Matt Lindland

MiddleweightClinch Fighter
9 - 3

12 UFC Fights | 75% Win Rate | 4 Finishes (44%)

Height
6' 0"
Reach
74"
Weight
185 lbs.
Age
56
Southpaw

Matt Lindland UFC Record & Pro MMA Record

Matt Lindland is 9-3 in the UFC across 12 fights, with 3 wins by knockout, 1 by submission and 4 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 22-9, 13-6 of it outside the UFC. Lindland competes at middleweight as a southpaw clinch fighter, standing 6'0" with a 74" reach at 56 years old. The last bout was a loss to Mamed Khalidov by submission in May 2011.

Best attribute: striking defense (fewest significant strikes absorbed per minute) — 96th percentile among 238 middleweight fighters (1.4/min).

Matt Lindland's UFC win rate is 75% (9 of 12 fights), and 44% of those wins came by finish. Lindland averages 2.0 takedowns per fight at 45% accuracy and stops 63% of opponents' takedown attempts.

Pro MMA Record
22-9
UFC Record
9-3
Height
6'0"
Reach
74"
Age
56
Stance
Southpaw
Last Fight
L vs Mamed Khalidov · Technical Submission (Guillotine Choke) · May 2011

Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.

Matt Lindland's Last 5 Fights

Lindland is 3-2 in the last five UFC fights.

  1. Win vs Joe Doerksen · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 54: Boiling Point · Aug 2005
  2. Win vs Travis Lutter · Submission · R2 3:13 · UFC 52: Couture vs Liddell 2 · Apr 2005
  3. Loss vs David Terrell · KO/TKO · R1 0:24 · UFC 49: Unfinished Business · Aug 2004
  4. Win vs Falaniko Vitale · KO/TKO · R3 4:23 · UFC 45: Revolution · Nov 2003
  5. Loss vs Falaniko Vitale · KO/TKO · R1 1:56 · UFC 43: Meltdown · Jun 2003

Striking

Fighter Profile

Offensive Output

Sig. Strikes / Min
2.6
+1.9x ratio
Accuracy
53%
above avg
Knockdowns / Fight
0.00

Defensive

Absorbed / Min
1.4
0.4x avg
Strike Differential
+1.2
Opp. Accuracy Against
50%

Strike Targets

Position Breakdown

Grappling

Takedowns & Control

Takedowns / Fight
2.0
Takedown Accuracy
45%
Takedown Defense
63%
Control Time / Fight
5:56
Sub Attempts / Fight
0.8

Win Methods

Finish Probability by Round

R1
18% KO
0% Sub
R2
0% KO
9% Sub
R3+
9% KO
0% Sub

Round-by-Round Output

Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Matt Lindland vs Average

Matt Lindland's UFC Fight History

12 UFC fights on record (9-3), most recent first.

ResultOpponentMethodRd · TimeEventDate
WJoe DoerksenDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 54: Boiling Point2005-08-20
WTravis LutterSubmissionR2 · 3:13UFC 52: Couture vs Liddell 22005-04-16
LDavid TerrellKO/TKOR1 · 0:24UFC 49: Unfinished Business2004-08-21
WFalaniko VitaleKO/TKOR3 · 4:23UFC 45: Revolution2003-11-21
LFalaniko VitaleKO/TKOR1 · 1:56UFC 43: Meltdown2003-06-06
WPhil BaroniDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 41: Onslaught2003-02-28
WIvan SalaverryDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 39: The Warriors Return2002-09-27
L★Murilo BustamanteSubmissionR3 · 1:33UFC 37: High Impact2002-05-10
WPat MiletichKO/TKOR1 · 3:09UFC 36: Worlds Collide2002-03-22
WPhil BaroniDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 34: High Voltage2001-11-02
WRicardo AlmeidaDQR3 · 4:21UFC 31: Locked and Loaded2001-05-04
WYoji AnjoKO/TKOR1 · 2:58UFC 29: Defense of the Belts2000-12-16

How Lindland Ranks at Middleweight

Percentile among the 238 middleweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).

Striking volume2.6 sig. strikes/min
36th percentile
Striking accuracy53%
76th percentile
Strikes absorbed1.4/min
96th percentile
Takedowns2.0/fight
87th percentile
Takedown defense63%
50th percentile
Knockdown power0.00/fight
0th percentile

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