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Dan Hooker vs.
Ian Entwistle

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

14-10-0 Dan Hooker · UFC
1-2-0 Ian Entwistle · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

14-10-0
UFC record
1-2-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
36.5
AgeΔ 3.2 yrs
39.7
6'0"
HeightΔ 7"
5'5"
75"
Reach
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
6.1
Layoff (months)Δ 117.8 mo
123.9
LLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWL
The read

What the numbers say.

Scouting notes, auto-generated — only stats deviating more than 25% from the division median make this list. No narratives, just deviations.

Ian Entwistle is a submission threat — 12.07 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
Dan Hooker carries real power — 0.56 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Ian Entwistle absorbs 7.36 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.58 Bantamweight norm — hittable.
Level of competition

Who did they actually beat?

Full-career records re-graded by the tier of opposition — the same grading the Contender Series pick model uses. Records built on tier-4 competition are worth less than records built on killers.

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 +3.8 wins over .500

Ian Entwistle

Full career not yet synced for Ian Entwistle — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.3 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

11714.82/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
10.11/min · norm 3.52
12014.94/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
647.36/min · norm 3.58
48.7%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
7.7%norm 43.4%
49.1%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
31.9%norm 56.6%
90.56/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.30

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

Dan Hooker

Distance 88.9% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 6.9% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 4.2% (norm 8.0%)

Ian Entwistle

Distance 92.3% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 7.7% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 6.5%)

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

Dan Hooker

Head 74.2% (norm 78.2%) · Body 13.4% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 12.4% (norm 7.9%)

Ian Entwistle

Head 84.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 7.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 7.7% (norm 8.4%)

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 Entwistle L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 988 / 2137 46.2% 37.9% 0 / 12 too few to rate 39.0%
In the clinch 100 / 167 59.9% 67.3% 1 / 1 too few to rate 68.7%
On the ground 83 / 101 82.2% 69.1% 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 729 / 1784 40.9% 35.0% 0 / 11 too few to rate 34.9%
To the body 214 / 323 66.3% 69.1% 1 / 1 too few to rate 66.8%
To the legs 228 / 298 76.5% 81.9% 0 / 1 too few to rate 79.4%

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: 201 fighters · Bantamweight: 117 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 Entwistle L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 942 / 2005 47.0% 38.9% 5 / 11 too few to rate 39.3%
In the clinch 108 / 162 66.7% 68.6% 1 / 1 too few to rate 70.4%
On the ground 151 / 193 78.2% 68.0% 58 / 82 70.7% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 863 / 1902 45.4% 35.1% 63 / 92 68.5% 34.9%
To the body 209 / 285 73.3% 68.1% 1 / 2 too few to rate 66.0%
To the legs 129 / 173 74.6% 81.5% 0 / 0 too few to rate 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

1133.3% acc · 0.68/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.12
8177.1% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
00.0% def · norm 66.7%
42:4017.5% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
0:336.3% of cage time · norm 17.4%
36:082:13 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
4:067:04 per 15 · norm 2:24
90.56/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
712.07/15 · norm 0.28

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

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