John Lineker is a mf'in problem

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This kid has gained a good amount of muscle compared to his first fight in '12, (Not implying PED's). Obviously going from age 21 to 26 males gain a good amount of natural mass. The kid now looks like a full fledged Bantamweight and no longer has that size disadvantage that held him back.

With his Iron chin, and metal hands....I don't see anyone who can beat this kid besides Cruz and Dillashaw. And both those guys are 30+ years old so they don't have to many years left in the division.

When it comes to the young guns like Sterling, Almeida, and Garbrandt....I don't think any of them can go 3 rounds without getting clipped by a Lineker bomb.

Lineker is a fucking problem and I think he's going to be the champ at some point. Kid hits so hard, I'm positive his power would carry as high as Lightweight
 
The fight with Mayday is one of my most anticipated coming up. If Macdonald can return to form, this should be a hell of a standup fight.
 
120wrestling said:
Kid hits so hard, I'm positive his power would carry as high as Lightweight
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but i agree he's a huge problem at BW.
 
Putting on muscle doesn't completely cure you of the size disadvantage. He's still got the frame of a FLW. A small FLW.
 
Little Hands of Stone is a mini-me wrecking machine. Dude has 10 lb sledges for fists

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His chin is the most shocking thing to me. He just never looks like any punch could possibly bother him.
 
Gun'n'Run said:
Putting on muscle doesn't completely cure you of the size disadvantage. He's still got the frame of a FLW. A small FLW.
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I agree, but you can't possibly call Lineker a small flw. Guy was a fukin tank and could barely make weight.
 
120wrestling said:
This kid has gained a good amount of muscle compared to his first fight in '12, (Not implying PED's). Obviously going from age 21 to 26 males gain a good amount of natural mass. The kid now looks like a full fledged Bantamweight and no longer has that size disadvantage that held him back.

With his Iron chin, and metal hands....I don't see anyone who can beat this kid besides Cruz and Dillashaw. And both those guys are 30+ years old so they don't have to many years left in the division.

When it comes to the young guns like Sterling, Almeida, and Garbrandt....I don't think any of them can go 3 rounds without getting clipped by a Lineker bomb.

Lineker is a fucking problem and I think he's going to be the champ at some point. Kid hits so hard, I'm positive his power would carry as high as Lightweight
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I think he'd crush garbrandt.
Almeida proved himself in the
Pickett fight. He should be
prime for a title shot already,
if it weren't for the traffic jam
in the top 4. Sterling would have
no qualms with repeated take
downs & grinding him to a sub.
Don't forget lineker was tapped
by gaudinot. I like hands of
stone... real wolverine, that dude.

But he is limited with his frame
& approach in the bracket.
The skill set between fly's top 10
& BW's top 10 is dramatic.
Especially now.
 
Gun'n'Run said:
Putting on muscle doesn't completely cure you of the size disadvantage. He's still got the frame of a FLW. A small FLW.
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He's of small stature but the dude is filling out his frame pretty decently... His legs and shoulders are noticeably bigger, dudes built like a young Tyson Griffin/Sherk combo.


I like Almeida and Garbrandt better as prospects at this point, BUT Lineker has very good grappling and phenomenal top control and if he can start incorporating some of that a little more to start setting up his strikes he COULD be a major dark horse in the division.


We'll see how his camp grooms him. At this point it's up to how much work he puts in... If he's not solely focusing on weight cuts this can add significantly to his game.


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120wrestling said:
This kid has gained a good amount of muscle compared to his first fight in '12, (Not implying PED's). Obviously going from age 21 to 26 males gain a good amount of natural mass. The kid now looks like a full fledged Bantamweight and no longer has that size disadvantage that held him back.

With his Iron chin, and metal hands....I don't see anyone who can beat this kid besides Cruz and Dillashaw. And both those guys are 30+ years old so they don't have to many years left in the division.

When it comes to the young guns like Sterling, Almeida, and Garbrandt....I don't think any of them can go 3 rounds without getting clipped by a Lineker bomb.

Lineker is a fucking problem and I think he's going to be the champ at some point. Kid hits so hard, I'm positive his power would carry as high as Lightweight
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He looks tiny at 135 and lol at his power at lw.Soon as he faces a top 135er he is going down.Dodson will wreck him,as will any top 5
 
120wrestling said:
Lineker is like 5'4 and Dom is like 5'7...it's a distinct height difference, but not big enough to exempt Cruz from possibly getting clipped.
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Lineker is 5'2 or 5'3. He was listed as 5'2 in his debut and various media outlets, than after his debut they bumped him up to 5'3 IIRC. He's a short dude either way. No way he's 5'4 tho.

Put him beside Faber who's a legit 5'4 or 5'5 and Urijah will have a couple inches on him.
 
ZuffaExecutive said:
He looks tiny at 135 and lol at his power at lw.Soon as he faces a top 135er he is going down.Dodson will wreck him,as will any top 5
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He snaps on his punches just as good as anyone, if someone had his power at LW it would look average. Him and Dodson is a good fight, would be crazy to see if John Dodsons nasty hand speed could take out Linekers retarded power
 
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