Mark Coleman

Mark Coleman
Coleman in 2005
Born	(1964-12-20) December 20, 1964 (age 59) Fremont, Ohio, U.S.
Other names	The Hammer
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight	205 lb (93 kg; 14 st 9 lb)
Division	Light heavyweight (2009–2010) Heavyweight (1996–2006)
Reach	75 in (191 cm)
Style	Freestyle wrestling
Fighting out of	Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
Team	Team Hammer House[1]
Rank	NCAA Division I Wrestling Olympic Freestyle Wrestling
Years active	1996–2010 (MMA) 2000–2002, 2004–2007 (professional wrestling)
Mixed martial arts record
Total	26
Wins	16
By knockout	7
By submission	5
By decision	4
Losses	10
By knockout	3
By submission	5
By decision	2
University	Ohio State University Miami University
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog
Medal record Men's freestyle wrestling Representing the  United States World Championships 1991 Varna 100 kg Pan American Championships 1990 Colorado Springs 90 kg 1991 Havana 100 kg 1992 Albany 100 kg Pan American Games 1991 Havana 100 kg Collegiate Wrestling Representing the Ohio State Buckeyes NCAA Division I Championships 1988 Ames 189 lb

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]