name | Matt Hamill |
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other names | The Hammer |
birth date | October 05, 1976 |
birth place | Loveland, Ohio, United States |
nationality | American |
height | |
weight lb | 205 |
weight class | Light Heavyweight |
reach in | 76 |
style | Freestyle Wrestling, Greco-Roman Wrestling, Boxing, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu |
stance | Orthodox |
fighting out of | Utica, New York |
rank | NCAA Division III Wrestling, purple belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu |
years active | 2005 – 2011 (MMA) |
mma win | 10 |
mma kowin | 6 |
mma decwin | 3 |
mma dqwin | 1 |
mma loss | 4 |
mma koloss | 2 |
mma decloss | 2 |
sherdog | 16695 }} |
Matthew Hamill (born October 5, 1976) is a retired American wrestler and mixed martial artist. He is a three-time NCAA Division III National Champion in wrestling (167 lb class in 1997, 190 lb class in 1998 and 197 lb class in 1999) while attending the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in Rochester, New York. Hamill also has a silver medal in Greco-Roman wrestling and a gold medal in freestyle wrestling from the 2001 Summer Deaflympics. He holds notable wins over Tito Ortiz, Keith Jardine and Mark Muñoz, and is the only person to have defeated current UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones (a win by disqualification).
Hamill faced The Ultimate Fighter 2's Seth Petruzelli in a Fight of The Night performance he won via unanimous decision at Ortiz vs. Shamrock 3: The Final Chapter on October 10, 2006. Judges scored the bout 29–28, 30–27 and 29–28 for Hamill.
Hamill then fought Rex Holman at UFC 68: The Uprising where he won by KO in the first round.
Hamill fought fellow TUF 3 alumni Michael Bisping at UFC 75 in London, England on September 8, 2007, where he lost via split decision. The decision was considered controversial by many, in large part because the fight was held in England, Bisping's home country. However, the two American judges ringside awarded the victory to Bisping, with the lone British judge scoring the fight for Hamill. A rematch was scheduled for UFC 78, but due to knee surgery, Hamill withdrew. A rematch has become unlikely after Bisping dropped down to the middleweight division after his loss to Rashad Evans.
Hamill next fought Tim Boetsch on April 3, whom he defeated in the second round by KO, bringing his record to 4 wins and 1 loss. During the fight, Hamill suffered a badly split bottom lip due to a knee strike.
Hamill then went on to UFC 88 and fought former UFC Middleweight Champion Rich Franklin as the co-main event. He lost the fight by KO after a kick to the liver at 0:39 of the third round.
At UFC 92, Hamill defeated Reese Andy in the second round by TKO due to strikes. Hamill fought former NCAA wrestling champion Mark Munoz at UFC 96, defeating him with a right leg roundhouse kick to the head, knocking Munoz unconscious and earning him the Knockout of the Night award.
His next fight was scheduled to be Brandon Vera at UFC 102, but due to a knee injury while training, Hamill was replaced by Krzysztof Soszynski.
Coming off of knee surgery, Hamill faced off against undefeated light heavyweight prospect Jon "Bones" Jones at The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights Finale and won by DQ after Jones hit Hamill with two illegal elbow strikes on the ground. At first, Jones was deducted one point for the infraction, but Hamill indicated that he had dislocated his shoulder earlier in the fight and was unable to continue. When the official result was read, with the spectators in the stadium seeming to expect a victory for Jones, it was revealed that Jones had been disqualified for the illegal elbows and that the match was being awarded to Hamill. Many fans as well as other fighters have voiced opinions to the fact that Jones was the clear winner of the fight even though being given a disqualification.
Hamill defeated Keith Jardine on June 19, 2010 at The Ultimate Fighter: Team Liddell vs. Team Ortiz Finale. Hamill won this fight by majority decision. Jardine was deducted a point for accidentally poking Hamill in the eye in Round 2.
Hamill next fought his former "TUF" coach, Tito Ortiz at UFC 121 which he won by unanimous decision. At the post fight press conference UFC President Dana White promised that Matt's next opponent would be a top-10 fighter. This promise seemed to be broken, as Hamill was scheduled to face undefeated Phil Davis (fighter) at UFC 129. When it was announced that Thiago Silva had failed his UFC 125 drug test, Silva was removed from his bout to face former UFC light heavyweight champion and current top contender Quinton Jackson. Hamill subsequently faced Jackson at UFC 130 and lost the fight via very one sided unanimous decision. At UFC 133 Hamill faced off against up and coming Swedish striker Alexander Gustafsson, replacing an injured Vladimir Matyushenko.. After an uneventful first round, Gustafsson dropped Hamill in the second with a straight punch followed by an uppercut, subsequently finishing Hamill with punches and elbows from the mount.
Subsequent to UFC 133, on August 8, 2011, Matt Hammil decided to step away from the UFC and MMA, as he lost his last two fights. "Today is a sad day for me. After six years and 13 fights in the UFC I’m ready to hang up my gloves and retire from this amazing sport," he said on his official website.
Hamill is the subject of an upcoming movie entitled Hamill about his early life and wrestling career. Originally set to star Eben Kostbar, it was criticized by the deaf community for featuring a non-deaf actor; however, Hamill himself supported the casting of Eben due to his wrestling experience and the fact that Eben is fluent in American Sign Language. Kostbar withdrew from starring and deaf actor Russell Harvard will now be playing Hamill. The movie is being produced by Joseph McKelheer and Eben Kostbar and being directed by Oren Kaplan.
Hamill and his longtime girlfriend Brittany Houck were engaged to be married in May 2008.
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