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Matthew S. Hamill born 5 October 1976 is a deaf American wrestler and mixed martial artist. Hamill also has a silver medal in Greco-Roman wrestling and a gold medal in wrestling from 2001 Summer Deaflympics. Hamill was a contestant on the third season of The Ultimate Fighter reality television show, training under Tito Ortiz in 205 pounds weight class.

Hamill then defeated The Ultimate Fighter 2's Seth Petruzelli via unanimous decision Ortiz vs. Shamrock 3: The Final Chapter 10 October 2006. Judges scored the fight 29-28, 30-27 and 29-28 for Hamill. Hamill fought Michael Bisping at UFC 75 in London, England on 8 September 2007, where he lost by split decision.

Hamill fought next Tim Boetsch, 3 April, whom he defeated in the second round by KO, bringing his record to 4 wins and 1 loss. His next fight will be against Brandon Vera at UFC 102, but because of a knee injury during training, Hamill was replaced by Krzysztof Soszynski. Hamill beat Keith Jardine, June 19, 2010 at The Ultimate Fighter: Team Liddell vs Ortiz Team Finals.