UFC UFC Fight Night: Lineker vs. Dodson Final

John Dodson vs John Lineker

John Dodson
United States

John Dodson

“The Magician”

24-15

VS
John Lineker
Brazil

John Lineker

“Hands of Stone”

37-12

Winner

Winner

John Lineker

Decision - Split · Round 5 — 5:00

1 October 2016 · Moda Center, Portland, USA

Key takeaways

  • John Lineker beat John Dodson by split decision after five rounds.
  • John Lineker landed 94 of 323 total strikes.
  • John Dodson landed more total strikes — 101 to 94 — and still lost the fight.
  • The judges scored it 48-47, 47-48, 47-48.
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Tale of the tape

John DodsonJohn Lineker
24-15Record37-12
32Age on fight night26
5′3″ (160 cm)Height5′3″ (160 cm)
66″ (168 cm)Reach67″ (170 cm)
135 lb (61.2 kg)Weight135 lb (61.2 kg)
OrthodoxStanceOrthodox
Jackson-Wink MMATeamOCS Jiu-Jitsu
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United StatesFromParanagua, Parana, Brazil

Fight statistics

101of 191 · 53%Total strikes landed94of 323 · 29%
56of 140Head strikes48of 224
26of 30Body strikes35of 84
19of 21Leg strikes11of 15
0:23Control time0:00

Counts are total strikes thrown and landed — the source does not separate significant strikes.

Round by round

John DodsonRoundJohn Lineker
15/23strikes0/1TD0KD0:00controlR19/31strikes0/0TD0KD0:00control
15/31strikes0/0TD0KD0:00controlR216/67strikes0/0TD0KD0:00control
15/34strikes0/1TD0KD0:00controlR315/61strikes0/0TD0KD0:00control
22/44strikes0/3TD0KD0:00controlR427/83strikes0/0TD0KD0:00control
34/59strikes0/1TD0KD0:23controlR527/81strikes0/0TD0KD0:00control

Judges’ scorecards

Marcos Rosales

10R1910R299R3109R41010R59

48total47

Glenn Trowbridge

10R199R2109R3109R41010R59

47total48

Sal D'amato

10R199R2109R3109R41010R59

47total48

Form going into the fight

John Dodson

  1. WManvel GamburyanKO/TKO R1 0:372016
  2. WTJ Dillashaw2011
  3. WTim Elliott2012
  4. WJussier FormigaKO/TKO R2 4:352012
  5. LDemetrious Johnsonunanimous decision2013

John Lineker

  1. WMichael McDonaldKO/TKO R1 2:432016
  2. WRob Fontunanimous decision2016
  3. LLouis Gaudinot2012
  4. WYasuhiro Urushitaniunanimous decision2012
  5. WAzamat Gashimov2013

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Will Brooks vs Alex OliveiraKO/TKO R3 3:30Joshua Burkman vs Zak Ottowsplit decisionLouis Smolka vs Brandon Morenosubmission R1 2:23Henrique da Silva vs Joachim Christensensubmission R2 4:43Hacran Dias vs Andre Filiunanimous decision

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