Hours before Matt Lindland's last bout in Strikeforce, I received a press screener of Fighting Politics which is essentially an independent documentary that revolves around the reason Matt Lindland was really cut from the UFC, and it wasn't because he was wearing a 'Sportsbook' shirt. Despite being one of the rawest middleweights to ever hit UFC, the documentary claims that Dana White cut Matt Lindland from their lineup in order to push Rich Franklin as 'the face of UFC'. The reason, of course, was that Franklin was more 'aesthetically pleasing' than Lindland. Rich Franklin didn't hunch over, he had all of his hair and most importantly, he didn't look like he spent his entire life defending Middle Earth. In short, Matt Lindland was a frate trane and the only way Dana White could derail him was to allegedly cut him from the roster over something as insignificant as a shirt. Keep in mind that Tito Ortiz wore '[Expletive] Dana White' to a weigh-in and not only was he welcomed back to UFC, but went on to coach a season of The Ultimate Fighter.

Losing to Vitor Belfort and Jacare is probably a great honor in some third-world countries. Just two fights prior to Lindland's Affliction debut, he fought Fedor as a heavyweight in Bodog and took down Fedor at will. You could even argue that if it weren't for Fedor holding on to the ropes as Lindland slammed him to the ground, the fight would have veered a different direction. Of course, if we lived in a world of 'ifs' then the terrorists would win.

LayzieTheSavage caught up with Matt Lindland and he told us that he has no intention to leave MMA, but his days of competing are pretty much over.

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0 # Guest 2011-07-12 09:34

damn!

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+2 # Guest 2011-07-12 10:06

Sad day for the MMA world as we lose one of the first reverse plankers in the sport. We will never forget how Belfort, the Brazilian, helped you plank.

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+4 # Sambro 2011-07-12 11:03

I don't think those ears can take another fight.

How could you not ask about his pot stash?

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0 # Guest 2011-07-12 11:21

surprised he didn't have a dip in. whata guy

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+6 # Guest 2011-07-12 12:08

yeah getting knocked out a bunch of times will make you change your mind about fighting

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0 # Guest 2011-07-12 20:25

I'm pretty sure you could even make a highlight reel of Lindland getting brutally knocked out. I wouldn't normally say this, but I'm happy he's retiring.

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+1 # Guest 2011-07-13 08:59

he stinks like poop. literally

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0 # Guest 2011-07-27 12:39

He didn't take Fedor down a single time in that fight. The only one who did get one was Fedor, and after he did the remainder of the fight was on the ground. Who the hell writes this shit?

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