Mark Coleman cut from the UFC:
Sources close to the situation that the UFC Hall of Famer has been released from the promotion following the recent defeat at the hands of fellow MMA legend, Randy Couture.
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Wow
I was literally typing up that exact comment – sans “the Hammer” – when you posted.
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by John Nash on Feb 10, 2010 1:09 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
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We’ll be back in two and two.
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by Tim Burke on Feb 10, 2010 1:25 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
The UFC needs to re-evaluate how they handle situations like this
This is one example of how the UFC handles matters in a way that is not consistent with a major sport. Instead of leaking information that Coleman had been cut, they should have held a press conference and allowed him to announce his retirement from the sport. Dana could have said some nice words about Mark being a pioneer and then offered him a spot in the UFC in some other capacity. This would have played well on sports news shows, allowed them to show highlights of his career etc.
"For some reason Dana White doesn't like me, and I don't care enough to find out why. So he can go pound sand up his ass as far as I'm concerned."
Don Frye
by keyboardwarrior on Feb 10, 2010 2:48 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
But Mark said he wasnt done
If he is actually gonna retire then I can see giving him the press conference to announce his retirement but who knows he may be headed for Strikeforce or Dream or just go the Dan Severn route.
As for “playing well” on sports news shows I think the only people that would cover a retiremnet press conference are sites like BE, etc.. maybe ESPN.com but there is no way Mark Colemna’s retirement would’ve been shown on sportscenter or any other big shows.
I know Mark said he wasn’t done after the fight. I am assuming his stance has changed since he has been cut. I am hoping they at least gave him the opportunity to go out on a high note. As far as no mainstream news source covering it, you may be entirely correct, but we don’t know because something like that has never been done by the UFC. It may not have made sportscenter but I am sure it would have made the front page of their website. Anyway, that was just my 2 cents.
"For some reason Dana White doesn't like me, and I don't care enough to find out why. So he can go pound sand up his ass as far as I'm concerned."
Don Frye
by keyboardwarrior on Feb 10, 2010 3:04 PM EST up reply actions
Sadly, I don’t think him retiring is the right assumption.
by HarmlessNinja on Feb 10, 2010 3:11 PM EST up reply actions
It was to be expected
If this is confirmed, it was a given. Coleman looks like a shell of the fighter he used to be, while Couture appears to be ageless.
my question is, why did they bring him back in the first place? same for trigg.
by K Krush on Feb 10, 2010 2:07 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
so Strikeforce couldn’t sign them
"For some reason Dana White doesn't like me, and I don't care enough to find out why. So he can go pound sand up his ass as far as I'm concerned."
Don Frye
by keyboardwarrior on Feb 10, 2010 2:32 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Coleman was supposed to come back to the UFC
before Affliction even existed. Had nothing to do with Strikeforce.
Adios Mark
Your still a HOF, but you need to retire for your own good.
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by 49er16 on Feb 10, 2010 1:09 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
boner kill
1/20/2010- Has been declared BROCK IS BACK BITCHES day B.I.B.B. for short. Im working on making it a national holiday
Smart ass since 1990, wanna fight about it?
by II SMASH II on Feb 10, 2010 1:13 PM EST via mobile reply actions
I’m going to wait before I believe this. It may very well be true but 5 Oz has been wrong about a ton of shit.
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by Brent Brookhouse on Feb 10, 2010 1:18 PM EST reply actions
*wrong about a ton of shit LATELY
that should say.
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by Brent Brookhouse on Feb 10, 2010 1:19 PM EST up reply actions
Yea these guys got some super secret Area 51 type shit going on that makes them 95% correct. The other 5% is from the readers. Mission Impossible type gadgets.
But I’ll beleive this one because there isn’t any reason to keep him. Unless that was the end of his contract and he didn’t give them a stellar performance for them to resign.
Super Hulk?
I just confirmed this
Unless it gets overturned like Trigg, he has been cut.
by Jonathan Snowden on Feb 10, 2010 1:59 PM EST up reply actions
Well, is he gonna at least be with the organization in some capacity? Like running a UFC gym in Columbus?
by The Bronzeville Bully on Feb 10, 2010 2:05 PM EST up reply actions
i just confirmed that he is going to be the new president of fun for the ufc
by cagefightonacid on Feb 11, 2010 1:21 AM EST up reply actions
Card headliner to cut 3 days later? I don’t think so…
by nastyem on Feb 10, 2010 1:20 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Might be forcing him to hang them up?
I dunno, I’d rather hear it from a legit source.
True
Even Thales got another fight…
by Pooman on Feb 10, 2010 1:25 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Coleman isn’t much of a draw, has no interesting fights left (I guess maybe Tito?), looked extremely old (as in not entertaining to see a guy that age get beat up) and makes much much more than the younger fighters.
Giving Shogun his props. I had the fight 48-47 Machida but Shogun put up a monumental performance and I am honored to have seen it in person.
Coleman as a fighter is a liability for the UFC at this point; he’s bad optics. He looks visibly like an old man, labouring to move around, getting punched repeatedly, and giving the distinct impression that he’s on the edge of a coronary episode. If Coleman does not want to stop fighting, I (and everyone else) has to accept his choice, but the UFC is smart (and, in a way, compassionate) in stating very clearly that they will not be party to that sort of exhibition.
"I'm AJB and I endorse this nut-puncher."
assuming this is true...
definitely would’ve preferred it if they gave him a little longer to think things over and possibly announce his retirement publicly, rather than just abruptly cut him. the guy deserves that, especially since stupid tito interrupted him the other night.
though, i suppose more things could have gone on behind the scenes that we didn’t know about. and coleman’s “i’ll be back…” or whatever he said during his post fight interview, would lead me to believe he wants to keep fighting. perhaps he does, and the ufc just doesn’t want any part of that.
either way, dana was right when he said the guy has nothing left to prove, so i hope he does ‘hang em up’ as they say
End of the road fighters in general...
woodburn, I’m in total agreement with you. What risk would the UFC be taking by giving say Coleman (or even Frank Trigg for sake of argument) some time to think things over, even if the UFC planned on cutting them regardless. I can see the haste if the fighter doesn’t plan on retiring and wants to get the ball rolling with another organization of courese. But if there is a sense that that fighter may truly retire from the sport, why not give them time to mull things over, announce their retirement from the sport, and leave the sport as a UFC fighter with some dignity?
By not defending takedowns and not doing anything from the bottom
It was similar to Sonnen-Marquardt, except Sonnen did far more damage than Coleman did.
Not surprising, really. Dana said he was probably done after the fight.
Only thing see him coming back for is to get murdered by Tito Ortiz. At 250k a fight, Ortiz needs a win pretty badly, and if he doesn’t get it against Liddell they could give him Coleman, and not sell is as a cakewalk for Tito but as a “bad blood” kind of match.
How can you cut a UFC HOF-er???
MAYBE they’d justify it because of his use of the F word during his post-fight interview. Otherwise, you’d just pay him off, right?
by MMAInFeRioRiTy on Feb 10, 2010 2:19 PM EST reply actions
Yes. If there’s one thing that Dana can’t abide by, it’s the use of profanity in public.
by argyle on Feb 10, 2010 3:32 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs
When said HOF isn’t integral to bringing in dollars and seems to be on his last leg, I can see why.
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This is why the MMA world needs Strikeforce.
At least guys like Coleman( who is a legend in this sport) has another place he can possibly go to make a descent paycheck.
Think your head not with your MMA Heart
Is Coleman a legend? No doubt. Is he still able to compete at the elite levels of competition? Negative. The argument of “A Legend deserves another match” could lead to a fighter getting seriously hurt. Coleman almost went the distance with an injured and out of shape Shogun, got outclassed by Randy Couture, and beat Stephan Bonnar (who let’s face it, doesn’t belong in the UFC). He’s past his prime. He’ll always be the godfather of GnP, but he has no business being in the UFC at this point.
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Come on man, no need to ground n’ pound a guy when he’s down, especially when he invented it.
by HarmlessNinja on Feb 10, 2010 3:15 PM EST up reply actions
I see what you did there, but my point still stands.
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@deowade
Shamrock has had like 15 "Legend deserves another match fights"
And he is all fucked up
by SilverNBlackZach! on Feb 10, 2010 5:43 PM EST up reply actions
I think this sucks. He deserves better.
At least talk to him first and let him ‘retire’… that is… unless he HONESTLY is thinking about still fighting, which I doubt (and yes I know what he said after he got choked out on Saturday). If so though, I would like to see him in Strikeforce just to boost their recognition if nothing else.
We know that he is just fighting for the money
And he sure wasn’t earning it
DOESN'T MAKE THE UFC LOOK GOOD
How can you cut a guy after he was just in your main event? Probably because he shouldn’t have been there in the first place. At least save face and keep him around for one more fight so you don’t look like you just had a worthless ppv headliner. This is ugly no matter how you look at it.
Actually the UFC did
Coleman and his family a huge favor by signing him and giving him pay days. It was a sign of great respect imo. The UFC didn’t need Coleman, but they paid him a lot for his name.
Yea this is a guy who didn’t even fight between 2006 and 2009 that the UFC brought back. They didn’t need him at all, they were giving a legend another chance. Hell I don’t see where this would make the UFC look bad at all as the vast majority of casual fans won’t even notice that he is gone. The guy isn’t going to retire(even though he should), hell me may of asked for an out so he could go fight somewhere else for all we know.
sure they did him a "favor"
by giving him a paycheck even though he was set up to fail. His first fight was supposed to be Lesnar but he got hurt. He has looked like crap in almost every fight but somehow Randy is now a top 5 LHW with that last win according to Dana, does that make any sense? I just don’t like the UFC’s logic sometimes. Man I sound like a hater but just calling it like I see it.
I agree with you
about Couture, I have not been impressed with him in years. But Colemans days were numbered in the UFC the second he signed the contract.
How long until he fights Megareem for the Dream HW title?
I say 6 months.
Keep firing Assholes!
I don't know what I'm talking aboot.
I wish this was a joke.
Coleman will sign with Strikeforce, fight Nagy then get a title shot. Ubereem will actually agree to this fight, kill Coleman, then go back to K-1. And Overeem still will have not beat anyone worth a shit in 3 years.
Coleman isn’t cut, his contract is just playing possum.
Not that I condone facism or any ism for that matter. Isms are in my opinion, not good. A person shouldn't believe in an ism, he should believe in himself.
I quote John Lennon, "I don't believe in Beatles, I just believe in me". Good point there, after all he was the walrus. I could be the walrus. Wouldn't change the fact I have to bum rides off of people.
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