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

Movies & TV Shows

1. Leverage (2008) — Tank Conklin
2. UFC 39: The Warriors Return (2002) — Self
3. UFC 31: Locked & Loaded (2001) — Self
4. UFC 34: High Voltage (2001) — Self
5. UFC 36: Worlds Collide (2002) — Self
6. Once I Was a Champion (2011) — Himself
7. UFC 54: Boiling Point (2005) — Self
8. UFC 37: High Impact (2002) — Self
9. UFC 41: Onslaught (2003) — Self
10. UFC 43: Meltdown (2003) — Self
11. UFC 45: Revolution (2003) — Self
12. UFC 49: Unfinished Business (2004) — Self
13. UFC 52: Couture vs. Liddell 2 (2005) — Self
14. UFC 29: Defense of the Belts (2000) — Self
15. Fighting Politics (2009) — himself
16. Strikeforce: Henderson vs. Babalu II (2010) — Self
17. Affliction: Day of Reckoning (2009) — Self
18. Fight Life (2012) — Himself
19. Affliction: Banned (2008) — Self
20. Strikeforce: Evolution (2009) — Self
21. Strikeforce Challengers 8: Lindland vs. Casey (2010) — Self
22. IFL Battleground (2007)