He probably just got caught up in the moment; you could tell before the fight that he was incredibly hyped. Nothing asshole:ish about it.

I wish more fighters shared the enthusiam he does…its hard not to be a fan of the guy IMHO.

He’s deaf not blind and retarded. So yeah I thought it was excessive right away. It would have been fine if he had celebrated for a bit and then gone over and checked on Munoz’s condition.

I mean if Steve Cantwell’s comments about breaking Al-Hussan’s arm were criticized, I don’t see how this is any different. A devastating head KO can be far more serious than a broken arm. He didn’t show the slightest bit of concern for Munoz.

There are two ways of looking at this one:

1) The guy just head-kicked someone into oblivion, not only doing their job, but doing it in dramatic fashion. Hammill has never done that before, and it’s understandable that he’d be glad as all get out to have done something like that in front of his home state.

2) Like cauliflower_ears mentioned, the guy is deaf, not blind. I was there and watched it go down, and as soon as he floored Munoz, he started celebrating.. and he kept celebrating till he left. Munoz finally got up about two minutes after the post-fight, and after refusing to be stretchered out (you can probably see it during Buffer or Rogan speaking), he walked out with a neckbrace on. There were three people standing directly over Munoz, another five EMS guys next to them, plus you’ve got another five or six people NOT counting the cameramen watching Munoz. Hell, even when Buffer was calling the fight, you could see everybody looking over, because they thought the dude was dead.

Personally, I think that Hammill did get caught up in the moment, but he also totally ignored Munoz. He seems like a nice enough guy, but from this display, I’m of the opinion that he’s really only concerned about himself. I did not ONCE see him so much as go over to the pile of people around Munoz to see if he was OK. At least when Page demolished Galvao, he made mention of it in his post-fight.

Yeah I’m not giving him the “he’s deaf”-pass.

I’m giving him the “fighting in Ohio and hitting a highlight reel headkick”-pass.

I barely remember Hamill’s “showboating” I’m gonna go back and watch it just to see what the fuss is about. But surely it couldn’t have been as bad as Kendall Grove digging a grave while Jason Day was still out?

Good thoughts guys….and welcome to MMA4Real Stefan.

Munoz’s coach Mike Roberts:

“I personally talked to Matt after the fight and he was apologetic,” said Roberts. “He showed great concern for Mark’s condition as they took him away. There’s no animosity at all towards Matt Hamill. He’s a good guy, he just got caught up in the moment.”

Yep…which is what I was referring to when I said Hamill apologized.

Thanks, glad to be here.

Just re-watched it, it’s nothing that out of the ordinary. He points to the crowd, beats his chest, puts his hands in the air. Did he do anything else? Didn’t look like it. And didn’t seem to go on to long either. I guess I’m just use to people celebrating after a victory, which you can hardly blame them for.

If it’s making fun or insulting to the opponent I’m probably going to take offence to it but I didn’t see much wrong with Hamills actions. He just seemed happy and didn’t mean any disrespect to his opponent. While Kendall Grove could easily be considered a worse offender for his post fight antics, but that goes ignored?

Also just imagine the outcry if he did this

LOL! I remember that….wow….

I call non-issue on this.

he beat a can who clearly had no business being in the cage. well, can is a harsh word. the guy was clearly not ready for the big time. i thought in that regard, it was excessive.

Yea, I don’t know why so many people were on the Munoz bandwagon…dude hadn’t impressed me at all…I’ll ride with 3PA and call non-issue…lol

Damn you!