Ex-UFC Champion Hospitalized After Rescuing His Parents From House Fire

UFC legend Mark Coleman was hospitalized after he rescued his parents from a house fire Tuesday, his daughters said.

The 59-year-old former heavyweight champion was put into an induced coma in intensive care after saving the lives of his mother and father during the blaze in Toledo, Ohio, his manager, Michael DiSabato, told NBC News. He added that Coleman had been alerted to the fire at around 4 a.m. when he was woken by the barking of Hammer, the family’s dog.

After pulling his parents out, Coleman went back inside the burning building to save Hammer too, DiSabato added, but the dog did not survive. The roof of the home collapsed shortly after fire crews entered the building, authorities told WTOL.

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