Aoki vs Lineker

Who won Aoki vs Lineker?

Shinya Aoki beat John Lineker by submission in the 1st round during the main card of ONE 165, on Sunday 28th January 2024 at Ariake Arena in Tokyo.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Aoki vs Lineker division, which meant the weight limit was pounds (0 stone or 0 KG).

Aoki vs Lineker stats

Shinya Aoki stepped into the octagon with a record of 47 wins, 11 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 30 by submission.

John Lineker made his way to the cage with a record of 37 wins, 10 losses and 0 draws, 18 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

Shinya Aoki's One Championship record stood at 12-5-0, while John Lineker's came in at 6-1-0.

The stats suggested Lineker had a massive power advantage over Aoki, boasting a 49% knock out percentage over Aoki's 9%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Aoki had a massive advantage over Lineker, boasting a 64% submission rate over Lineker's 11%.

Shinya Aoki was the older man by 7 years, at 41 years old.

Aoki had a height advantage of 8 inches over Lineker. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Aoki was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 11 more fights, and made his debut in 2003, 21 years and 4 months later than Lineker, whose first professional fight was in . He had fought 18 less professional rounds, 96 to Lineker's 114.

Aoki vs Lineker form

Shinya Aoki had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Mikey Musumeci at ONE Fight Night 15 on 6th October 2023 by submission in the 1st round at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Saygid Izagakhmaev at ONE Championship 163 on 19th November 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Yoshihiro Akiyama at ONE Championship – One X on 26th March 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Before that, he had won against Eduard Folayang at ONE on TNT 4 on 28th April 2021 by submission in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

He had beaten James Nakashima at ONE Championship – Unbreakable on 22nd January 2021 by submission in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

Lineker had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Stephen Loman at ONE Fight Night 14 on 29th September 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Previous to that, he was victorious against Jae Woong Kim at ONE Fight Night 13 on 4th August 2023 by knockout in the 3rd round at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Fabricio de Andrade at ONE on Prime Video 7 on 10th February 2023 by knockout in the 4th round in their ONE Bantamweight championship fight at Jakarta Convention Center, Jakarta, Indonesia.

Before that, his fight against Fabricio de Andrade at ONE on Prime Video 3 on 21st October 2022 ended in a no contest.

He had won against Bibiano Fernandes at ONE Championship on 11th March 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round in their ONE Bantamweight championship fight at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, John Lineker had been fighting more than Shinya Aoki.

Going to this contest, Shinya Aoki had last fought 1 year, 5 months and 29 days ago, while John Lineker's last outing had been 1 year, 6 months and 6 days ago.

Aoki's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 2 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.2 rounds on average.

Lineker's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Aoki vs Lineker?

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