Comments on: Matt Hamill vs. Brandon Vera Shifted From UFC 101 to 102

By: russiandoeboi

russiandoeboi — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 05:19:08 +0000

we haven’t seem hamill’s best yet as i believe his heart wasn’t into pummeling his friend rich franklin. i would predict vera on his sick skills, but again hamill is a forward moving terminator for sure and he may bring something new.

By: marvelknight4

marvelknight4 — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:07:25 +0000

I want to see Hamill succeed as well, he can be a real threat to anyone at 205 if he works more on his submissions because we’ve already seen that he’s a great wrestler and can control guys on the ground, if he tightened up his stand-up and his subs, he’d be a very different fighter.

As for Vera, yeah he should work on head movement and his boxing. That will make it hard for guys to stop him.

By: OnlyTrue1

OnlyTrue1 — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:53:50 +0000

Man Hamill is relentless in his pressure though, he constantly moves forward pressing you, I love the guy and I wanna see him succeed but I love The Old Vera, he was so sick, that I thought he was gonna be the next big thing, so I’m hoping he gets back on track and learns to box better and proper head movement and the sky is the limit for him.

By: marvelknight4

marvelknight4 — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:08:11 +0000

I agree, Hamill does keep his hands too low when he goes in on guys with his slow strikes that you can see coming a mile away. If he goes in like that against Vera, it’ll be easy for Vera to clinch him up and Muay Thai his a$$ with knees. Lol.. Anyway Vera is too tall and lean for Hamill to land a lucky ko kick. Like i said before, he should try and keep the fight on the ground.

I honestly don’t think Hamill will ever score another leg kick ko(Munoz was gassed, he’s a short guy and he sucks a$$) other guys in the UFC, especially at 205…he’s just not going to score a knockout like that again IMO, only if he fights rookies.

By: OnlyTrue1

OnlyTrue1 — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:56:20 +0000

Hamill’s field goal Kick to Munoz was all good but he was what 5′ll-6′0 at the tallest. I seriously doubt he will kick Vera that way.

Vera stands 6′3ish and fights tall so Hamill will come out taking vera down immediately….. I doubt he actually thinks he can stand with vera no matter how good his last fight was.

Buttttttt…………..I give Hamill all the credit in the world he is truly evolving so I could end up eating every typed word!!

I still see Vera destroying Matt in the clinch with M.T. knees And plus Hamill defense is horrible. He keeps his hands low and allows strikes to the face to give’em.

By: marvelknight4

marvelknight4 — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:50:23 +0000

Matt Hamill needs to take this fight to the ground, because even though he scored an awesome leg kick ko on his last fight, he for sure is not going to get Vera like that. Vera’s stand-up is way better than Hammill’s and his leg kicks are also better than Hamill’s.

Hamill can score a tko if he’s able to take the Vera down, however i feel that if Vera ends up on top he has the advantage in submissions being that Hamill is more of a ground and pound guy.

The outcome of this fight is going to depend on where the fight takes place. Hamill might start thinking he can ko guys based on his last fight and try to stand with Vera which would be great for Vera.

Vera needs to take control of the fight and be agressive. I know Hamill is agressive but Vera can utilize his leg kicks to set up a tko. Hamill has decent stan-up but his best shot is controling Vera on the ground. Vera’s best chance is to be agressive soon and pick Hamill apart with his kicks and possibly get some knees in the clinch.

Vera by tko or ko in the 2nd or 3rd

By: animal

animal — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:55:22 +0000

Good to see Randy against big nog has finally been called. Both on their way out but is a match up they had to put on for the old school!!

I agree – I think Vera has shown that he is ready to step up and I think he will show that he is a different class to Hamil.
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It will be interesting to see whether he reduces the leg kicks though its gonna make him a lot easier to take down if he is throwing them regularly. Like you guys say – the only way for Hamil to win is to take the truth down and keep him there.

Vera by flying knee in the 2nd – keeping my cash in my wallet tho!

By: jazzkok

jazzkok — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:39:50 +0000

If hammill can’t take vera down we’re going to see another tko via muay thai. I agree with fr702 (how do i add you as a friend dude?) hamills only true loss has been to franklin and he’s a sick fighter. Hamills always the underdog, but in this fight, anyone can win.

I like vera and believe he’s better then he’s looked against tim sylvia,jardine and verdum. If he’s pumped like his last fight he could possibly get hamill like franklin did.

Hope the winner of this one moves up against a top 5, or top 7 lhw

By: Figs

Figs — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:51:32 +0000

This is a good match-up. I put Vera up as the favourite, but there’s no way that this is any easy battle for him. I see a decision, both guys are hard to finish (unless Miragliotta is reffing).

By: Justin

Justin — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 05:05:56 +0000

I haven’t seen any indications as to why the fight was moved. It is still four months off, so it’s kind of early to be planning it anyways.