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 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 post fight response with reporters - captioned

Captions courtesy of Kokonut Pundit

Will Matt Hamill soon become one of the top 10 UFC fighters for his weight class? Only time will tell.

Matt Hamill post fight video interview - captioned.

Captions added courtesy of Kokonut Pundit.


Read here about what Tito Ortiz said about Matt Hamill by making fun of the Deaf community in pre-fight trash talk.

Tito Ortiz in post fight talk.

Student knocks off teacher in fight with round by round description of fight. Last night I gave all three rounds to Matt Hamill, the judges at the UFC also gave all three rounds to Matt Hamill.

Matt Hamill wins fight against Tito Ortiz!

It was great watching Matt Hamill face his former coach and trainer during his TUF days. I was at the Buffalo Wild Wings Bar and Grill during their Saturday fight nights where I had the chance to see the fight on 15 different screens of all sizes throughout the restaurant. The place was packed only because the Phillies vs San Francisco baseball game for the World Series slot. My wife and I had to stand for nearly 3 hours with the last 2 hours watching the UFC 121 fights. Then it was finally Matt's turn to fight. The ultimate test in battling it out against a former coach and trainer. In all three rounds Matt dominated them with the last round had Tito getting his own taste of Matt's patented "Ground and Pound" meat grinder. By the time it was over everybody knew Matt won the fight. Even Tito Ortiz raised Matt's arm recognizing that he won even before the announcement was made. Tito's face was bloodied and bruised while Matt hardly had any bruise or even a cut on his face. This is a huge win for Matt tonight.

If you haven't seen my rare post-fight pictures of Matt Hamill and Tito Ortiz together rough housing around then don't miss it. Those pictures are not available anywhere else on the internet except at my blog.

ADDENDUM: Watch Matt Hamill post fight video conference - captioned!

Rare post fight picture of Hamill vs Ortiz

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Here's a rare post fight picture of Tito Ortiz delivering an underhook shot to the chin of the well known deaf MMA Matt Hamill. You won't find this picture anywhere else except on Kokonut Pundit. But it's not a picture you'd expect seeing how Hamill allowed himself to take one on the chin by Ortiz...all in the name of rough housing fun.  A post fight picture after the TUF3 show. Of course, this group picture was taken over 4 years ago. Yet it is just bizarre considering the turn of events not knowing that these two MMA fighters would come to blow someday but 4 years later that revelation has come true today at the UFC 121 fight with Hamill versus his former MMA coach. Watch the pre-fight presser video with Ortiz and Hamill (not captioned).  The UFC 121 fight starts at 7 PM (Pacific Time)/10 PM (Eastern Time).

ADDENDUM: Matt Hamill wins the fight! Watch the post fight video interview of Matt Hamill in caption!

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 Tito Ortiz!

Man. How raw can this get?

The fight card for UFC 121 which is scheduled for October 23 at the Honda Center in Anaheim is shaping up to a big one with some big names in the sport. The latest confirmed fight will have "The Huntington Beach Bad Boy" Tito Ortiz facing his former pupil in Matt "The Hammer" Hamill according to MMAFighting.com

Tito was the coach on "The Ultimate Fighter" Season three opposite Ken Shamrock. Matt Hamill was on Tito's team and according to some of the other fighters appearing on that season he received preferential treatment from Tito. The special care given to Matt seemed to stem from the bond between solid wrestlers.

And who would've thought this would happen after seeing rare pictures of Matt Hamill and Tito Ortiz hamming it up and clowning around in front of the camera like a bunch of happy frat boys? And now, it's gonna get real serious between the two on October 23, 2010. Of course, none of this is exactly official but tentative at this moment.

By the way, those pictures were sent to me by Matt Hamill as part of my continuing interviews with Matt Hamill that began 4 years ago.

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.


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