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John Lineker
John Lineker
23-7 · BRA
VS
July 16, 2014 · Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
Flyweight · 3 rounds
John Lineker def. Alptekin Ozkilic by KO/TKO (Punch), R3 4:51
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Lineker24/611/200:15
Ozkilic19/451/200:53
R2
Lineker39/1071/200:00
Ozkilic32/880/000:01
R3 · 4:51
Lineker70/1590/010:01
Ozkilic37/970/200:00
Total
Lineker133/3272/410:16
Ozkilic88/2301/400:54

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 probabilityOzkilic
55.0%45.0%
KO / TKO
33%
Submission
19%
Decision
47%
Expected fight time: 10.2 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 Ozkilic. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Lineker55%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO23%41%
Submission10%19%
Decision22%40%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes65 (3785)act 133
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.1)act 2
Ozkilic45%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%24%
Submission9%20%
Decision25%56%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (2354)act 88
Takedowns1.0 (0.02.9)act 1
Combined totals~107 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R127%
R215%
R310%
Distance48%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.9%
Lineker
69.4%-234
Ozkilic
+23429.7%
Most takedownstie 29.4%
Lineker
12.0%+489
Ozkilic
-48958.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Lineker
Expected: 65.0
65
Over 65
42.0%
+136
Exactly 65
1.0%
push
Under 65
57.0%
-136
082163
Ozkilic
Expected: 41.6
41.5
Over 41.5
42.6%
+134
Under 41.5
57.4%
-134
052104
Takedowns — over/under
Lineker
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
24.9%
Exactly 0
75.1%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Ozkilic
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
39.1%
-125
Exactly 1
29.6%
push
Under 1
31.3%
+125
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 10.2 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
Lineker55.0%76.3%−21.3-345
Ozkilic45.0%23.7%+21.3+315

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
67.8Striking53.8
Lineker +14.0
51.5Grappling72.7
Ozkilic +21.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
LinekerOzkilic
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1563
Pound-for-pound
1520
1564
Divisional
1519
1522
Striking offense
1484
1508
Striking defense
1500
1489
Grappling offense
1554
1510
Grappling defense
1547
Physical
24 yrs
Age
28 yrs
5'3"
Height
5'5"
67"
Reach
65"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.26
Strikes landed / min
2.90
42%
Strike accuracy
28%
3.93
Strikes absorbed / min
4.17
56%
Strike defense
60%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.55
Takedowns / 15 min
6.00
100%
Takedown accuracy
71%
61%
Takedown defense
82%
0.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
50%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
80%
Last-5 win rate
50%
75%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
165
Days since last fight
182
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
John Lineker
  • LAli BagautinovU-DEC R3
    Close +1355mo before
  • WPhil HarrisKO/TKO R1
    missedClose -4209mo before
  • WJose MariaKO/TKO R2
    Close -40011mo before
  • WAzamat GashimovKO/TKO R2
    Close +1051y 2mo before
  • WYasuhiro UrushitaniU-DEC R3
    Close -2151y 8mo before
Alptekin Ozkilic
  • LLouis SmolkaU-DEC R3
    Close -2706mo before
  • WDarren UyenoyamaS-DEC R3
    Close -2307mo before
Lineker — win / loss by method
Record: 23-7-0

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
11 wins, 0 losses
W
48% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 3 losses
W
13% of wins
L
43% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 4 losses
W
35% of wins
L
57% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
4% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
4win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (75%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 1
1 (25%)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
Ozkilic — win / loss by method
Record: 9-2-0

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
22% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
11% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 2 losses
W
67% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (100%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
8win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (25%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (13%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (63%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Lineker
Ozkilic
6
UFC fights
2
54.9 min · 9.2 avg
Octagon time
30.0 min · 15.0 avg
17y 11m
Career length
15y 8m
UFC schedule strength

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

Lineker
Ozkilic
98W–24L · 80.3%
Overall
14W–4L · 77.8%
81W–20L · 80.2%
Wins
8W–4L · 66.7%
17W–4L · 81.0%
Losses
6W–0L · 100.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Lineker
Ozkilic
86W–34L · 71.7%
Overall
47W–25L · 65.3%
67W–27L · 71.3%
Wins
37W–22L · 62.7%
19W–7L · 73.1%
Losses
10W–3L · 76.9%
Distance striking
Lineker
Ozkilic
6.36
Landed / min
4.04
38.6%
Accuracy
24.0%
60.1%
Defense
68.2%
1.64
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
65.6%
Time at distance
51.9%
Grappling & control
Lineker
Ozkilic
0.55
Takedowns / 15 min
6.00
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
70.6%
60.9%
Takedown defense
81.8%
0.55
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
24.3%
Control share
77.5%
Strike target map
Lineker
  • Head57%(164)div 57%
  • Body36%(103)div 25%
  • Legs8%(22)div 18%
Ozkilic
  • Head67%(58)div 57%
  • Body23%(20)div 25%
  • Legs10%(9)div 18%

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.

Alptekin Ozkilic
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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