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| Statistics | |
| Nickname | The Hammer |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1. 85 m) |
| Weight | 224 lb (102 kg/16. The pound or pound-mass (abbreviation lb, lbm, or sometimes in the United States #) is a unit of Mass 0 st) |
| Nationality | American |
| Born | December 20, 1964 |
| Fighting out of | Columbus, Ohio |
| Town of birth | |
| Team/Association | Team Hammer House[1] |
| Fighting style | Freestyle wrestling |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Wins | 15 |
| By knockout | 4 |
| By submission | 8 |
| Losses | 8 |
| Draws | 0 |
Mark "The Hammer" Coleman (born December 20, 1964) is an American mixed martial artist, professional wrestler, former NCAA collegiate wrestler and former Olympic amateur wrestler. The stone is a unit of Weight. It is part of the Imperial system of weights and measures used in the British Isles, and formerly used in most Events 69 - Vespasian, formerly a general under Nero, enters Rome to claim the title of Emperor. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Hilliard is a city in Franklin County, Ohio, United States. The population was 24230 at the 2000 census. Ohio ( is a Midwestern state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads Team Hammer House is a Mixed martial arts team operating out of Columbus Ohio, made up of mostly former NCAA wrestlers. Freestyle wrestling is a style of Amateur wrestling that is practiced throughout the world Events 69 - Vespasian, formerly a general under Nero, enters Rome to claim the title of Emperor. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Mixed martial arts (MMA is a full contact Combat sport that allows a wide variety of fighting techniques from a mixture of Martial arts traditions and Professional wrestling, or pro wrestling, is a non-competitive professional Sport, where all matches are scripted by the promotion's booking staff The National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA, often pronounced "N-C-Double-A" is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions conferences organizations Collegiate wrestling is the commonly-used name of the style of Amateur wrestling practiced at the College and University level in the United States Amateur wrestling is the most widespread form of sport Wrestling. In MMA, he was the UFC 10 and UFC 11 tournament champion, the first Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight champion, and the PRIDE Fighting Championships 2000 Open Weight Grand Prix champion. UFC 10 The Tournament was a Mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on July 12th 1996 at the Fairgrounds Arena UFC 11 The Proving Ground was a Mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on September 20th 1996 at the Augusta Civic Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC is a US -based Mixed martial arts (MMA organization currently recognized as the largest MMA promotion in the world The heavyweight division in Mixed martial arts generally groups fighters between minimum of 206 and maximum 265 lb (93 and 120 kg) PRIDE Fighting Championships ( PRIDE or PRIDE FC for short was a Mixed martial arts organization based in Japan. On 1 March 2008, Coleman was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame. Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC is a US -based Mixed martial arts (MMA organization currently recognized as the largest MMA promotion in the world
Coleman is credited with proving the ability of wrestlers to dominate in the developing sport of mixed martial arts, and with being the inventor of the strategy that came to be known as ground-and-pound. Mixed martial arts (MMA is a full contact Combat sport that allows a wide variety of fighting techniques from a mixture of Martial arts traditions and [2]
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Mark Coleman was born in Fremont, Ohio, U.S. in 1964. Fremont is a city in and the County seat of Sandusky County, Ohio, United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the He began freestyle wrestling as a teenager, and wrestled for Miami University, in Ohio, where he was a two time Mid-American Conference wrestling champion. Freestyle wrestling is a style of Amateur wrestling that is practiced throughout the world Miami University (colloquially and incorrectly referred to as Miami of Ohio for clarification purposes is a Coeducational Public university founded in 1809 In his senior year, he transferred to The Ohio State University and won an NCAA championship. The Ohio State University ( OSU) is a Coeducational public Research university in the state of Ohio. The National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA, often pronounced "N-C-Double-A" is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions conferences organizations Out of college, Coleman was awarded a spot on the US Wrestling team, placing seventh overall in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event held in Barcelona, Barcelona ( Catalan bəɾsəˈlonə Spanish baɾθeˈlona is the capital and most populous city of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.
Following his amateur career, Coleman made the transition to the then-new sport of mixed martial arts, winning his first two tournaments, UFC 10 where he beat defending champion Don Frye and UFC 11 in 1996, and becoming the UFC's first heavyweight champion when he submitted Dan Severn via neck crank at UFC 12. Mixed martial arts (MMA is a full contact Combat sport that allows a wide variety of fighting techniques from a mixture of Martial arts traditions and UFC 10 The Tournament was a Mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on July 12th 1996 at the Fairgrounds Arena Don "The Predator" Frye (born November 23, 1965) is an American professional Mixed martial arts fighter Actor, and UFC 11 The Proving Ground was a Mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on September 20th 1996 at the Augusta Civic Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC is a US -based Mixed martial arts (MMA organization currently recognized as the largest MMA promotion in the world Daniel "The Beast" Severn (born June 8 1954) is an American mixed martial artist and professional wrestler, notable
Coleman made his first title defense at UFC 14, facing the kickboxer Maurice Smith. UFC 14 Showdown was a Mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on July 27, 1997 in Birmingham Alabama Maurice "Mo" Smith (born December 13, 1961) is an American professional Kickboxer, Mixed martial artist and former In what turned out to be a long battle, Coleman lost a decision after 21:00 (regulation plus two overtimes) to Smith. Realizing his stamina was not able to sustain fighting for so long, Coleman took nearly a year off and returned at UFC 17, facing up and coming Lion's Den fighter Pete Williams. UFC 17 Redemption was a Mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on May 15th 1998 at the Mobile Civic Center, in The Lion's Den is a Mixed martial arts team and training facility that was based out of Susanville, California but has recently moved its headquarters Peter Alan Williams (born July 10, 1975) is a former American Mixed martial arts fighter who fought out of Ken Shamrock 's Lion's Den In what turned out to be another long and strenuous battle, Coleman appeared to be completely exhausted after 10 minutes, even resting his hands on his knees during the fight. Taking advantage of Coleman's fatigue, Williams landed a heavy kick to the face, knocking Mark Coleman out for the first time in his career.
After nearly eight months of recuperation and training, Coleman returned at UFC 18 to face feared Brazilian striker Pedro Rizzo. UFC 18 The Road to the Heavyweight Title was a Mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on January 8, 1999 Pedro Augusto "The Rock" Rizzo (born May 3, 1974) is a Brazilian Mixed martial arts fighter and professional Kickboxer After 15:00 the fight went to the judges, who called the fight for Rizzo.
From 2000 through 2006, Coleman continued his career with Japanese promotion, PRIDE Fighting Championships while also making appearances with the professional wrestling promotion HUSTLE. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. PRIDE Fighting Championships ( PRIDE or PRIDE FC for short was a Mixed martial arts organization based in Japan. Professional wrestling, or pro wrestling, is a non-competitive professional Sport, where all matches are scripted by the promotion's booking staff He won the PRIDE 2000 Open Weight Grand Prix tournament defeating Masaaki Satake, Akira Shoji, Kazuyuki Fujita, and Igor Vovchanchyn. PRIDE Fighting Championships ( PRIDE or PRIDE FC for short was a Mixed martial arts organization based in Japan. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Masaaki Satake ( Japanese: 佐竹 雅昭 born August 17, 1965) is a retired professional Japanese Heavyweight Karateka Akira Shoji (小路晃 (born January 31, 1974) is a professional Mixed martial arts fighter from Japan born October 16 1970) is a Japanese professional wrestler, a Mixed martial arts fighter and a former amateur wrestler. Igor Yaroslavovich "Ice Cold" Vovchanchyn ( Russian: Игорь Ярославович Вовчанчин
After a quick TKO victory over Allan Goes at PRIDE 13, Coleman faced possibly his toughest challenge ever in Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira at PRIDE 16. Allan Goes (born April 20, 1971 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a Professional Mixed martial arts (MMA fighter PRIDE 13 Collision Course was a Mixed martial arts event held by the PRIDE Fighting Championships. Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira (born June 2 1976 in Vitória da Conquista, Brazil) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist known for his technical mastery PRIDE 16 Beasts From the East was a Mixed martial arts event held by the PRIDE Fighting Championships on September 24, 2001 at the Osaka "Minotauro" was able to catch Coleman in a triangle/armbar at 6:10 of the first round, breaking Coleman's six fight winning streak.
Coleman would take nearly two years off following the fight with Nogueira, Spending time with his wife and children, and focusing on developing his martial arts training facility and stable of fighters at Team Hammer House. Team Hammer House is a Mixed martial arts team operating out of Columbus Ohio, made up of mostly former NCAA wrestlers. Training such fighters as Kevin Randleman, Wes Sims, and Phil Baroni, Team Hammer House quickly gained a reputation of turning out world class fighters. Kevin "The Monster" Randleman (born August 10, 1971 in Sandusky, Ohio) is an American Mixed martial arts Wesley 'Wes' Edward 'The Project' Sims (born August 4, 1979) is an American mixed martial artist "The New York Bad-Ass" Phil Baroni (born April 16, 1976) is an American Mixed martial arts fighter
Coleman returned to MMA competition at PRIDE 26 to face Don Frye in a rematch of their meeting at UFC 10, this proved to be a much tougher battle. PRIDE 26 Bad to the Bone (billed in the Japanese market as Reborn) was a Mixed martial arts event held by PRIDE Fighting Championships. Don "The Predator" Frye (born November 23, 1965) is an American professional Mixed martial arts fighter Actor, and UFC 10 The Tournament was a Mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on July 12th 1996 at the Fairgrounds Arena Coming back from a career threatening neck injury, Coleman ultimately won a unanimous decision victory after 20 minutes. Following the fight, Coleman apologised to the fans for the lack of action during the fight which he had spent the majority of taking down and maintaining positional dominace of Frye with his superior wrestling ability.
Between training fighters and spending time with his family, Coleman was now fighting roughly once a year. He returned to competition to take place in the PRIDE 2004 Heavyweight Grand Prix, as the returning Grand Prix champion in the Open Weight Division. His first round match at PRIDE Total Elimination 2004 was against PRIDE heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko. PRIDE Total Elimination 2004 was a Mixed martial arts event held by PRIDE Fighting Championships. Fedor Vladimirovich Emelianenko ('fʲodər jemilʲja'nʲenkə Russian: Фëдор Владимирович Емельяненко sometimes romanized as Fyodor Yemelyanenko In what turned out to be a short bout, Coleman was submitted by armbar at 2:11 of the first round, eliminating him from the tournament.
Coleman returned to the Pride ring in February 2005, this time facing Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipović at PRIDE 29: Fists of Fire. Mirko Filipović (born on September 10 1974 often billed as Mirko Cro Cop, is a Croatian law enforcement officer turned kickboxer and PRIDE 29 Fists of Fire was a Mixed martial arts event held by the PRIDE Fighting Championships. Suffering the second knockout of his career, Coleman fell to strikes by "Cro Cop" in the first round. In November of 2005, Coleman appeared in Bushido Europe-Rotterdam Rumble, Europe's first Bushido event, and choked out Milco Voorn at 0:56 of the first round.
Coleman returned to action at PRIDE 31 with a victory over Chute Boxe team member Mauricio "Shogun" Rua. PRIDE 31 Unbreakable (promoted in Japan as "Dreamers") was a Mixed martial arts event held by PRIDE Fighting Championships on February The Chute Boxe Academy is a Mixed martial arts fighting academy in Curitiba, Brazil. Mauricio Milani "Shogun" Rua (born November 25, 1981 in Curitiba, Brazil) is a Mixed martial arts fighter and the winner With Team Hammer House member Phil Baroni in his corner, Coleman began the match by taking Shogun to the ground. "The New York Bad-Ass" Phil Baroni (born April 16, 1976) is an American Mixed martial arts fighter At 0:49 of the first round, Rua got up and as he took the first step Coleman grabbed his feet. Rua fell awkwardly and broke his arm. Coleman continued to fight, peppering Rua with strikes before the referee stopped the fight but not before Coleman threw the referee aside and began to shout at Murilo Rua, Mauricio's brother, who entered the ring following the injury. Chute Boxe team members outside the ring, including then PRIDE middleweight champion Wanderlei Silva, jumped into the ring and began struggling with cornerman Phil Baroni. Wanderlei Cesar da Silva ( pronounced vahn-der-LAY) (born July 3, 1976 in Curitiba, Brazil) is a Brazilian Mixed In the ensuing melee, Baroni landed several shots on Silva before taking Silva to the ground, where Coleman then stomped on Silva's throat. After the ring was cleared and order was restored, both camps vowed to settle the score at a future event. [3] Coleman later apologised to Chute Boxe backstage, but an outraged Chute Boxe refused to accept. [4] The Chute Boxe team was assigned a yellow card for instigating this infraction.
On October 21 2006, Coleman again faced PRIDE heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko at PRIDE's first American show, PRIDE 32: The Real Deal,[5] and lost via submission (armbar) at 1:17 of round two. Events 1512 - Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg. Fedor Vladimirovich Emelianenko ('fʲodər jemilʲja'nʲenkə Russian: Фëдор Владимирович Емельяненко sometimes romanized as Fyodor Yemelyanenko The United States of America —commonly referred to as the PRIDE 32 The Real Deal was a Mixed martial arts event and was held by the PRIDE Fighting Championships.
Coleman appeared with teammate, Kevin Randleman, on the US pay-per-view broadcast of the final PRIDE event, PRIDE 34: Kamikaze, stating that he intended to keep fighting. Kevin "The Monster" Randleman (born August 10, 1971 in Sandusky, Ohio) is an American Mixed martial arts The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Pay-per-view (often abbreviated PPV) is the system in which Television viewers can purchase events to be seen on TV and pay for the private telecast of that event PRIDE Fighting Championships ( PRIDE or PRIDE FC for short was a Mixed martial arts organization based in Japan. PRIDE 34 Kamikaze was a Mixed martial arts event held by PRIDE Fighting Championships on April 8, 2007 at the Saitama Super
At UFC 82, Coleman was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame, making him the 5th inductee. UFC 82 Pride of a Champion was a Mixed martial arts (MMA event that took place on 1st March, 2008 at the Nationwide Arena in Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC is a US -based Mixed martial arts (MMA organization currently recognized as the largest MMA promotion in the world Coleman announced that he was not retiring and would return to the octagon to fight Brock Lesnar on August 9th in Minneapolis at UFC 87. Brock Edward Lesnar (born July 12 1977 in Webster South Dakota) is an American mixed martial artist with the UFC as well as a former professional However, it was recently announced that Coleman injured his knee while training, and was forced to pull out of the event. Heath Herring will replace Coleman. Heath "The Texas Crazy Horse" Herring (born March 2, 1978 in Waco Texas) is an American Heavyweight professional mixed martial
The main event will now be a welterweight title fight between Georges St. Pierre and the new number one contender Jon Fitch. Jonathan Parker Fitch (born February 24, 1978 in Fort Wayne Indiana) is an American professional Mixed martial arts fighter
Coleman has two daughters. [6]
He appeared in the documentary The Smashing Machine: The Life and Times of Mark Kerr alongside fellow fighter Mark Kerr. Mark Kerr (born December 21, 1968 in Toledo Ohio) also known as "The Titan" "The Specimen" and "The Smashing Machine"
In June 2006, it was announced that Coleman was one of the new coaches in the International Fight League, but unable to assemble a team, he was replaced by Frank Shamrock. The International Fight League was an American Mixed martial arts (MMA promotion billed as the world's first MMA league. Frank Shamrock (born Frank Alisio Juarez III on December 8 1972 in Santa Monica California) is an American Mixed martial arts fighter [7]
| Date | Outcome | Opponent | Method | Event | Round, Time | Notes |
| 10/21/2006 | Loss | Fedor Emelianenko | Submission (Armbar) | PRIDE 32 The Real Deal | Round 2 1:15 | |
| 2/26/2006 | Win | Mauricio Rua | TKO (Broken Arm) | PRIDE 31 | Round 1 0:49 | |
| 10/9/2005 | Win | Milco Voorn | Submission (Choke) | Bushido Europe-Rotterdam Rumble | Round 1 0:56 | |
| 2/20/2005 | Loss | Mirko Filipović | KO (Punches) | PRIDE 29 Fists Of Fire | Round 1 3:40 | |
| 4/25/2004 | Loss | Fedor Emelianenko | Submission (Armbar) | PRIDE Total Elimination 2004 | Round 1 2:11 | |
| 6/8/2003 | Win | Don Frye | Decision (Unanimous) | PRIDE 26 Bad to the Bone | Round 3 5:00 | |
| 9/24/2001 | Loss | Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira | Submission (Triangle/Armbar) | PRIDE 16 Beasts From The East | Round 1 6:10 | |
| 3/25/2000 | Win | Allan Goes | TKO (Knees) | PRIDE 13 Collision Course | Round 1 1:19 | |
| 5/1/2000 | Win | Igor Vovchanchyn | Submission (Strikes) | PRIDE Grand Prix 2000 Finals | Round 2 3:09 | Won 2000 PRIDE Openweight Grand Prix Championship |
| 5/1/2000 | Win | Kazuyuki Fujita | TKO (Corner Stoppage) | PRIDE Grand Prix 2000 Finals | Round 1 0:02 | |
| 5/1/2000 | Win | Akira Shoji | Decision | PRIDE Grand Prix 2000 Finals | Round 1 15:00 | |
| 1/30/2000 | Win | Masaaki Satake | Submission (Neck Crank) | PRIDE Grand Prix 2000 Opening Round | Round 1 1:14 | |
| 10/21/1999 | Win | Ricardo Morais | Decision | PRIDE 8 | Round 2 10:00 | |
| 4/29/1999 | Loss | Nobuhiko Takada | Submission (Heel Hook) | PRIDE 5 | Round 2 1:44 | |
| 1/8/1999 | Loss | Pedro Rizzo | Decision (Split) | UFC 18 Road to the Heavyweight Title | Round 1 15:00 | |
| 5/15/1998 | Loss | Pete Williams | KO (Head Kick) | UFC 17 Redemption | Round 1 12:38 | |
| 7/27/1997 | Loss | Maurice Smith | Decision (Unanimous) | UFC 14 Showdown | Round 1 21:00 | Lost UFC Heavyweight title |
| 2/7/1997 | Win | Dan Severn | Submission (Neck Crank) | UFC 12 Judgement Day | Round 1 2:57 | Won first ever UFC Heavyweight title |
| 9/20/1996 | Win | Brian Johnston | Submission (Strikes) | UFC 11 The Proving Ground | Round 1 2:20 | Won UFC 11 Tournament |
| 9/20/1996 | Win | Julian Sanchez | Submission (Choke) | UFC 11 The Proving Ground | Round 1 0:45 | |
| 7/12/1996 | Win | Don Frye | TKO (Strikes) | UFC 10 The Tournament | Round 1 11:34 | Won UFC 10 Tournament |
| 7/12/1996 | Win | Gary Goodridge | Submission (Position) | UFC 10 The Tournament | Round 1 7:00 | |
| 7/12/1996 | Win | Moti Horenstein | Submission (Strikes) | UFC 10 The Tournament | Round 1 2:43 |
| Previous winner Don Frye |
UFC 10 Heavyweight tournament winner |
Next winner Mark Coleman |
| Previous winner Mark Coleman |
UFC 11 Heavyweight tournament winner |
Next winner Vitor Belfort |
| Previous winner None |
1st UFC Heavyweight championship winner February 7, 1997 - July 27, 1997 |
Next winner Maurice Smith |
| Previous winner None |
PRIDE Grand Prix tournament winner |
Next winner Wanderlei Silva |