Dan Hooker Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	#8Benoit Saint Denis Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Mount	R2	4:45	UFC 325: Volkanovski vs. Lopes 2	Jan 31, 2026
L	#2Arman Tsarukyan Lightweight	Submission	Arm Triangle From Mount	R2	3:34	UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Hooker	Nov 22, 2025
W	#5Mateusz Gamrot Lightweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC 305: Du Plessis vs. Adesanya	Aug 17, 2024
W	#10Jalin Turner Lightweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez	Jul 8, 2023
W	Claudio Puelles Lightweight	KO/TKO	Kick to Body At Distance Front Kick	R2	4:06	UFC 281: Adesanya vs. Pereira	Nov 12, 2022
L	#7Arnold Allen Featherweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R1	2:33	UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Aspinall	Mar 19, 2022
L	#5Islam Makhachev Lightweight	Submission	Kimura From Side Control	R1	2:25	UFC 267: Blachowicz vs. Teixeira	Oct 30, 2021
W	Nasrat Haqparast Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 266: Volkanovski vs. Ortega	Sep 25, 2021
L	Michael Chandler Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	2:30	UFC 257: Poirier vs. McGregor	Jan 23, 2021
L	#3Dustin Poirier Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Hooker	Jun 27, 2020
W	#6Paul Felder Lightweight	Decision	Split	R5	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Felder vs. Hooker	Feb 22, 2020
W	#6Al Iaquinta Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 243: Whittaker vs. Adesanya	Oct 5, 2019
W	#15James Vick Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	2:33	UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Edwards	Jul 20, 2019
L	#5Edson Barboza Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Body At Distance	R3	2:19	UFC Fight Night: Lee vs. Iaquinta	Dec 15, 2018
W	Gilbert Burns Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R1	2:28	UFC 226: Miocic vs. Cormier	Jul 7, 2018
W	#14Jim Miller Lightweight	KO/TKO	Knee to Head In Clinch	R1	3:00	UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Lee	Apr 21, 2018
W	Marc Diakiese Lightweight	Submission	Guillotine Choke After Drop to Ground	R3	0:42	UFC 219: Cyborg vs. Holm	Dec 30, 2017
W	#15Ross Pearson Lightweight	KO/TKO	Knee to Head In Clinch	R2	3:02	UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Hunt	Jun 10, 2017
L	Jason Knight Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Brunson	Nov 26, 2016
W	Mark Eddiva Featherweight	Submission	Guillotine Choke From Mount	R1	1:24	UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Mir	Mar 19, 2016
L	Yair Rodriguez Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 192: Cormier vs. Gustafsson	Oct 3, 2015
W	Hatsu Hioki Featherweight	KO/TKO	Kick to Head At Distance	R2	4:13	UFC Fight Night: Miocic vs. Hunt	May 9, 2015
L	Maximo Blanco Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Nelson	Sep 20, 2014
W	Ian Entwistle Featherweight	KO/TKO	Elbows to Head On Ground	R1	3:34	UFC Fight Night: Te Huna vs. Marquardt	Jun 28, 2014

Outside the UFC

10-4across 14 bouts · 13 promotions · wins by 4 KO · 5 sub · 1 decLegend FC · AFC 6 · AFC 5 · Shuriken MMA · AFC 3 +8

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Nick Patterson18-6-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	0:34	AFC 6	Aug 24, 2013
W	Rusty McBride6-3	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	1:31	AFC 5	May 10, 2013
W	Sboh Ceeh Khuboni1-2	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	2:53	Shuriken MMA	Oct 13, 2012
W	Chengjie Wu14-5	KO/TKO	Doctor Stoppage	R1	3:44	Legend FC	Jun 16, 2012
W	Rusty McBride6-3	KO/TKO	Doctor Stoppage	R2	3:57	AFC 3	Apr 14, 2012
L	Haotian Wu27-13-2	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	4:52	Legend FC	Mar 30, 2012
W	Yuma Ishizuka9-13	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	AFC 2	Sep 3, 2011
W	Scott MacGregor4-7	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	4:42	SFC 8	Jul 30, 2011
L	Rob Lisita14-9	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	SCF 6	Jul 3, 2010
L	Sonny Brown6-5	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	2:00	Rize 4	Mar 27, 2010
W	Ken Yasuda7-6-1	KO/TKO	Eye Injury	R1	3:12	Rize 3	Dec 5, 2009
W	Adam Calver3-6	Submission	Armbar	R1	2:52	SCF 4	Nov 14, 2009
L	Adam Calver3-6	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	SCF 3	Jul 25, 2009
W	Mike Taylor0-3	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	0:48	SCF 2	Mar 7, 2009

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) and Dana White’s Contender Series — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Amateur

1-0across 1 amateur bout · 1 promotionICNZ

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Tristan Watson3-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	3:00	ICNZ	Mar 21, 2009

Amateur (pre-professional) bouts — shown for context only and excluded from the professional record and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

11 wins, 4 losses

W11

L4

Submission

7 wins, 4 losses

W7

L4

Decision

6 wins, 6 losses

W6

L6

Finishes

UFC KOs

7

Above avg · 11%Lightweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.38

Above avg · 0.21Lightweight

UFC submissions

2

Above avg · 6%Lightweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.38

Below avg · 0.44Lightweight

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

Dan Hooker

PowerChin

Knockout rate

29%

7 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

9

1.23 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

4

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

2

0.23 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Decision behavior

Judging

9 scorecards on file

Dan Hooker

Scorecard luck

Cards have leaned their way

Won 3 of 3 coin-flip decisions — the kind of close calls that have tended to fall their way. Judges have given them 4 of 6 rounds they disagreed on (67%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

3–0

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

4–2

Won – Lost

67% went their way

Unanimous6 decisions · 67%

2W4L

Split3 decisions · 33%

3W

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

5 rounds total

2

Won

3

Lost

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallC54th

48%1,171 / 2,405

Striking accuracy

49%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-0.12 differential

Landed4.82

Absorbed4.94

63%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-3%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head62%83rd729
Body18%69th214
Leg19%83rd228

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

84%Standing

Standing84%988
Clinch9%100
Ground7%83

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Dan Hooker

Landed per 15

Head

A

85th

45.0

85th

Body

A

71st

13.2

71st

Leg

A+

86th

14.1

86th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

F

12th

53.2

12th

Body

D

27th

12.9

27th

Leg

C

45th

8.0

45th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	45.0	729	1,784	41%
Body	13.2	214	323	66%
Leg	14.1	228	298	77%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	53.2	863	1,902	45%
Body	12.9	209	285	73%
Leg	8.0	129	173	75%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

Dan Hooker

33%

Takedown accuracy

77%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+0.4 min net

On top2.6

On bottom2.2

Offense

Takedowns

D

38th

0.7

38th

TD accuracy

C

47th

33%

47th

Sub attempts

B

61st

0.6

61st

Control

C

51st

2.6 min

51st

Defense

TD defense

A

77th

77%

77th

Controlled

2.2 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	11 / 33
Submission attempts	9
Control time	42:40

Defense

TDs defended	81 / 105
Control absorbed	36:08

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (243min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Dan Hooker

24 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 243 min

135%

R3 pace · 11 bouts

Hooker builds (+9% per round through round 5). Within fights that reached round 3, Hooker lifts to 135% of round-1 output by round 3 (11 bouts).

Hooker ▲ BUILDSOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Hookerlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Hookerattempts / min

Control time

Hooker% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	5.0	4.4	4.0	0.06	10%	24
R2	6.2	5.2	5.9	0.11	15%	16
R3	7.1	5.6	5.5	0.12	29%	11
R4	5.4	2.6	4.5	0.40	40%	2
R5	8.1	4.3	5.2	0.90	28%	2

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Dan Hooker

24 resolved UFC bouts · 13 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

63/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A+

91st

68%

91st

Win quality

B

69th

46%

69th

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

10

5

2

3

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time
Contender-level8+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.55 win rate
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	1	0-1	0%
Top-5	10	3-7	30%
Top-15	5	4-1	80%
Cross-div ranked	1	1-0	100%
Contender-level	1	1-0	100%
Established	2	2-0	100%
Building	1	0-1	0%
Unproven	3	3-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Benoit Saint Denis#8	Top-5	76	Jan 31, 2026
L	Arman Tsarukyan#2	Top-5	89	Nov 22, 2025
W	Mateusz Gamrot#5	Top-5	78	Aug 17, 2024
W	Jalin Turner#10	Top-15	69	Jul 8, 2023
W	Claudio Puelles	Established	30	Nov 12, 2022
L	Arnold Allen#7	Top-5	78	Mar 19, 2022
L	Islam Makhachev#5	Champion	92	Oct 30, 2021
W	Nasrat Haqparast	Contender-level	40	Sep 25, 2021
L	Michael Chandler	Top-5	56	Jan 23, 2021
L	Dustin Poirier#3	Top-5	91	Jun 27, 2020
W	Paul Felder#6	Top-15	75	Feb 22, 2020
W	Al Iaquinta#6	Top-5	79	Oct 5, 2019
W	James Vick#15	Top-15	65	Jul 20, 2019
L	Edson Barboza#5	Top-5	82	Dec 15, 2018
W	Gilbert Burns	Cross-div ranked	40	Jul 7, 2018
W	Jim Miller#14	Top-5	74	Apr 21, 2018
W	Marc Diakiese	Established	26	Dec 30, 2017
W	Ross Pearson#15	Top-15	61	Jun 10, 2017
L	Jason Knight	Top-15	42	Nov 26, 2016
W	Mark Eddiva	Unproven	8	Mar 19, 2016
L	Yair Rodriguez	Top-5	61	Oct 3, 2015
W	Hatsu Hioki	Unproven	12	May 9, 2015
L	Maximo Blanco	Building	18	Sep 20, 2014
W	Ian Entwistle	Unproven	8	Jun 28, 2014

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

24 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

2-3

5 bouts

Typical camp

100–180 days

3-4

7 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

8-3

11 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

1-0

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

6-3

9 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

7-7

14 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

1-0

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

—

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

—

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

—

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

—

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

—

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

5 months

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Dan Hooker

Active

5 monthssince last bout

vs Benoit Saint Denis · Jan 31, 2026

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 10-3As underdog 4-7

68.6

DK avg

92.6

Median

108.6

Ceiling

5.7

Floor

54%

Boom

21%

Bust

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