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First ever deaf UFC star remains only defeat on otherwise perfect record of Jon Jones

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MMA career that includes UFC victories over icons of the sport such as Jon Jones and Tito Ortiz. The Ohio born former light-heavyweight challenger was a three-time NCAA Division III National Champion in wrestling and gold medalist at the 2001 Deaflympics before finding his calling in MMA.As part of our Belonging Project, Daily Star Sport has taken a look at the career of Hamill and the pride he got from representing the deaf community at the highest level of professional sport for over a decade between 2005 and 2018. READ MORE: Tom Aspinall says Curtis Blaydes has "no idea" what he's going to do at UFC London "I'm more like a bastion in the deaf community around the world," he told ESPN in 2014. "I travel for promotional opportunities and speak in front of 8,000 people.

They call it Deaf Nation. Now I am getting more deaf fans. I'm getting 3,000 emails every week."My Facebook's blowing up, and I can't keep up -- and different languages, Russian, Swedish, Portuguese.

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