UFC Portland: By the Numbers

If only John Lineker could make weight. The heavy-handed Brazilian garnered arguably the most significant victory of his career on Saturday night, as he captured a split-decision triumph over two-time flyweight title challenger John Dodson in the UFC Fight Night Portland headliner.While Dodson frustrated his Brazilian opponent with his speed and movement, “Hands of Stone” was able track down the Jackson-Wink MMA representative consistently enough to land some of his patented powerful hooks. The victory was marred, of course, by Lineker’s performance one day prior on the scales, as he missed weight for the fifth time in his UFC career. Here are the rest of the facts and figures from UFC Fight Night 96 “Lineker vs. Dodson,” with statistics courtesy of FightMetric.com. 15: Unofficial media scorecards, of the 22 tracked by MMADecisions.com, that awarded the fight to Lineker, who won via split decision. Seven others, meanwhile, scored it for Dodson. 6: Consecutive triumphs for Lineker, who has also bested Michael McDonald, Rob Font, Francisco River, Ian McCall and Alptekin Ozkilic during his current winning streak. 101: Significant strikes landed by Dodson. Lineker, meanwhile, landed 93. Dodson outlanded his foe 15 to 9 in round one, 15 to 14 in round three and 34 to 27 in round five. Lineker, meanwhile, outlanded Dodson 16 to 15 in round two and 27 to 22 in round four. .570: Significant striking accuracy for Dodson, who landed 101 of 191 attempts. Lineker, meanwhile, landed 93 of 322 significant strike attempts, a 28 percent clip. 55: Significant head strikes for Dodson. Lineker, meanwhile, landed 47. 35: Significant body strikes for Linker. Dodson landed 26. 0: Takedowns …

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