

​@@Rando1975Wasn't it applied only for main event? Dan Severn vs Ken Shamrock as result of those rules turned out into them walking around the octagon for majority of the fight

[@Victoria-jo3wr]

God DAMN Fry was an absolute animal. That hurt MY face to watch...

[@fzuardi]

Um dos maiores VEXAMES daquela geração de Jiu-Jtsu. Ele só sabiam CHÃO ! Pegou um dos maiores lutadores de MMA da história ! Frye era COMPLETO, técnico e forte! Foi uma surra!

[@ValdineisoaresFontes]

Diferenca absurda de peso

[@fzuardi]

@@ValdineisoaresFontes sim, na época eles diziam que o peso era irrelevante para os lutadores de JJ, mas quando os gringos aprenderam chão, essa tese foi por água abaixo ...

[@theriskid]

About what you'd expect matching The Predator against prey.

[@patrickcosta1900]

Categorias diferentes ! Don muito mais pesado e forte . Resultado óbvio a obrigação era toda do Don . Biteti representou o jiujitsu e não desistiu até onde lhe foi permitido .

[@ricardorick2176]

Verdade, mas eu achei a defesa do bitteti muito ruim! Levou muito golpe por baixo!

[@Hankola]

This is as real as it gets.

[@seanthornton2913]

Crazy how small Frye is here before he started eating horse meat!😅

[@mikeneidlinger8857]

I've wanted to learn BJJ since 1995. I started Silat and Escrima in 1993, when I was 16 YO. In 1996, I went to a bad BJJ school and it turned me off to the art. I know a lot of takedowns and armlocks from Silat.

[@JohnSmith-ks5xw]

Huge size different that made all the difference in the world. I declare Bitetti the winner for lasting as long as he did. How long should a middleweight be able to last against a heavyweight?

[@DouglasBuenoGomes]

Royce Gracie vs Dan Severn.

[@metalhardrock]

Amaury Bitetti se anunciaba con "amplia experiencia en thai boxing y brazilian jiujitsu". No esperaba encontrarse con un monstruo como Don Frye...que le dió una paliza.

[@LuisValdes-k6m]

50 libras mas pesado Don

[@andersonpeteticampos]

a diferença de peso e o americano segurando na grade fez a diferença,

[@metalhardrock]

@@LuisValdes-k6m Frye tenía otro punto a favor: mucha mas experiencia

[@InvisibleHotdog]

​@@andersonpeteticampos and also Don Frye being a better fighter

[@Holiday_Mc]

Bitetti is made of steel

[@ComboMuster]

Oh man that's what I'm talking about! today's UFC looks like a girls PT session compared with the old school 😁😁😁

[@NoNameForThisGuy]

Yes and no. It's obviously not as brutal, but the fight techniques are far more evolved now. He's not even familiar with pp4ipassing guard to side control. Set Don Frye in there against Jon Jones or Alex Pereira at 205 and I think maybe Frye, no disrespect, is gonna find himself wishing for the old days.

[@ComboMuster]

@@NoNameForThisGuy I don't think so, these techniques passing guard bullshit and all other bbj boring crap can be learned in a week at black belt level. Don Frye was an elite wrestler if you do not know so I think the Jon Joneses of today would stand no chance. BTW Jon Jones been protected by Dana White for a totally unknown reason and the fact looks weird.

[@JDRTRM]

No tattoos badass guys !

[@jacksonsilva4598]

Um peso pesado ( Frye ) contra um lutador que no máximo atuaria entre os médios nos dias atuais ( Bitetti ). Diferença de peso e tamanho colossais.

[@ChristopherTeague-cs8vg]

They probably should have stopped this fight sooner. A lot of guys won't give up, so you have to make the decision if a fight is becoming too one sided. 👊🏼🇺🇸

[@billyclub9863]

Ridiculously too long to stop it!!

[@ManMountainMetals]

Referees didn't have as much power back in the day to stop fights. Gotta remember we were still figuring things out at this stage.

[@George18798]

This is the way it should be instead of the garbage that happens today

[@666sk8erguy]

@@George18798forreal. At least they brought back 12-6

[@Spocklee]

Gotta give it to the little guy, he put up a hell of a fight against a guy way bigger and stronger then him. It wasn't even fair.

[@МастерЮтуб-Дзюцу]

mustache of death in action

[@Jeffery_USBP]

The stache and chest hair said it all......man

[@gomesraphael]

Jiu-jitsu só é eficaz quando era uma surpresa

[@northface484]

Before you could not grab the cage...

[@dancingtrout6719]

Now its::: let go of the Fence

[@DAVITICUS777]

That is awesome look at himm still kicking ass and taking names how old is he? Wow he looks super young for his age😂

[@jkjames4026]

This is like when you join the wrestling team, put on some muscle and get some speed and then decide I’m going to finally challenge my old man…and then your old man reminds you he’s your daddy

[@andreclash8010]

Envergadura do Bitetti e o peso não combinam com essa categoria. Diferença de força é muito grande.

[@Hbzczfpgfxdiydiridgu999]

مبارز واقعی با اون سبیل مردانه عاشق قیافه های دهه ۹۰ هستم

[@itz_Max_yall]

Bitetti’s corner must have hated him. Lol. Damn. Throw in the effing towel!

[@mudspelledbackwards2997]

Lil' feller gave The Predator a pretty good scrap. Plum tuckered out by the time it was over.

[@DaniloaugustoOliveiradossantos]

A diferença de peso é muito grande.

[@jesuscristomeusenhor413]

Excelente!

[@squatrx]

Should've been stopped waaay earlier but this was in the early days of the UFC.

[@PapaDamage]

HUGE size difference...

[@trashbasementproductions223]

Frye great champion

[@derekblackthorne]

Don "ThE dRaGoN" Wilson is one of the worst commentators in UFC history. Almost as bad as Jon Anik.

[@straightchad8059]

bad movie actor too , his movies never shown in theaters --- straight to video store ,

[@Spiritof_76]

Amaury was a bjj beast, but this is why the sport morphed toward weight classes.

[@UncleTermite]

I don’t think the size difference is really great here , Frye trained for Marco Ruas was the difference.

[@Spiritof_76]

@@UncleTermite 25 pounds of muscle does make a difference. Take modern UFC fighters of similar skill with that much difference and have them fight. Repeat the experiment 100 times. Who would usually win?

[@UncleTermite]

@ Amaury was only 5”9 though , he’s thicker then Frye who’s 6”1 he looks much bigger bc he’s wearing shoes as well . 6”1 at 210 is skinny tbh . Frye had the upper hand bc he had shoes on he had better griping on the canvas not really the weight at all .

[@Spiritof_76]

@@UncleTermite That's ridiculous. Frye is visibly larger. Wearing wrestling shoes makes him look bigger? What a goofy claim. No one in their right mind would say "skinny" if asked to describe Don Frye. Bitetti replaced Marco Ruas for some reason. Ruas vs. Frye would have been the fight to see.

[@Littlepotatochip117]

This is exactly ! What would have happened to Royce Gracie if he would have stayed ..

[@marcelotoledomayer]

Frye much bigger, grabbing the fence to avoid being taken down for the first 5 min , not mentioning the juice 🧃

[@METALFAN4EVS]

Damn.. Frye knocked the CTE right into Bitelli that night.. 🤕

[@cesarcesar5129]

The announcers where saying this was an even match up because they where both good grapplers about the same size? Frye looks about 100lbs heavier.

[@Bazarov1]

Jimmy smith brought me here

[@towb5495]

Same !

[@morbiddave2332]

Fence grabs and a 30 lb. weight advantage too much to overcome for Bitetti

[@NoNameForThisGuy]

Before they knew about side control

[@johnathanpandullo604]

why does one guy have padded gloves and the other bare knuckles? 😂

[@dimidimiuser]

When UFC has no weight division.

[@mrcookiemonster7805]

Thise new cage grabbing rules may have made a difference in this fight. Frye would have been on the ground real early if he wasn't allowed to grab the cage

[@TT-hi1qv]

I would have been terrified of that mustache that things serious!

[@JohnDoe-1000xt]

felt sorry for the small guy..got thrown around like a rag doll..Don Frye is no joke..damn

[@jd9119]

The beating he took. That guy has one thing you can't teach... Heart.

[@maybachyard]

Frye grabbing the fence multiple times to prevent the takedown smh 🤣

[@rebelp311]

It was legal back then

[@maybachyard]

@rebelp311 No, it wasn't. But I wouldn't expect the My Pillow Guy to actually know the official rules. 🤣

[@dominiquetatum7034]

Rick rude

[@metal--babble346]

McCarthy stopped the action twice to get "his fighter" medical attention.