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Dan Hooker vs. Arnold Allen

UFC 14-11-0 vs. 12-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
14-11-0
UFC record
12-3-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
36
AgeΔ 4 yrs
32
6'0"
HeightΔ 4"
5'8"
75"
ReachΔ 5"
70"
Switch
Stance
Southpaw
1.5
Layoff (months)Δ 3.7 mo
5.2
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
WLWLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Dan Hooker carries real power — 0.55 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Dan Hooker rarely shoots — 0.67 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.34 Lightweight norm.
Arnold Allen is wasteful with clinch strikes — only 50% land, vs a 70% Featherweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Dan Hooker

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1410
Tier 3 — regional circuit 104

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.88 · 14 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 38 documented bouts

In the UFC: 11-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.6 wins over .500

Arnold Allen

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 123
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 51
Tier 3 — regional circuit 40

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.69 · 17 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 25 documented bouts

In the UFC: 7-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.3 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

11854.82/min · norm 3.44
Sig. strikes landed
7653.52/min · norm 3.52
12134.94/min · norm 3.38
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
6843.15/min · norm 3.50
48.6%norm 43.65%
Striking accuracy
44.0%norm 44.7%
49.0%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
60.2%norm 54.8%
90.55/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
40.28/15 · norm 0.29

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

Dan Hooker

Distance 89.0% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 6.9% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 4.1% (norm 8.0%)

Arnold Allen

Distance 92.4% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 3.5% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 4.2% (norm 6.5%)

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

Dan Hooker

Head 73.6% (norm 78.0%) · Body 13.4% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 13.0% (norm 8.0%)

Arnold Allen

Head 82.7% (norm 77.5%) · Body 12.0% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 5.3% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Hooker L/AAccLightweight med Allen L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1002 / 2168 46.2% 38.3% 681 / 1606 42.4% 40.5%
In the clinch 100 / 167 59.9% 67.5% 30 / 60 50.0% 70.5%
On the ground 83 / 101 82.2% 68.8% 54 / 73 74.0% 69.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 729 / 1793 40.7% 35.1% 562 / 1438 39.1% 37.1%
To the body 216 / 326 66.3% 69.1% 138 / 209 66.0% 68.0%
To the legs 240 / 317 75.7% 81.8% 65 / 92 70.7% 80.3%

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 · Featherweight: 127 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 Hooker L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Allen L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 951 / 2019 47.1% 38.8% 615 / 1617 38.0% 39.3%
In the clinch 108 / 162 66.7% 68.6% 52 / 80 65.0% 70.3%
On the ground 154 / 196 78.6% 68.0% 17 / 22 too few to rate 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 870 / 1914 45.5% 35.2% 378 / 1305 29.0% 35.9%
To the body 211 / 287 73.5% 68.2% 166 / 245 67.8% 68.0%
To the legs 132 / 176 75.0% 81.5% 140 / 169 82.8% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1133.3% acc · 0.67/15 · norm 1.34
Takedowns landed
1860.0% acc · 1.24/15 · norm 1.17
8177.1% def · norm 63.7%
Takedowns stopped
5773.1% def · norm 61.5%
42:4017.4% of cage time · norm 18.95%
Control time
32:0314.8% of cage time · norm 16.5%
36:102:12 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
28:311:58 per 15 · norm 3:11
90.55/15 · norm 0.48
Submission attempts
40.28/15 · norm 0.45

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