Biography
Mark Daniel 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, earning him the moniker, "The Godfather of Ground & Pound". 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.
Filmography
all 29
Movies 28
self 23
TV Shows 1
UFC 109: Relentless (2010)
UFC 107: Penn vs. Sanchez (2009)
UFC 100: Lesnar vs. Mir 2 (2009)
UFC 93: Franklin vs. Henderson (2009)
IGF Toukon Bom-Ba-Ye (2007)
Hustle Aid 2007 (2007)
Pride Fighting Decade (2007)
Pride 32: The Real Deal (2006)
Pride 31: Unbreakable (2006)
Pride 29: Fists Of Fire (2005)
The Ultimate Fighter: Team McGregor vs. Team Chandler (2005)
HUSTLE-3 (2004)
Pride Total Elimination 2004 (2004)
Pride 26: Bad To The Bone (2003)
AJPW: 2ND WRESTLE-1 (2003)
The Smashing Machine (2002)
Pride 16: Beasts From The East (2001)
Pride 13: Collision Course (2001)
UFC Hits: Volume 1 (2000)
Pride Grand Prix 2000 Finals (2000)
Pride Grand Prix 2000 Opening Round (2000)
Pride 8 (1999)
Pride 5 (1999)
UFC 18: Road To The Heavyweight Title (1999)
UFC 17: Redemption (1998)
UFC 14: Showdown (1997)
UFC 12: Judgement Day (1997)
UFC 11: The Proving Ground (1996)
UFC 10: The Tournament (1996)
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GenderMale
Birthday1964-12-20 (59 years old)
Birth PlaceFremont, United States of America
Height185-centimeter
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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