Have you ever seen tim wrestle? I wrestled with him in high school… and the guy is a monster.. he wrestles with as much if not more ferocity than with his striking… Believe me he is the real deal.. I have no doubt he will have success

BOoooooooooeeeeetschhhhhhh

I remeber reading that he opened his own gym to train full time at after his wife/girl had thier baby. Just going from memory, but I think it is in Utica, NY. I know its somewhere in upstate NY.[/quote]
Yes, he has his own gym in Utica. You can go to matthamill.com to see who he trains with.

I like Tim Boestch on this one.

That is a good point. I think Bisping may have better standup. I couldn’t honestly say this without seeing MB and TB battle, but Boetsch looked to have more strength in his blows and those knees looked pretty devastating.

This is all from memory of course, but Hamill just looks so predictable with his standup. He is always forcasting his jabs and punches. I think if Bisping was in better shape, he might have ducked them better.

I think you might be mistaken he does however have a strong wrestling background however I don’t think he’ll out wrestle Hamil. Hamil knows how to use what he has to work with I think this is gonna be a tough fight no matter who the winner is.[/quote]

Boetsch has a very strong wrestling background, 4X State Champion Wrestling, H.S. All-American, 4 year varsity wrestler at LHU (NCAA Div 1). This could very well turn out to be a wrestling stalemate, with Hamill shooting and Boetsch stuffing every time. In between, Boetsch will bitch-slap Hamill around enough to get the UD.[/quote]

I believe Boetsch’s main background is jeet kune do…Bruce Lee style. I think he’ll fair well against Hamill and I was extremely impressed with his last fight against Heath. I’ve never thought much of Heath but it was still an impressive performance on his feet with the straight kicks and body kicks…both of those are not used by many fighters but are extremely effective when placed correctly. I think Boetsch takes this. Hamill has improved his stand up but his jabs and straight punches are pretty slow and he leaves himself open when he throws a lot of those. The key question will be what can Boetsch do off his back because he will get taken down…Hamill’s wrestling is way too good for him to stuff all of the attempts that Hamill is going to go for. It’s going to be a good fight and I’m glad it’s televised…good for Boetsch for stepping up again…makes for a great storyline.[/quote]
I think i could be a good fight who knows maybe almost like a Bonnar vs, Griffin kind of fight, sort of a crazy brawl, (cause Tim has decent stand-up and Hamill is a great wrestler) only that Hamill is not as experienced or well rounded as neither of those guys.I also think that Hamill can beat Stephan Bonnar if they were to fight just look how Rashad beat him and dominated him just by using his wrestling advantage and Matt is a way better wrestler and stronger than Rashad is. I give the striking and stand up to Boetsch but the wrestling and takedowns to Hamill. Boetsch has to keep it standing but i know he trains in Bruce Lee`s art JKD so he might be very well rounded and maybe can be take him down as well and work from the ground hes a good wrestler too i heard, while Hamill needs to avoid getting caught, keep his hands up and shoot in for the takedown and press him by the fence to get him out of his game if Matts gets him down and is on top he has the advantage.

I think you might be mistaken he does however have a strong wrestling background however I don’t think he’ll out wrestle Hamil. Hamil knows how to use what he has to work with I think this is gonna be a tough fight no matter who the winner is.[/quote]

Boetsch has a very strong wrestling background, 4X State Champion Wrestling, H.S. All-American, 4 year varsity wrestler at LHU (NCAA Div 1). This could very well turn out to be a wrestling stalemate, with Hamill shooting and Boetsch stuffing every time. In between, Boetsch will bitch-slap Hamill around enough to get the UD.[/quote]

Thanks for clearing that up for me. I think if Boetsh can stuff the takedowns and be a little more sharp with his striking then he was against heath he could KO hamil. I am also an instant fan of Boetsh, but we all need to keep in mind that we havent seen much of him at all, and that Hamil is a tough guy….Personally, I will be rooting for Boetsh,it will be interesting to see how this fight unfolds.

Late last week, I read somewhere that there would be another UFN event in May, but then I never saw anything about it again. Does anyone know anything about this. Has the UFC ever had UFN events in back to back months?

I remeber reading that he opened his own gym to train full time at after his wife/girl had thier baby. Just going from memory, but I think it is in Utica, NY. I know its somewhere in upstate NY.[/quote]

I remember reading about him leaving team punishment to train closer to home for the same reasons a while back. I don’t know if he opened his own gym though. I think if Hamill were in the right training camp that he could really accelerate his game. He’s still young though and has plenty of time for improvement but I think that some time spent at top notch camp would really help in his development. I’m sure he has some good coaches but he really needs to be training with some of the best in the business to refine some of the glaring holes in his game…wrestling and decent hands won’t get you far in the big leagues.

I remeber reading that he opened his own gym to train full time at after his wife/girl had thier baby. Just going from memory, but I think it is in Utica, NY. I know its somewhere in upstate NY.