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 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.

Matt Hamill vs Rich Franklin

This would be Matt Hamill's (4 - 1) biggest UFC challenge to fight the very well known and popular favorite Rich Franklin (23 - 3) in the upcoming September 6th UFC 88 "Breakthrough" fight that will take place in Atlanta, Georgia. As you know I have done many interviews with Matt and he's one of the best and most humbling UFC fighter around who happens to be deaf.