Don Frye predicts next three big fights

The legendary Don Frye recently appeared on Submission Radio and growled about the UFC lawsuit, Jones vs. Cormier, Weidman vs. Belfort, Anderson Silva and Mrs. Frye, and even, in his way, comes around on WMMA.

The biggest story last week was of course the class-action law suit filed against the UFC in North California Federal court, three times.

You know, all I know about it is what I’ve read on the internet like everybody else. And I think once these guys get a check wiggled in front of them, they’re going to bounce out. They’re going to take their check, and they’re going to run, you know. It’s not going to last. I mean let’s face it, UFC can litigate you until your great grandchildren die of old age, you know? There’s no law firm that’s gonna take something like that on a percentage basis. And once UFC tells these guys “hey I’ll give ya half a million dollars, and a million dollars to walk away” these guys are gonna take it and go buy themselves a boat and be gone.

Whenever I hear someone say ” I’m doing it for the fighters, I’m doing it for the other athletes, I’m doing it for everybody else, I’m doing it for the little guy” I wipe my ass with that comment. You know what, as soon as they get money, they’re going to go.

Jones vs. Cormier at UFC 182 on Jan 3.

I’ll tell you what, the build up has been pretty decent man. These two boys have been bringing it. It’s been a lot of fun and very entertaining, but I think Jones has bit off more than he can chew. He’s been bragging, and it happens to us all. It happened to me, it happened to Mark Coleman, you know it happened to Kerr, it happened to Fedor. After a while, after so many wins you get bored, and you stop training so hard, and you start trying to phone it in, and you realize that hey some of these guys, they own the phone. You know, s—.

I think that Jon’s at that level where he’s just bored with it. He’s over-impressed himself and Daniel’s got a heck of a resume and he’s a heck of an athlete. I think besides Dan Severn I think he’s the best wrestler who’s came into the sport, and he’s not afraid of getting hit. So I think it’s going to be a barn burner. I think this will be the fight of the decade.

On Anderson Silva vs. Nick Diaz at UFC 183 on Jan 31.

I wanna go with Nick Diaz. You know, I like Anderson Silva. I respect him. Back when we were fighting we fought on 4, 5, 6 cards together back there in Pride and he was always a gentleman. Always a gentleman. And I have much respect, you know very polite. We were in the locker room and my wife was in the locker room with us a little bit too long. You know I like to keep her in there, make sure she’s safe, and then after a while I send her out to go get her seat so I can change the channel. You know, switch my mind. And Anderson came in and he took his shower and he covered himself completely [with a towel] while he walked by. Me? I don’t have any class at all. If there’s a woman in the locker room and she shouldn’t be there, I’d just have flung it at her, you know. Hey, this is where men belong here, woman don’t. Anderson has so much more class than I do it’s unbelievable.

“But the unfortunate thing is, that’s a hell of an injury to come back from, for anybody. Anderson’s one of the greatest fighters of all time, but Nick Diaz is one of the toughest fighters of all time. I mean there’s a difference. Nick, he’s a scrapper, he’s a fighter. It’s not any kind of beauty. It’s like beauty and the beast between these two, because Anderson’s a beauty and Nick’s a beast. When it comes to fighting, Anderson’s all techniques. You know, speed and style. And Nick just comes to fight man.

On Chris Weidman vs. Vitor Belfort at UFC 184 on Feb 28.

Of course, of course. I think Vitor needs to go back in for another Gynecomastia operation. He got caught once again and things aren’t nothing in his favor, and Chris is here to stay for – you know he’s going to run the gauntlet for about three more years.

I think Vitor’s like a cat. He’s got more than nine lives. Every time you think he’s done he comes back. He’s just not at the top of his game. He’s not who he was back in ’96, ’97. You know, we all get old and we all lose a step. Unfortunately he’s lost several, and you can’t afford to lose half a step against someone like Weidman. I hate to crawl up Weidman’s butt like everybody else, but the kid’s got it going. He’s got the wrestling pedigree and he can throw fists. And obviously he’s got the toughest shins in the world

On Tito vs. Bonnar at Bellator 131

When’s the last time they put on a decent card? I mean I was hoping Bellator would do it, but that fight between Tito and Stephan Bonnar – I like Stephan, I really like Stephan. I did a movie with him. We did a stunt scene in the movie ‘Salt’ and it got completely edited out of the movie. But Stephan’s a great guy – but that whole fight was just a turd. I would say neither one of them should have got paid. It was an embarrassment to the sport and it was an embarrassment to all manhood.

On brawling with Dennis Hallman in a hotel lobby and Bas Rutten accidentally getting kicked in the head.

Let me tell you something, I would take Dennis Hallman and charge hell with a bucket of water with Dennis Hallman, alright. Dennis Hallman is one of the very few guys who’s got a set of balls on him. Everybody else just likes to talk, but Dennis will step up to it, you know. I would trust him all day long. I walked back, I was drinking, he was drinking, he made a comment and I was an a——, and things escalated. Okay . So the bottom line is, you got two drunken a——s going at it. The IFL had both teams or four teams, two teams, three teams, four teams at the same hotel. That’s stupid. The NBA is even smart enough not to keep the opposing teams at the same hotel, you know. These idiots had fighters or ‘wannabe fighters’ at the same hotel. That’s just a recipe for trouble, and that’s what happened.

On WMMA.

I’ve seen a couple of fights from the woman that fought better than the guys on the card, and then the whole rest of the card. All them guys strutting around, claiming to be fighters. They should be ashamed. Because the one woman fight on the card outshined the whole card of boys. You know what I mean? Made ’em look like boys, you know. It’s embarrassing.

So what do you think UG? You differ from Don Frye anywhere?