Dan Hooker
“The Hangman”
Dan Hooker is ranked 99th of 506 lightweights by the First Light Rating, and 13th in the UFC’s own lightweight rankings.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 1,85499th of 506 · Lightweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- +0.73Fame ahead of skill
- Career phase
- DecliningCareer-best FLR 1,903, 17 Aug 2024
- Record
- 24–15Pro
Fame against skill.
Every fighter with an FLI, by skill and fame. Hover a dot for the fighter; click to open their page. The dashed curve is the fame their skill predicts: above it, a fighter is more famous than their skill; below it, better than their fame.
Skill and attention.
Attention is drawn at the skill level its fame matches: above the skill line, more famous than skilled. Shaded: where the most similar careers went next.
Recent fights.
| Date | Fight | FLR | FLI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Sept 2026 | Lost to Salahdine ParnasseUFC Fight Night 287 - Hooker vs. Parnasse · TKO (Body Kick and Punches) | −13 | +0.02 |
| 31 Jan 2026 | Lost to Benoit St. DenisUFC 325 - Volkanovski vs. Lopes 2 · TKO (Elbows and Punches), R2 | −10 | — |
| 22 Nov 2025 | Lost to Arman TsarukyanUFC Fight Night 265 - Tsarukyan vs. Hooker · Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke), R2 | −25 | — |
| 17 Aug 2024 | Won vs Mateusz GamrotUFC 305 - Du Plessis vs. Adesanya · Decision (Split), R3 | +16 | — |
| 8 Jul 2023 | Won vs Jalin TurnerUFC 290 - Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez · Decision (Split), R3 | +5 | — |
| 12 Nov 2022 | Won vs Claudio PuellesUFC 281 - Adesanya vs. Pereira · TKO (Front Kick to the Body), R2 | +18 | — |
| 19 Mar 2022 | Lost to Arnold AllenUFC Fight Night 204 - Volkov vs. Aspinall · TKO (Punches and Elbows), R1 | −18 | — |
| 30 Oct 2021 | Lost to Islam MakhachevUFC 267 - Blachowicz vs. Teixeira · Submission (Kimura), R1 | −8 | — |
| 25 Sept 2021 | Won vs Nasrat HaqparastUFC 266 - Volkanovski vs. Ortega · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +20 | — |
| 23 Jan 2021 | Lost to Michael ChandlerUFC 257 - Poirier vs. McGregor 2 · TKO (Punches), R1 | −15 | — |
| 27 Jun 2020 | Lost to Dustin PoirierUFC on ESPN 12 - Poirier vs. Hooker · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | +2 | — |
| 23 Feb 2020 | Won vs Paul FelderUFC Fight Night 168 - Felder vs. Hooker · Decision (Split), R5 | +16 | — |
FLR is the First Light Rating points the fight earned or cost them.
FLI is what the fight did to their fame against their skill.
How it is measured.
Data Credit: First Light Observatory.
How these numbers are made.
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