Don Frye

(Murilo "Ninja" Rua wrecks Alex "The Brazilian Killa" Stiebling in 39 seconds. Fight starts at the 0:22 mark. Props to TheGarv. More videos to come...)

BITETTI COMBAT: NORDESTE 4 (9/12; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
- Ricardo Arona def. Marvin Eastman via unanimous decision
- Paulo Filho def. Alex Schoenauer via unanimous decision
- Pedro Rizzo def. Jeff Monson via unanimous decision
- Murilo “Ninja” Rua def. Alex Stiebling via KO, 0:39 of round 1
- Milton Viera def. Luciano Azavedo via split decision
- Fabio Maldonado def. Vitor Miranda via unanimous decision
- Glover Texeira def. Leonardo Nascimento via submission (guillotine choke), 3:18 of round 1
- Luis Dutra Jr. def. Henrique Nogueira via TKO, round 1
- Cassiano Tytschyo def. Fausto Black via submission (guillotine choke), round 1
- Alexandre Pimentel def. Luciano “Izzy” Correa via unanimous decision

(Don Frye doesn't offer mustache rides. He merely takes applications and approves or denies them based on merit, need, and whether or not you are a gross fat chick.)

As much as we’ve been enjoying all the back and forth about who will and who won’t fight Fedor next weekend, it just seemed as though it hadn’t gotten quite absurd enough yet.  And then Don Frye chimed in:

"If Tom (Atencio) was smart, he'd have me fighting Fedor instead of whoever he's hiring on a one week notice.  My phone works if he wants a real fight with someone who sell a fight in four days, somebody who will beat that bald-headed commie too. …He ain't seen anything I have to offer.  He built his whole reputation (as a) waffle house chef. They've been serving him up ham and eggs with a side of canned tomatoes. I'll bring it. And if he can bring it, you'll have the best fight you've ever seen on the planet."

I’m sorry, bald-headed commie?  Waffle house chef?  Best fight you’ve ever seen on the planet?  And that’s just off the top of his head, people.  Imagine what he could do with a week to prepare some material and really build momentum.

(You know, Cub, in bull riding this would have been considered a victory. Photo courtesy of Newsday.)

— According to an interview on intheguard.tv, WEC featherweight/human highlight-reel Jose Aldo says he'll be getting a much-deserved shot at Mike Brown's belt at WEC 45 (November 11th, location TBA). Aldo has racked up five consecutive TKO/KO victories during his stint in the WEC, most recently slicing Cub Swanson's head wide open in 8 seconds at WEC 41 last month. Brown made his second successful title-defense at the same event, out-pointing Urijah Faber in a classic five-rounder to pick up his tenth straight win. 

— With Strikeforce middleweight champ Cung Le out of action due to a blossoming acting career, Scott Coker has announced that Jake Shields will fight for the organization's interim middleweight title in October; the exact date, location, and Shields's opponent will all be announced later. Shields has long been known as one of the best welterweights in the world, but his first-round choke-out of Robbie Lawler last month proved that he could be very competitive at a higher weight. Plus, his homey's already got the welterweight division on lock...

(Props: Fightlinker)

At long last, we present the video of Wednesday's grappling exhibition between Fedor Emelianenko and Shinya Aoki at DEEP/M-1 Challenge 3rd Edition. As you'll see, the whole thing was really just a good-natured joke, with both fighters putting on a display that was more slapstick than combat. (But man do Emelianenko's throws look smooth when they're done with a 160-pound training dummy.) Fun stuff. Now let's see the UFC do this with Lesnar and Penn...

("And that's for Pearl Harbor, you son of a bitch!" Photo courtesy of thepredatordonfrye.com.)

MMA legend/advice guru Don Frye (19-7-1), who has been representing American masculinity in no-holds-barred matches since UFC 8 in February '96, God bless him, has just booked his next fight. According to FiveOuncesofPain, the Predator will be competing two weeks from tomorrow at Shark Fight IV in Lubbock, Texas, against Rich Moss. Moss (7-2) is a former Judo champion who once defeated TUF 9 hopeful Ray Elbe — which remains his only win over a fighter with a winning record. He's also a middleweight, and we all know Don doesn't give a damn about a middleweight.

Frye has the size advantage, though that didn't help him in his most recent fight against noted fatty-hunter Ikuhisa "Minowaman" Minowa, at a DEEP show last August. Still, Frye has won three of his last five matches, so maybe the old bastard still has some spark left in him. The complete Shark Fight IV card looks like this:

Don Frye vs. Rich Moss
Rex Richards vs. Darill Schoonover
Shannon Ritch vs. TJ Wallburger
Jesse Taylor vs. Eric Davilla
Wayne Cole vs. Marcus Sursa
Phil Cardella vs. Johnny Flores
Louis Luna vs Douglas Frey
Brandi Hainey vs. Jessica Miramontes
Aaron Garcia va. Elmar Muller

Bonus "Dear Don" brilliance after the jump...