Shogun vs Coleman, is it me or was Coleman winning that fight till Shogun TKO'ed him?

[TheOneAboveAll3]

Shogun has always had trouble with wrestlers and being a Machida fan I would argue that is what made Machida stand above Shogun, Machida was the better all around fighter. I believe though if that hadnt ended in a TKO for Shogun than Coleman would have won.

 

[sabretitan]

He sure was in there. Just gassed. Stoppage was fine imo

 

[Fukkup]

Shogun was in awful shape but he was winning.

 

[Supereem]

Coleman was doing a legendary job.

shogun looked like shit, then he comes back and wins the title. Great story.

 

[Thepaintbucket]

That was a shitty fight all around.

Shogun was coming back from knee surgery and a long lay off. Rusty as hell and zero gas tank.

Mark Coleman joined the UFC on an even LONGER lay off with a knee injury also.

I mean Shogun was never big on stopping take downs in the first place. He'd rather get taken down and then try and roll out of a bottom position to get back up. It was just his style for whatever the reason.

On that same note Mark Coleman fought Bonnar a few months later and out worked him easily with his wrestling.

 

[Cylence]

I haven't watched that fight since it happened. I've tried my best to forget it existed to be honest.

But, yeah, from what I remember Coleman was in it all the way until the stoppage. I'm not sure if he was winning though, I remember having Shogun slightly out in front.

 

[thinkandbeslim]

I remember being devastated for Mark, because he only lost because he gassed. Shogun was in horrible shape for that fight and Mark missed a huge opportunity to beat him.

I believe Mark gassing so bad was mainly due to a bad cut to LHW - he was in much better shape when he fought Bonnar in his next fight.

 

[pbateman]

omg it's like you didn't even know that was the zuffa narrative from the start.

Coleman is a PED in human form.

Shogun ruined his knees and yet still became ufc champ with very little momentum coming in. he even fairly recently TKO'd a top 10 LHW who was 10 years younger than him.

 

[Craig Hogg]

Cant remember Coleman winning that fight up until the stoppage but I was biased and really wanted Shogun to win after how the first fight went

 

[Nelly]

And that fight was fight of the night.

 

[Fukkup]

That was a shitty fight all around.

Shogun was coming back from knee surgery and a long lay off. Rusty as hell and zero gas tank.

Mark Coleman joined the UFC on an even LONGER lay off with a knee injury also.

I mean Shogun was never big on stopping take downs in the first place. He'd rather get taken down and then try and roll out of a bottom position to get back up. It was just his style for whatever the reason.

On that same note Mark Coleman fought Bonnar a few months later and out worked him easily with his wrestling.

His sweeping from bottom was one of the best all time. Dem tree trunk legs

 

[HHJ]

That was a shitty fight all around.

Shogun was coming back from knee surgery and a long lay off. Rusty as hell and zero gas tank.

Mark Coleman joined the UFC on an even LONGER lay off with a knee injury also.

I mean Shogun was never big on stopping take downs in the first place. He'd rather get taken down and then try and roll out of a bottom position to get back up. It was just his style for whatever the reason.

On that same note Mark Coleman fought Bonnar a few months later and out worked him easily with his wrestling.

Coleman was alsways a guy overmatched with the guys they put him in there in PRIDE,it was fuckin so cool to see him finally win one,when he beat Bonnar

 

[AssassinFacedBaby]

Yeah I had Coleman two rounds up but it was a close fight. Both guys looked like shit but it was a good scrap.

 

[Pingu]

Shogun has always had trouble with wrestlers and being a Machida fan I would argue that is what made Machida stand above Shogun, Machida was the better all around fighter. I believe though if that hadnt ended in a TKO for Shogun than Coleman would have won.

anyone ever hold shogun down? his sweeps were amazing. his problem was his knees not wrestlers i think.

also coleman was a god damn beast.

 

[Gamer007]

Arguably the easiest road to a title shot ever.

Old ass Coleman and past prime Chuck Liddell?

 

[xn7]

i loved that fight.

 

[WHITE ANDERSON]

they both looked horrible
one of the worst fights in UFC history that wasn't at HW

 

[cmw43]

I remember being devastated for Mark, because he only lost because he gassed. Shogun was in horrible shape for that fight and Mark missed a huge opportunity to beat him.

I believe Mark gassing so bad was mainly due to a bad cut to LHW - he was in much better shape when he fought Bonnar in his next fight.

I think he had a lot of injuries also, it wasn't long after that he had hip replacement surgery.

 

[orca]

prime Machida and shogun where handsome mofos

 

[King.]

omg it's like you didn't even know that was the zuffa narrative from the start.

Coleman is a PED in human form.

Shogun ruined his knees and yet still became ufc champ with very little momentum coming in. he even fairly recently TKO'd a top 10 LHW who was 10 years younger than him.

That gif always cracks me up. You can just hear him thinking "look at this motherfucking douchebag"