Less than three months after his retirement from mixed martial arts, former light heavyweight Matt Hamill will be brought back into the spotlight through The Hammer, a biopic based on the life of the former UFC contender.The film will premier in select…
Less than three months after his retirement from mixed martial arts, former light heavyweight Matt Hamill will be brought back into the spotlight through The Hammer, a biopic based on the life of the former UFC contender.
The film will premier in select theaters on Thurs., Oct. 27, 2011.
Hamill fought all but one of his fights in the UFC, and compiled a 10-4 record before suddenly retiring in August after a loss to Alexander Gustafsson.
Movie synopsis from IMDB:
THE HAMMER is a sports drama depicting the struggles and successes Matt Hamill faces on the way to becoming a champion. Raised among those with the ability to hear, Matt later finds himself no less an outsider amidst the Deaf Community. Through sheer determination, he uses his perceived disability as an asset, and becomes both the first deaf wrestler to win a National Collegiate Championship and an inspirational force to the hearing and deaf alike.
MMA fans who have been waiting to see Matt Hamill’s biopic “The Hammer” will finally get their chance next week if they live in select cities where the film will be released.
The multi-film festival award winning movie which stars former UFC middleweight champ Rich Franklin, who will get a biopic of his own next year, will be screened in 90 theatres in various U.S. cities starting on October 27, including New York, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Chicago, Detroit, Dallas, Houston, Austin, Seattle, and San Francisco. AMC, Rave Motion Pictures, Studio Movie Grill, UltraStar, Kirkorian, Goodrich, Santikos and Marcus Theatres will be just a few of the theatres showing the film.
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MMA fans who have been waiting to see Matt Hamill’s biopic “The Hammer” will finally get their chance next week if they live in select cities where the film will be released.
The multi-film festival award winning movie which stars former UFC middleweight champ Rich Franklin, who will get a biopic of his own next year, will be screened in 90 theatres in various U.S. cities starting on October 27, including New York, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Chicago, Detroit, Dallas, Houston, Austin, Seattle, and San Francisco. AMC, Rave Motion Pictures, Studio Movie Grill, UltraStar, Kirkorian, Goodrich, Santikos and Marcus Theatres will be just a few of the theatres showing the film.
For a full list of locations and theatres that will feature the movie, check out www.TheHammerPremiere.com.
Now if someone could just get the Evan Tanner movie into a movie house and I might start going out to watch a few movies this year.
Wow, I could never keep my sneakers that white [see pic above]. Well, the mystery over Brittney Palmer‘s status as a UFC Ring Girl ended this weekend as she was noticeably in the stands with.
Guest Ring Girl Chrissy Hubbard with Arianny Celeste & Chandella Powell
Wow, I could never keep my sneakers that white [see pic above]. Well, the mystery over Brittney Palmer‘s status as a UFC Ring Girl ended this weekend as she was noticeably in the stands with the TapouT crew and not performing ring girl duties. Dana explained there was no drama surrounding her departure as a ring girl and that she is pursuing her dreams as an art student.
According to FightersOnly.com a movie about current UFC featherweight champion Jose Also is currently in the works.The Director, Afont Poyart, is currently making some final alterations to the script before they commence filming. The film is expected t…
According to FightersOnly.com a movie about current UFC featherweight champion Jose Also is currently in the works.
The Director, Afont Poyart, is currently making some final alterations to the script before they commence filming. The film is expected to be released sometime in 2013.
When asked about the film, Jose Aldo told UOL Esporte:
“It’s a dream, right? My life to turn into a movie, a story…I guess those who don’t know either me or my story, will know a little more through this film that we will make. It will tell a lot of stories that previously are known only to close friends.”
The lead actor has yet to be revealed, but Aldo has been thinking about it and said he would like actor Malvino Salvador to take on the role, telling UOL Esporte:
“I watch so many soap operas and I am a big fan of him. He’s a guy who gives me a good energy. For me, it would be Malvino Salvador.”
Some time ago, it was also announced that a movie about UFC light heavyweight contender Matt Hamill was in the works.
Many mixed martial artists live remarkable and interesting lives before entering the sport, so it’s likely that movies being made about fighter’s lives will be a continuing trend as the sport continues to grow.
Phil “Mr. Wonderful” Davis has lived up to his nickname so far in his MMA career. Davis is 9-0, (5-0 in the UFC), and holds wins over middleweight stand out Brian Stann and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira. Because of his mixture of good wrestling …
Davis is 9-0, (5-0 in the UFC), and holds wins over middleweight stand out Brian Stann and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira.
Because of his mixture of good wrestling and slick submissions, Davis has become one of the UFC’s fastest rising stars.
Often young fighters will call out tougher competition with the hope of moving up the divisional rankings.
Davis on the other hand has had opportunities come to him.
After originally being booked to Matt Hamill, then Jason Brillz, Davis replaced Tito Ortiz to face Nogueira at UFC Fight Night 24.
Davis got past his biggest test to date, but showed us that he still has some improvements to make.
He will get an even bigger test in competition as he takes on Rashad Evans at UFC 133.
Evans is a former UFC light heavyweight champion who was well on his way to another title fight. Unfortunately for him, his former teammate and UFC champion Jon Jones had to pull out of their fight due to a hand injury.
Instead of waiting for his title shot like he had done for almost a year, Evans decided to take the fight against Davis.
Like Evans, Davis is a good wrestler. But wrestling aside, will Davis have enough tools to be competitive with Evans?
Evans will have much better striking coming into this fight. He will also have experience and knows how to handle pressure in a big fight.
Not only will Davis feel the pressure of being in such a big fight, he will also feel the pressure to perform well in his home state.
Davis is one of the division’s bright young stars. But I believe this will be the fight that he loses and learns from.
(The exact moment Tito’s fighting career jumped the shark.)
It’s amazing that with the UFC’s longtime policy of cutting fighters who lose three fights in a row, that Tito Ortiz, who is 0-3-1 in his past four fights hasn’t been fired yet. One would assume that “The Huntington Beach Bad Boy” was being kept around because of his past merits and pay-per-view sales, but apparently his job isn’t as secure as we assumed.
According to Ortiz, the UFC was ready to let him go after his UFC 121 loss to Matt Hamill, but instead urged the former UFC light heavyweight champion to follow in the footsteps of longtime nemesis Chuck Liddell and retire to save them the trouble of sending him to the unemployment line. Tito says he basically begged Dana White and Lorenzo Fertitta for one more kick at the cat and they begrudgingly agreed, throwing him in against a young lion in Ryan Bader at UFC 132.
“Dana White and Joe Silva [the UFC’s matchmaker] told me they wanted me to retire, but I knew I still had the fight inside me. I pretty much begged for my job, to show how much I want to fight, but I still have it in my heart to compete, to fight,” he told the UK Telegraph. I told them I want to still fight against the top guys, I want to put on a show. I’ve just turned 36, but when they put me against the top guys, I think I can still compete.”
(The exact moment Tito’s fighting career jumped the shark.)
It’s amazing that with the UFC’s longtime policy of cutting fighters who lose three fights in a row, that Tito Ortiz, who is 0-3-1 in his past four fights hasn’t been fired yet. One would assume that “The Huntington Beach Bad Boy” was being kept around because of his past merits and pay-per-view sales, but apparently his job isn’t as secure as we assumed.
According to Ortiz, the UFC was ready to let him go after his UFC 121 loss to Matt Hamill, but instead urged the former UFC light heavyweight champion to follow in the footsteps of longtime nemesis Chuck Liddell and retire to save them the trouble of sending him to the unemployment line. Tito says he basically begged Dana White and Lorenzo Fertitta for one more kick at the cat and they begrudgingly agreed, throwing him in against a young lion in Ryan Bader at UFC 132.
“Dana White and Joe Silva [the UFC’s matchmaker] told me they wanted me to retire, but I knew I still had the fight inside me. I pretty much begged for my job, to show how much I want to fight, but I still have it in my heart to compete, to fight,” he told the UK Telegraph. I told them I want to still fight against the top guys, I want to put on a show. I’ve just turned 36, but when they put me against the top guys, I think I can still compete.”
Ortiz feels that his record, that hasn’t seen a win added to the win column in nearly five years is deceiving, because he came close to winning against a few of the guys who beat him the past few years.
“Too bad people don’t pay attention to the major details. I’ve competed against the top guys and gone on to win world championships. I’m not getting submitted or knocked out…I’m making little mistakes where I should be submitting guys. I thought I beat Forrest Griffin 2 to 1 the second time. But it was what it was.”
Unfortunately for Ortiz, close only matters when you’re talking horseshoes, curling or hand grenades and this is fighting where constantly telling people you could have won your fights or that you were robbed makes you look like an excuse maker. He recalls that when he lost the fight to Hamill and he received the call to retire from the UFC he figured he would be seeing Ashton Kutcher burst through the door a moment later, but then reality set in that it was no joke.
“The UFC called me after that fight and said ‘we want you to retire’. I was shocked, I thought they were kidding around. I took it as they didn’t want to pay me, to give me what I’m worth. I’m competing against the top guys and I’m not getting dominated. So, next month, I’ll be fighting one of the top guys in the world again, ranked in the top 3, and I’m going to show how much I’m really worth.”
So if he gets manhandled by Bader like he did by Hamill, does that mean the UFC can give him a Costco gift certificate and a can of Xyience?
Less than three months after his retirement from mixed martial arts, former light heavyweight Matt Hamill will be brought back into the spotlight through The Hammer, a biopic based on the life of the former UFC contender.
