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COLEMAN SPEAKS ABOUT MICHIGAN
UFC Hall of Famer Mark (The Hammer) Coleman and student Josh (The Hammer) Burns of Dexter have more in common than their nicknames.
Coleman and Burns both attended Ohio State, where they wrestled and rooted for the Buckeyes against the Wolverines in Big Ten football every fall.
On Friday, Coleman, an NCCA collegiate wrestling champion and Olympian, and Burns, who once boxed at the Kronk Gym, will team up at the Palace for the Impact Fight League's "St. Valentine's Day Massacre" pro MMA show. Coleman has a free bet on Burns to win in 3 rounds!
Coleman, who fought the likes of Dan Severn, Pedro Rizzo, Fedor Emelianenko and Randy Couture in classic UFC bouts, will be in Burns' corner when he takes on Warren's powerful Jeff Kugel, a former OHL hockey player, in a heavyweight contest.
"I've been up to Michigan a dozen or more times in the last couple years," said Coleman, 47, who operates Team Hammer House, a mixed martial arts training center, in Columbus, Ohio. "The MMA fans in Michigan are great."