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John Lineker will not return to flyweight, even for a title fight

After missing weight on four different occasions during his flyweight UFC run, John Lineker moved back up to the bantamweight division in 2015 and found relative success until he ran into T.J. Dillashaw, who stopped him with a dominant unanimous decision back in December.

Although he lost to the former champion, Lineker is more certain than ever that he made the right move to go up the extra 10 pounds, and he won't go back down anymore.

"No, I don't think about dropping to flyweight anymore," Lineker told AG Fight. "I feel really well at bantamweight.