Coleman was figured out in 1997 by freakin' Maurice Smith...a kickboxer much smaller than BB who was just barely learning the guard and ground game. If an ancient Coleman managed to get Lewis down, he'd easily survive like Smith did and eventually get a KO. Watch the complete slopfest of a fight between Coleman and Shogun in the UFC and explain how Coleman would win. He was NOTHING like Cormier if that's what people are thinking.
Oleinic is great at submissions while Coleman was great at getting submitted. I fail to see any relevance beyond that. Coleman would be zero threat to Lewis on the ground, who has surprisingly good defense against subs and GnP. And Coleman's GnP degraded quickly as he aged and headbutts and 12/6 elbows were made illegal. Lewis knocked Oleinic cold and would certainly do the same to Coleman. I mean Pete Williams almost kicked Coleman's head off. C'mon.
Fedor destroyed them all, only shame is he didnt whoop Mir about 10 years earlier
So your whole point is that maybe, if he's lucky, 42-year old Coleman might take BB down like Oleinic did...only to get flatlined into another dimension as soon as they're back on their feet? Yeah, it's possible, but I think even Lewis can avoid those "I'm coming to get ya!" TDs you see a mile away. But even if happened, Lewis destroys him later.
Just off the top of my head in lighter weight classes: Frankie Edgar, Woodley, Usman (D2), Matt Hughes. There were also outstanding high school wrestlers like Sean Sherk and Cejudo who didn't wrestle in college but easily could have.
coleman was a completely one dimensional wrestler who would not be a big lhw in today's mma. and if he kept the same skills i'd guess wouldn't be a great lhw either (smith and williams would likely be lhw today. smith maybe mw). especially older coleman.
