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Ian Entwistle 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.

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

The men, measured.

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

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

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

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

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

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

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

Ian Entwistle

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

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)

Ian Entwistle

Head 84.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 7.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 7.7% (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 Entwistle L/AAccBantamweight med Hooker L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 0 / 12 too few to rate 39.0% 988 / 2137 46.2% 37.9%
In the clinch 1 / 1 too few to rate 68.7% 100 / 167 59.9% 67.3%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.2% 83 / 101 82.2% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 0 / 11 too few to rate 34.9% 729 / 1784 40.9% 35.0%
To the body 1 / 1 too few to rate 66.8% 214 / 323 66.3% 69.1%
To the legs 0 / 1 too few to rate 79.4% 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 (Bantamweight: 117 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 Entwistle L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Hooker L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 5 / 11 too few to rate 39.3% 942 / 2005 47.0% 38.9%
In the clinch 1 / 1 too few to rate 70.4% 108 / 162 66.7% 68.6%
On the ground 58 / 82 70.7% 72.4% 151 / 193 78.2% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 63 / 92 68.5% 34.9% 863 / 1902 45.4% 35.1%
To the body 1 / 2 too few to rate 66.0% 209 / 285 73.3% 68.1%
To the legs 0 / 0 too few to rate 79.1% 129 / 173 74.6% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

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

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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