Issue 092
September 2012
924
Dan Hardy’s knockout of Duane Ludwig at UFC 146 in May makes it 924 days between wins for the welterweight. At UFC 105 in November of 2009, Hardy beat Mike Swick to earn a shot at the title against Georges St Pierre.
42
Following his armbar ‘Submission of the Night’ over Lavar Johnson to open the UFC 146 main card, Stefan Struve said he’d like to retire with 50 or 60 UFC wins. So far, he has registered UFC wins at a clip of one every 149 days. He has eight UFC wins in all and he’s 24 years old, so if he maintains this pace he’ll score his 50th UFC win in just under 18 years at the age of 42. Improbable, but not impossible!
9
The amazing number of stoppages at UFC 146. Every fight on the main card resulted in a stoppage. The last time an event featured a main card full of finishes was January 14th, at UFC 142.
$130,000
The bonus money awarded to UFC welterweight Martin Kampmann from three of his last four fights – the most recent a KO over Jake Ellenberger in the TUF 15 finale in June. Kampmann’s now earned one of each: ‘Fight of the Night,’ ‘Knockout of the Night’ and ‘Submission of the Night.’ Prior to the stretch, the he hadn’t won any ‘…of the Night’ awards.
1
One man appeared on both the UFC 142 and UFC 146 main cards. Edson Barboza was on the right side of a spectacular spinning wheel-kick to knock out Terry Etim at UFC 142, but on the wrong side of a TKO loss to Jamie Varner at UFC 146. It was also Barboza’s first defeat.
21
It took Urijah Faber’s fifth pick on TUF 15, Mike Chiesa, 21 days to reel off three upset wins on the TV show. The last came over teammate Al Iaquinta at the TUF 15 finale. It was a shocking finish to an inspirational story. Chiesa tragically lost his father to leukemia at the beginning of the TUF season, yet fought inspired en route to the six-figure contract.
15
Number of stitches to close a nasty cut above bantamweight Eddie Wineland’s left eye after his bout with Scott Jorgensen at UFC on FX 3. The monster cut couldn’t stop Wineland from earning his first UFC victory. He scored a brutal KO late in round two, and an additional $40,000 for ‘Fight of the Night.’
3
UFC on FX 3 from the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida was the promotion’s first visit to the Sunshine State in a little over three years.
The Highs and Lows of MARK COLEMAN
UFC Hall of Famer and 1992 Olympic Games wrestler ‘The Godfather of Ground ‘n’ Pound’ Mark Coleman experienced both massive success and massive disappointment in his 14-year mixed martial arts career. Now retired from the ring, this is the rollercoaster ride of one of MMA’s very first Olympians.
1992
After a 101-12 collegiate wrestling career, which included an NCAA Division I title, Mark Coleman places seventh at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.
1996
In his MMA debut at UFC 10, Coleman wins the event’s eight-man tournament. Later in the year, he advances to the finals of UFC 11 with two submissions, only to win the tournament by forfeit when opponent Scott Ferrozzo couldn’t compete due to exhaustion.
February 1997
Becomes the very first UFC heavyweight champion after submitting Dan Severn by neck crank at UFC 12.
July 1997
Makes his first defense against Maurice Smith at UFC 14, losing for the first time after a 21-minute decision loss.
1998
Makes his return to the UFC after 10 months. Ha a strong start against surging unknown Pete Williams but flags as the fight progresses, succumbing to a head-kick knockout.
1999
Opts to jump to rising Japanese promotion Pride, but suffers a surprise loss in his debut to pro wrestler and future Pride figurehead Nobuhiko Takada. The legitimacy of the loss was later called into question.
2000
After picking up a victory to close 1999, Coleman reaches the pinnacle of his career in winning the 2000 Pride 16-man openweight grand prix, defeating Masaaki Satake, Akira Shoji, Kazuyuki Fujita and Igor Vovchanchyn.
2004
After going 2-1 since his 2000 GP win, ‘The Hammer’ enters the 2004 heavyweight grand prix, losing by armbar in the first round of both tournament and fight to Fedor Emelianenko.
February 2006
Picks up a TKO victory when ‘Shogun’ Rua breaks his arm bracing against a Mark Coleman takedown at Pride 31. Coleman is involved in a post-fight melee between Chute Boxe and Hammer House members.
October 2006
Rematches Fedor Emelianenko at Pride 32 in Las Vegas, again losing by armbar, this time in the second round.
2009
Makes his UFC return after 10 years away to rematch Mauricio Rua in Dublin on UFC 93. Both earn ‘Fight of the Night’ with an exhausting slobber knocker that ends with Rua the victor by TKO. Coleman bounces back with a decision over Stephan Bonnar at the marquee UFC 100 event.
2010
Main events alongside Randy Couture at UFC 109, 12 years after being scheduled to fight at UFC 17. In what would be his final MMA bout, Coleman submits to a rear naked choke in round two.
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