Randy Couture Talks Coleman Win and Not Caring About Titles (Video)
UFC Hall of Famer Randy “The Natural” Couture shared his thoughts on a main-event bout against Mark Coleman at UFC 109.
Randy Couture was glad that the fight went to plan, but was surprised a bit about Mark Coleman’s lack of aggression. He also says that he is not too concerned about whether he fights for the Light-Heavyweight title, as he just focuses one fight at a time
Mark Coleman is Released from the UFC
According to WatchKalibRun Mark ‘The Hammer’ Coleman has been offcially released from the UFC, despite headlining the main event of UFC 109.
Coleman’s second stint inside the famed octagon began in 2008 when the former PRIDE fighter came out of retirement. Coleman was initially scheduled to fight Brock Lesnar at UFC 87 but an injury forced Mark to withdraw. Coleman finally made his debut at UFC 93 in January of 2009 in a rematch against Mauricio “Shogun” Rua. Mark lost the bout and was schedule to fight Stephan Bonnar at UFC 100. Most observers assumed that this was a retirement bout for Coleman but Mark still had some gas left in the tank as he pulled the upset.
While many observers assumed that Coleman would be cut if he lost to Couture, an altercation with Tito Ortiz opened a window for another fight for the “Godfather of ground-and-pound.” Unfortunately for Coleman this will not now be the case.
Mark Coleman meets with Randy Couture After UFC 109
This is what it means to have respect for one another, as we see Coleman go into Couture’s dressing room after the fight. They exchange words and take some photos together.
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UFC 109: Tito Ortiz talks Mark Coleman incident (Video)
Really, more drama just what you need!
The full payouts included:
Randy Couture: $250,000 (no win bonus)
def. Mark Coleman: $60,000
Chael Sonnen: $64,000 (includes $32,000 win bonus)
def. Nate Marquardt: $45,000
Paulo Thiago: $30,000 ($15,000 win bonus)
def. Mike Swick: $43,000
Demian Maia: $62,000 ($31,000 win bonus)
def. Dan Miller: $15,000
Matt Serra: $150,000 ($75,000 win bonus)
def. Frank Trigg: $30,000
Mac Danzig: $40,000 ($20,000 win bonus)
def. Justin Buchholz: $8,000
Melvin Guillard: $28,000 ($14,000 win bonus)
def. Ronys Torres: $4,000
Rob Emerson: $24,000 ($12,000 win bonus)
def. Phillipe Nover: $10,000
Phil Davis: $10,000 ($5,000 win bonus)
def. Brian Stann: $17,000
Chris Tuchscherer: $20,000 ($10,000 win bonus)
def. Tim Hague: $7000
Joey Beltran: $12,000 ($6,000 win bonus)
def. Rolles Gracie: $15,000
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