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
Top Filmography
Leverage
2008 // TV
UFC 39: The Warriors Return
2002 // MOVIE
UFC 31: Locked & Loaded
2001 // MOVIE
UFC 34: High Voltage
2001 // MOVIE
UFC 36: Worlds Collide
2002 // MOVIE
Once I Was a Champion
2011 // MOVIE
UFC 54: Boiling Point
2005 // MOVIE
UFC 37: High Impact
2002 // MOVIE
UFC 41: Onslaught
2003 // MOVIE
UFC 43: Meltdown
2003 // MOVIE
UFC 45: Revolution
2003 // MOVIE
UFC 49: Unfinished Business
2004 // MOVIE
UFC 52: Couture vs. Liddell 2
2005 // MOVIE
UFC 29: Defense of the Belts
2000 // MOVIE
Fighting Politics
2009 // MOVIE