Mark Coleman: UFC’s First Heavyweight Champ on Fedor, Brock Lesnar & PRIDE’s Yakuza (pt 1)
UFC Hall of Famer Mark Coleman, the first UFC Heavyweight Champion and Godfather of Ground and Pound, tells the story of MMA’s wildest era: UFC 10 no-rules fights, battling Fedor Emelianenko, Mirko Cro Cop and Shogun Rua, and life inside PRIDE FC in Japan.
Coleman reveals Yakuza cash, steroid culture, $100,000 dinners, his clashes with Dana White, and the UFC 87 fight with Brock Lesnar that was officially booked before injury forced him out.
He also explains how Royce Gracie inspired his MMA career, how Hammer House was built, and what fighting multiple opponents in one night was really like.
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