Don is a former mixed martial artist, professional wrestler, and actor.
In MMA, he was one of the sport’s earliest well-rounded fighters and won UFC 8 and finished as runner-up 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 September 2001 and was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame in 2016. Don also appeared in Godzilla: Final Wars in 2004!
