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Dan Hooker
Dan Hooker
18-8 · NZL
VS
Al Iaquinta
Al Iaquinta
14-5-1 · USA
October 5, 2019 · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.0lb
Weigh-in
155.0lb
Dan Hooker def. Al Iaquinta by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Hooker38/630/101:29
Iaquinta5/230/000:14
R2
Hooker27/630/011:01
Iaquinta15/390/200:09
R3
Hooker33/810/000:00
Iaquinta17/540/100:00
Total
Hooker98/2070/112:30
Iaquinta37/1160/300:23

Scorecards

Hooker vs Iaquinta

RdDavid LethabyGarth HarrimanRitchie GerardCommunity
R110-810-910-910-8.6
R210-910-910-910-8.9
R310-910-910-910-8.9
Total30-2630-2730-2730-26.4

Media (17 cards) · avg 3026.8 · 17 Hooker · 0 Iaquinta

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Hooker-Iaquinta.

Pre-fight

The model's read going in

The walk-forward model's call at the time of the bout — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.

Prediction
HookerWin probabilityIaquinta
63.7%36.3%
KO / TKO
41%
Submission
11%
Decision
48%
Expected fight time: 10.8 min
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Hooker, blue toward Iaquinta. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Hooker64%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO30%47%
Submission10%15%
Decision24%38%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes75 (4398)act 98
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.7)act 0
Iaquinta36%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%30%
Submission1%3%
Decision24%67%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes58 (3375)act 37
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.6)act 0
Combined totals~133 sig strikes~0.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R122%
R214%
R316%
Distance48%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.8%
Hooker
61.8%-165
Iaquinta
+16537.4%
Most takedownstie 62.2%
Hooker
26.3%-230
Iaquinta
+23011.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Hooker
Expected: 75.2
75
Over 75
42.2%
+135
Exactly 75
0.9%
push
Under 75
56.9%
-135
094188
Iaquinta
Expected: 57.7
57.5
Over 57.5
42.7%
+134
Under 57.5
57.3%
-134
073145
Takedowns — over/under
Hooker
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
28.9%
+246
Under 0.5
71.1%
-246
035
Iaquinta
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
14.5%
Exactly 0
85.5%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035

Odds are model-implied (no real prop market is priced for these). The “most” prices are draw-no-bet — a tie (for takedowns, usually 0–0) is a push, so each side is priced off its chance of winning given a result, while the % shown is the raw chance of landing strictly more. Drag a line in half-point steps: a half line (e.g. 2.5) is a clean over/under, while a whole number adds a third outcome — landing exactly on it, a push — so over, exact and under sum to 100%. On a whole number the over/under odds are draw-no-bet (priced off the decisive mass, since the push refunds), so the two sides stay mirror images rather than implying an arbitrage.

Expected fight time 10.8 min. Predicted-output ranges are percentiles of the model’s simulated fights: sig strikes the middle 50% (25th–75th); takedowns the wider 10th–90th, since they’re 0 in most fights so a narrow band would collapse to 0. Win-by-method = win probability × that fighter’s own method split: the model forecasts how the fight ends, and that forecast is divided between the corners by each fighter’s finishing record — UFC wins in full, earlier-career wins at half weight, as of fight night — reconciled so the fighters’ totals still equal their win probabilities and the methods still total the fight-level forecast above. “Equity” is each of those over that fighter’s win % — how they win given that they win — so a column adds to 100%, and it differs by corner. A fighter with no classifiable wins at any level leans on the fight-level split. “How it ends” is the model’s round-of-finish split. “Mkt” is the de-vigged market prop (consensus across books), shown for context, not as a betting signal; rounds & totals slots fill as that data lands. Percentages are apportioned by largest remainder, so each set adds to its total exactly and an individual figure can sit a point off its own rounding.

Model vs market
Final
ModelMarketGapLine
To win
Hooker63.7%55.3%+8.4-135
Iaquinta36.3%44.7%−8.4+115

Market % is the de-vigged (no-vig) consensus across the books that price both fighters; the line is the average across books with the min–max range in parentheses. Gap is the model minus the market in points (+ = the model rates that outcome above the market). Thin or one-sided markets are flagged or left blank rather than shown as a fabricated %. Shown for context, not as a bet — the closing line is the sharpest public price and the model trails it on average. For 5-round bouts the model splits its round-3+ finish mass into rounds 3–5 by the historical within-bucket rate, so the over-3.5 / 4.5 lines carry a model estimate.

Trait web
60.1Striking64.7
Iaquinta +4.7
46.5Grappling36.3
Hooker +10.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
HookerIaquinta
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1584
Pound-for-pound
1602
1581
Divisional
1601
1534
Striking offense
1526
1500
Striking defense
1502
1506
Grappling offense
1458
1523
Grappling defense
1527
Physical
29 yrs
Age
32 yrs
6'0"
Height
5'10"
75"
Reach
70"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.46
Strikes landed / min
4.20
43%
Strike accuracy
41%
5.07
Strikes absorbed / min
4.26
54%
Strike defense
63%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.46
Takedowns / 15 min
0.69
38%
Takedown accuracy
20%
77%
Takedown defense
74%
0.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.3
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
69%
+1
Win/loss streak
-1
80%
Last-5 win rate
60%
100%
Finish rate
44%
Recent opp. quality
77
Days since last fight
154
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Dan Hooker
  • WJames VickKO/TKO R1
    Close -1253mo before
  • LEdson BarbozaKO/TKO R3
    Close -11510mo before
  • WGilbert BurnsKO/TKO R1
    Close -1151y 3mo before
  • WJim MillerKO/TKO R1
    Close -3001y 5mo before
  • WMarc DiakieseSUB R3
    Close +1651y 9mo before
Al Iaquinta
  • LDonald CerroneU-DEC R5
    Close -1305mo before
  • WKevin LeeU-DEC R5
    Close +27510mo before
  • LKhabib NurmagomedovU-DEC R5
    Close +4701y 6mo before
  • WDiego SanchezKO/TKO R1
    Close -4202y 5mo before
  • WJorge MasvidalS-DEC R3
    Close -1104y 6mo before
Hooker — win / loss by method
Record: 18-8-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
10 wins, 1 loss
W
56% of wins
L
13% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 2 losses
W
39% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
1 win, 5 losses
W
6% of wins
L
63% of losses
UFC
8win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (75%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
2 (25%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(75%) 3
Non-UFC
10win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (40%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
5 (50%)Submission(50%) 2
1 (10%)Decision(50%) 2
Iaquinta — win / loss by method
Record: 14-5-1

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
7 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 3 losses
W
7% of wins
L
60% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 2 losses
W
43% of wins
L
40% of losses
UFC
9win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (44%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 2
5 (56%)Decision(50%) 2
Non-UFC
5win1loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (60%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (20%)Submission(100%) 1
1 (20%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Hooker
Iaquinta
12
UFC fights
13
98.3 min · 8.2 avg
Octagon time
173.0 min · 13.3 avg
17y 5m
Career length
17y 5m
UFC schedule strength

Opponents' records on fight night — toggle their full cross-promotional record vs UFC bouts only.

Hooker
Iaquinta
183W–56L · 76.6%
Overall
226W–59L · 79.3%
126W–41L · 75.4%
Wins
151W–46L · 76.6%
57W–15L · 79.2%
Losses
75W–13L · 85.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Hooker
Iaquinta
51W–22L · 69.9%
Overall
19W–11L · 63.3%
33W–18L · 64.7%
Wins
10W–9L · 52.6%
18W–4L · 81.8%
Losses
9W–2L · 81.8%
Distance striking
Hooker
Iaquinta
5.68
Landed / min
4.95
41.8%
Accuracy
39.9%
55.8%
Defense
64.7%
0.92
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.61
66.2%
Time at distance
78.0%
Grappling & control
Hooker
Iaquinta
0.46
Takedowns / 15 min
0.69
37.5%
Takedown accuracy
20.0%
77.4%
Takedown defense
73.6%
0.46
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.26
52.6%
Control share
31.4%
Strike target map
Hooker
  • Head70%(305)div 63%
  • Body13%(58)div 20%
  • Legs17%(75)div 17%
Iaquinta
  • Head68%(495)div 63%
  • Body19%(135)div 20%
  • Legs13%(97)div 17%

Where each fighter lands significant strikes (career). “div” = the weight-class average.

Dan Hooker
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.

Al Iaquinta
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.