Matt Hamill vs Thiago Silva

Matt Hamill (11 - 4)  is planned to fight Thiago Silva (15 - 3, 2 NC) on October 9, 2013 in Brazil.  A recent poll favors Thiago Silva to win over Matt Hamill by roughly a 75% favorability rating.  Who will win? Watch and find out.

Matt Hamill Interviews Compilation

For historical blogging purposes and convenience I decided to place all of the interview links of Matt Hamill into one place from 2006 to 2011. Four of those interviews were done by myself while others were done by somebody else.

Funny thing tho, I continue to get a lot of hits on one of the Matt Hamill interviews coming from a Wikipedia source on Matt Hamill (see reference #27) with a reference to a Matt Hamill interview blog piece I did in 2006. People are always looking up in Google or Bing info on Matt Hamill and get directed to one of my blog pieces on him.

Probably no surprise but I'm one of the very few deaf/hh bloggers who have done interviews with Matt Hamill. It was great interviewing him at the time. I was honored when I was given several photos of him practicing his sparring from Matt Hamill including exclusive photos of him joshing around with Tito Ortez and others. He gave me permission to use them in my blog.


Kokonut Pundit's Exclusive Interview #1 with Matt Hamill (with exclusive photos from Matt Hamill)- June 27, 2006


Kokonut Pundit's Exclusive Interview #2 with Matt Hamill about his 2008 Olympics dream - July 3, 2006.


Another Matt Hamill Interview (with picture) - July 16, 2006


Kokonut Pundit's Exclusive Interview #3 with Matt Hamill - July 17, 2006


Kokonut Pundit's Exclusive Interview #4 (post fight) with Matt Hamill - September 29, 2007.


Matt Hamill post fight video interview - captioned. Oct 24, 2010


Matt Hamill - pre-fight video interview - May 27, 2011

Matt Hamill's UFC Video Highlights

Here's a 6 minute plus video highlights of Matt Hamill's past UFC fights over the last several years. Enjoy.

Will Matt Hamill fight Vinny Magalhaes in 2013?

Vinny took a few jabs at Matt Hamill saying that his recent fight win was boring enough to put 19,000 spectators to sleep.

"I don't like when people still say that I should have won (Submission of the Night) on (UFC 152)," Magalhaes posted. "(Hamill) deserved it more, he put 19,000 to sleep in Toronto."

Never mind in 2009 Matt Hamill landed a vicious kick to Munoz's head delivering a knock out punch three minutes into the first round of the fight that earned him $60,000 in the UFC's $60,000 Knockout of the Night bonus money.



All this trash talk by Vinny Magalhaes brings up the speculation that Magalhaes will fight Hamill in 2013. Only time will tell.

Why did Matt Hamill come out of retirement?

Everything you ever wanted to know on why Matt Hamill came out of his year long retirement as a MMA fighter at the UFC can be found here. Words of encouragement can still reverberate in a person's mind from a loved one that has since long passed away. It only takes a few reminders to bring back that voice of encouragement. And it can become a powerful source of inspiration.

Matt Hamill wins his 13th MMA fight

Enjoyable night at the Buffalo Wings sports bar with numerous large tv screens to watch up close the UFC 152 match with Hamill vs Hollet. One thing different about Matt was his near clean shaven head but the real story is Matt's comeback after his 1 year retirement from the MMA UFC. Matt was evidently in control in all three rounds with a minor cut around his eyebrow. It was clearly an easy call after three rounds with a a score of 29-28, 30-27, and 30-27 in favor of Hamill where he won his 13th fight. More in depth analysis of the fight can be found here. 

The real fight anticipation at the sports bar was the Jon Jones vs Vitor Belfort and was the highlight of the fight that night at the bar. Odds were in Jon Jones' favor to win with his exceptional fighting skills. Jones was able to get out of a deadly straight armbar which he struggled to free himself for about 30 seconds. After that he wouldn't allow himself to make that same mistake again and returned the favor in Round 4 giving him an Americana armbar winning the fight with a submission win

Matt Hamill vs Vladimir Matyushenko

An update on the Matt Hamill's next UFC fight. Previously Matt Hamill was to fight Roger Hollet but Roger sustained some injuries and so a new fighter was needed to replace him.  The new fighter is now Vladimir "The Janitor" Matyushenko.  The UFC 152 fight will still happen on September 22, less than two weeks away.  Hamill and Matyushenko will be a part of the main card lineup. Incidentally so will Michael Bisping who won a very controversial fight against Matt Hamill when Bisping was in the 205lb category and decided later to compete in the 185lb weight category. Bisping is doing very well at that weight category.

Matt Hamill comes out of retirement to fight again

Matt Hamill stated last week that he has come out of retirement after a year long break to fight in the upcoming UFC 152 fight on September 22 against Roger Hollett. The Hamill vs Hollet fight can be seen on Pay Per View TV.

Apparently Hamill's hunger to fight has not entirely disappeared after allowing his body, mind and spirit enough time to recover. The question now becomes can he make it at age 35 years old? Can he succeed in winning more UFC fights? We'll have to wait, watch and see what happens after September 22.

Welcome back, Matt!

The Hammer returns!

(Check out my past interviews with Matt Hamill here, here, here, and here).

Matt Hamill - prefight interview

Don't miss it. This Saturday, May 28 at 6PM West Coast time or 9 PM East Coast time. How will Matt Hamill do? The only way to find out is to watch the UFC fight.

Another new milestone......and upcoming Matt Hamill fight!

Whoo hooo! Over 900,000 visits on my Kokonut Pundit blog. Only another 100,000 more hits to go til I hit 1 million visits. You can see the Sitemeter number on the leftside of my blog and scroll down til you see it. After 7 years and 1799 blogs later I hit the 900,000 mark. How many deaf bloggers are in that same league? My 8th year will begin this October 22, 2011. Hopefully, sometime in 2012 I'll hit my 1 millionth mark.

One thing I noticed over the last few days is that I've gotten a lot of hits from Wikipedia on Matt Hamill it mentioned about my interview (see #13 in Wikipedia's references) with Matt Hamill back in June 26, 2006. This happens every time Matt Hamill gets ready for a fight but this time the fight against Rampage this Saturday, May 28, has produced an unusual number of traffic flow from Wikipedia compared to other fights.  I'm one of the very few bloggers who have done interviews with Hamill and I was given several photos of him practicing sparring and joshing around with Tito Ortez from Matt Hamill to use in my blogs.

Anyway, do not miss this epic fight!! I plan to go to a sports bar with my wife and enjoy the fight there. It's better to pay $50 bucks on drinks and snacks and watch the fight there than to pay $50 bucks for pay per view.

I just wanted to toot my horn and thank you all for visiting Kokonut Pundit, a nationally known professional patriotic purveyor of highly entertaining and informative blogging!

Matt Hamill to fight Quinton "Rampage" Jackson

On May 28 Matt Hamill will finally have a shot on challenging one of the top 10 UFC fighters. Dana White, UFC president, made sure of that.

"I was supposed to fight in Toronto against Phil Davis, but I wasn't really happy with [him being] my opponent," said Hamill. "When I found out Rampage had no one to fight, Duff Holmes called Joe Silva and said 'Matt Hamill is available, Matt Hamill wants to fight 'Rampage.' Dana White wanted me to fight anyone in the top ten. Trust me, when I got Rampage, I got very excited. This is the moment I wanted, I'm one fight away from the title. This could be a great fight, it could be a war, it's not going to be easy but when an opponent is ranked better than me it keeps me motivated. May 28, I'll be ready."

Good luck, Matt. Give it 110%!

Matt Hamill's UFC win payout disaparity over Ortiz's pay

You would think that Matt Hamill would get a pretty good chunk of money for winning the UFC fight against Tito Ortiz but not so. Despite Tito Ortiz losing all three rounds against Matt Hamill it was Tito who came out on top, money-wise, by nearly 10 times the purse pay that Hamill got in an UFC fight on October 26, 2010.

In the UFC, fighters’ payment is a problem, and the amount that fighters are earning is also a problem. How do you pay Matt Hamill $29,000, with a $29,000 win bonus and pay his opponent Tito Ortiz $250,000 to fight. Ortiz hasn’t won since 2006 when he last beat 42-year-old Ken Shamrock.

Now, I do take my hat off to Tito Ortiz for standing up to White in the past and now this could be a case of the squeaky wheel getting the oil. In 2008, Yahoo Sports reported White saying, “(Ortiz) is one of the most dishonest human beings I’ve ever met,” White said. “I put up with him when he was a good fighter. He’s not anymore. He’s done. I’m no longer in the Tito Ortiz business.”

How can you pay him a quarter-million dollar to fight and he loses his fourth fight in a row and still employed?

Great question there.

Another question, who should Hamill fight next? Silva? Or Vera?

Video: Matt Hamill and daughter at school

A special "show -n- tell" for Matt Hamill's daughter at her school by bringing her father to school.

His daughter Tierra talked about what life is like communicating with two deaf parents, and what seeing a movie about her dad's life is like. Together the two taught the class some basic sign language and answered questions.

Tierra says that she wants people to know that while she and her parents communicate differently their life is otherwise just like anyone else's. The first grade classroom is completing a unit on diversity, and a lesson from father daughter team gave them a new perspective.

Matt Hamill may already be an action figure, a character in a video game and a reality  show athlete but he never expected his life to be profiled in a movie due out next month called "Hamill."

Don't forget. Matt Hamill is to fight his former trainer and coach Tito Ortiz on October 23, 2010 in the UFC 121 fight in Anaheim, California.

Matt Hamill to fight Keith Jardine

Hamill vs Jardine on June 19th, 2010 at Las Vegas.

The UFC and Spike TV have just announced that a light heavyweight scrap between Keith Jardine and Matt Hamill will headline The Ultimate Fighter 11 Finale on June 19th.

"Matt Hamill versus Keith Jardine is a battle between two fan favorites known for exciting fights," said UFC President Dana White. "Hamill is a powerful wrestler and Jardine an unorthodox striker but both have shown knockout power. Both of these fighters know that they need to win this fight to continue on their way up the light heavyweight ranks."

Matt Hamill, a well known deaf MMA fighter, is slowly working his way to the top. Keith Jardine will be a tough opponent although probably not of the same caliber as Jones which I'm sure will be a fight with him soon enough.

I remember seeing Keith Jardine visiting and watching the Desert Challenge Strongman game in Albuquerque, New Mexico on May 21, 2006. I was there competing in the under 200 lb category where I place 3rd. Not bad.

UFC Matt Hamill vs Jon Jones at Las Vegas December 5

Be sure to watch Matt Hamill fight against Jon Jones tonight (9 PM ET, 8PM Central) on Spike TV channel at the Ultimate Fighter Heavyweight Finale in Las Vegas (watch the video for several minutes until you see Matt Hamill and Jon Jones weigh ins). The UFC fight on Spike TV is free. More videos of Matt Hamill including a Q & A session during his shadow boxing exercise. No signing but used his voice  (subtitled) in talking about his upcoming fight against Jones. The video is small. Best to move your mouse over the video selection and pick "Dec 4 Shadow Boxing with Matt Hamill." You will see a download video menu appear at the top. Click on it and begin downloading it for a bigger screen viewing and easier to read subtitles. 

Jones has a few words about Matt Hamill.

There are a couple of Dec. 2nd articles on Matt Hamill and his upcoming UFC fight here and here for you to read up on.

Matt's last fight was the March 2009 UFC 96 fight where he knocked out Munoz in the first round as seen at the 3:55 mark in the video below. You can actually hear the sicking slap/crunch of Matt's right foot against the right side of Munoz's head knocking him unconscious for a few minutes while on the ground. That knockout earned Matt Hamill $60,000 in the $60,000 Knockout of the Night bonus money.



All Kokonut Pundit blogs on Matt Hamill including personal interviews with him by Kokonut Pundit.

UPDATE: Matt Hamill wins the fight against Jon Jones in the first round in 4:14 from using an illegal move against Matt Hamill. Jones used an illegal downward elbow on Matt Hamill.

UPDATE II: Matt Hamill sustained some injuries to his nose and what it appears to be a dislocated right? shoulder. You can review discussions in the Sherdog forum about the fight between Hamill and Jones.

UPDATE III: Here's the fight video between Hamill and Jones!

UPDATE IV: Since Matt Hamill won the fight through a disqualification for Jones use of his elbow against Hamill's face the fight was all Jones. There may be talks of reversing the referee's decision? Matt's face really got pummeled folks. Said blood were coming out of his eyes (or was it from a cut to his nose that got into his eyes?) and he could see or even here what the referee was saying. Looks really brutal and something that Matt will need to take home and rethink on how to handle Jones the next time. If Jones hadn't done his illegal elbowing Jones would've won the fight anyway. Matt's face will be sore and no idea if this fight hurt his eyes or not or how extensive his injuries were. Prayers and thoughts of rapid return to health for Matt Hamill.

UPDATE V: Captioned video of the fight.

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4tvUYoJvzg

UPDATE VI: More news on Hamill injuries here. Expect a Hamill vs Jones re-match around spring/summer of 2010 next year. It may be a few months or so of recovery and rehabbing til Matt gets into practice fulltime for the next fight.

Rare Post Fight Pictures of Matt Hamill and Tito Ortiz

Matt Hamill sent me pictures of himself with Tito Ortiz and his buddies. You won't find these pictures anywhere else on the internet except on Kokonut Pundits. But looking at those pictures you can see those guys were having a good time winding down and relaxing after the filming of TUF3. Clowning around is essential in keeping one's own sanity in check. Even for Tito. But Matt seems to be enjoying the antics the most if you look at the last picture below.

 

Matt Hamill and Tito Ortiz in 2006

Matt Hamill - "What? Me worry?" Everybody's picking on Matt! Can't even let a King rest.


Want to help Matt Hamill with his training expense so he can prepare for his first ever UFC fight?

Send in your donations to help Matt Hamill with his training expenses to:
Matt Hamill
PO Box 61
New York Mills, NY 13417


Read here on why he needs donations during his 3rd interview about his training, TUF3 and UFC goal.


See current and past Kokonut Pundits blogs on Matt Hamill.