Matt Lindland
- Place of birth
- Oregon City, Oregon, USA
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
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Filmography
- 2012Fight LifeFight LifeFilm · Himself
- 2011Once I Was a ChampionFilm · Himself
- 2010Strikeforce: Henderson vs. Babalu IIFilm · Self
- 2010Strikeforce Challengers 8: Lindland vs. CaseyFilm · Self
- 2009Strikeforce: EvolutionFilm · Self
- 2009Affliction: Day of ReckoningFilm · Self
- 2009Fighting PoliticsFilm · himself
- 2008LeverageSeries · Tank Conklin★ 7.6
- 2008Affliction: BannedFilm · Self
- 2007IFL BattlegroundIFL BattlegroundSeries
- 2005UFC 54: Boiling PointFilm · Self
- 2005UFC 52: Couture vs. Liddell 2Film · Self
- 2004UFC 49: Unfinished BusinessFilm · Self
- 2003UFC 45: RevolutionFilm · Self
- 2003UFC 43: MeltdownFilm · Self
- 2003UFC 41: OnslaughtFilm · Self
- 2002UFC 39: The Warriors ReturnFilm · Self
- 2002UFC 37: High ImpactFilm · Self
- 2002UFC 36: Worlds CollideFilm · Self
- 2001UFC 34: High VoltageFilm · Self
- 2001UFC 31: Locked & LoadedFilm · Self
- 2000UFC 29: Defense of the BeltsFilm · Self
