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Chase Hooper vs. Lance Gibson Jr.

UFC 9-5-0 vs. 1-1-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
9-5-0
UFC record
1-1-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
27
AgeΔ 4 yrs
31
6'1"
Height
—
74"
Reach
—
Southpaw
Stance
—
3.1
Layoff (months)Δ 3.7 mo
6.8
WLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
WL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Chase Hooper is a submission threat — 2.05 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.48 Lightweight norm.
Lance Gibson Jr. carries real power — 0.84 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Chase Hooper hunts takedowns — 2.82 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.34 Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Chase Hooper

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 105
Tier 3 — regional circuit 70

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.38 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 23 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 wins over .500

Lance Gibson Jr.

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 11
Tier 3 — regional circuit 34

Tier-weighted record quality: -0.33 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 2 finish wins over 9 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.5 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5054.32/min · norm 3.44
Sig. strikes landed
432.40/min · norm 3.44
3573.05/min · norm 3.38
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
764.24/min · norm 3.38
47.6%norm 43.65%
Striking accuracy
45.7%norm 43.65%
40.6%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
56.1%norm 56.3%
10.13/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
10.84/15 · norm 0.25

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Chase Hooper

Distance 72.4% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 9.5% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 18.1% (norm 8.0%)

Lance Gibson Jr.

Distance 85.1% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 14.9% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.0%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Chase Hooper

Head 81.9% (norm 78.0%) · Body 11.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.2% (norm 8.0%)

Lance Gibson Jr.

Head 55.3% (norm 78.0%) · Body 18.1% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 26.6% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Hooper L/AAccLightweight med Gibson L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 311 / 768 40.5% 38.3% 34 / 80 42.5% 38.3%
In the clinch 59 / 101 58.4% 67.5% 9 / 14 too few to rate 67.5%
On the ground 135 / 192 70.3% 68.8% 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 357 / 869 41.1% 35.1% 15 / 52 28.8% 35.1%
To the body 93 / 126 73.8% 69.1% 10 / 17 too few to rate 69.1%
To the legs 55 / 66 83.3% 81.8% 18 / 25 72.0% 81.8%

Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Lightweight: 204 fighters · Lightweight: 204 fighters).

What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man

Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.

Zone vs Hooper L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Gibson L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 254 / 475 53.5% 38.8% 67 / 160 41.9% 38.8%
In the clinch 33 / 44 75.0% 68.6% 1 / 2 too few to rate 68.6%
On the ground 70 / 82 85.4% 68.0% 8 / 11 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 255 / 482 52.9% 35.2% 28 / 95 29.5% 35.2%
To the body 51 / 63 81.0% 68.2% 29 / 48 60.4% 68.2%
To the legs 51 / 56 91.1% 81.5% 19 / 30 63.3% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
2234.4% acc · 2.82/15 · norm 1.34
Takedowns landed
266.7% acc · 1.67/15 · norm 1.34
950.0% def · norm 63.7%
Takedowns stopped
375.0% def · norm 63.7%
41:4035.6% of cage time · norm 18.95%
Control time
1:177.2% of cage time · norm 18.95%
24:193:07 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
0:500:41 per 15 · norm 2:50
162.05/15 · norm 0.48
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.48

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Hooper has more cage time on record.