Memories From The Park: When The Hammer Knocked Out Goes From His Knees

March 25, 2008

It was on this date seven years ago that Mark Coleman defeated Allan Goes via TKO at PRIDE 13. The win was Coleman’s sixth in a row but it kicked off a rough four fight stretch in which he lost three of his next four bouts. Although consider the fact that those defeats came at the hands of Fedor, Big Nog and Mirko and then it doesn’t sound as bad.

Coleman ended Goes in quite the original fashion in this one – from his knees but the highlight had to have been how Goes had no idea the fight was over and kept on chugging away long after the ref called for the bell.

Of course, for our MMA newbies out there, you can see Mark Coleman V. 2.0 (or is it 3.0?) this August when he faces Brock Lesnar at UFC 87. Can’t wait for that one…

And, by the way, the above photo is not from the Goes fight but rather from 10/21/06 when Coleman lost again to that Fedor character. Seeing his daughters react to the sight of their beaten father was one of the strangest/scariest/touching moments I have ever seen in combat sports.

  1. 2 Responses to “Memories From The Park: When The Hammer Knocked Out Goes From His Knees”

  2. What an amazing picture. One of the best ever in MMA history.

    Chalk me up on the side who believes his face might look worse in August.

    By Bam Bam on Mar 26, 2008

  3. one day lesnar will be a force, im not sure if he will against a wiley mark coleman.

    By oo718oo on Mar 26, 2008

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