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Staying at the top could prove difficult for
John
Lineker if
Fabricio
Andrade gets his way.
“Hands of Stone” will defend the
One
Championship bantamweight crown against Andrade in the
ONE on Prime Video 3 headliner on Friday at Axiata Arena in
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Lineker has rattled off four consecutive
victories, three of them finishes. He last appeared at ONE “Lights
Out,” where he knocked out
Bibiano
Fernandes in the second round of their March 11 pairing and
ended his countryman’s reign at 145 pounds. Andrade, meanwhile,
enters the cage on the strength of a seven-fight winning streak. He
last competed on June 3, when he cut down
Kwon Won Il
with a body kick a mere 62 seconds into their ONE 158
confrontation.
As Lineker and Andrade pore over the remaining details associated
with their forthcoming clash, a look at some of the numbers that
have accompanied them to this point:
32: Years of age for Lineker, who was born on June 12, 1990 in
Paranagua, Brazil.
17: Lineker wins by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for
49% of his career total (35). His list of victims includes
Brian
Kelleher,
Michael
McDonald,
Alptekin
Ozkilic and
Francisco
Figueiredo. Lineker owns four other wins by submission (11%),
13 more by decision (37%) and another by disqualification (3%).
78: Seconds needed for Lineker to punch out
Luiz Carlos
Alves Neves under the Jungle Fight flag on May 21, 2011. More than
a decade later, it remains his fastest finish to date.
77: Rounds completed by Lineker as a professional mixed martial
artist. He has gone the distance on 19 different occasions and
carries a 13-6 record in those bouts.
151: Combined victories between the nine opponents—
Cory
Sandhagen,
T.J.
Dillashaw,
Ali
Bagautinov,
Louis
Gaudinot,
Rafael
Silva ,
Andre
Luis de Souza,
Erick da
Silva,
Felipe
Arantes and
Nelson
Velasques—who have defeated Lineker. They boast a .677
cumulative winning percentage at 151-71-1.
25: Years of age for Andrade, who was born on Oct. 10, 1997 in
Fortaleza, Brazil.
4: Andrade victories by knockout or technical knockout, accounting
for 50% of his career total (eight). His list of ONE victims: Il,
Jeremy
Pacatiw and
Li Kai Wen.
Andrade holds two other victories by submission (25%) and two more
by decision (25%).
1,844: Days since Andrade suffered his most recent setback.
Xiaolong
Wu was the perpetrator at Kunlun Fight 15 on Oct. 3, 2017.
5: Organizations in which Andrade has plied his MMA trade. He has
gone 5-0 in One Championship, 1-1 in Kunlun Fight, 1-0 in Wu Lin
Feng, 1-0 in Mix Fight Brazil and 0-1 in World Fighting
Championship Akhmat.
.439: Cumulative winning percentage between the two men—Wu and
Zelimkhan
Betergaraev—who have beaten Andrade. They sport a combined
record of 18-22-1.