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Mark Coleman

1964 - Today

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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, earning him the moniker, "The Godfather of Ground & Pound". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Mark Coleman is the 76th most popular martial arts (down from 53rd in 2024), the 11,697th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,868th in 2019) and the 16th most popular American Martial Arts.

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Among MARTIAL ARTS

Among martial arts, Mark Coleman ranks 76 out of 179. Before him are Kazuhiro Ninomiya, Dustin Poirier, Melvin Manhoef, Alexander Volkanovski, Francois Botha, and José Aldo. After him are Zhang Weili, Vitor Belfort, Cris Cyborg, Hongman Choi, Chuck Liddell, and Stipe Miocic.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Mark Coleman ranks 495. Before him are Sarah Lancashire, Victor Wooten, Valerie Dore, Debi Mazar, Kubatbek Boronov, and Maxi Mounds. After him are Maxi Gnauck, Adam Yauch, Janeane Garofalo, Helena Bergström, Peyton Reed, and Yevgenia Dobrovolskaya.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mark Coleman ranks 11,699 out of 20,380. Before him are Earl Young (1941), Ron Cephas Jones (1957), Evan McMullin (1976), Alison Bechdel (1960), Megan Boone (1983), and Horace Ashenfelter (1923). After him are Austin Pendleton (1940), Bob Avakian (1943), Irwin M. Jacobs (1933), Brady Corbet (1988), Stuart Pankin (1946), and Tris Speaker (1888).

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Among MARTIAL ARTS In United States

Among martial arts born in United States, Mark Coleman ranks 16. Before him are Ronda Rousey (1987), Justin Gaethje (1988), Eric Esch (1966), Kevin Randleman (1971), Daniel Cormier (1979), and Dustin Poirier (1989). After him are Chuck Liddell (1969), Stipe Miocic (1982), Anthony Johnson (1984), Sean O'Malley (1994), Jeff Monson (1971), and Derrick Lewis (1985).

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