Following a forty-seven second knockout of Bryan Pardoe at "NLF: Heavy Hands" in Dallas, Texas in January 2008, Don Frye announced on February 8, 2008 on TAGG Radio that he would be fighting Oleg Taktarov on the debut card for YAMMA Pit Fighting on April 11 in the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The fight was to be the first fight in YAMMA's Masters Division, a division for fighters over the age of 39. However, he had to withdraw due to an injury and was replaced by UFC 1 entree Patrick Smith.