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UFC Fight Night: Lineker vs. Dodson
John Lineker
John Lineker
28-7 · BRA
VS
John Dodson
John Dodson
18-7 · USA
October 1, 2016 · Portland, Oregon, USA
Bantamweight · 5 rounds · Main event
John Lineker def. John Dodson by S-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Lineker9/310/000:00
Dodson15/230/100:00
R2
Lineker16/670/000:00
Dodson15/310/000:00
R3
Lineker14/600/000:00
Dodson15/340/100:00
R4
Lineker27/830/000:00
Dodson22/440/300:00
R5
Lineker27/810/000:00
Dodson34/590/100:23
Total
Lineker93/3220/000:00
Dodson101/1910/600:23

Scorecards

Lineker vs Dodson

RdGlenn TrowbridgeMarcos RosalesSal D'AmatoCommunity
R19-109-109-109.1-9.9
R210-99-1010-99.6-9.4
R310-910-910-99.9-9.1
R410-910-910-99.9-9.2
R59-109-109-109.1-9.9
Total48-4747-4848-4747.6-47.5

Media (23 cards) · avg 4847 · 23 Lineker · 0 Dodson

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Lineker-Dodson.

Pre-fight

The model's read going in

The walk-forward model's call at the time of the bout — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.

Prediction
LinekerWin probabilityDodson
44.5%55.5%
KO / TKO
37%
Submission
4%
Decision
59%
Expected fight time: 19.7 min
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Lineker, blue toward Dodson. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Lineker44%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%36%
Submission2%5%
Decision26%59%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes118 (68154)act 93
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.7)act 0
Dodson56%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%37%
Submission2%3%
Decision33%60%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes86 (49112)act 101
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.1)act 0
Combined totals~204 sig strikes~0.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R17%
R212%
R311%
R46%
R55%
Distance59%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.5%
Lineker
64.1%-182
Dodson
+18235.3%
Most takedownstie 55.9%
Lineker
25.5%-137
Dodson
+13718.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Lineker
Expected: 118.0
118
Over 118
42.2%
+135
Exactly 118
0.6%
push
Under 118
57.2%
-135
0148296
Dodson
Expected: 86.4
86.5
Over 86.5
42.4%
+136
Under 86.5
57.6%
-136
0108216
Takedowns — over/under
Lineker
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
30.0%
+234
Under 0.5
70.0%
-234
035
Dodson
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
23.7%
+322
Under 0.5
76.3%
-322
035

Odds are model-implied (no real prop market is priced for these). The “most” prices are draw-no-bet — a tie (for takedowns, usually 0–0) is a push, so each side is priced off its chance of winning given a result, while the % shown is the raw chance of landing strictly more. Drag a line in half-point steps: a half line (e.g. 2.5) is a clean over/under, while a whole number adds a third outcome — landing exactly on it, a push — so over, exact and under sum to 100%. On a whole number the over/under odds are draw-no-bet (priced off the decisive mass, since the push refunds), so the two sides stay mirror images rather than implying an arbitrage.

Expected fight time 19.7 min. Predicted-output ranges are percentiles of the model’s simulated fights: sig strikes the middle 50% (25th–75th); takedowns the wider 10th–90th, since they’re 0 in most fights so a narrow band would collapse to 0. Win-by-method = win probability × that fighter’s own method split: the model forecasts how the fight ends, and that forecast is divided between the corners by each fighter’s finishing record — UFC wins in full, earlier-career wins at half weight, as of fight night — reconciled so the fighters’ totals still equal their win probabilities and the methods still total the fight-level forecast above. “Equity” is each of those over that fighter’s win % — how they win given that they win — so a column adds to 100%, and it differs by corner. A fighter with no classifiable wins at any level leans on the fight-level split. “How it ends” is the model’s round-of-finish split. “Mkt” is the de-vigged market prop (consensus across books), shown for context, not as a betting signal; rounds & totals slots fill as that data lands. Percentages are apportioned by largest remainder, so each set adds to its total exactly and an individual figure can sit a point off its own rounding.

Model vs market
Final
ModelMarketGapLine
To win
Lineker44.5%46.8%−2.3+105
Dodson55.5%53.2%+2.3-125

Market % is the de-vigged (no-vig) consensus across the books that price both fighters; the line is the average across books with the min–max range in parentheses. Gap is the model minus the market in points (+ = the model rates that outcome above the market). Thin or one-sided markets are flagged or left blank rather than shown as a fabricated %. Shown for context, not as a bet — the closing line is the sharpest public price and the model trails it on average. For 5-round bouts the model splits its round-3+ finish mass into rounds 3–5 by the historical within-bucket rate, so the over-3.5 / 4.5 lines carry a model estimate.

Trait web
70.0Striking61.5
Lineker +8.5
58.9Grappling46.1
Lineker +12.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
LinekerDodson
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1633
Pound-for-pound
1588
1585
Divisional
1539
1535
Striking offense
1525
1511
Striking defense
1528
1494
Grappling offense
1494
1530
Grappling defense
1540
Physical
26 yrs
Age
32 yrs
5'3"
Height
5'3"
67"
Reach
66"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.68
Strikes landed / min
3.17
41%
Strike accuracy
38%
3.96
Strikes absorbed / min
3.40
58%
Strike defense
59%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.72
Takedowns / 15 min
0.99
63%
Takedown accuracy
39%
70%
Takedown defense
84%
0.9
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
82%
UFC win rate
78%
+5
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
80%
67%
Finish rate
71%
Recent opp. quality
80
Days since last fight
168
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
John Lineker
  • WMichael McDonaldKO/TKO R1
    Close -1053mo before
  • WRob FontU-DEC R3
    Close -1455mo before
  • WFrancisco RiveraSUB R1
    Close -1501y 1mo before
  • WIan McCallU-DEC R3
    Close +2001y 8mo before
  • WAlptekin OzkilicKO/TKO R3
    Close -3452y 3mo before
John Dodson
  • WManvel GamburyanKO/TKO R1
    Close -4506mo before
  • LDemetrious JohnsonU-DEC R5
    Close +4301y 1mo before
  • WZach MakovskyU-DEC R3
    Close -8001y 4mo before
  • WJohn MoragaKO/TKO R2
    Close -5702y 4mo before
  • WDarrell MontagueKO/TKO R1
    Close -4002y 11mo before
Lineker — win / loss by method
Record: 28-7-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
13 wins, 0 losses
W
46% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 3 losses
W
14% of wins
L
43% of losses
Decision
10 wins, 4 losses
W
36% of wins
L
57% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
4% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
9win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (56%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (11%)Submission(50%) 1
3 (33%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
19win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (42%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (16%)Submission(40%) 2
7 (37%)Decision(60%) 3
1 (5%)DQ / other(0%) 0
Dodson — win / loss by method
Record: 18-7-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
9 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
11% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 7 losses
W
39% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
7win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (71%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (29%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
11win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (36%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (18%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (45%)Decision(100%) 5

Profiles

Experience
Lineker
Dodson
11
UFC fights
9
104.6 min · 9.5 avg
Octagon time
106.3 min · 11.8 avg
17y 11m
Career length
21y 11m
UFC schedule strength

Opponents' records on fight night — toggle their full cross-promotional record vs UFC bouts only.

Lineker
Dodson
160W–38L · 80.8%
Overall
111W–24L · 82.2%
143W–34L · 80.8%
Wins
87W–20L · 81.3%
17W–4L · 81.0%
Losses
24W–4L · 85.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Lineker
Dodson
86W–34L · 71.7%
Overall
48W–15L · 76.2%
67W–27L · 71.3%
Wins
26W–9L · 74.3%
19W–7L · 73.1%
Losses
22W–6L · 78.6%
Distance striking
Lineker
Dodson
6.32
Landed / min
3.31
38.3%
Accuracy
33.1%
60.8%
Defense
66.4%
1.43
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.13
70.3%
Time at distance
72.2%
Grappling & control
Lineker
Dodson
0.72
Takedowns / 15 min
0.99
62.5%
Takedown accuracy
38.9%
70.3%
Takedown defense
84.5%
0.86
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
32.3%
Control share
42.2%
Strike target map
Lineker
  • Head58%(342)div 63%
  • Body34%(203)div 21%
  • Legs8%(49)div 16%
Dodson
  • Head54%(183)div 63%
  • Body30%(102)div 21%
  • Legs15%(52)div 16%

Where each fighter lands significant strikes (career). “div” = the weight-class average.

John Lineker
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.

John Dodson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.