The UFC’s first-ever heavyweight champion, Mark Coleman, is preventing for his life after bravely saving his mother and father from a home fireplace on Tuesday morning.
In line with a report from WTOL 11, a number of departments responded to the 2700 block of South River Highway in Fremont, Ohio for a constructing on fireplace simply after 4 a.m. The report confirms that the household acquired out of the house, however one particular person, Coleman, was airlifted to a neighborhood hospital after passing out within the burning dwelling. Coleman is alleged to have bodily carried his mother and father out of the home as the fireplace shortly grew uncontrolled. After retrieving his father and mom, Coleman reportedly ran again in to try to save his canine.
In line with first responders on the scene, the fireplace started within the kitchen, however the precise trigger has not been recognized. The home is believed to be a complete loss.
Mark Coleman’s situation was unclear on the time of the preliminary report, however a current put up by Full Ship MMA on Instagram has everybody preserving the previous NCAA Division I Nationwide Champion of their ideas and prayers.
“Ship some prayers to the UFC Corridor of Famer Mark Coleman, he was in a home fireplace final evening and saved his mother and father. He needed to be airlifted to the hospital as a consequence of smoke inhalation.”
Mark Coleman’s Legendary Run in Combined Martial Arts
Mark Coleman is a two-time UFC Corridor of Fame inductee, first becoming a member of the Pioneer Wing as part of the category of 2008. Eight years later, he was inducted into the Battle Wing for his basic UFC 17 battle with Pete Williams.
Making his promotional debut at UFC 10, ‘The Hammer’ gained back-to-back heavyweight tournaments earlier than submitting Dan Severn to win the inaugural UFC heavyweight championship. After his first run with the UFC got here to an in depth, Coleman ventured to Japan the place he engaged in a sequence of legendary clashes with the likes of Don Frye, Fedor Emelianenko, Mirko Cro Cop, and Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua.
He returned to the Octagon in 2009 for a rematch with ‘Shogun’ at UFC 93. He additionally fought the late Stephan Bonnar at UFC 100 earlier than closing his profession towards fellow legend Randy Couture in February 2010.
