John Lineker
67″ reach · +6.37% reach advantage · 96th percentile
John Lineker has a reach of 67″ against a height of 63″ — a reach advantage of +6.37%, exceptional for lightweight MMA and the 96th percentile of the 161 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
+6.37%
67″ reach on a 63″ frame
Compared against 161 lightweight MMA fighters. Median 2.83%.
| Reach | 67″ (170.2 cm) | 4th pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 63″ (160 cm) | 1st pct |
| Stance | — | |
| Division | Lightweight MMA competed at 4: flyweight, bantamweight, featherweight, lightweight — compared here against the last | |
| Peak era | 2010s | |
| Country | Brazil |
Record
MMA record
36–11
47 bouts on record
Finish rate
61%
of wins ended inside the distance — lightweight MMA median 69%, 34th percentile
The career, bout by bout
49 recorded bouts from 2008 to 2024. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
17y
2008–2024
Longest unbeaten run
13
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
2009
9 bouts
Recorded bouts
49
47 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | L | Shinya Aoki | Submission | 1 |
| 2023 | W | Stephen Loman | Decision | 3 |
| 2023 | W | Kim Jae-woong | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2023 | L | Fabrício Andrade | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 2022 | N | Fabrício Andrade | — | 3 |
| 2022 | W | Bibiano Fernandes | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2021 | W | Troy Worthen | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2020 | W | Kevin Belingon | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2019 | W | Muin Gafurov | Decision | 3 |
| 2019 | L | Cory Sandhagen | Decision | 3 |
| 2018 | W | Brian Kelleher | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2017 | W | Marlon Vera | Decision | 3 |
| 2016 | L | T.J. Dillashaw | Decision | 3 |
| 2016 | W | John Dodson | Decision | 5 |
| 2016 | W | Michael McDonald | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2016 | W | Rob Font | Decision | 3 |
| 2015 | W | Francisco Rivera | Submission | 1 |
| 2015 | W | Ian McCall | Decision | 3 |
| 2014 | W | Alp Ozkilic | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2014 | L | Ali Bagautinov | Decision | 3 |
| 2013 | W | Phil Harris | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2013 | W | José Maria Tomé | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2013 | W | Azamat Gashimov | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2012 | W | Yasuhiro Urushitani | Decision | 3 |
| 2012 | L | Louis Gaudinot | Submission | 2 |
| 2011 | W | Iliarde Santos | Decision | 3 |
| 2011 | W | Francisco Figueiredo | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2011 | W | Luiz Salgadinho | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2011 | W | Renato Velame | Submission | 1 |
| 2011 | W | Saulo Martins | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2011 | W | Diego D'Avila | Decision | 3 |
| 2010 | W | Felipe Alves | Submission | 2 |
| 2010 | W | Alvino José Torres | Submission | 2 |
| 2010 | W | Jetron Azevedo | Decision | 3 |
| 2010 | W | Israel Silva | Decision | 3 |
| 2010 | W | Larry Vargas | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2009 | L | Rafael Silva | Decision | 3 |
| 2009 | W | Wagner Campos | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2009 | L | Andre Luis | Decision | 3 |
| 2009 | L | Erick Carlos Silva | Decision | 3 |
| 2009 | L | Felipe Arantes | Submission | 1 |
| 2009 | W | Márcio Sapo | Decision | 3 |
| 2009 | W | Alexandre Chatuba | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2009 | L | Nelson Velasques | Submission | 1 |
| 2009 | W | Claudinei Rodriguez | Decision | 3 |
| 2008 | W | Heriton Alves | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2008 | W | Mauricio Alves | KO/TKO | 2 |
| — | W | Alessandro Cordeiro | KO/TKO | — |
| — | W | Cica Cica | Decision | — |
17 of these opponents have their own page here.
Records in more than one sport
Every incumbent database is siloed by sport. John Lineker competed in 2, so the records sit together here.
| Discipline | Won | Lost | By KO |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMA | 36 | 11 | 18 |
| Kickboxing | 2 | 4 | 2 |
Closest in build
lightweight MMA fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- Nam Phan+6.09% 70″ reach · 94th pct
- Gleison Tibau+6.09% 70″ reach · 94th pct
- Mike Brown+6.09% 70″ reach · 94th pct
- Ottman Azaitar+5.93% 71″ reach · 93rd pct
- Gregor Gillespie+5.93% 71″ reach · 93rd pct
- Chris Brennan+5.91% 72″ reach · 92nd pct
- Joanderson Brito+5.91% 72″ reach · 92nd pct
- Ivan Jorge+5.74% 74″ reach · 91st pct
How this is worked out
- Measurements and records are read from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the fight list is parsed from the article's own results table.
- Reach advantage is (reach − height) ÷ height as a percentage, so fighters of different sizes compare directly.
- Percentiles rank this fighter among the 161 lightweight MMA fighters in the dataset — chosen because it is the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.
Reach advantage = (reach − height) ÷ height × 100
Source: John Lineker on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-31. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.