Mark Coleman Licensed For UFC 100 Matchup
Mark Coleman
UFC hall of famer Mark Coleman has been cleared by the Nevada State Athletic Commission for his UFC 100 preliminary fight against Stephan Bonnar.
Coleman’s extended layoff, 3-5 record in his last eight contests, and third-round gassing in a TKO loss to Mauricio “Shogun” Rua in January promoted the NSAC to issue the UFC light heavyweight a one-fight license, as opposed to a typical one year license, for his UFC 100 matchup.
MMA Junkie caught up with NSAC Executive Director Keith Kizer, who addressed the commission’s concerns and Coleman’s plan for putting on a better performance against Bonnar:
“Obviously with his age and his inactivity and the fact that he’s lost four of his past six bouts, there was definitely a concern. [The NSAC] asked, ‘What’s your plan for this fight?’ And to his credit, he owned up and said, ‘Look, I need to train harder and be in better shape. ‘My plan is I’m moving to Las Vegas this weekend and I have offers to train with Frank Mir’s group. I have offers to train with Wanderlei Silva’s group. I have offer to train with Randy Couture’s group. I definitely plan on taking advantage of that, and I plan to be here from this upcoming weekend through the fight. I’ll be Las Vegas, and I’ll be training constantly here with one or more of those groups.’”
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Coleman training with Wanderlei WTF wow never thought that day would come, I do agree that he (Coleman) needs to be in “better” shape, it is a good decision to move to Vegas and get use to the air and heat before his UFC 100 bout against Bonnar which lets be honest, he most likely will lose to Bonnar but if he does get with one of those camps he will learn so much and will be in better shape..
Good idea for Coleman to train with one of those groups, he really neesds to get in better shape. He gassed out way too soon against Shogun, if he had came in better shape he problably could have upset Shogun, who knows. Boonar kinda gassed out against overrated Jones as well. Coleman training with Wanderlei or Couture, this should only have a positive effect on his overall game IMO.
After Bonnar beats Coleman, i hope he can retire, or if he doesn’t want to retire, the UFC should set up Couture vs. Coleman “The Fight To End both Carrers” haha.
Seriously he needs to hang it up before he starts showing Ken Shamrock symptoms. Couture should also give ir up.
The only part of this story that matters is where it says “for his ufc 100 PRELIMINARY fight”
What an embarassing fight.
haha marvelknight
i would have liked to see this fight on the main card so we can watch bonnar destroy coleman. colemans a tough dude though it’s just that he could coutures older cousin
Coleman should never see a main card again. Sure he looks incredible, but the man couldn’t last 5 minutes sparring with Bonnar, let alone fight him. I really don’t see why the UFC needs to put him in the cage again. Yeah, he’s a legend, but that’s it. He WAS great. Now it’s just getting sad. But what perplexes me even more is how in the hell Shogun can co main event a card when he, as someone here put it, looked like a dying walrus fighting with Coleman over the last bit of salmon. I know UFC 100 needs some legends on the card, but have them as guests, not fighters. Where’s Severn and Newton? At least those dudes can still actually fight in a 3 rounder.
Let’s face it….the only reason Shogun is in the co-main event is because of his opponent. If it were someone other than Liddel that he was fighting, then chances are that his opponent would have been a nobody and they would be fighting in the non pay-per-view section of the fight. Does anyone agree?
I definately agree. I think they already knew before Coleman vs Rua neither man was going to look stellar, reason being is because Chuck needed a opponent with a decent name that he would be able to handle. Im not sure how many of u guys saw the blog for UFC 93 but immediately after that horrible fight, Dana was already asking Rua if he would be willing to fight Chuck. HMMMMM??? Now I may be reaching but could the UFC be using Coleman in one last effort to give Chuck another named opponent that he should be able to beat in Bonnar? Chuck beats Bonnar, he would then have back to back wins against “legitimate” opponents and he would be “ready” for a title shot….. But he has to get past Rua first. I could be wrong about this…
I totally agree, Shogun is still riding his name and of course he’s in the main card cuz he’s fightitng Liddell. After Liddell knocks him out he’s going to the prelims or worse.
yeah dude i agree. if shogun wasa fighting some other dude he would probably sill make main card but definately not co-main event. Tomorrow’s match is a great chance for both fighters to prove themselves so i guess we’ll see what happens
This is the last hooray for Coleman. If he losses this one and I think he will, it’s curtains for his career.