As a series of accurately aimed punches and kicks kept Jardine’s opponent on the back foot, he enjoyed the better of the first round. In the second, with a barrage of attack’s to Jardine’s head and body, Hamill responded too. After Hamill’s opponent had a point deducted for catching him in the eye with a thumb, he led heading onto the final round.

As the incident appeared to be an accidental one, the ruling seemed somewhat harsh. With a takedown in the third, Hamill took full advantage and that move proved decisive as he took the bout on a cards decision. While other judges marked the fight 28-28, two judges ruling the fight 29-27 in his favor.

“The game plan was to keep moving and set up the takedown, but I broke my left hand in the first round and I couldn’t attack on the takedowns, I had to go to Plan B, and I put all my heart into it”, said Hamill.

Since December, Hamill was fighting for the first time. In UFC history, he earned one of the most infamous wins. Over Jon Jones despite being manhandled by “Bones” for the entire first round, Hamill was awarded a disqualification victory

As Hamill relived the action-packed bout this Sunday, he smiled through every bit of the pain. To crack the top-10 in the world at 205 pounds is his current goal and to give him a top-10 opponent in his next outing, he implored UFC matchmaker Joe Silva.

“When the fight was over, I didn’t know about the decision, I just went all out the best I could. Whether my hand was raised or not, I knew I had fought my heart out “, said Hamill.

UFC 110 will be headlined by two main event fights as Antonio Nogueira of Brazil will take on the up-and-coming Cain Velasquez in a heavyweight bout.

The other big fight of the night will pit the UK powerhouse Michael Bisping against another Brazilian great in Wanderlei Silva.

Marko CroCrop, Keith Jardine, and Stephan Bonnar will also appear on the card.

At the current time, Nogureira has the edge at most books over Velasquez though Bookmaker.com has given Velasquez a -112 to -118 betting advantage. That he is favored is largely due to Nougeria’s greater experience.

The Bisping-Silva fight has been all Silva as most books are giving up to a 4 to 1 advantage. CroCrop is set to take on Big Ben Rothwell with the powerful Russian dominating the books over the wily veteran Rothwell. Still this looks to be a very interesting event with the big possibility of some major upsets.