Matt Lindland
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| Matt Lindland | |
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| Nickname | The Law |
| Height | 6 ft (183 cm) |
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
| Nationality |  American |
| Born | 17 May 1970 |
| Fighting out of | Portland, Oregon |
| Town of birth | Oregon City, Oregon |
| Fighting style | Wrestling |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Wins | 19 |
| By knockout | 5 |
| By submission | 7 |
| Losses | 4 |
| Draws | 0 |
| No contests | 0 |
Matthew James "The Law" Lindland (born 17 May 1970) is an American professional mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter and Olympic wrestler.
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[edit] Amateur wrestling
Lindland represented the United States in Greco-Roman Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the 69-76 kg weight category, winning the silver medal.
[edit] Mixed martial arts
Lindland readily adapted his wrestling skills to mixed martial arts fighting, with the aid of his friends Randy Couture, Dan Henderson and others at Team Quest, to create an effective and dominant Clinch-and-pound and Ground-and-pound attacking style. He progressed rapidly through the ranks of the middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship until losing to Murilo Bustamante in a championship match.
After continuing to maintain a mostly-winning record in the UFC, Lindland was dropped from the UFC roster for breaking one of the sponsorship and advertising-related terms of his contract, and has continued his professional MMA career with 3 straight wins in high-level international competition. Lindland is sometimes ranked as being the number one, and generally a top 5 fighter in his weight category in mixed martial arts[1].
Lindland has a professional MMA record of 19 wins and 4 losses. However he has drawn critiscm in the past from fans who say his style is boring and relies on the 'lay and pray' style to win fights [citation needed] even though most of his victories have come by way of stoppage.
After signing a contract with the newly rejuvenated World Fighting Alliance, Lindland fought Quinton Jackson in the main event of the WFA: King of the Streets card, losing via split decision. Lindland's next fight – in the International Fight League, which also marked Lindland's debut as an IFL team coach – was against standout middleweight Jeremy Horn; Lindland won by TKO early in the second round.
[edit] MMA record
| Result | Opponent | Method | Event | Date | Round | Time | Notes |
| Win | Jeremy Horn | TKO (Strikes) | IFL-Portland | 9/9/2006 | 2 | 0:21 | |
| Loss | Quinton Jackson | Decision (Split) | WFA-King of the Streets | 7/22/2006 | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Win | Mike Van Arsdale | Submission (Guillotine Choke) | Raze MMA-Fight Night | 4/29/2006 | 1 | 3:38 | |
| Win | Fabio Leopoldo | Submission (Rear Naked Choke) | GFC-Team Gracie vs Team Hammer House | 3/3/2006 | 3 | 3:25 | |
| Win | Antoni Schembri | TKO | Cage Rage 14-Punishment | 12/3/2005 | 3 | 3:33 | |
| Win | Joe Doerksen | Decision (Unanimous) | UFC 54-Boiling Point | 8/20/2005 | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Win | Travis Lutter | Submission (Guillotine Choke) | UFC 52-Couture vs Liddell 2 | 4/16/2005 | 2 | 3:32 | |
| Win | Landon Showalter | Submission (Armbar) | Sportfight 8-Justice | 1/8/2005 | 1 | 2:43 | |
| Win | Mark Weir | TKO (Doctor Stoppage) | Cage Rage 9-No Mercy | 11/27/2004 | 1 | 5:00 | |
| Loss | David Terrell | KO (Punches) | UFC 49-Unfinished Business | 8/21/2004 | 1 | 0:24 | |
| Win | Tony Fryklund | Decision | Rumble on the Rock 5 | 5/7/2004 | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Win | Falaniko Vitale | Submission (Strikes) | UFC 45-Revolution | 11/21/2003 | 3 | 4:23 | |
| Loss | Falaniko Vitale | TKO (Slam) | UFC 43-Meltdown | 6/6/2003 | 1 | 1:56 | |
| Win | Phil Baroni | Decision (Unanimous) | UFC 41-Onslaught | 2/28/2003 | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Win | Ivan Salaverry | Decision (Unanimous) | UFC 39-The Warriors Return | 9/27/2002 | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Loss | Murilo Bustamante | Submission (Guillotine Choke) | UFC 37-High Impact | 5/10/2002 | 3 | 1:33 | |
| Win | Pat Miletich | TKO (Strikes) | UFC 36-Worlds Collide | 3/22/2002 | 1 | 3:09 | |
| Win | Phil Baroni | Decision (Majority) | UFC 34-High Voltage | 11/21/2001 | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Win | Ricardo Almeida | DQ | UFC 31-Locked & Loaded | 5/4/2001 | 3 | 4:21 | |
| Win | Yoji Anjo | TKO (Strikes) | UFC 29-Defense of the Belts | 12/16/2000 | 1 | 2:58 | |
| Win | Travis Fulton | Submission | IFC 6-Battle at the Four Bears | 9/20/1997 | 1 | 22:13 | |
| Win | Mark Waters | Submission (Strikes) | IFC 6-Battle at the Four Bears | 9/20/1997 | 1 | 2:20 | |
| Win | Karo Davtyan | TKO (Strikes) | WFF-World Fighting Federation | 2/14/1997 | 1 | 8:34 |
[edit] References
- ^ MMA Weekly Middleweight Top Ten Rankings. Retrieved May 25, 2006
