Matt Hamill began the new year with a very special moment. Hamill, the first deaf athlete to compete in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, revealed on social media that he was able to hear his family ...

Matt Hamill has achieved the biggest win of his life. A veteran of "The Ultimate Fighter 3," Hamill made history in his UFC career, becoming the first deaf fighter to compete in the promotion.

Deaf UFC legend Matt Hamill can hear family ‘for first time in 41 years’ due to incredible technology - Hamill is best known as the only fighter to beat light-heavyweight legend Jon Jones ...

Jones threw some 12-6 elbows during what would have been the fight-ending sequence, which at the time were banned in MMA. This forced controversial referee Steve Mazzagatti to step in and stop the ...

Sporting rivalry meant Michael Bisping never saw eye to eye with Matt Hamill. Hamill, the only man to have a victory over current UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones, fought Bisping in 2007.

2025 is off to an incredible start for former UFC fighter Matt Hamill. Deaf since birth, Hamill recently was able to hear for the first time thanks to powerful hearing aides newly acquired ...

Retired UFC fighter Matt Hamill has kicked off 2025 with some massive news. ‘The Hammer’ was born completely deaf, but that didn’t stop him from becoming a high school wrestling star before ...

Veteran former light heavyweight contender, Matt Hamill -- the only fighter to hold a win over Jon Jones, has offered the UFC heavyweight champion a chance to ...

Recently, Hamill took to The Ariel Helwani Show to discuss a possible rematch with Jones, making a promise that caught many ...

Former MMA fighter Matt Hamill made a name for himself in the UFC as the organization's first deaf competitor. Now, for the first time in more than four decades, Hamill can hear. The 48-year-old ...

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