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'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?

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.