7 UFC fighters who've also won medals at the Olympics

#4 Matt Lindland:

Lindland at grassroots of wrestling in MMA!

Lindland is one of the pioneer MMA coaches of the sport. He co-founded the Team Quest MMA training centre in 1999 along with MMA Legend Randy Couture and Dan Henderson. Lindland is probably the only MMA fighter who had won an Olympic medal and to have competed in the UFC as a fighter and then also to coach.

He had begun to pursue an MMA career before trying a hand in world tournaments. After winning an Olympic silver medal in 2000 in Sydney, he managed to get a shot to fight in the Octagon. With a colourful resume, he was also selected as the world team coach in the year 2013 for US Greco-roman wrestling team.