Team Hammer House

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Kevin Randleman heavyweight champion (UFC 1999)
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Team Hammer House is a mixed martial arts team operating out of Columbus, Ohio, made up of mostly former NCAA wrestlers. Founded by former UFC champion Mark Coleman, Team Hammer House has attracted such mixed martial arts fighters as Kevin Randleman and Phil Baroni. [ [http://www.teamhammerhouse.com disentoday.com ] ]

UFC dominance

Coleman made his professional MMA debut at UFC 10. With his solid wrestling background and physical power he won six fights in a row. He beat fighters including Don Frye, Gary Goodridge and Dan Severn, on route to winning the UFC 10 and UFC 11 tournaments and the first ever UFC Heavyweight title.

Coleman was Randleman's college coach and roommate. Randleman's MMA career began with a call from Coleman to invite him to fight in Brazil where he went on to achieve a record of 7 wins and 2 losses. [ [http://www.fcfighter.com/ufc20bio.htm Full Contact Fighter ] ] Randleman moved on to the UFC, where he also won the Heavyweight title.

Coleman subsequently experienced a downturn in his career as his predominantly wrestling based style became less effective, with losses to fighters with more developed striking skills and cardio, including Maurice Smith, Pete Williams and Pedro Rizzo.

Coleman and Randleman move to PRIDE

After the loss to Rizzo, Coleman moved to the Japanese PRIDE organization where he experienced a great deal of initial success, winning the PRIDE Grand Prix 2000 Finals. Randleman also joined PRIDE, debuting against Michiyoshi Ohara and becoming a top contender for the Middleweight title before losing to Quinton Jackson. The main Randleman's victory in PRIDE FC was his stunning and brutal KO victory over Mirko Filipović. Both Coleman and Randleman have since experienced downturns in their careers, with losses to fighters such as Fedor Emelianenko and Mirko Filipović (Randleman lost to Mirko in rematch).

Accomplished wrestler and UFC star Phil Baroni started training with Hammer House, primarily fighting on PRIDE's Bushido events with success, defeating fighters such as Ikuhisa Minowa, Yuki Kondo and Ryo Chonan.

Wes Sims met Coleman before his fight with Ricardo Morais, [ [http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=fighter.detail&pid=299 UFC : Ultimate Fighting Championship ] ] and has fought in the UFC and International Fight League.

Rivalry with Chute Boxe

Hammer House was involved in a short melee with Chute Boxe which started at PRIDE 31 after a confrontation erupted between Chute Boxe members Wanderlei Silva and Murilo Rua, and Team Hammer House members Mark Coleman and Phil Baroni. The conflict began after Coleman pushed aside the referee who tried to restrain him from continuing his attack on an injured Mauricio "Shogun" Rua. Coleman's outburst could have been due to members of Chute Boxe entering the ring. Despite this, Silva and other Chute Boxe members attacked Coleman in the ring, Baroni took Silva to the ground and Wanderlei had to be restrained with a foot placed on his head. [ [http://www.sherdog.com/news/articles.asp?n_id=4028 Chute Boxe-Hammer House Rivalry Reaches Boiling Point ] ] Following the event, Coleman attempted to apologize to Chute Boxe, but the apology was not accepted.

PRIDE 32 The Real Deal

Team Hammer House was heavily represented at Pride FC's first American show, PRIDE 32 in Las Vegas, Nevada on October 21, 2006, being involved in three of the eight fights including the main event. Hammer House member Kevin Randleman faced a now-healthy Mauricio "Shogun" Rua. Rua won via kneebar submission at 2:35 of the very first round. Phil Baroni defeated Japanese professional boxer turned MMA fighter Yosuke Nishijima via technical submission (kimura) at 3:20 of the first round. Mark Coleman was given the opportunity to fight Pride's undefeated Heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko for a second time. In a finish very similar to their first encounter, Fedor was able to apply an armbar from the bottom, forcing Coleman to tap out 1:15 of the second round.

Members

* Mark Coleman, UFC 10 and 11 Heavyweight tournament winner, former UFC Heavyweight champion/PRIDE Grand Prix 2000 tournament winner
* Phil Baroni
* Kevin Randleman, Former UFC Heavyweight champion
* Branden Lee Hinkle, would-be challenger to Roy Nelson's IFL heavyweight title.
* Wes Sims

External links

* [http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?search=yes&Association=Hammer%20House Sherdog Hammer House profile]
* [http://team-hammer-house.gymdb.com/ Hammer House on the GymDb]

References