John Lineker
16 UFC Fights | 75% Win Rate | 7 Finishes (58%)
John Lineker UFC Record & Pro MMA Record
John Lineker is 12-4 in the UFC across 16 fights, with 6 wins by knockout, 1 by submission and 5 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 37-11 (1 NC), 25-7 of it outside the UFC. Lineker competes at flyweight as an orthodox outfighter, standing 5'3" with a 67" reach at 36 years old. The last bout was a loss to Shinya Aoki by submission in Jan 2024.
Best attribute: striking volume (significant strikes landed per minute) — 97th percentile among 115 flyweight fighters (5.4 sig. strikes/min).
John Lineker's UFC win rate is 75% (12 of 16 fights), and 58% of those wins came by finish. Lineker averages 0.4 takedowns per fight at 58% accuracy and stops 68% of opponents' takedown attempts.
- Pro MMA Record
- 37-11 (1 NC)
- UFC Record
- 12-4
- Height
- 5'3"
- Reach
- 67"
- Age
- 36
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Last Fight
- L vs Shinya Aoki · Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) · Jan 2024
Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.
John Lineker's Last 5 Fights
Lineker is 3-2 in the last five UFC fights.
- Loss vs Cory Sandhagen · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs. Hermansson · Apr 2019
- Win vs Brian Kelleher · KO/TKO · R3 3:43 · UFC 224: Nunes vs. Pennington · May 2018
- Win vs Marlon Vera · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Machida · Oct 2017
- Loss vs TJ Dillashaw · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 207: Nunes vs. Rousey · Dec 2016
- Win vs John Dodson · Decision · R5 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Lineker vs. Dodson · Oct 2016
Striking
Fighter Profile
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Defensive
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Grappling
Takedowns & Control
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Round-by-Round Output
Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — John Lineker vs Average
John Lineker lands 21.4 strikes in R1 but 28.2 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.
John Lineker's UFC Fight History
16 UFC fights on record (12-4), most recent first.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Rd · Time | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Cory Sandhagen | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs. Hermansson | 2019-04-27 |
| W | Brian Kelleher | KO/TKO | R3 · 3:43 | UFC 224: Nunes vs. Pennington | 2018-05-12 |
| W | Marlon Vera | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Machida | 2017-10-28 |
| L | TJ Dillashaw | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 207: Nunes vs. Rousey | 2016-12-30 |
| W | John Dodson | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Lineker vs. Dodson | 2016-10-01 |
| W | Michael McDonald | KO/TKO | R1 · 2:43 | UFC Fight Night: McDonald vs. Lineker | 2016-07-13 |
| W | Rob Font | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 198: Werdum vs Miocic | 2016-05-14 |
| W | Francisco Rivera | Submission | R1 · 2:08 | UFC 191: Johnson vs Dodson 2 | 2015-09-05 |
| W | Ian McCall | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 183: Silva vs Diaz | 2015-01-31 |
| W | Alptekin Ozkilic | KO/TKO | R3 · 4:51 | UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs Miller | 2014-07-16 |
| L | Ali Bagautinov | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 169: Barao vs Faber 2 | 2014-02-01 |
| W | Phil Harris | KO/TKO | R1 · 2:51 | UFC Fight Night: Machida vs Munoz | 2013-10-26 |
| W | Jose Maria | KO/TKO | R2 · 1:03 | UFC 163: Aldo vs Jung | 2013-08-03 |
| W | Azamat Gashimov | KO/TKO | R2 · 1:07 | UFC on FX: Belfort vs. Rockhold | 2013-05-18 |
| W | Yasuhiro Urushitani | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Macao: Franklin vs Le | 2012-11-10 |
| L | Louis Gaudinot | Submission | R2 · 4:54 | UFC on FOX: Diaz vs Miller | 2012-05-05 |
How Lineker Ranks at Flyweight
Percentile among the 115 flyweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).
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