Frye vs. Rua

[The Sandmen]

Don Frye glares at his opponent from the opposite corner.
Shogun Rua looks like he has been waiting for this fight forever.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
It's hard to say who will be winning this fight. The specialized media doesn't have a favourite either.
The referee of the bout is Dan Miragliotta.

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Round 1
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The Predator and Shogun move forward as the bell signals the beginning of the fight!


A shot seen throughout the arena!
The Predator stumbles back, his corner is screaming! Shogun Rua is coming in again!


Solid low kick from Shogun Rua.
The Predator deflects it.


Shogun Rua closes the distance with his opponent wanting some action.
Shogun is holding Don Frye's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Don Frye loses balance and goes to the ground.


The clock says 0:40 in the 1 round
Shogun Rua is in side mount over Don Frye
Deep breaths from Don Frye who tries a hammer punch to Shogun's ribs.
Shogun blocks those punches


Shogun Rua is in side mount over Don Frye
Shogun Rua looks to pass to mount...
Shogun slides his knee across and achieves the mount position! Tough spot for Don Frye.


The clock says 1:00 in the 1 round
Shogun Rua is in full mount over Don Frye
The Predator is using some of his ground skills to escape from this...
Shogun Rua pushes Don Frye down and prevents his attempts to escape
Shogun is trying to counter now!
Shogun Rua throws down elbows...
He's tearing up The Predator's face with those brutal elbows! The Predator needs to do something! The referee is threatening to stop it!
The Predator's Chin is bruised after the punishement he's received!


Shogun Rua is in full mount over Don Frye
Don Frye doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He can't do it because of Shogun's moves.


Shogun Rua is in full mount over Don Frye
The Predator tries to stand up!
Shogun doesn't allow him!


Shogun Rua is in full mount over Don Frye
Shogun Rua moves to better his position on the ground...
Shogun Rua wraps his arms around his opponents' and tries to switch positions


Don Frye is in side mount over Shogun Rua
Shogun works on the ground with his fingers over The Predator's face
He seems to have encountered the eye! What a classless move!
Dan Miragliotta saw it!
Dan Miragliotta allows The Predator time to recover... The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Papp Laszlo Budapest Sportarena (Budapest, Hungary) are cheering for the fighters.


The clock says 1:50 in the 1 round
Shogun Rua throws a combo
The Predator punches back but nobody connects.
The Predator clumsily fails here and it's time for Shogun Rua to fight back!
A shot seen throughout the arena!
The Predator stumbles back, his corner is screaming! Shogun Rua is coming in again!
There is a small laceration on Don Frye's Left eye


Crisp uppercut by Shogun followed by a hard jab
Don Frye stumbles back.


Don Frye tries a hook to the body
but Shogun manages to dodge it


Don Frye shoots for a double leg takedown!
Shogun Rua sprawls and manages to stay on his feet.
Shogun is trying to counter now!
Shogun moves forward looking for some action
He surprises The Predator with a double overhooks!


Brutal-looking high kick from Shogun Rua!
You could hear the impact from the back seats!


Don Frye shoots for a double leg takedown!
Shogun Rua sprawls and manages to stay on his feet.


Don Frye tries a nice one-two combination
He scores!
Shogun's Left cheek is bruised after the punishement he's received!


Shogun Rua was tooling Don Frye for the whole fight. I don't know if it's because Don Frye lack of fighting spirit or just of skill.
Don Frye attempts to cut off Shogun with punches
Shogun avoids getting cornered.


Shogun wants to take the fight to his advantage and tries to clinch.
Shogun moves forward and holds The Predator
Don Frye pushes away Shogun trying to keep the fight at striking range
Shogun doesn't want to break the clinch as he still is grappling with Don Frye


The clock says 3:20 in the 1 round
The fighters are clinching.
The Predator grapple with Shogun Rua and tries a Inner leg Sweep
Shogun Rua managed to maintain his balances and move away from The Predator


Shogun Rua goes with a looping right hand while Don Frye jumps back and jabs
That one hits but The Predator seems unaffected, countering with a few punches of his own. Great exchange here.


You can hear the excitement from the crowd. Shogun Rua can end the fight with his ground and pound.
Shogun Rua fakes a punch and launches himself over Don Frye
Great move by Shogun who pushes his opponent under a troublesome thai clinch


The fighters are clinching.
The Predator takes a break to breathe while holding Shogun Rua.
The referee intervenes to break the clinch.


Solid low kick from Don Frye.
Shogun deflects it.
Shogun tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Superb haymaker by Shogun
The Predator manages to move aside


The clock says 4:20 in the 1 round
Don Frye fakes a punch and launches himself over Shogun Rua
Shogun counters with a few fake punches and then backpedals


Shogun Rua takes a few seconds to recover his breath...


Some nice shots from Don Frye
miss their mark.
Shogun is trying to counter now!
Incredible haymaker from Shogun Rua!
You can see Don Frye's head being snapped backwards!
The Predator has a small cut in his Right cheek


The clock says 4:55 in the 1 round
Shogun Rua goes with a looping right hand while Don Frye jumps back and jabs
That one hits but The Predator seems unaffected, countering with a few punches of his own. Great exchange here.
The buzzer sounds, marking the end of the round. The ref tells the fighters to go to their corner.
This round is maybe for Shogun Rua, but it's close.



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Round 2
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The Predator feints and moves forward to hit with a hook
Shogun moves aside and dodges.


A high kick from Don Frye
misses badly. The Predator slips and falls!


Shogun is standing while The Predator is on the ground on his back
Shogun has a high cardio that helps him make great performances.
Shogun launches a kick to The Predator's thigh
Loud pop!


Shogun is standing while The Predator is on the ground on his back
Don Frye launches an up-kick intended for Shogun Rua's head...
Shogun leans out of the way.


Shogun is standing while The Predator is on the ground on his back
Shogun moves backwards and gestures for Don Frye to stand up.
Back to the beginning! Don Frye is standing now.


The Predator launches a hook to the body
Shogun Rua moves aside looking for a counter...


Don Frye and Shogun engage in a wild exchange of punches!
Shogun Rua is getting the best of the exchange as he lands a few blows.


A punch from Don Frye
grazes Shogun's right cheek.


Brutal-looking high kick from Shogun Rua!
You could hear the impact from the back seats!
The Predator's Chin is bruised after the punishement he's received!


Shogun tries to grapple
He puts The Predator in a double underhook!


Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Shogun Rua's corner is turning out to be his worst enemy! The Predator is throwing a flurry of punches!
Shogun ducks under and circles out of the corner.
The Predator clumsily fails here and it's time for Shogun Rua to fight back!
Shogun Rua steps forward and fires a high kick!
Vicious high kick, I can't believe that landed!
The Predator crumples to the mat and Shogun moves in to finish him. The referee jumps in and stops the fight!
There is a small laceration on Don Frye's Right cheek

Winner is Shogun Rua by KO (High kick) at 2:08 Round 2

Statistics: Don Frye
Punches 7/28 (25%)
Kicks 0/2 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/5 (0%)
Takedowns 0/2 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/1 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 99 s

Statistics: Shogun Rua
Punches 12/16 (75%)
Kicks 4/5 (80%)
Clinch strikes 1/1 (100%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 5/8 (62%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 71 s


Shogun's still riding high and hard from the JDS win.

[Ferocity]

"Shogun Rua was tooling Don Frye for the whole fight. I don't know if it's because Don Frye lack of fighting spirit or just of skill."

even the simulator knew the score.

[The Sandmen]

It's a bright simulator.

[xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club]

Only sometimes... most of the time it has no clue what it's saying. lol

[xx - Team GAP]

love how it says its Frye vs Sua... not Frye vs Rua

[xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club]

Jan 12, 2014 23:14:59 GMT -5 xx - Team GAP said:

love how it says its Frye vs Sua... not Frye vs Rua

That's Sandman's "Honors Degree" hard at work. lol

[The Sandmen]

Oh, Phoenix. Your ignorance knows no bounds.

1) Rua is not an English name. It is a Brazilian one.

2) You're the only one who thinks I have an "Honors Degree"

[xx - Team GAP]

I can't remember what thread it was on but didn't you say you had an honors degree?

[The Sandmen]

Jan 13, 2014 3:06:04 GMT -5 xx - Team GAP said:

I can't remember what thread it was on but didn't you say you had an honors degree?

No, I said I have an Honours Degree.

[xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club]

Jan 13, 2014 0:59:05 GMT -5 The Sandmen said:

Oh, Phoenix. Your ignorance knows no bounds.

1) Rua is not an English name. It is a Brazilian one.

2) You're the only one who thinks I have an "Honors Degree"

1) Doesn't matter if it was a martian name... Shogun Rua's been around long enough that you should know how to spell it, even if it was spelled phonetically as Hua, that would've atleast shown some smarts on your part but spelling it Sua? the "S" isn't even really near enough to the "R" to say it was just a typing error... :

2) Nope. Not true.

Jan 13, 2014 14:36:12 GMT -5 The Sandmen said:

Jan 13, 2014 3:06:04 GMT -5 xx - Team GAP said:

I can't remember what thread it was on but didn't you say you had an honors degree?

No, I said I have an Honours Degree.

But keep trying to say "Honours" & "Honors" are two different things. lol It just continues to make this alleged "degree" that you supposedly have even more laughable.

[The Sandmen]

It's only laughable to you because you border on illiterate, so anything anyone says other than "Hey Ian, spear that wall over there" is foreign to you.

[xx - Team GAP]

But he is good at spearing the wall... and honor's degree and honours degree are the same thing. just different spelling... so stop being a spelling police and spear a wall sandmen.. you'll feel better

[xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club]

Jan 13, 2014 17:01:33 GMT -5 The Sandmen said:

It's only laughable to you because you border on illiterate

Nope. It's absolutely laughable because you claim to have this degree, yet refuse to acknowledge that there are different spellings of some words in the English language that are in fact the exact same word. lol Any grade school child by about grade 3, or 4 at the latest, knows this, atleast I did anyways. But also, the other thing that strikes me funny is that even the spell checker on here says that "Honours" isn't the proper spelling. X-D That must REALLY frustrate you. Have you written Proboards to complain yet?

[The Sandmen]

The spell checker is not Proboards, clown, it's your browser. If you have it set to American, then yes, Canadian words are spelled wrong. And it's funny to me you continue arguing the spelling of a degree with the person that has the degree. Should I start arguing that your name is spelled Iann, instead of Ian? Or Mat instead of Matt? It's the TITLE of the degree, and is not interchangeable. Perhaps if you qualified for anything other than wrestling school, you would know the things that these Grade 3s and 4s know.

Sorry, Ian, you will just have to accept that you are incorrect this time and move on.

[xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club]

Jan 14, 2014 17:11:23 GMT -5 The Sandmen said:

The spell checker is not Proboards, clown, it's your browser. If you have it set to American, then yes, Canadian words are spelled wrong. And it's funny to me you continue arguing the spelling of a degree with the person that has the degree. Should I start arguing that your name is spelled Iann, instead of Ian? Or Mat instead of Matt? It's the TITLE of the degree, and is not interchangeable. Perhaps if you qualified for anything other than wrestling school, you would know the things that these Grade 3s and 4s know.

Sorry, Ian, you will just have to accept that you are incorrect this time and move on.

No more or less incorrect than you... lol But whatever... you go ahead and live in your little bubble of arrogance. Enjoy. lol