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Dan Hooker
“The Hangman”
New ZealandLightweightActiveage 36
24-14
63% win rate
L2 streak
Peak Vertex
2020-02-22 → 2020-02-2252held 5 bouts-44 vs current
Bouts at peak
- Wvs · S-Dec · 2020-02-22
EndedLvs · U-Dec · 2020-06-27 · score → 37
Career timeline
Each dot is a fight — green wins, red losses, larger dots are title fights. Hover for details, click to open the bout.
- Win
- Loss
- Draw / No contest
- Title
14 wins10 losseslast 5: L L W W Wdrag to scroll · 1993–2026
Key stats
Six attributes derived from striking, grappling, and finishing rates.
Striking heatmap
Significant strikes by target zone, aggregated across all UFC rounds.
Round-by-round averages
Average values per round across the selected fights — toggle metrics below.
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Metrics
| Metric | R1(24) | R2(16) | R3(11) | R4(2) | R5(2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sig Str landed | 22.8 | 26.5 | 28.7 | 13.0 | 21.5 |
| Sig Str absorbed | 21.0 | 29.4 | 31.9 | 22.5 | 26.0 |
| Takedowns landed | 0.04 | 0.13 | 0.36 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Takedowns absorbed | 0.61 | 0.47 | 0.27 | 0.50 | 0.00 |
| Control time | 0:30 | 0:44 | 1:17 | 1:59 | 1:25 |
Fight history
Career UFC bouts in reverse chronological order.
- UFC 325: Volkanovski vs. Lopes 22026-01-31L·KO·R2 · 4:45
- UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Hooker2025-11-22L·Sub·R2 · 3:34
- UFC 305: Du Plessis vs. Adesanya2024-08-17W·S-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez2023-07-08W·S-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC 281: Adesanya vs. Pereira2022-11-12W·KO·R2 · 4:06
- UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Aspinall2022-03-19L·KO·R1 · 2:33
- UFC 267: Blachowicz vs. Teixeira2021-10-30L·Sub·R1 · 2:25
- UFC 266: Volkanovski vs. Ortega2021-09-25W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC 257: Poirier vs. McGregor2021-01-23L·KO·R1 · 2:30
- UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Hooker2020-06-27L·U-Dec·R5 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Felder vs. Hooker2020-02-22W·S-Dec·R5 · 5:00
- UFC 243: Whittaker vs. Adesanya2019-10-05W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Edwards2019-07-20W·KO·R1 · 2:33
- UFC Fight Night: Lee vs. Iaquinta2018-12-15L·KO·R3 · 2:19
- UFC 226: Miocic vs. Cormier2018-07-07W·KO·R1 · 2:28
- UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Lee2018-04-21W·KO·R1 · 3:00
- UFC 219: Cyborg vs. Holm2017-12-30W·Sub·R3 · 0:42
- UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Hunt2017-06-10W·KO·R2 · 3:02
- UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Brunson2016-11-26L·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs Mir2016-03-19W·Sub·R1 · 1:24
- UFC 192: Cormier vs Gustafsson2015-10-03L·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Miocic vs Hunt2015-05-09W·KO·R2 · 4:13
- UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs Nelson2014-09-20L·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Te Huna vs Marquardt2014-06-28W·KO·R1 · 3:34
In the news
Recent MMA headlines that mention this fighter.
- Sherdog
Dan Hooker is set to clash with Salahdine Parnasse in the UFC Paris main event on September 5 at Accor Arena, and the New Zealand lightweight has made his intentions clear: to derail the French…
- MMA Fighting
Dan Hooker has emerged as the unlikely villain heading into his UFC Paris main event against rising French prospect Salahdine Parnasse on September 5 at the Accor Arena.
- MMA Fighting
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