Lineker vs Gafurov

Who won Lineker vs Gafurov?

John Lineker beat Muin Gafurov by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of ONE Championship – Dawn of Valor, on Friday 25th October 2019 at Istora Senayan in Jakarta.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner John Lineker.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Lineker vs Gafurov stats

John Lineker stepped into the octagon with a record of 31 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 14 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Muin Gafurov made his way to the cage with a record of 15 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by knock out and 7 by submission.

Muin Gafurov marked his 6th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2015.

John Lineker's One Championship record stood at 6-1-0, while Muin Gafurov's came in at 3-3-0.

The stats suggested Gafurov had a slight advantage in power over Lineker, with a 53% knock out percentage over Lineker's 45%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Gafurov had a massive advantage over Lineker, boasting a 47% submission rate over Lineker's 13%.

John Lineker was the older man by 6 years, at 34 years old.

Gafurov had a height advantage of 4 inches over Lineker. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Lineker was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 23 more fights, and made his debut in , 10 years and 8 months earlier than Gafurov, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 70 more professional rounds, 114 to Gafurov's 44.

Lineker vs Gafurov form

John Lineker had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Jae Woong Kim at ONE Fight Night 13 on 4th August 2023 by knockout in the 3rd round at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand.

Previous to that, he had lost to Fabricio de Andrade at ONE on Prime Video 7 on 10th February 2023 by knockout in the 4th round in their ONE Bantamweight championship fight at Jakarta Convention Center, Jakarta, Indonesia.

Going into that contest, his fight against Fabricio de Andrade at ONE on Prime Video 3 on 21st October 2022 ended in a no contest.

Before that, he had beaten 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.

He had defeated Troy Worthen at ONE on TNT 3 on 21st April 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

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Lineker's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 3 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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