Mark Coleman (born December 20, 1964) is an American retired mixed martial artist, professional wrestler and amateur wrestler. Coleman was the UFC 10 and UFC 11 tournament champion, the first UFC Heavyweight Champion, and the Pride Fighting Championships 2000 Open Weight Grand Prix champion. At UFC 82 Coleman was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame.
Coleman is credited with proving the ability of wrestlers to dominate in the developing sport of mixed martial arts, and with being one of the first in American MMA to use the strategy that he coined ground-and-pound successfully,[2][3][4] earning him the moniker, "The Godfather of Ground & Pound".[5] In the sport of wrestling, Coleman was a World Championship runner-up and Pan American Games Gold medalist in 1991, won three Pan American Championships, competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics and was an NCAA Division I National Champion for the Ohio State Buckeyes.[6]
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^Olavarria, Pedro (February 11, 2015). "Dan Severn: When Wrestling Became a Martial Art | FIGHTLAND". Fightland.vice.com. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
^Aita, Bret; Krauss, Erich (November 10, 2010). Brawl. ECW Press. ISBN 9781554902385. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
^"In fact, he's known as the "Godfather of Ground & Pound". Mark Coleman has got such a long list of wrestling titles, but it's when he stepped into mixed martial arts that he really proved the dominance of wrestlers who can go into the guard and strike or take you down and strike. He is the man responsible for coining the term 'ground and pound'" referring to his ability to takedown and then punch, elbow, and knee his way to victory (Stephen Quadros, Pride 16, 2001)
^"UFC 10: Birth of ground 'n' pound". Yahoo. April 12, 2009. Retrieved January 19, 2010.
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implementation of rules changed the game of many fighters, for example MarkColeman made potent use of headbutts for his ground-and-pound tactics, could...
decision. In his next fight at UFC 100 Bonnar lost a unanimous decision to MarkColeman. Bonnar mentioned on the MMA Live Post Fight Show for UFC 101 that he...
technique by MarkColeman, then popularized by fighters such as Chael Sonnen, Glover Teixeira, Don Frye, Frank Trigg, Jon Jones, Cheick Kongo, Mark Kerr, Frank...
Finals was an event held on May 1, 2000 at The Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. Coleman won the Pride Grand Prix 2000 tournament and the $200,000 grand prize....
heavyweight history, Rizzo holds notable victories over former UFC champions MarkColeman, Dan Severn, Josh Barnett, Andrei Arlovski, Ricco Rodriguez and Ken Shamrock...
title at Pride 25 on 16 March 2003. Nogueira was coming off wins against MarkColeman, Heath Herring and an upset comeback victory against Bob Sapp, as well...
finals match. The event also featured a Superfight between Dan Severn and MarkColeman. The fight would unify the UFC Superfight Championship with the UFC tournament...
collegiate wrestler Mark Kerr, who was encouraged to try mixed martial arts competition by his friend and training partner, MarkColeman. For the UFC Heavyweight...
UFC champion MarkColeman, Team Hammer House has attracted such mixed martial arts fighters as Kevin Randleman and Phil Baroni. Coleman made his professional...
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