Matt Lindland
Acting · Oregon City, Oregon, USA
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
Films
Once I Was a Champion
20116.1
Strikeforce: Henderson vs. Babalu II
20106.2
Strikeforce Challengers 8: Lindland vs. Casey
2010
Strikeforce: Evolution
2009
Affliction: Day of Reckoning
20095.2
Fighting Politics
20094.8
Affliction: Banned
2008
UFC 54: Boiling Point
20056.5
UFC 52: Couture vs. Liddell 2
20057.3
UFC 49: Unfinished Business
20047.2
UFC 45: Revolution
20036.1
UFC 43: Meltdown
20036.8
UFC 41: Onslaught
20036.3
UFC 39: The Warriors Return
20026.9
UFC 37: High Impact
20026.8
UFC 36: Worlds Collide
20027.2
UFC 34: High Voltage
20016.9
UFC 31: Locked & Loaded
20017.1
UFC 29: Defense of the Belts
20006.5