34 Facts About Matt Lindland

Matt Lindland won the Oregon Republican Party's nomination for the Oregon House of Representatives, District 52 seat on May 20,2008.

In mixed martial arts, Lindland competed primarily in the Middleweight division for the UFC, Strikeforce.

Matt Lindland started wrestling at age 15 at Gladstone High School in Gladstone, Oregon.

Matt Lindland then went on to wrestle at the University of Nebraska, Division I of the NCAA.

Matt Lindland won the Big Eight title at 158 in 1993.

Matt Lindland suffered an upset in the first round of the tournament and did not place.

Matt Lindland was still a top 10 ranked wrestler in his weight class for the nation until 2004, when his wrestling career finally came to an end, already being a veteran of over a dozen MMA fights as well, including competing in a title match.

Matt Lindland was notable for having secured his spot on the US Olympic team through the courts.

Matt Lindland started mixed martial arts training with Randy Couture, Dan Henderson and others at Team Quest.

Matt Lindland won four fights in the middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship before losing to Murilo Bustamante in a championship match at UFC 37.

Matt Lindland has continued his professional MMA career in IFL and BodogFight with five wins and two losses, with the two losses coming outside of his weightclass against the future UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Quinton Jackson and the former Pride Heavyweight Champion Fedor Emelianenko.

Matt Lindland then beat Carlos Newton at IFL Houston at the 1:43 mark of Round 2 by submission due to guillotine choke.

Matt Lindland defeated Fabio Negao via unanimous decision on July 19,2008 at Affliction: Banned in Anaheim, California.

Matt Lindland is the former coach of the Portland Wolfpack in the International Fight League.

Matt Lindland lost the fight via first-round submission by way of arm triangle choke.

Matt Lindland headlined Strikeforce Challengers 8 on May 21,2010, in his hometown of Portland, Oregon, defeating Kevin Casey.

Matt Lindland fought Robbie Lawler at Strikeforce: Henderson vs Babalu II on December 4,2010.

Matt Lindland was knocked out fifty seconds into the first round.

Matt Lindland was choked unconscious by Mamed Khalidov at KSW 16.

In 2021, Matt Lindland was promoted to the rank of black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, by Renzo Gracie.

Since retiring from MMA Matt Lindland has pursued other sports such as professional rafting, achieving an impressive six time Western White Water Series Championship thus far.

Matt Lindland is the 2013 World Team Greco-Roman head coach as well as Head Coach at Team Quest.

On March 11,2008, Matt Lindland filed as a Republican to run for the Oregon House of Representatives in District 52.

Matt Lindland defeated fellow Republican Phyllis Thiemann in the May 20,2008 primary, 58 to 42 percent.

Matt Lindland appears in the award-winning MMA documentary Fight Life, released in 2013.

Matt Lindland has appeared in the HBO hit television show Oz, acting and performing stunts.

Matt Lindland was featured in the Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen film New York Minute, again acting and performing stunts.

Matt Lindland founded the North West kids wrestling program and coached at two of the top wrestling clubs in the US: Cobra Wrestling and Peninsula.

In 1996, Matt Lindland moved back to Lincoln, Nebraska to take a job as an assistant wrestling coach at the University of Nebraska where he coached until 2000.

Matt Lindland continues to work with USA Wrestling to this day.

In 2000, Matt Lindland started coaching wrestling and MMA at his Team Quest gym in Portland, Oregon.

Matt Lindland is still coaching wrestling, kickboxing, MMA, and the professional and amateur fight teams at Team Quest.

Matt Lindland is a volunteer assistant coach at his alma mater, Clackamas Community College.

The program has taken a U-turn under the coaching of Coach Josh Rhoden and Matt Lindland, placing high in the NJCAA National Tournament in recent years.