Mark Coleman fought Fedor twice in Pride, both times he was victim to one of those impossible armbars Fedor throws down on people like meter maids throw down overly expensive tickets to double parked cars. When we asked Phil Baroni about the infamous Team Hammerhouse that we so often heard in Pride FC interviews, it was somewhat of a depressing response.

There's no gym Hammerhouse. There's no gym in Ohio. There's no--you know Coleman's out here in Vegas training me. He's staying at the Palace Station. There's no team. I never went to train with Team Hammerhouse. It's just [expletive]. Coleman's just a good marketer. He's telling me he wants to open up a Hammerhouse gym in Ohio. He'd like to do that some day. It was just a bunch of guys fighting under a flag you know what I mean? They didn't train together. I never really trained with Coleman. He's way too big. He would corner me and we'd have conversations on the phone. It's not a gym. It was something in Japan that they marketed. They just made the team more than what it is. There is no Hammerhouse.Hammerhouse is a punching bag on Coleman's porch. I've seen pictures of it. It's just an old punching bag. I've never even been to Coleman's house.

You could make a Lifetime mini-series out of that response.

Now according to a statement made by The Hammer on his Facebook, Mark Coleman will undergo a total hip replacement next Monday, which will make the end of his MMA career.

Total Hip replacement next Monday.ouch the hammer is done fighting.i know been done. Just looking for some prayors. i thank everyone who will help me get through this.hav to pay to play sometimes. only regret is could hav worked harder.love you all live your dream.

We hope Mark Coleman the best in his recovery and a massive thank you for all the years of entertainment you have provided the sport. You deserve the very best of what life has to offer.

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+17 # synthsis 2013-03-05 19:28

Zeus, I think there's something wrong with the site. This article is clearly from 3 years ago.

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+15 # fagola 2013-03-05 19:29

thank god, I was losing sleep

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+15 # Burroni 2013-03-05 19:29

You left out the part about Kevin Randleman stealing the punching bag off the porch...

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-7 # Shale 2013-03-05 19:37

Unfortunately. Coleman's hip replacement won't cure his shit grammar.

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-7 # BrothaDarkness 2013-03-05 20:07

Long live the Rusty Hammer!

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+9 # Rehab 2013-03-05 21:00

Im sure Coleman will get pass Satake in the first round and Shoji in the 2nd Round ( even though Akira Shoji has been on fire these days ) The big question is if Coleman can Survive against Mark Kerr ( Kerr should beat Fujita down easy ) which will have Coleman fight Sakuraba in the Final. Man this is a tough one. Sakuraba's Submission skills are even better than Rumina Sato's, But Colemans Ground and Pound and submission defense is the best in MMA. Mark Coleman will go on to win The PRIDE GP 2000 via TKO. Hammer House will go on to be the #1 Team in MMA for at least the next 13 years.

Feb 12th 2000

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-3 # mathematicscore 2013-03-05 21:19

Coleman with a gas tank beats a motivated BJ Penn.

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-3 # mark coleslaw 2013-03-05 21:35

Retire? I thought he was dead

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+10 # WWF 2013-03-05 21:43

Dont worry coleman, no retreats. I think you WORKED hard enough

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-5 # WWF 2013-03-05 21:44

Regrets

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+3 # Blake Gutierrez 2013-03-05 23:14

I got a fuckin parking ticket today
Love the street mma clip too

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