After Desperate Pleas for Mike Tyson’s Help, Joe Rogan Gives Massive Shout Out to Mark Coleman Making His Comeback

MMA fans cannot agree on most things. But, one of the things everyone who has watched MMA from its nascent days in the ’90s to now will tell you is that the old-school fighters were just built differently. They were men’s men, as they say.

Guys like like Don Frye, Tito Ortiz, Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson, and Mark Coleman were fearless warriors who put it on the line for the sport that they love and took tremendous damage in a much more brutal and bloodsport mixed martial arts landscape. Joe Rogan and WWE legend and Olympic gold medalist Kurt Angle reminisced about those tough guys recently.

Joe Rogan and Kurt Angle discuss old-school fighters

On episode 2036 of the Joe Rogan Experience podcast, Joe Rogan told Kurt Angle that many of the older UFC fighters were in excruciating pain because of the damage they took in the cage. He pointed to Don Frye, who has trouble even walking as a case in point.

“There’s a lot of guys who the rest of their lives are dealing with the consequences of that. We see it with the older fighters. Some of these guys a just in complete agony. Like Don Frye… [who] is a legend… He can’t hardly move,” the UFC commentator said.

The Boston native then mentioned UFC’s first heavyweight champion Mark Coleman, who has an upcoming celebrity boxing match against former boxer Montell Griffin, who once fought boxing maestro Roy Jones Jr.Coleman has even asked for help from Mike Tyson to prepare for the fight.

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“Mark Coleman too. Yeah, look Mark Coleman’s got a celebrity boxing match in October against Montell Griffin. Montell Griffin fought Roy Jones Jr,” Rogan told Angle.

Kurt Angle mentions Mark Coleman as one of his toughest wrestling opponents

Angle told Rogan that Mark Coleman was one of the toughest opponents he faced on the mat in their wrestling days. He revealed that the former UFC champ was able to beat him during the trials for the 1992-93 wrestling trials.

“You know he was one of my opponents to make the Olympics. Him and Mark Kerr. Yeah, they were badasses. Those two gave me the worst problems in 1992-93. They’re the ones that were being me. Then I ended up being them in 95-96,” Rogan said.

Angle said that he was able to beat Coleman and Mark Kerr in 1995-96 later after he changed his training regimen. And while those guys may not have been as skilled or have as good techniques as the newer fighters, they were gritty, resolute and absolute warriors.

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