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Orderline: 1-800-344-3404 Order Online: www.parrillo.com MARK COLEMAN UFC Hall of Fame Fighter is Longtime Parrillo User ongtime Parrillo product completely dedicated myself to my user Mark ‘The Hammer’ training.” Mark relocated to Las LColeman made an amaz- Vegas and spent a considerable ing comeback at UFC 100 held on amount of time working at another July 11th 2009 at the Mandalay Bay UFC Hall-of-fame athlete’s state- Events Center in Las Vegas when of-the-art Vegas training facility. the 44-year old fighter won a three “Randy Couture has a terrific gym round unanimous decision over the dedicated to MMA style fight prep- highly regarded Stephan Bonnar. aration; In Vegas I worked with a Coleman, who has fought his en- wide variety of coaches and train- tire career as a heavyweight, made ing partners at Randy’s facility and his second ever entry into the light at a few other gyms located in and heavyweight division to beat Bon- around the Las Vegas area. This nar. Coleman, the fourth fighter in took me a little outside my comfort history to be inducted into the UFC zone which turned out to be a good Hall of Fame, showed that his de- thing; I have basically trained my- cade-long mixed martial arts fight self over the years and by working career is far from over. The fight with different coaches and training with Bonnar was an epic see-saw partners in new and different loca- battle that lasted for three five min- tions and situations, I was able to ute rounds and ended with all three achieve a level of strength and con- judges awarding Mark the victory. dition that was past anything I’d at- Mark was understandably pleased tained in recent years.” Coleman at- with his performance and indicated tained a new level of athletic ability he had approached his training for and combined his improved skill Mark this fight far differently than in pre- set with a dramatic bodyweight re- vious fights. duction. All in all this was new and exciting territory for the wily veter- “I had the best training camp of an. He virtually reinvented himself my life leading up to this fight,” at an age when fight promoters and Coleman related, “I took seventy fans had pigeonholed the “ancient” Coleman days – ten weeks – not a lot of time fighter. “I think a lot of experts were Photo by Jim Davidson by training camp standards – and surprised by my new look and my September 2009 / Performance Press 1-800-3-30 www.parrillo.com www.parrillo.com 1-800-3-30 Performance Press / September 2009 Photo by Jim Davidson Mark Coleman: UFC Hall of Fame Fighter new and improved degree of condi- every bit of his hard earned power Layered Peanut Butter and Banana his wrestling skills, size, power and tioning. In a lot of ways I surprised and muscle. “John Parrillo makes Protein Bars™, Chocolate Hi-Pro- speed, thought that he could do well myself.” the best nutritional products on the tein powder™, Chocolate Optimized in this format. “The first time I saw face of the planet. Before a fight I Whey Protein powder™, CapTri®, the UFC on TV, I knew immediate- He had to overcome a highly tout- virtually live on Parrillo products.” Max Endurance Formula™, Es- ly that was what I wanted to do. It ed fighter in the 34-year old Bon- Mark uses nearly every product sential Vitamin Formula™, Min- fit me perfectly. If there had been nar. Mark was completely compli- John makes. Here is a partial list of eral-electrolyte Formula™, Banana Ultimate Fighting when I was a mentary of his veteran opponent. some of Mark’s favorite products: and Vanilla-flavored Parrillo Pud- youngster, I would have been train- “Stephan Bonnar is one hell-of-a- Maple-flavored Pancakes™, Eng- ding™. Mr. Coleman is a walking ing for it right from the start. Once fighter. He is 6-4, lean, conditioned lish Toffee and Chocolate-flavored advertisement, a human billboard I saw the UFC and understood that and has an iron chin. As I found Chew Bars™, Parrillo Creatine for Parrillo Performance Products. this was real, I knew I was gonna out, he hits incredibly hard. Thank monohydrate™, Natural E Plus™, “John Parrillo has been super sup- do it immediately.” Coleman was God I worked as hard as I did for as Bio-C™, Joint Formula™, Ultimate portive of my fighting career over accepted into the UFC and tore his long as I did and as intensely as I Amino Formula™, Enhanced GH these many long years and I cannot way through every opponent he did – otherwise I would have been Formula™, Advanced Lipotropic say enough good things about him fought. He seized the UFC heavy- in trouble.” Mark weighed a razor- Formula™, Liver Amino Formula™, or his powerful products. I would weight title by defeating another sharp 205 pounds and used Parrillo Muscle Amino Formula™, Cap- suspect I have consumed hundreds wrestler, then UFC champion Dan Products and nutritional tactics puccino-flavored Sports Nutrition of pounds of Parrillo Products over Severn. Mark ripped Severn to to enable him to trim away every Bars™; French Toast and Graham the past decade.” pieces and ended the match with vestige of body fat while retaining Cracker-flavored Energy Bars™, a brutal neck-crank submission. Mark Coleman is, was and always He became the undisputed King of has been an athlete. A star football mixed martial arts. player and wrestler in high school, Coleman decided to concentrate on In 1999 Mark began competing wrestling and accepted a scholar- in the Japanese PRIDE organiza- Mark with his daughters Mackenzie and Morgan ship to Miami University in Ohio. tion, both as a mixed martial art- at his UFC Hall of Fame induction in 2008 He quickly emerged as one of the ist and as a professional wrestler. nation’s premier grapplers and won The highlight of his long and dis- to the head while the opponent was Fame was a tremendous honor. two Mid-American conference tinguished PRIDE MMA career pinned to the mat – were deemed This is an extremely small club and championships. By 1988 Mark occurred in 2000 when he beat all so deadly and so effective that they to be included with fighters like had transferred to Ohio State and comers in an open weight tourna- were banned in the UFC. This took Royce Gracie, Ken Shamrock, Dan captured the biggest prize in col- ment to win the PRIDE Grand Prix. away two of the mightiest weapons Severn and Randy Couture was legiate wrestling: the NCAA Divi- This was the biggest show in all of in the Coleman arsenal. Mark was gratifying.” sion I National Championship. His MMA and Mark beat the best in scheduled to make his UFC debut goal was to win an Olympic gold the world when he destroyed the fighting the current heavyweight Mark has always had a terrific work medal. His international wrestling up-until-then unbeatable Russian champion Brock Lesnar. Mark suf- ethic and his fight experience and career included a second place fin- MMA star Igor Volchanian. Mark fered a serious training injury that his balance between power and ish at the 1991 FILA World Cham- fought three bouts in the same night forced his withdrawal. In about this stamina made him the ideal coach/ pionships. In 1992 Mark finished to win a six-figure purse! He sub- same time he became the fourth trainer for younger fighters look- seventh in the Barcelona Olympic mitted Igor with a rapid fire series fighter in history of the sport to be ing to break into the MMA world. Games. He graduated with a degree of vicious knees to the head while inducted into the Ultimate Fight- Mark opened a MMA fight school in Education and became an assis- pinning the powerhouse Russian to ing Championship Hall of Fame. in Columbus, Ohio, The Hammer tant wrestling coach for Ohio State. the mat. Mark eventually returned His style was so distinctive and House, that produced a series of In 1996 Mark decided to enter the to the UFC when PRIDE was pur- widely copied that it was given a top MMA fighters: men like Kevin fledgling world of mixed martial chased by the UFC conglomerate. name, “ground-and-pound.” Mark “Monster Man” Randallman and “The first time I saw the UFC on TV, I knew immediately arts; the embryonic Ultimate Fight- Things had changed over the years. was typically modest about be- Phil Barone. Over the years Mark that was what I wanted to do. It fit me perfectly.” ing Championships were being Two of his favored fighting tactics ing recognized and inducted. “Be- developed a tremendous apprecia- shown on cable TV and Mark, with – the head butt and knees thrown ing inducted in the UFC Hall of tion for the role of nutrition in the SeptemberSeptember 20092009 // PerformancePerformance PressPress 1-800-31-800-3-3-300 www.parrillo.comwww.parrillo.com www.parrillo.com 1-800-3-30 Performance Press / September 2009 John Parrillo’s Performance Press Mark Coleman: UFC Hall of Fame Fighter submissions; they must work on my high school and college career I “My relocation to Las Vegas to fight.