Fernandes vs Lineker

Who won Fernandes vs Lineker?

John Lineker beat Bibiano Fernandes by knockout in the 2nd round during the co-main event of ONE Championship, on Friday 11th March 2022 at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

This contest was for the One Championship Bantamweight championship.

Fernandes vs Lineker stats

Bibiano Fernandes stepped into the octagon with a record of 24 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 9 by submission.

John Lineker made his way to the cage with a record of 33 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 15 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

Bibiano Fernandes' One Championship record stood at 12-3-0, while John Lineker's came in at 6-1-0.

The stats suggested Lineker had a massive power advantage over Fernandes, boasting a 45% knock out percentage over Fernandes' 8%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Fernandes had a large advantage over Lineker, boasting a 38% submission rate over Lineker's 12%.

Bibiano Fernandes was the older man by 11 years, at 44 years old.

Fernandes had a height advantage of 4 inches over Lineker.

Fernandes was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 14 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2004, 19 years and 6 months later than Lineker, whose first professional fight was in . He had fought 39 less professional rounds, 75 to Lineker's 114.

Fernandes vs Lineker form

Lineker had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he Fabricio de Andrade at ONE on Prime Video 3 on 21st October 2022 by in the 3rd round in their ONE Bantamweight championship fight at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Previous to that, he had won against Bibiano Fernandes at ONE Championship on 11th March 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round in their ONE Bantamweight championship fight at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Troy Worthen at ONE on TNT 3 on 21st April 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

Before that, he had defeated Kevin Belingon at ONE Championship – Inside the Matrix 3 on 13th November 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

He was victorious against Muin Gafurov at ONE Championship – Dawn of Valor on 25th October 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia.

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Fernandes' last 4 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 1 month and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.8 rounds on average.

Lineker's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 6 months and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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