Light Heavyweight 3 Rnd (5-5-5)
Matt Lindland v Ricardo Almeida
UFC 31: Locked and Loaded, Fri, May 4, 2001, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
Referee Mario Yamasaki
Referee Mario Yamasaki
Matt Lindland won by DQ, R3 4:21. Illegal Kicks on Ground by Almeida
“The Law”
Height 6'0", Reach 74", Stance Southpaw, Age 30 on the night
Coming in 1-0-0 in the UFC over 1 fights
“Big Dog”
Height 6'0", Reach 74", Stance Orthodox, Age 24 on the night
Coming in on UFC debut
01/Round by round
3 of 3 Rnd (5-5-5)
| Matt Lindland | Ricardo Almeida | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sig strikes | Takedowns | Control | KD | Sig strikes | Takedowns | Control | KD | |
| Round 15:00 | 9 of 18 | 1 of 1 | 4:46 | 0 | 2 of 4 | 0 of 1 | 0:00 | 0 |
| Round 25:00 | 9 of 22 | 2 of 2 | 3:57 | 0 | 5 of 9 | 0 of 0 | 0:00 | 0 |
| Round 34:21 | 4 of 9 | 2 of 2 | 3:32 | 0 | 2 of 5 | 0 of 0 | 0:00 | 0 |
| Fight, 14:21 | 22 of 49 | 5 of 5 | 12:15 | 0 | 9 of 18 | 0 of 1 | 0:00 | 0 |
Landed of attempted in each round, control time as recorded, and knockdowns scored. The fight ran 14.3 minutes. Total strikes are held and not printed; they count the pitter-patter on the ground. A round where control reads “not recorded” is one the source did not time, not one with no control.