Mark Coleman

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Mark Coleman
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Career Snapshot
Born	December 20,1964
Died	-
Total MMA Fights	22
Won	15
Lost	7
Drew	0
Knockouts/submission	3 KO's/7 Sub's
Titles Won	UFC 10 & 11 Tournament Champion UFC Heavyweight Champion (first) PRIDE GP 2000 tournament champion

Mark "The Hammer" Coleman (born December 20, 1964) is an American mixed martial arts competitor. He is also famous for his Amateur wrestling career. He currently fights in PRIDE Mixed Martial Arts events as well as events with the Professional Wrestling promotion HUSTLE. He is also the founder of the Hammer House team.

1 Biography
2 Career
3 Fighting Record
4 References
5 See also
6 External links

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Biography

Mark Coleman was born in Fremont,Ohio, USA in 1964. He is featured in the 2002 HBO documentary "The Smashing Machine - The Life and Times of Extreme Fighter Mark Kerr". Coleman is infamous for a confrontation between him, his cornerman Phil Baroni, and members of Chute Boxe that transpired at PRIDE 31 after his TKO victory over Chute Boxe member Mauricio Rua. Currently, Mark Coleman is one of the new coaches in the International Fight League, helming the an as of yet unnamed team.[1] His team is first scheduled to compete in the next 8-team tournament in the IFL, which is slated to begin in September 2006.

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Career

Amateur
- World wrestling championship freestyle 100kg 2nd place in 1991
- Barcelona Olympic Games wrestling freestyle 100kg class 7th place in 1992
Professional
- UFC 10 & 11 Tournament Champion
- UFC Heavyweight Champion (first)
- PRIDE GP 2000 tournament champion

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Fighting Record

Win Mauricio Rua TKO (Dislocated Elbow) PRIDE 31-Dreamers 26 February 2006

Win Milco Voorn Submission (Choke) Bushido Europe-Rotterdam Rumble 9 October 2005

Loss Mirko Filipovic KO (Punches) PRIDE 29-Fists Of Fire 20 February 2005

Loss Fedor Emelianenko Submission (Armbar) PRIDE-Total Elimination 2004 25 April 2004

Win Don Frye Decision (Unanimous) PRIDE 26-Bad to the Bone 8 June 2003

Loss Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira Submission (Triangle/Armbar) PRIDE 16-Beasts From The East 24 September 2001

Win Allan Goes TKO (Knees) PRIDE 13-Collision Course 25 March 2001

Win Igor Vovchanchyn Submission (Strikes) PRIDE Grand Prix 2000-Finals 1 May 2000

Win Kazuyuki Fujita TKO (Corner Stoppage) PRIDE Grand Prix 2000-Finals 1 May 2000

Win Akira Shoji Decision PRIDE Grand Prix 2000-Finals 1 May 2000

Win Masaaki Satake Submission (Neck Crank) PRIDE Grand Prix 2000-Opening Round

30 January 2000

Win Ricardo Morais Decision PRIDE 8-PRIDE 8 21 November 1999

Loss Nobuhiko Takada Submission (Heel Hook) PRIDE 5-PRIDE 5 29 April 1999

Loss Pedro Rizzo Decision UFC 18-Road to the Heavyweight Title 8 January 1999

Loss Pete Williams KO (Kick to the Head) UFC 17-Redemption 15 May 1998

Loss Maurice Smith Decision UFC 14-Showdown 27 July 1997

Win Dan Severn Submission (Choke) UFC 12-Judgement Day 7 February 1997

Win Brian Johnston Submission (Strikes) UFC 11-The Proving Ground 20 September 1996

Win Julian Sanchez Submission (Choke) UFC 11-The Proving Ground 20 September 1996

Win Don Frye TKO (Strikes) UFC 10-The Tournament 12 July 1996

Win Gary Goodridge Submission (Position) UFC 10-The Tournament 12 July 1996

Win Moti Horenstein Submission (Strikes) UFC 10-The Tournament 12 July 1996

Note: With Coleman's two wins in the quarter- and semi-final rounds of UFC 11, he advanced to the final where he was declared the champion by default as the alternate who was inserted into the final had suffered an injury in winning his alternate bout and could not compete.

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