Mark Coleman

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Mark Coleman (2005)

Mark Daniel Coleman (born December 20, 1964 in Fremont , Ohio ) is a retired American wrestler and mixed martial arts fighter . He was runner- up in 1991 in free style in heavyweight wrestling.

career

Wrestling

Mark Coleman began wrestling as a teenager at Fremont St. Joseph's High School. He focused on the free style and was twice national champion of Ohio as a high school wrestler. He then took up studies at Miami University, which he continued at Ohio State University. In 1988 he was American student champion (NCAA champion) in the light heavyweight division (up to 90 kg body weight).

Mark Coleman's international wrestling career began at the 1990 Pan American Championship in Colorado Springs . He won the light heavyweight tournament there before Jason Geris from Canada a . Geovany Redmond from Cuba . The best year in the wrestling career of Mark Coleman was 1991. He won that year in Havana at the Pan American Heavyweight Games in front of John Matile from Canada and Angel Anaya Mayeta from Cuba. He was also very successful at the 1991 World Cup in Varna , because he only lost there in the heavyweight division in the final against Leri Chabelowi from the Soviet Union and thus became vice world champion .

In 1992 he won again at the Pan American Heavyweight Championship in front of Ari Michael Taub from Canada and Angel Anaya Mayete. At the Olympic Games this year in Barcelona , Mark Coleman failed shortly before entering the decision-making rounds against the German Heiko Balz and only came in 7th place, which was a disappointment for him. In 1995 he defeated the later Olympic champion Kurt Angle at the Sunkist Open Tournament . In the qualification for the Olympic Games 96 he failed.

Mixed martial arts

On July 12, 1996 Coleman took part in his first MMA competition, at the Ultimate Fighting Championship event UFC 10 - The Tournament , which was organized as a tournament. He defeated Moti Horenstein, Gary Goodridge and Don Frye and was the tournament winner. He then took part in the next UFC tournament on September 20, 1996, where he first defeated Julian Sanchez and Brian Johnston, and then was again tournament winner due to failures without a final fight.

Thyroid problems forced Coleman to take a break until he met Dan Severn at UFC 12 on February 7, 1997 , who had to retire after 2:59. Coleman won the first heavyweight title in UFC history. In order to defend the title, Coleman had to face the kickboxer and extreme fighting heavyweight champion Maurice Smith on July 27, 1997 at UFC 14 . Coleman had prepared poorly and, according to himself, did not take Smith seriously enough. The bout went the full length and the judges declared Smith the winner, which Coleman had to give up his title.

The next event Coleman attended, UFC 17 on May 15, 1998, he was knocked out by Pete Williams with a kick. Also in the next fight, at UFC 18: Road to the Heavyweight Title on January 8, 1999, Coleman was defeated, this time by Pedro Rizzo. After three defeats in a row, he decided to compete with the Japanese promoter Pride FC . In his debut, at Pride 5 on April 29, 1999, he was defeated by the crowd's favorite Nobuhiko Takada , but in his next fight, on November 21, 1999 at Pride 8 , he was finally able to win again against Ricardo Morais .

On January 20, 2000, the opening round of the Pride Grand Prix 2000 tournament took place in the Tokyo Dome . The karateka and MMA newcomer Masaaki Satake had to give up after one minute and 14 seconds against Coleman. In the final round on May 1, Coleman defeated Akira Shoji on points in his first fight . His semi-final opponent , Kazuyuki Fujita , was injured in his previous fight and his coach threw in the towel at the very beginning of the fight. So Coleman got into the final, where he had to compete against Ihor Vovchanchyn, who had been unbeaten for 32 fights . In the second round he had to give up and Coleman won the tournament.

Mark Coleman took a break and returned to the ring on March 25, 2001 at Pride 13 . He defeated Allan Goes by technical knockout. The next fight was at the Pride 16 event on September 24, 2001, where he met Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira . After six minutes and 10 seconds, Coleman had to give up. He then took a break from MMA again until he was supposed to face his former opponent Don Frye in 2002. But because Coleman injured himself before the fight, the encounter did not take place until June 8, 2003 at Pride 26 . Frye, who previously had to admit defeat to two opponents in MMA, including Coleman, was defeated by Coleman on points. This was a fight against the heavyweight champion and in Pride FC previously undefeated Fyodor Jemeljanenko . He was forced to give up after two minutes and eleven seconds. Coleman also had to admit defeat to his next opponent, kickboxer Mirko Filipović , at Pride 29 on February 20, 2005. It was the second knockout of his career.

On October 9, 2005 Coleman took part in the Bushido Europe - Rotterdam Rumble , where he forced Milco Voorn to give up in the first round. He then competed at Pride 31 on February 26, 2006 against Mauricio Rua , who injured his arm less than a minute after a Coleman attack so badly that the fight had to be stopped, causing tumult between the team members of the both fighters came. At the next Pride event, which was held in Las Vegas on October 21, 2006 , there was a rematch against Emelianenko, who Coleman had to give up in the second round.

The rematch against Rua took place on January 17, 2009 at UFC 93 , in whose Hall of Fame Coleman had meanwhile been inducted . He lost in the third round to a technical knockout. His next fight was at UFC 100 on July 11, 2009, where he defeated Stephan Bonnar on points. At UFC 109 on February 6, 2010, he competed in the main fight of the evening against Randy Couture . Coleman had to resign in the second round and was subsequently fired from the UFC.

Coleman played 26 MMA fights, including 16 wins and ten losses.

International success as a wrestler

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, F = free style, Hs = light heavyweight, S = heavyweight, back then up to 90 kg or 100 kg body weight)

swell

  • The Ringer trade journal from 1988 to 1992,
  • Website "www.iat.uni-leipzig.de"
  • Jeremy Wall: UFC's Ultimate Warriors: The Top 10 . Toronto 2005, ISBN 1-55022-691-6 , source for MMA career through 2005

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b UFC Title Holder History . Archived from the original on February 26, 2009. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 24, 2010. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ufc.com
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h Mark Coleman in the Sherdog database (English)
  3. ↑ Chute Boxe-Hammer House Rivalry Reaches Boiling Point . Retrieved March 25, 2010.
  4. ↑ Exclusive: Mark Coleman cut from the UFC . Retrieved March 25, 2010.

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personal data
SURNAME Coleman, Mark
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Coleman, Mark Daniel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American wrestler
DATE OF BIRTH December 20, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Fremont , Ohio