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Dan Hooker vs.
Mark Eddiva

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
1-3-0 Mark Eddiva · 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
1-3-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
36.5
AgeΔ 4 yrs
40.5
6'0"
HeightΔ 4"
5'8"
75"
ReachΔ 7"
68"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
6.1
Layoff (months)Δ 118.5 mo
124.6
LLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLW
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.

Dan Hooker carries real power — 0.56 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Mark Eddiva owns the mat — in control 31% of cage time, vs a 17% Featherweight norm.
Dan Hooker rarely shoots — 0.68 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
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

Mark Eddiva

Full career not yet synced for Mark Eddiva — 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 +0.2 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
1393.37/min · norm 3.54
12014.94/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
1232.98/min · norm 3.47
48.7%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
45.7%norm 45.0%
49.1%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
54.4%norm 54.85%
90.56/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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%)

Mark Eddiva

Distance 77.6% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 14.1% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 8.2% (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%)

Mark Eddiva

Head 62.8% (norm 77.4%) · Body 11.8% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 25.3% (norm 7.8%)

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 Eddiva L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 988 / 2137 46.2% 37.9% 85 / 236 36.0% 40.9%
In the clinch 100 / 167 59.9% 67.3% 34 / 43 79.1% 70.8%
On the ground 83 / 101 82.2% 69.1% 20 / 25 80.0% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 729 / 1784 40.9% 35.0% 50 / 191 26.2% 37.2%
To the body 214 / 323 66.3% 69.1% 28 / 36 77.8% 68.2%
To the legs 228 / 298 76.5% 81.9% 61 / 77 79.2% 80.7%

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 · Featherweight: 126 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 Eddiva L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 942 / 2005 47.0% 38.9% 88 / 214 41.1% 39.2%
In the clinch 108 / 162 66.7% 68.6% 28 / 48 58.3% 70.3%
On the ground 151 / 193 78.2% 68.0% 7 / 8 too few to rate 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 863 / 1902 45.4% 35.1% 84 / 217 38.7% 35.9%
To the body 209 / 285 73.3% 68.1% 28 / 40 70.0% 67.9%
To the legs 129 / 173 74.6% 81.5% 11 / 13 too few to rate 81.5%
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
422.2% acc · 1.45/15 · norm 1.19
8177.1% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
1463.6% def · norm 61.5%
42:4017.5% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
12:5231.2% of cage time · norm 16.7%
36:082:13 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
6:522:29 per 15 · norm 3:12
90.56/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.46

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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