Mark Coleman, UFC HOFer

Ty Cobb · 03-13-2024, 03:45 PM

and today, hero who needs prayers and happy thoughts. I know ZERO abut the UFC folk…but look at the photos of what this guy RAN INTO and tell me it wasn’t courage beyond measure.

https://www.barstoolsports.com/blog/...his-parentsdog

dsvitak · 03-13-2024, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Ty Cobb

and today, hero who needs prayers and happy thoughts. I know ZERO abut the UFC folk…but look at the photos of what this guy RAN INTO and tell me it wasn’t courage beyond measure.

https://www.barstoolsports.com/blog/...his-parentsdog

We had a house, right down the street, catch fire at night.

The husband and his wife were wearing ear plugs, to sleep better, and never heard the smoke alarms. They woke up to a house fully engulfed in fire. She didn't make it, and he jumped out a second story window face first, onto the concrete below. 82 years old, and he's been critical for two weeks.

Don't where earplugs to bed, folks.

Cobra Mgr · 03-15-2024, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Ty Cobb

and today, hero who needs prayers and happy thoughts. I know ZERO abut the UFC folk…but look at the photos of what this guy RAN INTO and tell me it wasn’t courage beyond measure.

https://www.barstoolsports.com/blog/...his-parentsdog

Get your Kleenex ready.

rudel.dietrich · 03-15-2024, 02:30 PM

He was a beast in the octagon. He was one of the first American fighters to use ground and pound.

Not surprising he is already awake and recovering.

Ty Cobb · 03-15-2024, 05:47 PM

Thanks, Cobra. What a man he must be. What heart…

monkeyman576 · 03-17-2024, 04:45 PM

He has courage to save his parents but I wonder if he shouldn't have considered he has kids to take care of that need him alive.

Edit: Looks like he survived so he got lucky.

Cobra Mgr · 03-17-2024, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by monkeyman576

He has courage to save his parents but I wonder if he shouldn't have considered he has kids to take care of that need him alive.

Edit: Looks like he survived so he got lucky.

I don't think in those situation you think anything. You just act.

Which is why what those Uvalde officers did was so heinous.

monkeyman576 · 03-17-2024, 08:56 PM

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I don't think in those situation you think anything. You just act.

Which is why what those Uvalde officers did was so heinous.

My point is that the heroic thing is not always thing that benefits the most people for the longest amount of time.

Cobra Mgr · 03-17-2024, 09:12 PM

I get what you're saying. I also understand how traumatic the remainder of my life would be if I stood outside & watched my parents burn to death.

I looked at my dad in the hospital & could tell the end was near & was trying to find the courage to say "I love you" & top thank him for all he did in raising me. We never said that to each other. False machismo. A family friend came in the hospital room & I left to let them talk, thinking I would tell him how I felt when I got off my shift that night. He died before my shift ended.

I know he knows I loved him. I know he loved me. But for the last 24 years this June I have been beating myself up for not having the stupid balls to just say 3 frikkin' words. And it will still be with me the next 24. I can't even type this stupid post w/o crying.

So I get why in that moment he put himself at risk. (Not for a dog). But for his parents, yeah. You don't think. Just act.

monkeyman576 · 03-17-2024, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Cobra Mgr

I get what you're saying. I also understand how traumatic the remainder of my life would be if I stood outside & watched my parents burn to death.

I looked at my dad in the hospital & could tell the end was near & was trying to find the courage to say "I love you" & top thank him for all he did in raising me. We never said that to each other. False machismo. A family friend came in the hospital room & I left to let them talk, thinking I would tell him how I felt when I got off my shift that night. He died before my shift ended.

I know he knows I loved him. I know he loved me. But for the last 24 years this June I have been beating myself up for not having the stupid balls to just say 3 frikkin' words. And it will still be with me the next 24. I can't even type this stupid post w/o crying.

So I get why in that moment he put himself at risk. (Not for a dog). But for his parents, yeah. You don't think. Just act.

Sorry about your dad. I recently lost my dad to a stroke. But I still believe you need to look past your own PTSD when making life or death decisions.

Cobra Mgr · 03-17-2024, 09:53 PM

PTSD can be debilitating m'man. Some can become just as big of a weight on their families shoulders as their death. I encourage anyone who wants to knaw how personality disorders affects the people around you to go to outofthefog.website

Ty Cobb · 03-18-2024, 10:42 AM

Just an FYI, Cobra...but the more I learn about you, the more respect I have for you.

Cobra Mgr · 03-18-2024, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Ty Cobb

Just an FYI, Cobra...but the more I learn about you, the more respect I have for you.

Hopefully we will be able to say that about most of the people we know.

Ty Cobb · 03-19-2024, 10:13 PM

No sarcasm at my end. It takes a lot of courage to open up about things like that.

03-13-2024, 03:45 PM	#1
Ty Cobb Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Grayling, MI Posts: 3,960 Blog Entries: 67	Mark Coleman, UFC HOFer and today, hero who needs prayers and happy thoughts. I know ZERO abut the UFC folk…but look at the photos of what this guy RAN INTO and tell me it wasn’t courage beyond measure. https://www.barstoolsports.com/blog/...his-parentsdog __________________ “What’s the most you ever lost on a coin toss?” “Everyone is an atheist until Templars begin marching in the rain.” Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder. It is usually futile to try to talk facts and analysis to people who are enjoying a sense of moral superiority in their ignorance.—Thomas Sowell "Alinsky works for me now."

03-15-2024, 05:47 PM	#5
Ty Cobb Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Grayling, MI Posts: 3,960 Blog Entries: 67	Thanks, Cobra. What a man he must be. What heart… __________________ “What’s the most you ever lost on a coin toss?” “Everyone is an atheist until Templars begin marching in the rain.” Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder. It is usually futile to try to talk facts and analysis to people who are enjoying a sense of moral superiority in their ignorance.—Thomas Sowell "Alinsky works for me now."

03-17-2024, 04:45 PM	#6
monkeyman576 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 2,966	He has courage to save his parents but I wonder if he shouldn't have considered he has kids to take care of that need him alive. Edit: Looks like he survived so he got lucky. Last edited by monkeyman576; 03-17-2024 at 04:46 PM.

03-17-2024, 09:12 PM	#9
Cobra Mgr Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Parts unknown Posts: 6,406	I get what you're saying. I also understand how traumatic the remainder of my life would be if I stood outside & watched my parents burn to death. I looked at my dad in the hospital & could tell the end was near & was trying to find the courage to say "I love you" & top thank him for all he did in raising me. We never said that to each other. False machismo. A family friend came in the hospital room & I left to let them talk, thinking I would tell him how I felt when I got off my shift that night. He died before my shift ended. I know he knows I loved him. I know he loved me. But for the last 24 years this June I have been beating myself up for not having the stupid balls to just say 3 frikkin' words. And it will still be with me the next 24. I can't even type this stupid post w/o crying. So I get why in that moment he put himself at risk. (Not for a dog). But for his parents, yeah. You don't think. Just act. __________________ If a man is guilty 4 what goes on inside of his mind, then let me get the electric chair 4 all my future crimes. - Prince Batdance June 7, 1958 - Apr 21, 2016

03-17-2024, 09:53 PM	#11
Cobra Mgr Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Parts unknown Posts: 6,406	PTSD can be debilitating m'man. Some can become just as big of a weight on their families shoulders as their death. I encourage anyone who wants to knaw how personality disorders affects the people around you to go to outofthefog.website __________________ If a man is guilty 4 what goes on inside of his mind, then let me get the electric chair 4 all my future crimes. - Prince Batdance June 7, 1958 - Apr 21, 2016

03-15-2024, 02:30 PM	#4
rudel.dietrich Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Zürich, Switzerland Posts: 8,608 Infractions: 1/0 (0)	He was a beast in the octagon. He was one of the first American fighters to use ground and pound. Not surprising he is already awake and recovering.

03-18-2024, 10:42 AM	#12
Ty Cobb Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Grayling, MI Posts: 3,960 Blog Entries: 67	Just an FYI, Cobra...but the more I learn about you, the more respect I have for you. __________________ “What’s the most you ever lost on a coin toss?” “Everyone is an atheist until Templars begin marching in the rain.” Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder. It is usually futile to try to talk facts and analysis to people who are enjoying a sense of moral superiority in their ignorance.—Thomas Sowell "Alinsky works for me now."

03-19-2024, 10:13 PM	#14
Ty Cobb Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Grayling, MI Posts: 3,960 Blog Entries: 67	No sarcasm at my end. It takes a lot of courage to open up about things like that. __________________ “What’s the most you ever lost on a coin toss?” “Everyone is an atheist until Templars begin marching in the rain.” Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder. It is usually futile to try to talk facts and analysis to people who are enjoying a sense of moral superiority in their ignorance.—Thomas Sowell "Alinsky works for me now."