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Ken Shamrock vs. Mark Coleman in the works for IFC: Australia: "Josh Barnett announced this week that he would be fighting on the card against Brazilian Geronimo dos Santos and MMANews.com has learned of another potential match up for the card down under." "A source close to the Mark Coleman camp and they have stated that Coleman was offered, and has accepeted a match against Ken Shamrock." Ken Shamrock (27-13-2) Win Ross Clifton - Submission (Armbar) Wargods Loss Robert Berry - KO (Punches) Cage Rage 25 Loss Tito Ortiz - TKO (Punches) UFC Mark Coleman (16-10) Loss Randy Couture - Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) UFC 109 Win Stephan Bonnar - Decision (Unanimous) UFC 100 Loss Mauricio Rua - TKO (Punches) UFC 93 HT: mmanews.com

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. HT: fiveouncesofpain.com UFC 109: Relentless coverage

CompuStrike Stats: UFC 109 Chael Sonnen vs. Nate Marquardt Sonnen completely dominated the 4-1 favorite Marquardt, outlanding him 158-46 in Total Strikes. 149 of those 158 strikes were Ground Strikes as most of the fight was fought on the ground (13:12 Ground Time). Sonnen was able to get to the ground by taking down Marquardt 5 times. Matt Serra vs. Frank Trigg Quick fight as Serra outlanded Trigg 15-6 in Total Strikes. Randy Couture vs. Mark Coleman Coleman getting out-struck 47-15 in Total Strikes. Couture was able to takedown Coleman which led to 9 Ground Strikes and eventually a Rear-Naked Choke. HT: compustrike.com UFC 109: Relentless coverage

Josh Gross blames trainer Shawn Tompkins: "Coleman made Couture’s night easy when, at the advice of his trainer Shawn Tompkins and the despite the fact it has never been his path to victory, he chose to stand and trade." "...Shortly into the bout, Coleman carried the attitude of a confused athlete, one who was thinking instead of fighting." "Between the first and second round, Coleman looked up at Tompkins as the Canadian offered instructions on how to keep distance and how to fire off combinations. I’m fairly certain he would have loved if Tompkins told him to run out there and take a shot on a double-leg. If you’re going to go out, go out at what you do best." HT: sportsillustrated.cnn.com (via fightlinker.com) UFC 109: Relentless coverage

UFC 109 Workout pictures for AOL Fanhouse by Esther Lin HT: allelbows.com UFC 109: Relentless coverage

Don Frye talks Randy Couture vs. Mark Coleman: "I don’t know. Both of those guys beat the tar out of me on several occasions, so how the hell should I know [laughs]. It’s going to be like sex with a grizzly bear, you know, a lot of scratching and growling on both sides." "This might be the first UFC I buy and actually watch in about 10 years, you know?" These two guys, it's going to be one hell of a barnburner. They’re going to show these new guys how to fight." HT: fiveouncesofpain.com, sportingnews.com UFC 109: Relentless coverage

Chael Sonnen's wheel of trash-talk lands on Mark Coleman this week: "Even though Mark Coleman is a bum, he wins fights. Who’s Mark Coleman’s coach? Who is Mark Coleman’s training partner? What is the name of the gym that he trains at? And don’t tell me the Hammer House. I want to know an actual building, an actual piece of real estate with a sign on it. Where does he train? Everybody has a coach. Tiger Woods has a coach. Michael Jordan had a coach. Mayweather has a coach. Mark Coleman does not have a coach. Everybody has a team. Everybody has a team backing them. Tiger Woods has a team. Kobe has a team. All the greats have a team of any sport. He doesn’t have a team! He’s his own coach, he’s his own team. He doesn’t even have a gym he belongs to. That’s just silly. How you could be in this for this long and be a one man show. On one hand (it) is remarkable. On one hand, maybe I’m looking at it wrong. Maybe I need to compliment him a little bit, but it’s just silly. That’s not what a dedicated guy does." HT: Pro MMA Radio UFC 109: Relentless coverage