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UFC heavyweight legend Mark Coleman is responsive after saving parents from destructive house fire

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Two-time UFC Hall of Fame inductee Mark Coleman is responsive after being airlifted to a hospital following a devastating house fire in his childhood home.

In the early morning hours on Tuesday, Coleman was alerted to a house fire by his dog — appropriately named Hammer — around 4 a.m. Coleman quickly sprang from his bed and carried his parents to safety as the fire began to grow increasingly out of control. He reportedly ran back into the house in an attempt to save the dog, suffering smoke inhalation in the process. Sadly, the dog did not survive.