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Mark Coleman vs Nobuhiko Takada

A fight that actually happened — and everything both records say about it.

Meetings on record

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Mark Coleman and Nobuhiko Takada met once (1999). Nobuhiko Takada won in 1999 by submission.

SOURCE·Mark Coleman and Nobuhiko Takada — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·both records name the other·REVIEWED AUG 2026

How this head-to-head is established

  1. This pairing exists only because at least one of the two articles' own results tables names the other fighter. No matchup on this site is speculative and none is a hypothetical.
  2. Every figure in the comparison below comes from that fighter's own page and carries the same source line. A dash means the source states nothing, not that the value is zero.
  3. Common opponents are found by matching linked bout lists, which is only possible because every fight list here is linked to every other. A shared opponent is not a transitive result and this page does not treat it as one.
  4. Nothing on this page predicts an outcome. It is a comparison of what is on record.

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Side by side

What both records stateAUG 2026
Mark ColemanNobuhiko Takada
—Reach—
73″ (185.4 cm)Height72″ (183 cm)
—Reach advantage—
16–10Record2–6
75%Finish rate100%
2Longest unbeaten run1
27Recorded bouts11
—StanceSouthpaw

A comparison of what is on record. Nothing here predicts a result.

Common opponents

Both fought these 1. This is the comparison the siloed databases cannot make, because it needs every fight list linked to every other.

OpponentMark ColemanNobuhiko Takada
Mirko Cro Cop L D

Both records, drawn

The same ledger line on each: wins stamped above the rule, losses below, the mark's shape carrying how it ended.

Mark Coleman

1990200020102020UNFILEDwin v Brian Johnston, 1996, submissionwin v Don Frye, 1996, koloss v Maurice Smith, 1997, decisionwin v Dan Severn, 1997, submissionloss v Pete Williams, 1998, kowin v Ricardo Morais, 1999, decisionloss v Nobuhiko Takada, 1999, submissionloss v Pedro Rizzo, 1999, decisionwin v Igor Vovchanchyn, 2000, submissionwin v Masaaki Satake, 2000, submissionloss v Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira, 2001, submissionwin v Allan Goes, 2001, kowin v Don Frye, 2003, decisionloss v Fedor Emelianenko, 2004, submissionwin v Milco Voorn, 2005, submissionloss v Mirko Cro Cop, 2005, koloss v Fedor Emelianenko, 2006, submissionwin v Maurício Rua, 2006, kowin v Stephan Bonnar, 2009, decisionloss v Maurício Rua, 2009, koloss v Randy Couture, 2010, submissionwin v Jon Nutt, 2025, kowin v Kazuyuki Fujita, no date on recordwin v Akira Shoji, no date on recordwin v Julian Sanchez, no date on recordwin v Gary Goodridge, no date on recordwin v Moti Horenstein, no date on record
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 1996–2025 · 5 UNDATED
2000 2010 2020 win vs Brian Johnston (1996)win vs Don Frye (1996)loss vs Maurice Smith (1997)win vs Dan Severn (1997)loss vs Pete Williams (1998)win vs Ricardo Morais (1999)loss vs Nobuhiko Takada (1999)loss vs Pedro Rizzo (1999)win vs Igor Vovchanchyn (2000)win vs Masaaki Satake (2000)loss vs Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira (2001)win vs Allan Goes (2001)win vs Don Frye (2003)loss vs Fedor Emelianenko (2004)win vs Milco Voorn (2005)loss vs Mirko Cro Cop (2005)loss vs Fedor Emelianenko (2006)win vs Maurício Rua (2006)win vs Stephan Bonnar (2009)loss vs Maurício Rua (2009)loss vs Randy Couture (2010)win vs Jon Nutt (2025)
winlossdraw / NC1996–2025

Nobuhiko Takada

19902000win v Trevor Berbick, 1991loss v Rickson Gracie, 1997, submissionloss v Rickson Gracie, 1998, submissionwin v Kyle Sturgeon, 1998, submissionloss v Mark Kerr, 1999, submissionwin v Mark Coleman, 1999, submissionloss v Igor Vovchanchyn, 2000, submissionloss v Royce Gracie, 2000, decisiondraw v Mike Bernardo, 2001, drawdraw v Mirko Cro Cop, 2001, drawloss v Kiyoshi Tamura, 2002, ko
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 1991–2002
2000 win vs Trevor Berbick (1991)loss vs Rickson Gracie (1997)loss vs Rickson Gracie (1998)win vs Kyle Sturgeon (1998)loss vs Mark Kerr (1999)win vs Mark Coleman (1999)loss vs Igor Vovchanchyn (2000)loss vs Royce Gracie (2000)draw vs Mike Bernardo (2001)draw vs Mirko Cro Cop (2001)loss vs Kiyoshi Tamura (2002)
winlossdraw / NC1991–2002

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