Don Frye Autographs
Donald Frye (born November 23, 1965) is an American former mixed martial artist, professional wrestler, and actor. In MMA, he was one of the sport's earliest well-rounded fighters and won the UFC 8 and David vs. Goliath 96 tournaments and finished as runner-up at UFC 10 in his first year of competition. 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, he 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. He fought bouts with Ken Shamrock and Yoshihiro Takayama during his two years in Pride. He departed the promotion to compete in K-1 and Hero's in 2004 but returned for the final Pride event in 2007. He was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame in 2016.
Frye was born of Irish and Scottish descent. He began wrestling at Buena High School in Sierra Vista, Arizona, then in college for Arizona State University in 1984, where he was trained by fellow future Ultimate Fighting Championship competitor, assistant wrestling coach Dan Severn. In 1987, he won the freestyle and Greco-Roman events during an Olympic qualifier. A year later, he transferred to Oklahoma State University–Stillwater, where his teammates included future colleague Randy Couture.
After college, Frye trained in boxing for a year and a half and made his professional debut on August 28, 1989, in Phoenix, Arizona, scoring a first-round knockout over Luis Mora. After eight bouts over the next fourteen months he retired and became an emergency medical technician and a firefighter in Bisbee, Arizona. He boxed under the name J.R. Frye in several matches after being forced to change his name due to a contractual dispute. In his final boxing match, Frye lost via technical knockout to David Kilgour of Somis, California, at the Reseda Country Club in Reseda, Los Angeles on December 11, 1990, bringing his professional record to two wins, five losses and one draw. Frye also worked in a psychiatric ward but left that position after breaking a patient's arm while restraining him. During this time, he also took up judo and earned the rank of second dan black belt.
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Traded items with a signature of Don Frye
The most expensive item with a signature of Don Frye (Don Frye The Predator Signed Glove Autographed COA) was sold in February 2025 for $2,321.00 while the cheapest item (Don Frye UFC Signed 8x10 MMA COA Autograph Champ Signature Pride Fc) found a new owner for $2.99 in October 2017. The month with the most items sold (11) was April 2022 with an average selling price of $18.00 for an autographed item of Don Frye. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in February 2025 with $2,321.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $3.99 was March 2015. In average, an autographed item from Don Frye is worth $29.99.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Don Frye were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | 2024 Topps Finest UFC Don Frye Intimidators Autograph 1/1 Superfractor | $2,300.00 |  |
 | Don Frye Autographed Signed 8x10 Photo - UFC Hall Of Famer MMA - w/COA | $69.00 | |
| Don Frye Autographed Signed 8x10 Photo - UFC Hall Of Famer MMA - w/COA | $39.99 | |
| Don Frye Autographed Signed 8x10 Photo - UFC Hall Of Famer MMA - w/COA | $39.99 | |
| Don Frye Autographed Signed 8x10 Photo - UFC Hall Of Famer MMA - w/COA | $39.99 | |
| Don Frye Autographed Signed 8x10 Photo - UFC Hall Of Famer MMA - w/COA | $39.99 | |
 | Don Frye Kazuyuki Fujita & Butterbean Signed Pride FC 34 Bout Sheet BAS COA UFC | $197.99 | |
| Don Frye The Predator AUTOGRAPH Signed UFC Fighting MMA 8x10 Photo B ACOA | $50.00 | |
| Don Frye The Predator Signed Glove Autographed COA | $2,321.00 | |
| DON FRYE UFC MMA HALL OF FAME LEGEND AUTOGRAPHED "8X10" PHOTO COA FREE SHIPPING! | $39.99 | |
| DON FRYE UFC MMA HALL OF FAME LEGEND AUTOGRAPHED "8X10" PHOTO COA FREE SHIPPING! | $39.99 | |
| DON FRYE UFC MMA HALL OF FAME LEGEND AUTOGRAPHED "8X10" PHOTO COA FREE SHIPPING! | $39.99 | |
| DON FRYE UFC MMA HALL OF FAME LEGEND AUTOGRAPHED "8X10" PHOTO COA FREE SHIPPING! | $39.99 | |
| UFC Predator Don Frye Signed 8x10 Photo A Autograph MMA Fighter Pride JSA COA | $74.95 | |
 | UFC Predator Don Frye Signed 8x10's Autograph MMA Fighter | $40.00 | |
