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Mark 'The Hammer' Coleman (Official Thread)

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I cant believe no one is/was discussing this unless im missing somthing.... just watched it and Mark fought with heart and lost in the last 30 seconds. Actually at times they looked like drunken sailors fighting in a bar... Rua won but looked bad getting gassed by a 44 year old... I could not find any discussion of this please move if there is
 
Coleman looked slower than he did even a year and a half ago and I think Rua is probibly not as good as advertised or he is being plagued with injuries or somthing because he got gassed and hes 27....... Coleman should fight guys like Shamrock or manage and coach..... maybe their could be a senior tour or somthing.
 
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Former OSU wrestling star ready for fight

Mark Coleman in must-win UFC fight vs. Stephan Bonnar in UFC 100 Saturday

Dann Stupp,
Contributing Writer
12:30 AM Thursday, July 9, 2009
LAS VEGAS ? Mark Coleman won an NCAA national wrestling championship at Ohio State, represented the U.S. wrestling team in the 1992 Summer Olympics, won the UFC?s first-ever heavyweight title, and earned an induction into the UFC Hall of Fame in 2008.
But Coleman (15-9), who fights fellow light heavyweight Stephan Bonnar (11-5) Saturday, July 11, at UFC 100 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, still points to his first Ohio high school state championship as one of his proudest moments.
Coleman, who lives in Columbus, won the state wrestling title at Saint Joseph Central Catholic High School in Freemont.
?It was just surreal,? Coleman said. ?It was an emotional high that I?d only feel a few more times in my life.?
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At 44, former Ohio State wrestler Mark Coleman is still strong in the clinches of MMA
by Doug Lesmerises, Plain Dealer Reporter
Thursday July 09, 2009
By Doug Lesmerises
Plain Dealer Reporter

Columbus -- Don't ask Mark Coleman if is he's one of the toughest 44-year-old guys around. He's not a fan of the age restriction.

"I'd like to think I'm one of the toughest guys in the world, not just my age," Coleman said this week.

An NCAA wrestling champ at Ohio State in 1988 and a member of the 1992 Olympic team, Coleman made his debut in the Ultimate Fighting Championship in 1996, won the heavyweight title in 1997 and helped pave the way for the success of wrestlers in mixed martial arts. Inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame in 2008, Coleman has spent the past 12 weeks in Las Vegas as part of the most intense training of his career in preparation for his fight with Stephan Bonnar, one of the 11 fights that are part of UFC 100 on Saturday night.

Coleman, who still lives in Columbus, said the time away from daughters McKenzie, 11, and Morgan, 10, has been difficult, but he's hoping it's worth it.

"My confidence is higher than it's ever been," Coleman said. "There's nothing else out there I'd rather be doing, so I'll be doing this for a while. The difference is, I'll be putting in 100 percent."

Coleman spoke by phone about his career and the life of wrestlers in MMA.


Plain Dealer: How do you prepare for a fight like this?

Mark Coleman: To prepare for a fight, you have to fight in practice, there's no way around it. But at the same time, you've also got to protest yourself, so if you fight every day full go, you're going to suffer in injuries and you wouldn't be any good by the time the fight gets here.

So you split up the disciplines and do a little bit of everything. Some days you train wrestling and some days boxing or kick boxing, and then of course you've got cardiovascular stuff. A few days a week you've got to get in there and full-out fight, but you've got to take care of your partner and yourself or your career is going to be very short. I've had my share of injuries, but I've avoided the major ones. And I haven't taken that many shots to the head, so at the age of 44, I feel a lot younger than that.
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At 44, former Ohio State wrestler Mark Coleman is still strong in the clinches of MMA - cleveland.com
 
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Coleman cut from UFC

By David McKinney


Normally I'd give you my BS "it's been a busy week in mixed martial arts" line in this section, but the fact is that without a major event, it was actually sort of a boring week. Despite the lack of live fights, however, there was still plenty of news from the world of MMA, including one fighter pulling out of an upcoming championship fight.

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In one of the saddest notes in recent memory, former Ohio State national champion wrestler and UFC Hall of Fame member Mark "The Hammer" Coleman was cut from the UFC after his recent loss to fellow Hall of Famer Randy Couture at UFC 109. The 45-year-old Coleman, who lives in Columbus when he's not training, reportedly had one fight left on the original contract that he signed with the UFC in 2008. The first-ever UFC heavyweight champion, "The Hammer" went 1-2 during his second run in the world's biggest promotion. Coleman has repeatedly said that he won't retire, but his time as a competitive athlete seems to be drawing to a close.
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Ohio State duo teams to take on Warren's Jeff Kugel in MMA
Feb 17, 2011
By MIKE BRUDENELL
Detroit Free Press Sports Writer

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Mark (The Hammer) Coleman will work Josh Burns' corner during Burns' MMA fight at the Palace on Friday.

UFC Hall of Famer Mark (The Hammer) Coleman and student Josh (The Hammer) Burns of Dexter have more in common than their nicknames.

Coleman and Burns both attended Ohio State, where they wrestled and rooted for the Buckeyes against the Wolverines in Big Ten football every fall.

On Friday, Coleman, an NCCA collegiate wrestling champion and Olympian, and Burns, who once boxed at the Kronk Gym, will team up at the Palace for the Impact Fight League's "St. Valentine's Day Massacre" pro MMA show.

Coleman, who fought the likes of Dan Severn, Pedro Rizzo, Fedor Emelianenko and Randy Couture in classic UFC bouts, will be in Burns' corner when he takes on Warren's powerful Jeff Kugel, a former OHL hockey player, in a heavyweight contest.

"I've been up to Michigan a dozen or more times in the last couple years," said Coleman, 47, who operates Team Hammer House, a mixed martial arts training center, in Columbus, Ohio. "The MMA fans in Michigan are great."

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ALPHA BUCKEYE: THE STORY OF MARK “THE HAMMER” COLEMAN

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Mark Coleman showed ridiculous athletic ability far before he became the first heavyweight champion in Ultimate Fighting Championship history.

Before he was an Olympic wrestler.

Before he was an NCAA champion wrestler.

Even before he was a high school wrestler, Mark displayed the athleticism and drive to become a champion.

“My dad used to pay me for pushups, a penny apiece,” Coleman told Eleven Warriors. “I was able to earn a dollar at a time when I could do 100 pushups in a row. I think I was about five when I could do that. I knew from an early age that I wanted to be the best in the world as an athlete.”

Growing up, he excelled at football and baseball, but Coleman made his name on the wrestling mat. He took up the sport at the age of five and became the first state champion for Fremont’s St. Joseph High School as a sophomore in 1981. Coleman finished runner-up as a junior due to an injury at the state tournament but capped off his career with a second straight title as a senior in the 185-pound weight class.

While Coleman hoped to wrestle or play football at a big-time school like Iowa or Ohio State, his two state titles and a runner-up finish only netted him Division 1 wrestling offers from Ohio and Miami University. He chose Miami.

Oxford, Ohio wasn't a hot bed for college wrestlers in the mid-1980s, so Coleman arrived on campus looking to use the university as a springboard to a big-time program like Iowa, Oklahoma State, or Ohio State.

When wrestling for Miami, Coleman was a two-time NCAA qualifier, earning his first All-American honors in 1986 with a fourth place finish (two places ahead of future WCW tag team champion Scott Steiner of Michigan). Mark’s All-American finish was one of eight earned by a Miami University wrestler before the program ended in 1999.
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These days Coleman has put his intimidating persona behind him and now focuses on raising his three daughters. Mark’s two oldest daughters, who he famously comforted after one of his losses to Fedor, are in their late teens. Mark and his girlfriend are currently raising an 18-month-old daughter at home.

“Not only did I provide a living for my family through MMA, but I am glad that it’s now a great path for college wrestlers to take once they graduate," Coleman said. "Some guys will go on to the Olympics, but that's only a few. MMA gives other guys a path to take to make some money.”

No longer the fearsome figure of years past, Mark Coleman walks slower now thanks to hip replacement surgery, but he still looks able to do some damage if the need presents itself. Coleman justifies his hunched posture and slow gait by noting all of his older sports heroes from his childhood walked slowly and a bit bent over.

“The way I see it,” Coleman said, “you have to pay your dues to be the best. When you’re all done, if you aren’t hunched over, you probably got your ass kicked. I got my ass kicked some of the time, but I gave out my fair share.”

Entire article: http://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio-state-wrestling/2016/07/72187/mark-coleman-alpha-buckeye
 
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