Matt Lindland
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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20Place of birth
Oregon City, Oregon, USA![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/3lj7yrVl9Ohdwfd0xYEHPxYGtac.jpg)
Cast credits
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UFC 54: Boiling Point
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Fighting Politics
himself![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/nbacGExaflm128iS2TDTgyXi84F.jpg)
UFC 29: Defense of the Belts
Self![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/cNPzSM9musoRAtAjRye19EKqhTL.jpg)
UFC 31: Locked & Loaded
Self![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/g3nAGGXZA2ssfTAU4nyJ4E5X9Rd.jpg)
UFC 34: High Voltage
Self![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/ujz0lf15CZZmLkoNS79toIFJ7nk.jpg)
UFC 36: Worlds Collide
Self![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/nO4Jcygo0IEQ8tGXV0uh4yF3Zvl.jpg)
UFC 37: High Impact
Self![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/jkXHZW7UuDgSxRxvuxr8MyeOQqZ.jpg)
UFC 41: Onslaught
Self![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/hJeU8hNG3QL0BPCvRKoudE4TA6r.jpg)
UFC 43: Meltdown
Self![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/q9uo0tvSCtOk2yzn3HfCFUQimWx.jpg)
UFC 45: Revolution
Self![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/dg2YNbqbtV2yX27nlLO63PvxLjl.jpg)
UFC 49: Unfinished Business
Self![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/qeeKIhtWAgyjINh0jcusPwYpIu.jpg)
UFC 52: Couture vs. Liddell 2
Self![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/zGNOdmfCxr2srwYKwvCtRJwD8td.jpg)
Strikeforce: Henderson vs. Babalu II
Self![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/uECOPLu2ESXZhg3Y2snKZn4MgGH.jpg)
Strikeforce Challengers 8: Lindland vs. Casey
Self![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/rStrrguFKZ2fToaxJpys2AVvcw2.jpg)
Once I Was a Champion
Himself![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/9Ai2ZAv02a6QoYepx1C08dUZwrp.jpg)
UFC 39: The Warriors Return
Self![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/3Aj4z8G0zyX0HjZ28Eclx6FUw9A.jpg)
Affliction: Banned
Self![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/nOcbZndgdIAUjKLxcJQXNuZiJoO.jpg)
Strikeforce: Evolution
Self![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/aggOVn4K7Y2OPgSkzwKBfqIvVhR.jpg)
Affliction: Day of Reckoning
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