Dan Hooker

LightweightOutfighter
14 - 11

25 UFC Fights | 56% Win Rate | 9 Finishes (64%)

Height
6' 0"
Reach
75"
Weight
155 lbs.
Age
36
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Dan Hooker UFC Record & Pro MMA Record

Dan Hooker is 14-11 in the UFC across 25 fights, with 7 wins by knockout, 2 by submission and 5 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 24-15, 10-4 of it outside the UFC. Hooker competes at lightweight as a switch outfighter, standing 6'0" with a 75" reach at 36 years old. The last bout was a loss to Salahdine Parnasse by knockout in Sep 2026.

Best attribute: striking volume (significant strikes landed per minute) — 87th percentile among 300 lightweight fighters (4.8 sig. strikes/min).

Dan Hooker's UFC win rate is 56% (14 of 25 fights), and 64% of those wins came by finish. Hooker averages 0.4 takedowns per fight at 33% accuracy and stops 77% of opponents' takedown attempts.

Pro MMA Record
24-15
UFC Record
14-11
Height
6'0"
Reach
75"
Age
36
Stance
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Last Fight
L vs Salahdine Parnasse · KO/TKO · Sep 2026

Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.

Dan Hooker's Last 5 Fights

Hooker is 2-3 in the last five UFC fights.

  1. Loss vs Salahdine Parnasse · KO/TKO · R1 2:35 · UFC Fight Night: Hooker vs. Parnasse · Sep 2026
  2. Loss vs Benoit Saint Denis · KO/TKO · R2 4:45 · UFC 325: Volkanovski vs. Lopes 2 · Jan 2026
  3. Loss vs Arman Tsarukyan · Submission · R2 3:34 · UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Hooker · Nov 2025
  4. Win vs Mateusz Gamrot · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 305: Du Plessis vs. Adesanya · Aug 2024
  5. Win vs Jalin Turner · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez · Jul 2023

Striking

Fighter Profile

Offensive Output

Sig. Strikes / Min
4.8
Accuracy
49%
Knockdowns / Fight
0.36

Defensive

Absorbed / Min
4.9
Strike Differential
+-0.1
Opp. Accuracy Against
51%

Strike Targets

Position Breakdown

Grappling

Takedowns & Control

Takedowns / Fight
0.4
Takedown Accuracy
33%
Takedown Defense
77%
Control Time / Fight
1:42
Sub Attempts / Fight
0.4

Win Methods

Finish Probability by Round

R1
16% KO
4% Sub
R2
12% KO
0% Sub
R3+
0% KO
4% Sub

Round-by-Round Output

Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Dan Hooker vs Average

Dan Hooker lands 18.3 strikes in R1 but 22.5 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.

Dan Hooker's UFC Fight History

25 UFC fights on record (14-11), most recent first.

ResultOpponentMethodRd · TimeEventDate
LSalahdine ParnasseKO/TKOR1 · 2:35UFC Fight Night: Hooker vs. Parnasse2026-09-05
LBenoit Saint DenisKO/TKOR2 · 4:45UFC 325: Volkanovski vs. Lopes 22026-01-31
LArman TsarukyanSubmissionR2 · 3:34UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Hooker2025-11-22
WMateusz GamrotDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 305: Du Plessis vs. Adesanya2024-08-17
WJalin TurnerDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez2023-07-08
WClaudio PuellesKO/TKOR2 · 4:06UFC 281: Adesanya vs. Pereira2022-11-12
LArnold AllenKO/TKOR1 · 2:33UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Aspinall2022-03-19
LIslam MakhachevSubmissionR1 · 2:25UFC 267: Blachowicz vs. Teixeira2021-10-30
WNasrat HaqparastDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 266: Volkanovski vs. Ortega2021-09-25
LMichael ChandlerKO/TKOR1 · 2:30UFC 257: Poirier vs. McGregor2021-01-23
LDustin PoirierDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Hooker2020-06-27
WPaul FelderDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Felder vs. Hooker2020-02-22
WAl IaquintaDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 243: Whittaker vs. Adesanya2019-10-05
WJames VickKO/TKOR1 · 2:33UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Edwards2019-07-20
LEdson BarbozaKO/TKOR3 · 2:19UFC Fight Night: Lee vs. Iaquinta2018-12-15
WGilbert BurnsKO/TKOR1 · 2:28UFC 226: Miocic vs. Cormier2018-07-07
WJim MillerKO/TKOR1 · 3:00UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Lee2018-04-21
WMarc DiakieseSubmissionR3 · 0:42UFC 219: Cyborg vs. Holm2017-12-30
WRoss PearsonKO/TKOR2 · 3:02UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Hunt2017-06-10
LJason KnightDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Brunson2016-11-26
WMark EddivaSubmissionR1 · 1:24UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs Mir2016-03-19
LYair RodriguezDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 192: Cormier vs Gustafsson2015-10-03
WHatsu HiokiKO/TKOR2 · 4:13UFC Fight Night: Miocic vs Hunt2015-05-09
LMaximo BlancoDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs Nelson2014-09-20
WIan EntwistleKO/TKOR1 · 3:34UFC Fight Night: Te Huna vs Marquardt2014-06-28

How Hooker Ranks at Lightweight

Percentile among the 300 lightweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).

Striking volume4.8 sig. strikes/min
87th percentile
Striking accuracy49%
73rd percentile
Strikes absorbed4.9/min
11th percentile
Takedowns0.4/fight
28th percentile
Takedown defense77%
79th percentile
Knockdown power0.36/fight
85th percentile

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