{"id":318796,"date":"2019-07-08T16:21:33","date_gmt":"2019-07-08T23:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=318796"},"modified":"2019-07-08T16:21:33","modified_gmt":"2019-07-08T23:21:33","slug":"john-lineker-signs-with-one-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/john-lineker-signs-with-one-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"John Lineker signs with ONE Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>John Lineker has found a new home.<\/p>\n<p>After being released from the UFC roster earlier this month, the fan favorite has signed with ONE Championship.<\/p>\n<p>The Brazilian knockout artist announced this news on Twitter. His move to the Singapore-based promotion was confirmed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2019\/7\/8\/20686868\/ufc-john-lineker-signs-one-championship-mma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Fighting<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201c I will answer all the questions out there about myself in the Ring! People will be changing the channel to watch me fight! I will continue to do what I love! Fight and put on a show! Thank you 1 for having me! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Alexdavismma?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Alexdavismma<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ONEChampionship?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ONEChampionship<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; John Lineker (@johnlineker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/johnlineker\/status\/1148356469861036032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 8, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI will answer all the questions out there about myself in the Ring! People will be changing the channel to watch me fight! I will continue to do what I love! Fight and put on a show! Thank you 1 for having me! @Alexdavismma\u00a0 @ONEChampionship.&#8221;<\/em> &#8211; John Lineker on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>John Lineker will enter the ONE Championship cage on a one-fight skid, having lost a split decision to Cory Sandhagen in his final UFC bout. Prior to that setback, he rattled off two straight wins: a knockout of Brian Kelleher and a decision defeat of Marlon Vera.<\/p>\n<p>At this stage, it&#8217;s not clear which ONE Championship division Lineker will compete in, but it will most likely be the 135-pound flyweight division, which features fighters like Demetrious &#8220;Mighty Mouse&#8221; Johnson, Kairat Akhmetov, Danny Kingad, Reece McLaren, Geje Eustaquio and reigning champion Adriano Moraes. It&#8217;s also possible he competes in ONE Champion&#8217;s bantamweight division, which is populated by stars like Kevin Belingon, and the reigning champion Bibiano Fernandes.<\/p>\n<p>At present, ONE Championship has not officially announced the UFC veteran&#8217;s signing.<\/p>\n<p>Who do you want to see John Lineker fight in his ONE Championship debut?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 7\/8\/2019. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Lineker has found a new home. After being released from the UFC roster earlier this month, the fan favorite has signed with ONE Championship. The Brazilian knockout artist announced this news on Twitter. 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