The Ultimate Fighter season 3 finale winner Matt Hamill (10-2) is on for a Light Heavyweight bout against the undefeated Phil Davis (8-0) at UFC 129 fronting the main event clash of GSP and Jake Shields. A Greco-Roman wrestler, boxer, and Jiu Jitsu purple belter hammering sensational names in the industry early on in his UFC career. Losing only twice with Rich Franklin via TKO and from the english fighter Michael Bisping via a controversial split decision. A rematch was supposed to take hold but later withdrew due to Hamill's knee surgery. He also took on the lethal Jon Bone Jones and won via disqualification due to illegal elbow strikes. Hamill's last fight was against his former TUF coach Tito Ortiz and came out with the victory via unanimous decision last October at UFC 121. He is now expected to fight the still undefeated Mr. Wonderful Phil Davis, a wrestler and Jiu Jitsu blue belter who debuted UFC just a year ago. Davis has been recently known with his modified Kimura submission winning Submission of the Night in his fight against Tim Boetsch at UFC 123. Davis' UFC debut fight was against the slugger Brian Stann taking his first UFC victory via unanimous decision at UFC 109.
A decent matchup between two college wrestling champs, Davis an inch taller and a 3 inches reach advantage over Hamill will definitely utilize his speed and try to put down Hamill and take it from there. However, Davis must not underrate his contender because Matt is known for his power and will surely come out strong as he did during his past fights.
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