Matt Lindland Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
W	Joe Doerksen Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 54: Boiling Point	Aug 20, 2005
W	Travis Lutter Middleweight	Submission	Guillotine Choke After Drop to Half Guard	R2	3:13	UFC 52: Couture vs. Liddell 2	Apr 16, 2005
L	David Terrell Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	0:24	UFC 49: Unfinished Business	Aug 21, 2004
W	Falaniko Vitale Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Mount	R3	4:23	UFC 45: Revolution	Nov 21, 2003
L	Falaniko Vitale Middleweight	KO/TKO	Slam to On Ground	R1	1:56	UFC 43: Meltdown	Jun 6, 2003
W	Phil Baroni Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 41: Onslaught	Feb 28, 2003
W	Ivan Salaverry Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 39: The Warriors Return	Sep 27, 2002
L	Murilo BustamanteTitle Middleweight	Submission	Guillotine Choke After Drop to Guard	R3	1:33	UFC 37: High Impact	May 10, 2002
W	Pat Miletich Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Mount	R1	3:09	UFC 36: Worlds Collide	Mar 22, 2002
W	Phil Baroni Middleweight	Decision	Majority	R3	5:00	UFC 34: High Voltage	Nov 2, 2001
W	Ricardo Almeida Light Heavyweight	DQ	Illegal Kicks on Ground by Almeida	R3	4:21	UFC 31: Locked and Loaded	May 4, 2001
W	Yoji Anjo Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Mount	R1	2:58	UFC 29: Defense of the Belts	Dec 16, 2000

Outside the UFC

13-6across 19 bouts · 14 promotions · wins by 6 KO · 5 sub · 2 decStrikeforce · Affliction · IFL · IFC 6 · KSW 16 +9

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Mamed Khalidov38-9-2	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	1:35	KSW 16	May 21, 2011
L	Robbie Lawler30-16	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	0:50	Strikeforce	Dec 4, 2010
W	Kevin Casey9-6-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	3:41	Strikeforce	May 21, 2010
L	Ronaldo Souza26-10	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R1	4:18	Strikeforce	Dec 19, 2009
L	Vitor Belfort26-14	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:37	Affliction	Jan 24, 2009
W	Fabio Nascimento11-6	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Affliction	Jul 19, 2008
L	Fedor Emelianenko40-7	Submission	Armbar	R1	2:58	Bodog Fight	Apr 14, 2007
W	Carlos Newton16-14	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R2	1:43	IFL	Feb 2, 2007
W	Jeremy Horn92-22-5	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	0:21	IFL	Sep 9, 2006
L	Quinton Jackson38-14	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	WFA 4	Jul 22, 2006
W	Mike Van Arsdale8-5	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	3:38	Raze MMA	Apr 29, 2006
W	Fabio Leopoldo5-3	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R3	3:25	GFC	Mar 3, 2006
W	Antonio Schembri5-5	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	3:33	Cage Rage 14	Dec 3, 2005
W	Landon Showalter11-19-1	Submission	Armbar	R1	2:43	SF 8	Jan 8, 2005
W	Mark Weir21-18-1	KO/TKO	Doctor Stoppage	R1	5:00	Cage Rage 9	Nov 27, 2004
W	Tony Fryklund14-9-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	ROTR 5	May 7, 2004
W	Travis Fulton255-54-10	Submission	Choke	R1	22:13	IFC 6	Sep 20, 1997
W	Mark Waters7-4	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R1	2:20	IFC 6	Sep 20, 1997
W	Karo Davtyan0-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	6:31	WFF	Feb 24, 1997

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) and Dana White’s Contender Series — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

9 wins, 4 losses

W9

L4

Submission

6 wins, 4 losses

W6

L4

Decision

6 wins, 1 loss

W6

L1

Other

1 win, 0 losses

Disqualifications and other results

W1

L0

Finishes

UFC KOs

3

Above avg · 15%Middleweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.00

Below avg · 0.24Middleweight

UFC submissions

1

Above avg · 8%Middleweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.75

Above avg · 0.39Middleweight

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

Matt Lindland

PowerChin

Knockout rate

25%

3 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

0

0.00 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

2

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

3

4.00 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Career striking

OverallC56th

50%288 / 554

Striking accuracy

52%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+1.06 differential

Landed2.62

Absorbed1.56

56%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+2%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head66%47th190
Body14%34th40
Leg20%60th58

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

50%Ground

Standing14%40
Clinch36%105
Ground50%143

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Matt Lindland

Landed per 15

Head

C

43rd

24.4

43rd

Body

F

23rd

5.1

23rd

Leg

B

60th

7.4

60th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

A+

97th

9.6

97th

Body

B

69th

6.5

69th

Leg

A

77th

3.5

77th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	24.4	190	436	44%
Body	5.1	40	49	82%
Leg	7.4	58	69	84%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	9.6	75	221	34%
Body	6.5	51	56	91%
Leg	3.5	27	32	84%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

Matt Lindland

50%

Takedown accuracy

65%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+8.1 min net

On top9.9

On bottom1.8

Offense

Takedowns

A+

87th

3.5

87th

TD accuracy

B

68th

50%

68th

Sub attempts

A

80th

1.2

80th

Control

A+

97th

9.9 min

97th

Defense

TD defense

C

50th

65%

50th

Controlled

1.8 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	27 / 54
Submission attempts	9
Control time	77:25

Defense

TDs defended	11 / 17
Control absorbed	14:23

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (117min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Matt Lindland

12 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 117 min

75%

R3 pace · 7 bouts

Lindland fades (-15% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Lindland drops to 75% of round-1 output by round 3 (7 bouts).

Lindland ▼ FADESOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Lindlandlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Lindlandattempts / min

Control time

Lindland% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	7.4	2.9	0.9	0.52	74%	12
R2	6.2	2.4	0.8	0.34	70%	8
R3	5.4	1.9	2.6	0.53	48%	7

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Matt Lindland

12 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

31/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

F

9th

15%

9th

Win quality

A+

86th

54%

86th

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

1

2

7

Title-fight challengerBout was for a title (no other rank signal)
Contender-level8+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.55 win rate
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Title-fight challenger	1	0-1	0%
Contender-level	1	1-0	100%
Established	1	1-0	100%
Building	2	1-1	50%
Unproven	7	6-1	86%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
W	Joe Doerksen	Unproven	8	Aug 20, 2005
W	Travis Lutter	Unproven	8	Apr 16, 2005
L	David Terrell	Building	15	Aug 21, 2004
W	Falaniko Vitale	Unproven	8	Nov 21, 2003
L	Falaniko Vitale	Unproven	8	Jun 6, 2003
W	Phil Baroni	Unproven	12	Feb 28, 2003
W	Ivan Salaverry	Building	15	Sep 27, 2002
L	Murilo Bustamante	Title-fight challenger	50	May 10, 2002
W	Pat Miletich	Contender-level	45	Mar 22, 2002
W	Phil Baroni	Unproven	8	Nov 2, 2001
W	Ricardo Almeida	Established	22	May 4, 2001
W	Yoji Anjo	Unproven	8	Dec 16, 2000

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

12 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

0-2

2 bouts

Typical camp

100–180 days

6-0

6 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

2-1

3 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

1-0

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

3-0

3 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

5-3

8 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

1-0

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

0-1

1 bout

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

0-1

1 bout

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

2-0

2 bouts

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

1-0

1 bout

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

1-0

1 bout

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last bout

15y 1mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Matt Lindland

Extended layoff

15y 1mosince last bout

vs Mamed Khalidov · May 21, 2011

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFS

83.6

DK avg

103.8

Median

116.5

Ceiling

37.3

Floor

75%

Boom

17%

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