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Lineker and Rivera exchange 100 punches in 2 mins.

In an epic slug fest on the UFC 191 preliminary fights, John Lineker and Francisco River exchanged over one hundred punches in the first two minutes of the fight.

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Chris Palmquist
September 5, 2015 · 1 min read

In an epic slug fest on the UFC 191 preliminary fights, John Lineker and Francisco River exchanged over one hundred punches in the first two minutes of the fight:

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The highly anticipated bantamweight bout between Francisco Rivera and John Lineker lived up to the hype Saturday night at UFC 191 as both fighters bit down on their mouthpiece and slugged it out before Lineker walked away with a submission win. 

Lineker, who was making his bantamweight debut after struggling with the weight cut at 125, met Rivera in the middle of the Octagon and immediately started swinging haymakers. Rivera was game, and started throwing some heavy shots on his own. But it was Lineker who got the best of the exchanges. 

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