UFC UFC 207: Nunes vs. Rousey Final

TJ Dillashaw vs John Lineker

TJ Dillashaw
United States

TJ Dillashaw

18-5

Winner

VS
John Lineker
Brazil

John Lineker

“Hands of Stone”

37-12

Winner

TJ Dillashaw

Decision - Unanimous · Round 3 — 5:00

31 December 2016 · T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, USA

Key takeaways

  • TJ Dillashaw beat John Lineker by unanimous decision after three rounds.
  • TJ Dillashaw landed 177 of 249 total strikes and 5 of 6 takedowns, with 6:53 of control time.
  • The judges scored it 30-26, 30-26, 30-26.
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Tale of the tape

TJ DillashawJohn Lineker
18-5Record37-12
30Age on fight night26
5′6″ (168 cm)Height5′3″ (160 cm)
67″ (170 cm)Reach67″ (170 cm)
135 lb (61.2 kg)Weight135 lb (61.2 kg)
OrthodoxStanceOrthodox
—TeamOCS Jiu-Jitsu
Angels Camp, California, United StatesFromParanagua, Parana, Brazil

Fight statistics

177of 249 · 71%Total strikes landed51of 107 · 48%
142of 211Head strikes29of 68
26of 28Body strikes19of 36
9of 10Leg strikes3of 3
5of 6Takedowns1of 2
1Submission attempts0
6:53Control time0:18

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

Round by round

TJ DillashawRoundJohn Lineker
37/56strikes1/1TD0KD1:34controlR112/40strikes1/2TD0KD0:05control
98/131strikes2/2TD0KD3:47controlR219/31strikes0/0TD0KD0:00control
42/62strikes2/3TD0KD1:32controlR320/36strikes0/0TD0KD0:13control

Judges’ scorecards

Sal D'amato

10R1910R2810R39

30total26

Chris Lee

10R1910R2810R39

30total26

Dave Hagen

10R1910R2810R39

30total26

Form going into the fight

TJ Dillashaw

  1. WRaphael Assuncaounanimous decision2016
  2. LDominick Cruzsplit decision2016
  3. LJohn Dodson2011
  4. WWalel Watson2012
  5. WVaughan Leesubmission R1 2:332012

John Lineker

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

Also on this card

Amanda Nunes vs Ronda RouseyKO/TKO R1 0:48Dominick Cruz vs Cody Garbrandtunanimous decisionDong Hyun Kim vs Tarec Saffiedinesplit decisionLouis Smolka vs Ray Borgunanimous decisionJohny Hendricks vs Neil Magnyunanimous decision

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