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John Lineker

31-9-0
36y·5' 3"·67" reach·Orthodox
0:53
Control / 15m
time on top
+1.09
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
58%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
1.2
Power
knockdowns per 100 landed

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 16 recorded bouts, 1010 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 56%Body 36%Legs 9%
Position
Distance 82%Clinch 8%Ground 10%
And how often each lands
Head32%
Body57%
Legs65%
Distance38%
Clinch49%
Ground63%

How fights end

UFC bouts only, so these will not add up to the record above. Counts rather than rates: two knockouts in three wins is not a 67% finisher.

12Wins6 KO · 1 SUB · 5 DEC
4Losses1 SUB · 3 DEC

Control, bout by bout

Seconds spent controlling the opponent in each fight, oldest on the left. UFCStats records this per bout and never adds it up; this is what that looks like added up.

2%
Gaudinot
3%
Urushitani
29%
Gashimov
15%
Maria
2%
Harris
2%
Bagautinov
2%
Ozkilic
5%
McCall
15%
Rivera
17%
Font
5%
McDonald
0%
Dodson
2%
Dillashaw
11%
Vera
8%
Kelleher
2%
Sandhagen

As the fight goes on

Which measure to show

Significant strikes landed, per minute fought. Every round is measured against round one, except rounds reached by fewer than 3 bouts, which are dimmed and left uncompared.

Landed / minvs R1Bouts
R14.72100%16
R25.74122%13
R35.86124%10
R45.401
R55.401

Only fights that reached a round count towards it, so later rounds are a smaller sample.

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min5.36
Strikes absorbed / min4.27
Striking accuracyof everything thrown40%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed56%
Takedowns / 15 min0.56
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land58%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed67%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.6
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together9.63
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 16 bouts11.8m

Earned Accuracy

How hard the opponents on this record were to hit at distance, and whether they beat it. Distance strikes only, so nobody gets credit for accuracy they picked up hammering someone already flat on the floor.

37.9%
Landed at range
2,199 thrown over 16 bouts
33.8%
Expected
against these opponents
+4.0pp
Gap
above expected
70.3%
Coverage
from real records
The fine print

Distance strikes only

Nothing thrown in the clinch or on the ground counts. Those land at about 72% and 71%, against 44% at distance, so a blended accuracy mostly measures where a fight happened. Rank the sport that way and its best strikers are all wrestlers.

One pass, not a rating

How much each opponent lets through is taken raw. It isn't adjusted for who they fought, so a fighter whose opponents all had soft schedules comes out looking better here than they are. Running it to convergence is a later job.

Coverage, and who gets ranked

Coverage is how much of the expected number came from the opponents' own records instead of the division average. Under 65% it's mostly the division talking, so the comparison gets hidden. Same for anyone under 5 qualifying bouts, or under 300 distance strikes of their own, which is where an accuracy still moves on a single exchange. Miss any of the three and you'll see what they landed, nothing else, and they stay out of any ranking.

Short records get pulled to the middle

An opponent who hasn't been shot at much gets dragged toward their division's average, and the drag fades as their record fills in. At 60 distance strikes faced, their own record and the division average count for the same.

Bout log

LCory SandhagenApr 2019S-DEC0:15 ctrl106 str1 td
Significant strikes
106 of 256 · 41%
Total strikes
106 of 256 · 41%
Takedowns
1 of 2 · 50%
Control
0:15
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 54%Body 37%Legs 9%
Position
Distance 99%Clinch 1%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WBrian KelleherMay 2018KO R31:07 ctrl102 str0 td
Significant strikes
102 of 233 · 44%
Total strikes
113 of 244 · 46%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
1:07
Knockdowns
2
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R3 3:43
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 64%Body 30%Legs 6%
Position
Distance 87%Clinch 7%Ground 6%
This fight on UFCStats
WMarlon VeraOct 2017U-DEC1:35 ctrl77 str0 td
Significant strikes
77 of 171 · 45%
Total strikes
93 of 188 · 49%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
1:35
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 43%Body 43%Legs 14%
Position
Distance 75%Clinch 9%Ground 16%
This fight on UFCStats
LTJ DillashawDec 2016U-DEC0:18 ctrl38 str1 td
Significant strikes
38 of 90 · 42%
Total strikes
51 of 107 · 48%
Takedowns
1 of 2 · 50%
Control
0:18
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 47%Body 50%Legs 3%
Position
Distance 87%Clinch 0%Ground 13%
This fight on UFCStats
WJohn DodsonOct 2016S-DEC0:00 ctrl93 str0 td
Significant strikes
93 of 322 · 29%
Total strikes
94 of 323 · 29%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 5 rounds
Target
Head 51%Body 38%Legs 12%
Position
Distance 89%Clinch 11%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WMichael McDonaldJul 2016KO R10:08 ctrl26 str0 td
Significant strikes
26 of 55 · 47%
Total strikes
28 of 57 · 49%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:08
Knockdowns
2
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 2:43
Punch to Head In Clinch
Target
Head 69%Body 27%Legs 4%
Position
Distance 58%Clinch 19%Ground 23%
This fight on UFCStats
WRob FontMay 2016U-DEC2:33 ctrl80 str1 td
Significant strikes
80 of 183 · 44%
Total strikes
95 of 200 · 48%
Takedowns
1 of 2 · 50%
Control
2:33
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 45%Body 35%Legs 20%
Position
Distance 70%Clinch 3%Ground 28%
This fight on UFCStats
WFrancisco RiveraSep 2015SUB R10:19 ctrl28 str0 td
Significant strikes
28 of 60 · 47%
Total strikes
32 of 64 · 50%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:19
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 2:08
Guillotine Choke After Drop to Guard
Target
Head 75%Body 25%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 29%Clinch 32%Ground 39%
This fight on UFCStats
WIan McCallJan 2015U-DEC0:46 ctrl38 str0 td
Significant strikes
38 of 121 · 31%
Total strikes
48 of 132 · 36%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:46
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
3
Reversals
1
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 50%Body 42%Legs 8%
Position
Distance 84%Clinch 16%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WAlptekin OzkilicJul 2014KO R30:16 ctrl133 str2 td
Significant strikes
133 of 327 · 41%
Total strikes
134 of 328 · 41%
Takedowns
2 of 4 · 50%
Control
0:16
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R3 4:51
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 63%Body 32%Legs 5%
Position
Distance 94%Clinch 5%Ground 2%
This fight on UFCStats
LAli BagautinovFeb 2014U-DEC0:21 ctrl27 str0 td
Significant strikes
27 of 54 · 50%
Total strikes
52 of 81 · 64%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:21
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
2
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 19%Body 78%Legs 4%
Position
Distance 41%Clinch 37%Ground 22%
This fight on UFCStats
WPhil HarrisOct 2013KO R10:04 ctrl31 str0 td
Significant strikes
31 of 68 · 46%
Total strikes
34 of 71 · 48%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:04
Knockdowns
3
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 2:51
Punch to Body At Distance
Target
Head 58%Body 32%Legs 10%
Position
Distance 84%Clinch 6%Ground 10%
This fight on UFCStats
WJose MariaAug 2013KO R20:53 ctrl22 str2 td
Significant strikes
22 of 58 · 38%
Total strikes
29 of 65 · 45%
Takedowns
2 of 2 · 100%
Control
0:53
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 1:03
Punches to Head On Ground
Target
Head 77%Body 23%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 32%Clinch 23%Ground 45%
This fight on UFCStats
WAzamat GashimovMay 2013KO R21:46 ctrl36 str0 td
Significant strikes
36 of 80 · 45%
Total strikes
46 of 92 · 50%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
1:46
Knockdowns
3
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 1:07
Punch to Body At Distance
Target
Head 58%Body 39%Legs 3%
Position
Distance 58%Clinch 11%Ground 31%
This fight on UFCStats
WYasuhiro UrushitaniNov 2012U-DEC0:27 ctrl77 str0 td
Significant strikes
77 of 224 · 34%
Total strikes
79 of 226 · 35%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:27
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 49%Body 36%Legs 14%
Position
Distance 96%Clinch 1%Ground 3%
This fight on UFCStats
LLouis GaudinotMay 2012SUB R20:13 ctrl96 str0 td
Significant strikes
96 of 212 · 45%
Total strikes
121 of 240 · 50%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:13
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R2 4:54
Guillotine Choke After Drop to Guard
Target
Head 68%Body 26%Legs 6%
Position
Distance 94%Clinch 3%Ground 3%
This fight on UFCStats

Numbers from UFCStats. Control time and strike placement are summed from each bout, everything else is as published.