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Dan Hooker
“The Hangman”
Lightweight
New Zealand#13 LightweightUFC3-fight losing streak
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Next: vs Brian Ortega · UFC Fight Night · Main card Sat, Nov 21 · 1:00 PM ET
24WINS
15LOSSES
0DRAWS
11KO/TKO
7SUB
6DEC
Upcoming bout
vs Brian Ortega
Main card Sat, Nov 21 · 1:00 PM ET · Lightweight · ABHA Arena, Doha, Qatar
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Tale of the tape
- Age
- 36 · born Feb 13, 1990 UFC.com
- Height
- 6′0″ 183 cm UFC.com
- Reach
- 75″ 190 cm UFC.com
- Leg reach
- 42.5″ 108 cm UFC.com
- Stance
- Switch UFCStats
- Weight class
- Lightweight UFC.com
- UFC ranking
- #13 Lightweight UFC.com
- Fighting style
- MMA UFC.com
- Team / gym
- Saigon Sports Club- Vietnam UFC.com
- Born
- Aukland, New Zealand UFC.com
- Fights out of / flag
- New Zealand UFC.com
- UFC debut
- Jun. 28, 2014 UFC.com
- 1st-round finishes
- 12 UFC.com
UFC.com: UFC.com athlete profile (official) · checked 2026-10-22 · UFCStats: UFCStats.com fighter page (data via the public ufcstats.com mirror, snapshot 2026-10-18)
UFC career stats
49%Striking accuracy1185 of 2436 landed
9%Takedown accuracy3⚑ of 33 landed
4.82Sig. strikes landedper min
4.94Sig. strikes absorbedper min
49%Striking defense
0.67Takedownsper 15 min
77%Takedown defense
0.55Submission attemptsper 15 min
0.55Knockdownsper 15 min
09:50Average fight time
⚑ = UFC.com and UFCStats disagree on this number. We show the official UFC.com figure and have flagged it for review.
Source: UFC.com athlete profile (official) (UFC stats are for UFC bouts only) · checked 2026-10-22
UFC fight history 25 bouts
| Res | Opponent | Method | Rd | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Salahdine Parnasse | KO/TKO | 1 | Sep 5, 2026 | ↗ |
| L | Benoit Saint Denis | KO/TKO | 2 | Jan 31, 2026 | ↗ |
| L | Arman Tsarukyan | Submission | 2 | Nov 22, 2025 | ↗ |
| W | Mateusz Gamrot | Decision - Split | 3 | Aug 17, 2024 | ↗ |
| W | Jalin Turner | Decision - Split | 3 | Jul 8, 2023 | ↗ |
| W | Claudio Puelles | KO/TKO | 2 | Nov 12, 2022 | ↗ |
| L | Arnold Allen | KO/TKO | 1 | Mar 19, 2022 | ↗ |
| L | Islam Makhachev | Submission | 1 | Oct 30, 2021 | ↗ |
| W | Nasrat Haqparast | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Sep 25, 2021 | ↗ |
| L | Michael Chandler | KO/TKO | 1 | Jan 23, 2021 | ↗ |
| L | Dustin Poirier | Decision - Unanimous | 5 | Jun 27, 2020 | ↗ |
| W | Paul Felder | Decision - Split | 5 | Feb 22, 2020 | ↗ |
| W | Al Iaquinta | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Oct 5, 2019 | ↗ |
| W | James Vick | KO/TKO | 1 | Jul 20, 2019 | ↗ |
| L | Edson Barboza | KO/TKO | 3 | Dec 15, 2018 | ↗ |
| W | Gilbert Burns | KO/TKO | 1 | Jul 7, 2018 | ↗ |
| W | Jim Miller | KO/TKO | 1 | Apr 21, 2018 | ↗ |
| W | Marc Diakiese | Submission | 3 | Dec 30, 2017 | ↗ |
| W | Ross Pearson | KO/TKO | 2 | Jun 10, 2017 | ↗ |
| L | Jason Knight | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Nov 26, 2016 | ↗ |
| W | Mark Eddiva | Submission | 1 | Mar 19, 2016 | ↗ |
| L | Yair Rodriguez | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Oct 3, 2015 | ↗ |
| W | Hatsu Hioki | KO/TKO | 2 | May 9, 2015 | ↗ |
| L | Maximo Blanco | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Sep 20, 2014 | ↗ |
| W | Ian Entwistle | KO/TKO | 1 | Jun 28, 2014 | ↗ |
UFC bouts only. Source: UFCStats.com bout pages (via the public mirror, snapshot 2026-10-18) · checked 2026-10-22. Bouts outside the UFC aren’t listed because we only republish history we can trace to an official source.