Matt Hamill Martial artist
Matthew Stanley Hamill (born October 5, 1976) is an American mixed martial artist and wrestler who last competed in the Light Heavyweight division of the UFC. He is a three-time NCAA Division III National Champion in wrestling (167 lb class in 1997, 190 lb class in 1998 and 197 lb class in 1999) while attending the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in Rochester, New York. Hamill also has a silver medal in Greco-Roman Wrestling and a gold medal in Freestyle Wrestling from the 2001 Summer Deaflympics. He is the only man to hold a victory over the current UFC Light Heavyweight Champion and #1 pound-for-pound fighter in the world, Jon Jones, albeit by disqualification for Jones' use of illegal elbows.
