Matt Lindland
Biography
Matthew James Lindland is an American retired mixed martial artist, Olympic wrestler, speaker, actor, coach, entrepreneur and politician. He won the Oregon Republican Party's nomination for the Oregon House of Representatives, District 52 seat on May 20, 2008. He also started an apparel company named Dirty Boxer. In mixed martial arts, Lindland competed primarily in the Middleweight division for the UFC, Strikeforce. Affliction, the IFL, Cage Rage, the WFA, and BodogFIGHT. Lindland appears in the award-winning MMA documentary Fight Life, released in 2013. The film was directed by James Z. Feng and produced by RiLL Films. Matt Lindland and Ed Herman guest starred on the TV series Leverage on July 22, 2011. Lindland played an MMA fighter. Lindland has also appeared in the HBO hit television show Oz, acting and performing stunts. He was also featured in the Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen film New York Minute, again acting and performing stunts
Known For
Leverage
2008
IFL Battleground
2007
UFC 34: High Voltage
2001
UFC 52: Couture vs. Liddell 2
2005
UFC 49: Unfinished Business
2004
Once I Was a Champion
2011
UFC 29: Defense of the Belts
2000
UFC 43: Meltdown
2003
UFC 54: Boiling Point
2005
UFC 31: Locked & Loaded
2001
UFC 37: High Impact
2002
UFC 36: Worlds Collide
2002
Filmography
Leverage
as Tank Conklin · 2008
IFL Battleground
· 2007
UFC 34: High Voltage
as Self · 2001
UFC 52: Couture vs. Liddell 2
as Self · 2005
UFC 49: Unfinished Business
as Self · 2004
Once I Was a Champion
as Himself · 2011
UFC 29: Defense of the Belts
as Self · 2000
UFC 43: Meltdown
as Self · 2003
UFC 54: Boiling Point
as Self · 2005
UFC 31: Locked & Loaded
as Self · 2001
UFC 37: High Impact
as Self · 2002
UFC 36: Worlds Collide
as Self · 2002
Affliction: Day of Reckoning
as Self · 2009
Strikeforce: Henderson vs. Babalu II
as Self · 2010
Strikeforce Challengers 8: Lindland vs. Casey
as Self · 2010
UFC 39: The Warriors Return
as Self · 2002
UFC 45: Revolution
as Self · 2003
UFC 41: Onslaught
as Self · 2003
Fight Life
as Himself · 2012
Affliction: Banned
as Self · 2008
Strikeforce: Evolution
as Self · 2009
Fighting Politics
as himself · 2009