Gilbert Burns vs.
Dan Hooker
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
Gilbert Burns
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 15 | 10 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 7 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.21 · 15 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 32 documented bouts
In the UFC: 9-10 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.2 wins over .500
Dan Hooker
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 14 | 10 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 10 | 4 |
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
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Gilbert Burns
Distance 84.3% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 7.1% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 8.5% (norm 8.1%)
Dan Hooker
Distance 88.9% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 6.9% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 4.2% (norm 8.0%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Gilbert Burns
Head 74.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 13.8% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 11.9% (norm 8.4%)
Dan Hooker
Head 74.2% (norm 78.2%) · Body 13.4% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 12.4% (norm 7.9%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Burns L/A | Acc | Welterweight med | Hooker L/A | Acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 737 / 1708 | 43.1% | 38.6% | 988 / 2137 | 46.2% | 37.9% |
| In the clinch | 99 / 144 | 68.8% | 67.8% | 100 / 167 | 59.9% | 67.3% |
| On the ground | 138 / 173 | 79.8% | 67.2% | 83 / 101 | 82.2% | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 571 / 1506 | 37.9% | 37.2% | 729 / 1784 | 40.9% | 35.0% |
| To the body | 216 / 279 | 77.4% | 70.7% | 214 / 323 | 66.3% | 69.1% |
| To the legs | 187 / 240 | 77.9% | 82.9% | 228 / 298 | 76.5% | 81.9% |
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 (Welterweight: 182 fighters · Lightweight: 201 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 Burns L/A | Opp acc | Welterweight med | vs Hooker L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 957 / 2144 | 44.6% | 39.0% | 942 / 2005 | 47.0% | 38.9% |
| In the clinch | 89 / 121 | 73.6% | 68.9% | 108 / 162 | 66.7% | 68.6% |
| On the ground | 89 / 126 | 70.6% | 68.0% | 151 / 193 | 78.2% | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 766 / 1896 | 40.4% | 35.6% | 863 / 1902 | 45.4% | 35.1% |
| To the body | 196 / 298 | 65.8% | 69.6% | 209 / 285 | 73.3% | 68.1% |
| To the legs | 173 / 197 | 87.8% | 82.1% | 129 / 173 | 74.6% | 81.5% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Burns has more cage time on record.