As Mark Coleman prepares for his 2nd fight against Mauricio "Shogun" Rua, he will be prepping for the first time ever to compete at 205lbs since debuting as a fighter in 1996.The former Ohio State wrestler talked to MMAWeekly Radio recently about the decision to drop to the light heavyweight class for his UFC return bout.
"Look at the fighters nowadays," Coleman said. "I said back in '96 that size matters, but today's fighters are so much bigger, and so much heavier and so much stronger. It's common sense."
"It made a lot of sense to make the move down. I'm 6'1 at the most and these guys are coming in at 6'4", 270, it's just too big. Logic told me I need to cut down to 205 and see what we can do there."
Coleman said that to make the weight cut he's been paying strict attention to his diet and nutrition which actually caused him to get a little too lean while in camp for the fight, but says all is well now as he prepares to leave for England and a short training session with the Wolfslair team.
The rest of Coleman's camp consisted of time with his Hammer House squad in Columbus, OH as well as work with the Ohio State wrestling team.
Mark Coleman takes on Mauricio "Shogun" Rua on Jan 17 in Ireland.
3 comments:
Thats not what his wife said.
lmao
Although I appreciate Mark for what he has done for the sport... these guys are trying to say they are cutting weight because it makes sense? If Pride was still going and not testing for steroids would he still feel the same way? Wanderlie Silva and Mark Coleman were HUGE in the Pride. Silva fought Cro Cop and weighed more than Mirko tipping the scale about 225-230. UFC tests so yes moving down to the weight class you should be at makes sense now huh?
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