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Jalin Turner 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.

8-6-0 Jalin Turner · 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.

8-6-0
UFC record
14-10-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
31
AgeΔ 5 yrs
36
6'3"
HeightΔ 3"
6'0"
77"
ReachΔ 2"
75"
Southpaw
Stance
Switch
8
Layoff (months)Δ 1.9 mo
6.1
WLLWL
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.

Jalin Turner carries real power — 1.43 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Jalin Turner is a submission threat — 1.11 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.49 Lightweight norm.
Dan Hooker carries real power — 0.56 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 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.

Jalin Turner

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 116
Tier 3 — regional circuit 43

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.09 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 24 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.1 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

5115.41/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
11714.82/min · norm 3.42
4114.35/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
12014.94/min · norm 3.37
48.3%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
48.7%norm 43.5%
40.8%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
49.1%norm 56.3%
91.43/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
90.56/15 · norm 0.25

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

Jalin Turner

Distance 81.0% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 7.1% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 11.9% (norm 8.0%)

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)

Jalin Turner

Head 78.3% (norm 78.2%) · Body 17.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 4.2% (norm 7.9%)

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 Turner L/AAccLightweight med Hooker L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 373 / 856 43.6% 37.9% 988 / 2137 46.2% 37.9%
In the clinch 52 / 75 69.3% 67.3% 100 / 167 59.9% 67.3%
On the ground 86 / 126 68.3% 69.1% 83 / 101 82.2% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 344 / 828 41.5% 35.0% 729 / 1784 40.9% 35.0%
To the body 135 / 185 73.0% 69.1% 214 / 323 66.3% 69.1%
To the legs 32 / 44 72.7% 81.9% 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 (Lightweight: 201 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 Turner L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Hooker L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 315 / 548 57.5% 38.9% 942 / 2005 47.0% 38.9%
In the clinch 36 / 58 62.1% 68.6% 108 / 162 66.7% 68.6%
On the ground 60 / 88 68.2% 68.0% 151 / 193 78.2% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 235 / 473 49.7% 35.1% 863 / 1902 45.4% 35.1%
To the body 69 / 106 65.1% 68.1% 209 / 285 73.3% 68.1%
To the legs 107 / 115 93.0% 81.5% 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.

450.0% acc · 0.63/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
1133.3% acc · 0.68/15 · norm 1.38
3675.0% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
8177.1% def · norm 64.0%
13:3214.3% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
42:4017.5% of cage time · norm 19.5%
23:173:41 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
36:082:13 per 15 · norm 2:46
71.11/15 · norm 0.49
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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