{"id":320157,"date":"2019-07-23T06:30:28","date_gmt":"2019-07-23T13:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=320157"},"modified":"2019-07-23T06:30:28","modified_gmt":"2019-07-23T13:30:28","slug":"report-john-lineker-to-meet-muin-gafurov-in-his-one-championship-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/one-championship\/report-john-lineker-to-meet-muin-gafurov-in-his-one-championship-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"Report | John Lineker to meet Muin Gafurov in his ONE Championship debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC bantamweight contender John Lineker is reportedly closing in on an opponent for his ONE Championship debut. And just like his fellow UFC veterans Demetrious Johnson, Eddie Alvarez and Sage Northcutt, it looks like he could be in for a tough welcome to the Singapore-based promotion.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/BigMarcel24\/status\/1153310832882782208<\/p>\n<p>According to Tass.Ru reporter Igor Lazarin, John Lineker could potentially make his debut against Tajikistan&#8217;s Muin Gafurov\u00a0 at ONE: Dawn of Valor in Kuala Lumpur on October 25 (h\/t Marcel Dorff, <a href=\"https:\/\/apmma.net\/john-lineker-set-to-make-his-one-debut-in-jakarta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">APMMA.net<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Gafurov \u2014 nicknamed &#8220;Tajik&#8221; due to his heritage\u2014 is just 23 years old, but already boasts a fantastic 15-2 record as a mixed martial artist. He has finished all 15 of his career victories with eight knockouts and seven submissions. The 23-year-old is currently on a five-fight win-streak. His latest victory occurred when he returned to the ONE Championship cage after a brief hiatus, folding UFC veteran Leandro Issa with a thunderous first-round punch. His lone losses have come against former ONE bantamweight champion Kevin Belingon, and established ONE flyweight contender Reece &#8220;Lightning&#8221; McLaren \u2014 both by decision. Needless to say, he represents a difficult an extremely dangerous welcome committee for John Lineker.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ONEChampionship\/videos\/303402040477191\/<\/p>\n<p>Lineker, of course, is well accustomed to fighting the world-class fighters. Over the course of his UFC career, he picked up victories over top-flight foes like Ian McCall, Francisco Rivera, Rob Font, Michael McDonald, John Dodson, Marlon Vera, and Brian Kelleher. He lost his last fight to Corey Sandhagen via split decision, and exited the UFC shortly thereafter. That being said, he promptly found a new home with ONE Championship. He&#8217;ll make his debut with the promotion with a solid 31-9 pro record, carved out against some of the world&#8217;s best fighters.<\/p>\n<p>Who do you think will come out on top if John Lineker and Muin Gafurov collide in Kuala Lumpur as reported?<\/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\/23\/2019. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC bantamweight contender John Lineker is reportedly closing in on an opponent for his ONE Championship debut. And just like his fellow UFC veterans Demetrious Johnson, Eddie Alvarez and Sage Northcutt, it looks like he could be in for a tough welcome to the Singapore-based promotion. https:\/\/twitter.com\/BigMarcel24\/status\/1153310832882782208 According to Tass.Ru reporter Igor Lazarin, John [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54430,"featured_media":306822,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10194,19776],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Report | John Lineker to meet Muin Gafurov in his ONE Championship debut | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"John Lineker is reportedly getting an absolutely ferocious opponent for his debut with Singapore-based martial arts promotion ONE Championship.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" 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