Frank Trigg (born May 7, 1972) is an American retired

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, MMA referee and TV host. Trigg is a veteran of the

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Pride Fighting Championships PRIDE Fighting Championships (Pride or Pride FC, founded as KRS-Pride) was a Japanese mixed martial arts promotion company. Its inaugural event was held at the Tokyo Dome on October 11, 1997. Pride held more than sixty mixed martial arts even ...

BAMMA BAMMA (British Association of Mixed Martial Arts) was a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United Kingdom. It premiered on June 27, 2009, and was shown on the television channel Bravo. BAMMA events were shown live on ITV4 in the UK and I ...

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, and has made professional wrestling appearances in

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Mixed martial arts career

After years of training in

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and

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, Trigg in 1995, began studying

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under Sensei and former Olympian, Patrick Burris. It was while training with Burris that Trigg earned his first black belt and was introduced to the world of Mixed Martial Arts. A high school state champion wrestler in his native New York, Trigg initially wrestled at

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as a walk-on before transferring to

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. After finishing second in the

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championships, he returned to the NCAA ranks when OSU's arch-rivals

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offered him a scholarship. After receiving his bachelor's degree in Public Affairs and Administration from OU in 1997, Trigg stayed on as an assistant coach for the Sooners. Frustrated with his place in the US wrestling pecking order, he started a professional MMA career, using his purses to pay for flights to enter international freestyle wrestling tournaments. In 1999, Trigg fought at Pride 8 in Japan, defeating Fabiano Iha via TKO due to strikes. Less than a year later, in early 2000, Trigg qualified as an Olympic Trials Finalist in wrestling. Beating some of the World's best athletes convinced Trigg that a legitimate professional wrestling and mixed martial arts career was the next step. By the end of 2000, Trigg fought the

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world champion

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for his title. While Trigg initially controlled the bout, Sakurai staged a comeback and brutally knocked Trigg out in the second round due to knees, handing Trigg his first career loss. Trigg joined the

from 2001–2002, where he held the WFA welterweight title. Trigg was undefeated in WFA. After several successful years with the WFA, in 2003, Trigg joined the premier organization in the world for MMA, the

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(UFC). Trigg earned an immediate title shot against champion Matt Hughes at UFC 45: Revolution. After a tactical grappling match-up early on, Trigg fell victim to a rear naked choke in the first round. Trigg rebounded quickly, defeating

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and

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and

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to earn another shot at Hughes' Welterweight Championship. In their second fight at UFC 52, Trigg had Hughes at the brink of defeat after an illegal groin strike went unnoticed by referee Mario Yamasaki. Hughes went on to reverse position, and slam Trigg to the mat before locking in a rear naked choke late in round one. This was considered one of the greatest comebacks in UFC history. After this loss, fans of Frank Trigg affectionately termed the choke the "rear naked Trigg." Trigg returned at UFC 54 to take on future welterweight champion

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where he lost by a rear naked choke in the opening round. The loss would be Trigg's final appearance in the UFC until UFC 103, almost 50 events later.

First UFC Release

After not securing another fight in the UFC, Trigg participated in Rumble on the Rock's 2006

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tournament, winning his first round fight against

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. He was upset in the second round by

Carlos Condit Carlos Joseph Condit (born April 26, 1984) is an American former professional mixed martial artist. He previously competed in the Welterweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former Interim UFC Welterweight Ch ...

. Trigg remained inactive after that loss, focusing on his broadcasting job with

Pride FC PRIDE Fighting Championships (Pride or Pride FC, founded as KRS-Pride) was a Japanese mixed martial arts promotion company. Its inaugural event was held at the Tokyo Dome on October 11, 1997. Pride held more than sixty mixed martial arts even ...

. He won the Icon Sport Middleweight title on December 6, 2006, TKO-ing

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. His next fight was on at Pride 33, on February 24, 2007, against Middleweight Grand Prix champion

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. Trigg out wrestled Misaki and maintained control on the ground, winning by a 30–27 unanimous decision. A month later, on March 31, 2007, Trigg unsuccessfully defended his Icon Sport middleweight title against

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, losing in the fourth round via KO. On December 17, 2007, Trigg beat

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in the first round by submission at

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Fights- Reckless Abandon. On August 24, 2008, Trigg traveled to Japan to compete at Sengoku 4 where he bested 2000 Judo Olympic Gold Medalist

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via a unanimous decision. On October 3, 2008, Trigg won a unanimous decision over Falaniko Vitale at

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: Payback in Denver, Colorado. On February 14, 2009, Trigg won a unanimous decision over Danny Babcock (5–2) at XCF: Rumble in Racetown in Daytona, FL.

Return to UFC (2009–2010)

On May 27, 2009, Trigg re-signed with the UFC after agreeing a four-fight deal with the company, where he returned to the welterweight division against Ultimate Fighter veteran

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at UFC 103. Koscheck defeated Trigg via first-round TKO. After this disappointing loss, Trigg went on to face the former UFC welterweight champion

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and lost for a second time since his return via KO (punches) in the first round. Trigg was released by the UFC following his loss to Serra.

Late career

Trigg returned for the inaugural Israel Fighting Championship on November 9. Trigg easily defeated Roy Neeman by strikes in the first round. After the fight, he said he didn't really know what was next for him. At BAMMA 6, Trigg defeated

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standout John Phillips by TKO (doctor stoppage) in round 1. Trigg was scheduled to be the main event at BAMMA 7 against Tom Watson for the Middleweight title. However, on August 9, it was announced that Watson had to pull out due to a back injury and would be replaced by

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in a non-title fight. Trigg lost the fight via split decision. On July 11, 2015 Trigg was inducted into the newly restructured UFC Hall of Fame in the fights wing along with Matt Hughes for their second fight at UFC 52.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

In addition to MMA, Frank Trigg was also an analyst and on-screen character in

in 2008, aligning himself with

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, who used his passing resemblance to Trigg as part of a storyline. At No Surrender (2008) he faced A.J. Styles in an MMA style match, the match going to a draw due to an "unintentional" low blow on Trigg. The crowd was hostile to both combatants, chanting "This is bullshit", "We want wrestling", and "Fire

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". After the match, Styles beat down Trigg using a kendo stick and declared that "I'm a wrestler, I don't do this crap!". In 2019, Trigg appeared as the trainer for Moose in the build up for his Bound for Glory match with Ken Shamrock. On 20 October 2019, Trigg was in the corner of Moose and interfered several times in the match, most notably removing a turnbuckle pad which Ken Shamrock was thrown into resulting in a Moose victory.

MMA refereeing

Long a critic of MMA officiating stemming from his second fight with Hughes, Trigg was approached by veteran referee "Big John" McCarthy in 2011 with the offer to take his official's training course. Trigg spent several sessions with McCarthy learning the ins and outs of being an MMA referee and began controlling amateur fights in 2014. On December 9, 2017, Trigg made his UFC debut as a referee, officiating a match-up between Alexis Davis and

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at UFC Fight Night 123.

Personal life

Frank Trigg has four children; Frankie, Kiara, Stone, and Lavin.
Trigg welcomed his son Stone in September 2008. On October 2, 2010, Trigg welcomed his son Lavin. In 2006, he appeared in the episode "Fight Schlub" on the sitcom ''

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''. He has mostly worked as a

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since retirement from fighting, with credits including extensive work on the re-make of '' Hawaii Five-0''. Frank is also a member of

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fraternity, initiated in 1997 at the Xi Delta chapter at the

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He is the second retired UFC fighter to return as a UFC referee, with the first being

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Championships and accomplishments

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( Fight Wing, Class of 2015) vs. Matt Hughes 2 at UFC 52 ** UFC Encyclopedia Awards *** Fight of the Night (Two times) **UFC.com Awards ***2005: Ranked #2 Fight of the Year & Ranked #10 Fight of the Year *

**WFA Welterweight Championship (One time) *Icon Sport **Icon Sport Middleweight Championship (One time)

Mixed martial arts record

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Submission Grappling Record

References

External links

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