John Lineker vs. Rob Font

UFC 12-4-0 vs. 12-9-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
12-4-0
UFC record
12-9-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
36
AgeΔ 3 yrs
39
5'3"
HeightΔ 5"
5'8"
67"
ReachΔ 4"
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
87.4
Layoff (months)Δ 82.4 mo
5
LWWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
John Lineker carries real power — 0.96 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.30 Bantamweight norm.
John Lineker is a submission threat — 0.64 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
Rob Font outworks the Bantamweight division — 5.11 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.52 norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

John Lineker

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 186
Tier 3 — regional circuit 175

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.18 · 18 tier-1/2 wins · 21 finish wins over 47 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.5 wins over .500

Rob Font

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 129
Tier 3 — regional circuit 101

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.13 · 12 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 32 documented bouts

In the UFC: 9-9 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.4 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

10105.36/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
14215.11/min · norm 3.52
8054.27/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
9813.53/min · norm 3.58
40.2%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
45.4%norm 43.4%
56.1%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
57.7%norm 56.6%
120.96/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
70.38/15 · norm 0.30

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

John Lineker

Distance 87.5% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 6.3% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 6.2% (norm 6.5%)

Rob Font

Distance 93.5% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 3.9% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 2.6% (norm 6.5%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

John Lineker

Head 69.5% (norm 77.4%) · Body 25.1% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.4% (norm 8.4%)

Rob Font

Head 85.9% (norm 77.4%) · Body 10.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 3.6% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Lineker L/AAccBantamweight med Font L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 833 / 2199 37.9% 39.0% 1266 / 2929 43.2% 39.0%
In the clinch 78 / 159 49.1% 68.7% 93 / 121 76.9% 68.7%
On the ground 99 / 156 63.5% 70.2% 62 / 83 74.7% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 562 / 1747 32.2% 34.9% 1077 / 2690 40.0% 34.9%
To the body 360 / 632 57.0% 66.8% 248 / 330 75.2% 66.8%
To the legs 88 / 135 65.2% 79.4% 96 / 113 85.0% 79.4%

Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Bantamweight: 117 fighters · Bantamweight: 117 fighters).

What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man

Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.

Zone vs Lineker L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Font L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 666 / 1612 41.3% 39.3% 818 / 2079 39.3% 39.3%
In the clinch 48 / 92 52.2% 70.4% 51 / 80 63.8% 70.4%
On the ground 91 / 131 69.5% 72.4% 112 / 159 70.4% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 525 / 1434 36.6% 34.9% 628 / 1834 34.2% 34.9%
To the body 151 / 244 61.9% 66.0% 149 / 223 66.8% 66.0%
To the legs 129 / 157 82.2% 79.1% 204 / 261 78.2% 79.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
758.3% acc · 0.56/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
1329.5% acc · 0.70/15 · norm 1.12
4067.8% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
3337.1% def · norm 66.7%
11:015.8% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
21:147.6% of cage time · norm 17.4%
24:521:58 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
73:333:58 per 15 · norm 2:24
80.64/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
60.32/15 · norm 0.28

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Font has more cage time on record.