UFC fighter Matt 'The Hammer' Hamill to appear at Dwyer for Muckdogs game
Matt "The Hammer" Hamill, a UFC fighter with Western New York ties, will appear at Dwyer Stadium on Saturday when the Batavia Muckdogs take on the State College Spikes.
Game time is 7:05 p.m.
Hamill will be on hand to sign autographs for an hour before game time, and for an hour after he throws out the first pitch.
The popular UFC fighter attended RIT and while a student there, he was was a three-time NCAA Division III National Champion in wrestling.
Matt, who is deaf, also has a silver medal in Greco-Roman wrestling and a gold medal in freestyle wrestling from the 2001 Summer Deaflympics.
He was a contestant on the third season of The Ultimate Fighter reality television show, training under Tito Ortiz in the 205 lb weight class. He is currently 7-2 in his 9 professional Mixed Martial Arts fights.
