UFC legend Mark Coleman was hospitalized Tuesday after saving ... UFC Heavyweight Champion with a submission victory over Dan Severn at UFC 12 in 1997. He then faced off in a title defense against ...

Coleman was the first-ever UFC heavyweight champion. At UFC 12, Coleman forced Dan Severn to submit to a scarf hold in February 1997. While Coleman didn’t hang onto the belt long, he would have ...

That night in Dothan, Alabama, Mark Coleman needed less than three minutes to defeat Dan Severn by a neck crank to become the promotion's first heavyweight champion -- its first champion ...

That night in Dothan, Alabama, Mark Coleman needed less than three minutes to defeat Dan Severn by a neck crank to become the promotion's first heavyweight champion -- its first champion ...