Matt Lindland

"The Law"
Record: 20-5-0
Fighting Out Of: Portland, OR
Weight: Middleweight
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Bio

One of the world's top middleweight athletes, Matt Lindland is a veteran of the UFC, International Fight League and Bodog Fight. Always willing to test his skills against MMA's elite fighters, Lindland, 20-5, has moved up from his natural weight class on multiple occasions, including a split-decision loss to current UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton Jackson and a bout with top-ranked heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko.

A silver medalist at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, and again at the 2001 World Championships, Lindland, 38, attended the University of Nebraska on a wrestling scholarship. He is currently the head coach of the IFL's Portland Wolfpack, boasting a lineup replete with Team Quest fighters.

Matt lives in Eagle Creek, Ore., with his wife, Angie, and their two teenage children, James and Robin. He owns Team Quest MMA Fitness in Gresham, as well as SportFight (www.sportfight.tv), Oregon's first sanctioned MMA promotion. Lindland co-founded SportFight with Randy Couture in 2003 and was a leading advocate for the sanctioning of mixed martial arts in Oregon. He also owns the Dirty Boxer (www.dirtyboxer.com) equipment and apparel brand, which features a proprietary compression-style groin protector.

MySpace:

www.myspace.com/mattthelaw