Talk:Matt Lindland

Nickname
what i said about matt lindland receiving his nickname "the law" was accurate, why was it deleted and called vandalism?
 * Wikipedia requires that material be cited from reliable sources, so even if the nickname origin is true it has to be sourced. I've removed it pending a reliable source. MrVibrating (talk) 22:31, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

68.188.200.53 (talk) 18:01, 4 May 2011 (UTC)no offense, but are you kidding? watch one of his fights. they call him matt 'the law' lindland. how is that not reliable? youtube alone probably has about a hundred sources. how about sherdog? http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Matt-Lindland-276 search google for about a million more. do we really need to be that strict about policies for something everyone knows is true? they dont on most other wiki pages, why should they on lindland's?
 * do we really need to be that strict about policies for something everyone knows is true? Yes.  Mr  JM 05:18, 23 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Matt is definitely The Law http://www.wweek.com/portland/blog-26657-juicy_suits_ultimate_fighter_matt_the_law_lindland.html

http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-city/index.ssf/2010/04/martial_arts_fighter_matt_lindland_will_headline_strikeforce_challengers_show.html PortlandOregon97217 (talk) 01:57, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

Unsourced claim
"He is often ranked as the number one fighter in his weight class." I have removed this in accordance with the living persons biography policy as it is controversial and entirely unsourced. - Mule Man 13:28, 20 October 2006 (UTC) Also his record seems ok, but his fight for UFC 43, Meltdown, it was not TKO by slam, he knocked himself out going for a takedown. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 155.45.81.26 (talk) 15:19, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

UFC Contract Dispute
Anybody know what contract clause he violated? Was it something to do with having the name of a gambling site on his shorts?--HardCopy 18:07, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Matt Lindland was never a Div1A All-American wrestler in college.
There was a statement saying Lindland won the Big 12 Championship in 1993 and became an All-American. This implied that Lindland achieved Div1A All-American after winning the 1993 Big 12 title. That was a misleading statement. He was actually a Junior College National Champ in 1991, and hence a Jr College All American in 1991.

Lindland's senior year at Nebraska he was undefeated and the #1 seed in the 158 pound weight class, but he lost his first match. He was unable to participate in the consolation rounds because the wrestler who beat him (Earl Walker- Boston University) lost his next match. Mr Lindland failed to become All American any of the years he wrestled at Nebraska (Div1A). I'm providing a reference to the brackets for the 1993 wrestling tournament.

http://www.wrestlingstats.com/ncaa/pdf/brackets/NCAA%201993.pdf —Preceding unsigned comment added by TobusRex (talk • contribs) 18:42, 15 August 2010 (UTC)


 * "?" Wikipedia requires that material be cited from reliable sources.  Mr  JM 05:20, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
 * This is not sufficient http://www.sherdog.com/news/articles/Minute-by-Minute-WFA-King-of-the-Streets-5131  Mr  JM 05:25, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Libelous material removed PortlandOregon97217 (talk) 03:29, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

Challenging claim
I challenge the unsourced assertion that Lindland knocked himself out. PortlandOregon97217 (talk) 03:24, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

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