The former flyweight is now looking to take out the kingpins of the 135-pound division.
John Lineker feels like he can hang pretty well in the bantamweight division. The former flyweight was forced up to 135 pounds after missing weight a few times, but told MMA Fighting that he was a bit surprised by his first BW fight against Francisco Rivera. The bout was all-out action, with both men bombing away with strikes in one of the better back-and-forths of 2015. After a couple of minutes, Lineker connected with a hard shot, then forced a stunned Rivera to tap to a guillotine.