Dan Hooker
New ZealandDan Hooker, “The Hangman”, is a Lightweight from New Zealand with an official record of 24-14. MMA Hub holds 24 of those bouts: 14 wins and 10 losses, the wins coming 7 by knockout, 2 by submission and 5 by decision. The most recent bout on file is a second-round knockout loss to Benoît Saint Denis at UFC 325: Volkanovski vs. Lopes 2 on 31 January 2026, the second defeat in a row.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Round | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 21, 2026 | Brian Ortega | Upcoming | — | — | UFC Fight Night: Procházka vs. Stirling |
| Sep 5, 2026 | Salahdine Parnasse | LOSS | KOPunch | R1 · 2:35 | UFC Fight Night: Hooker vs. Parnasse |
| Jan 31, 2026 | Benoît Saint Denis | LOSS | KOPunches | R2 · 4:45 | UFC 325: Volkanovski vs. Lopes 2 |
| Nov 22, 2025 | Arman Tsarukyan | LOSS | SUBArm Triangle | R2 · 3:34 | UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Hooker |
| Aug 17, 2024 | Mateusz Gamrot | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 305: Du Plessis vs. Adesanya |
| Jul 8, 2023 | Jalin Turner | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez |
| Nov 12, 2022 | Claudio Puelles | WIN | KOKick | R2 · 4:06 | UFC 281: Adesanya vs. Pereira |
| Mar 19, 2022 | Arnold Allen | LOSS | KOPunches | R1 · 2:33 | UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Aspinall |
| Oct 30, 2021 | Islam Makhachev | LOSS | SUBKimura | R1 · 2:25 | UFC 267: Blachowicz vs. Teixeira |
| Sep 25, 2021 | Nasrat Haqparast | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 266: Volkanovski vs. Ortega |
| Jan 24, 2021 | Michael Chandler | LOSS | KOPunch | R1 · 2:30 | UFC 257: Poirier vs. McGregor 2 |
| Jun 27, 2020 | Dustin Poirier | LOSS | DECDecision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Hooker |
| Feb 22, 2020 | Paul Felder | WIN | DECDecision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Felder vs. Hooker |
| Oct 5, 2019 | Al Iaquinta | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 243: Whittaker vs. Adesanya |
| Jul 20, 2019 | James Vick | WIN | KOPunch | R1 · 2:33 | UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Edwards |
| Dec 16, 2018 | Edson Barboza | LOSS | KOPunches | R3 · 2:19 | UFC Fight Night: Lee vs. Iaquinta 2 |
| Jul 8, 2018 | Gilbert Burns | WIN | KOPunches | R1 · 2:28 | UFC 226: Miocic vs. Cormier |
| Apr 22, 2018 | Jim Miller | WIN | KOKnee | R1 · 3:00 | UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Lee |
| Dec 30, 2017 | Marc Diakiese | WIN | SUBGuillotine Choke | R3 · 0:42 | UFC 219: Cyborg vs. Holm |
| Jun 11, 2017 | Ross Pearson | WIN | KOKnee | R2 · 3:02 | UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Hunt |
| Nov 27, 2016 | Jason Knight | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Brunson |
| Mar 20, 2016 | Mark Eddiva | WIN | SUBGuillotine Choke | R1 · 1:24 | UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Mir |
| Oct 3, 2015 | Yair Rodriguez | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 192: Cormier vs. Gustafsson |
| May 9, 2015 | Hatsu Hioki | WIN | KOKick | R2 · 4:13 | UFC Fight Night: Miocic vs. Hunt |
| Sep 20, 2014 | Maximo Blanco | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Nelson |
| Jun 29, 2014 | Ian Entwistle | WIN | KOElbows | R1 · 3:34 | UFC Fight Night: Te Huna vs. Marquardt |
| Aug 24, 2013 | Nick Patterson | WIN | KOTKO | R3 | AFC 6: Australian Fighting Championship 6 |
| May 10, 2013 | Rusty McBride | WIN | SUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke) | R1 | AFC 5: Australian Fighting Championship 5 |
Wins, losses and draws are Dan Hooker’s official record. Everything else is counted from the 25 bouts we hold a full result for — method, round and time. Per-fight striking and grappling statistics are not published in our data source, so they are not shown.
Dan Hooker’s record, in numbers
Dan Hooker’s official record is 24-14. Every figure on this page is counted instead from the 24 bouts MMA Hub holds a result for — 14 wins, 10 losses — because 14 bouts from the official record are not in the history we hold.
The 14 wins break down as 7 by knockout, 2 by submission and 5 by decision — 9 of 14 inside the distance, a finish rate of 64%. Across all 24 bouts with a recorded finishing round, the average bout lasted 10 minutes 8 seconds.
Dan Hooker has been stopped 6 times in the 24 bouts on file — 4 by knockout and 2 by submission — which is 25% of them. The last 2 bouts on file are both losses.
Of the 24 bouts MMA Hub holds a result for, 3 were the main event of the card. Three of them have come since July 2024.
Set against the 613 Lightweight fighters MMA Hub holds eight or more bouts for, Dan Hooker has a finish rate above 45% of them, a record of avoiding stoppage above 22% of them and a two-year bout count above 83% of them. The comparison is made inside the division rather than across the whole roster, because how often a division finishes depends heavily on what it weighs.
Dan Hooker is listed at 6ft with a reach of 75in, switches stance and is 36, born 12 February 1990.
These figures are recomputed from Dan Hooker’s bout history each time results are synced, so they follow the record rather than a fixed snapshot.