Veteran former gentle heavyweight contender, Matt Hamill — the one fighter to carry a win over Jon Jones, has supplied the UFC heavyweight champion an opportunity to avenge his sole controversial defeat within the Octagon, claiming a possible re-run would look so much completely different than the controversial conflict of Jake Paul and Mike Tyson.
Hamill, a former high gentle heavyweight contender throughout his tenure with the UFC, has but to return to preventing since 2018, the place he ended his prolonged fight sports activities profession with a cut up determination win over Chris Birchler below the Maverick MMA banner.
Nevertheless, finest recognized for taking over former two-weight champion, Jones at The Final Fighter 10 finale again in 2009, Hamill would land a primary spherical disqualification win over the previous pound-for-pound primary, after the Rochester native landed a slew of 12-to-6 elbows, with referee, Steve Mazzagatti calling a halt to the pairing, with Hamill declared the victor.
To this present day, that 2009 defeat to Hamill comes as the only loss on the document of Jones, who most lately returned at UFC 309 again in November, efficiently defending his heavyweight crown in a dominant third spherical spinning back-kick knockout win over Stipe Miocic at Madison Sq. Backyard.
Matt Hamill affords Jon Jones rematch after 2009 loss
And revealing earlier this month how he can lastly hear for the primary time in 41 years, Hamill has now supplied Jones the prospect to avenge his controversial 2009 loss in opposition to him within the type of a rematch — claiming their pairing would supply “broken bones and blood” for followers.
“I appreciate you bringing this up,” Matt Hamill instructed via an interpreter throughout an interview with Ariel Helwani for Uncrowned. “I’m getting numerous suggestions, and I do know that Jon Jones was most upset. He’s had the life to have one misplaced document, and he simply needed to be a clear undefeated. Plenty of that was good, however let me inform you one thing.
Matt Hamill, the one individual to defeat Jon Jones, is keen to offer Jones a rematch.
“If the 1-loss record really bothers Jon Jones, let’s have a rematch. It’s not going to be like Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson. I expect there to be blood and broken bones.” pic.twitter.com/l0C2jwQDyj
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) January 8, 2025
Once I fought Jon Jones, I imply, no different fighter ever took me down, so he was the primary fighter ever took me down, so I had my arm obtained caught on the canvas, broke my collarbone, and landed again, and he obtained on high of me,” Hamill defined. I needed to prepare for escape. I checked out him. My bones didn’t stick out of the pores and skin, but it surely simply sticked out. I’m like, ah. He began pounding on me, after which I’m like, oh nice.”
“… But if the one lost record really bothered Jon Jones, I told him, let’s have a rematch,” Hamill continued. “I mean, I’m telling you something. It’s not going to be like Jake Paul or Mike Tyson. I expect to be in blood. I expect to be a broken bone, so let’s have one last shot, you know.”
