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John Lineker Believes He Deserves Shot at Dominick Cruz After Latest Victory
- Updated: October 2, 2016
After earning the biggest victory of his UFC career to date, John Lineker had a very simple request: he wants to face the best of bantamweight division.“I’m a fighter. I’ll fight anybody they put in front of me, but I think I deserve Dominick Cruz,” he said. “It’s time for me. It’s my turn now.” While Lineker’s split-decision victory over John Dodson in the UFC Fight Night 96 headliner at the Moda Center in Portland, Ore., on Saturday night was impressive, it also came with an asterisk attached. For the fifth time in his promotional tenure, the Brazilian missed weight. Even more damning was the fact that his most recent transgression came after the heavy-handed fighter moved from flyweight to bantamweight to escape such difficulties. While the recurring scale issues might slow his ascent, it’s hard to deny that Lineker …
