UFC legend Mark Coleman was hospitalized Tuesday after saving his mother and father from a home fireplace in Ohio, his daughter wrote in a social media put up.
Morgan Coleman added that her father suffered from smoke inhalation throughout his heroic efforts in Toledo. Sadly, she stated, he was unable to avoid wasting the canine, named Hammer.
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“He managed to hold each of his mother and father out of the home however regardless of his finest efforts was not capable of save hammer. He was life-flighted to the hospital the place he’s presently battling for his life after this heroic act,” she wrote.
“Our father has all the time been our hero and means the world to us. He’s and all the time will probably be a fighter. The strongest (and) bravest man I do know. Please proceed to hope for him and our household throughout this extraordinarily troublesome time. We’ll miss our candy hammer so deeply.
“Thanks for all of the love and help. Hammer home for all times.”
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Mark Coleman, a Fremont, Ohio, native, represented the U.S. within the 1992 Olympics and joined the UFC in its infancy. He turned the primary UFC Heavyweight Champion with a submission victory over Dan Severn at UFC 12 in 1997.
He then confronted off in a title protection in opposition to Maurice Smith at UFC 14, however he misplaced through resolution. He would go on to struggle within the Delight Preventing Championships in Japan from 1999 to 2006.
He was inducted into the UFC Corridor of Fame in 2008 and ultimately acquired his dream bout in opposition to Randy Couture after UFC 109 in 2010. He misplaced to Couture, however it was the primary time two UFC Corridor of Famers had fought within the octagon.
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Coleman wrapped up his preventing profession with a 16-10 report, an NCAA Division 1 champion, a silver medalist within the World Championships, a three-time gold medalist on the Pan American Championships and a gold medalist on the Pan American Video games.
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