Matt Lindland
Matt James Lindland ( born May 17, 1970 in Oregon City, Oregon ) is a former American professional wrestler and mixed martial arts fighter.
Career
Wrestler
Matt Lindland started at Clackamas Community College with the rings. Also at the Nebraska State University, where the moved to his college days, he sat the sport continued very successfully. He was active here in two styles, Greco-Roman style and free style. He was in 1992 American University Master in free style. From 1994 started for the Sunkist Kids in Phoenix, one of the most prestigious U.S. Ringer clubs. From 1995 he specialized more on the Greco-Roman style and was a member of the national team. His international career as a wrestler Matt began with the victory at the Pan American Championships in Mexico City in 1994, where he Welterweight, Greco-Roman style, won.
Even with three other Pan-American Championships in Greco-Roman wrestling Matt was very successful. In 1997 he was in San Juan / Puerto Rico, second behind the Cuban exception Ringer Filiberto Ascuy Aguilera winner, 1999, he won in Winnipeg before Ascuy and 2000, he won this title in Cali / Colombia against Nestor Almanza of Cuba.
In 1997 Matt started in Wroclaw for the first time at a World Cup. He finished a disappointing there for him 17th place in the welterweight division. This was due to a defeat in the first round against the Finnish veteran Marko Yli- Hannuksela. Much better it ran for him at the World Cup in 1998, when he finished 6th place. The following year, 1999, there were for him at the World Championships in Athens again a nasty setback, because he finished only 24th place. This time he had failed in the 1st round of the Turkish world champion Nazmi Avluca.
At the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney Matt Lindland one stood on the mat, who played his way with four wins to the finals and only this was defeated by the Russians Murat Kardanow with 0:3 points.
At the 2001 World Championships in Patras he had a similar success, because he was back in the final battle, in which, however, he was defeated by Muchran Wachtangadse from Georgia with 1:2 points.
After the World Championships in 2001, Lindland operated as a professional mixed martial arts fighter.
Mixed Martial Art
His first MMA fights contested Lindland in 1997, inter alia, for IFC. In December 2000 he appeared for the first time in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, where he played until in August 2005, twelve fights. After commitments at other operators in December 2009 he went to Strikeforce, where he lost to twice in December 2010 and won once. At this time, his MMA fight Record 22 wins and eight defeats.
International success
(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, F = free style, GR = Greco-Roman style, We = welterweight, middleweight Mi =, then to 74/76 kg or 85 kg body weight)
USA Championships
Matt Lindland in 1992 and 1994, American University Champion in free style welterweight and 1995 and 1998 U.S. champion in Greco-Roman style, also in the welterweight division.
Documentary
- Emily Vahey: Fighting Politics ( 2009) documentary about Matt Lindland.
Swell
- International Wrestling Database of the University of Leipzig
- Various editions of the magazine " The Ringer " from the years 1995 to 2001