A live SpikeTV three round fight with Matt Hamill fighting Seth Petruzelli took place tonight at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel. It was a good fight. Matt Hamill went in well prepared to try and make this a 4 - 0 win - loss record against Seth with a 5 - 3 win-loss record. As you all may know Matt's dominating MMA skill is his years of wrestling and he spent the last 11 months doing mixed martial arts training with Tito Ortiz (who is fighting Shamrock tonight, too) at the Big Bear training camp in California. The fight was bloody...for Seth. Seth's right eye beneath the socket was cut a few times by Matt's famous signature ground and pound method using his elbows and hands. Matt dominated all 3 rounds that lasted 5 mintues each. All of the judges gave Matt the highest points in each round giving Matt the vicitory win of 4 - 0 to his credit. Matt nearly cried after the judges announced him as the winner of the light-heavyweight MMA fight. It was a hard won fight that required blood, sweat and dedication.
Joe Rogan interviewed Matt on the ring after the win to ask him a few questions on what he thought of the fight. Matt spoke into Rogan's microphone in response to his questions. And after that Matt thanked everybody who helped make his dream possible and made the ILY sign to the camera. Matt still has a way to go but certainly for sure he is making inroads into the UFC world.
Congratulations Matt!
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UPDATE: Tito Ortiz beats Ken Shamrock in the first round. Almost the exact same thing in their last fight together with Tito doing the ground and pound on Ken. This time the referree let it go a little longer and this time Tito definitely hurt Ken. The referree stopped the fight in the first round with a minute or so left in the clock for a 5-minute fight per round.
What's amazing is that Ken congratulated Tito and well done fight. Tito raised Ken's arm giving him kudos for fighting again and then Ken raised Tito's arm acknowledging that he's the champion. This is probably Ken's last day in his fight career by earning punishing blows from Tito...not mention earning more money in the process for the 3rd time. Ken is saying right now he doesn't want to make any decision about his fight career being the last but it's certainly inevitable after tonight being the 42-year man he is. Ken congratulates Tito once again. They have both buried the hate-hatchet after so many years of hate.
Amazing.
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