Dan Hooker
“The Hangman”
Dan Hooker is ranked 101st of 506 lightweights by the First Light Rating, and 13th in the UFC’s own lightweight rankings.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 1,854101st 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: 2,000 careers simulated from today, fight by fight; the dashed line is the middle one.
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 what the fight did to their First Light Rating: the true measure of skill.
FLI is what the fight did to their First Light Index: the rating of fame against skill.
How it is measured.
Data Credit: First Light Observatory.
How these numbers are made.
First Light may hold interests in athletes covered by the Index.