{"id":103663,"date":"2014-07-02T16:07:57","date_gmt":"2014-07-02T23:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=103663"},"modified":"2022-02-06T09:55:24","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T17:55:24","slug":"matt-hamill-retires-from-mma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/matt-hamill-retires-from-mma\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Hamill Retires From MMA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/report-matt-hamill-vs-thiago-silva-in-the-works\/hamill\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-64985\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/hamill.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"hamill\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-64985\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/hamill.jpg 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/hamill-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/hamill-361x250.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>UFC veteran Matt Hamill has retired from MMA two years after returning to action at UFC 152, after that he dropped a loss to Thiago Silva before being cut by the UFC.  Hamill then was signed to make his WSOF debut this Saturday, but an injury forced him out of the bout and as a result forced Hamill&#8217;s retirement.  Hamill posted the following message on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Matt-Hamill\/249470798454550?hc_location=timeline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>:<\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p> <script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/249470798454550\/photos\/a.267700389964924.63074.249470798454550\/664512270283732\/?type=1\" data-width=\"466\">\n<div class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/249470798454550\/photos\/a.267700389964924.63074.249470798454550\/664512270283732\/?type=1\">Post<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Matt-Hamill\/249470798454550\">Matt Hamill<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC veteran Matt Hamill has retired from MMA two years after returning to action at UFC 152, after that he dropped a loss to Thiago Silva before being cut by the UFC. 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