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UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Brunson
Jason Knight
Jason Knight
17-2 · USA
VS
Dan Hooker
Dan Hooker
13-6 · NZL
November 26, 2016 · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Featherweight · 3 rounds
145.0lb
Weigh-in
146.0lb
Jason Knight def. Dan Hooker by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Knight14/592/201:04
Hooker17/280/000:34
R2
Knight7/252/303:20
Hooker6/170/000:00
R3
Knight38/1010/800:28
Hooker24/550/000:08
Total
Knight59/1854/1304:52
Hooker47/1000/000:42

Scorecards

Knight vs Hooker

RdCharlie KeechChristopher ShenEvan FieldCommunity
R110-99-1010-99.7-9.3
R210-810-910-910-8.8
R310-910-910-99.7-9.4
Total30-2629-2830-2729.4-27.5

Media (12 cards) · avg 29.427.2 · 12 Knight · 0 Hooker

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

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
KnightWin probabilityHooker
50.0%50.0%
KO / TKO
53%
Submission
7%
Decision
39%
Expected fight time: 9.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Knight50%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%43%
Submission5%9%
Decision24%48%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (2252)act 59
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 4
Hooker50%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO31%63%
Submission3%6%
Decision16%31%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes50 (2865)act 47
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.9)act 0
Combined totals~91 sig strikes~0.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R130%
R227%
R34%
Distance39%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Knight
39.2%+152
Hooker
-15259.6%
Most takedownstie 51.9%
Knight
20.3%+137
Hooker
-13727.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Knight
Expected: 40.3
40.5
Over 40.5
42.1%
+138
Under 40.5
57.9%
-138
051101
Hooker
Expected: 50.2
50
Over 50
42.2%
+134
Exactly 50
1.3%
push
Under 50
56.5%
-134
063126
Takedowns — over/under
Knight
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
26.5%
+277
Under 0.5
73.5%
-277
035
Hooker
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
33.4%
+199
Under 0.5
66.6%
-199
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 9.1 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
Knight50.0%42.9%+7.1+125
Hooker50.0%57.1%−7.1-145

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
64.2Striking53.6
Knight +10.6
43.8Grappling42.6
Knight +1.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
KnightHooker
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1548
Pound-for-pound
1527
1548
Divisional
1527
1502
Striking offense
1507
1502
Striking defense
1510
1494
Grappling offense
1506
1493
Grappling defense
1506
Physical
24 yrs
Age
26 yrs
5'10"
Height
6'0"
71"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
Striking (UFC career)
3.47
Strikes landed / min
3.53
39%
Strike accuracy
39%
2.30
Strikes absorbed / min
5.00
50%
Strike defense
51%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.50
Takedowns / 15 min
0.34
50%
Takedown accuracy
33%
44%
Takedown defense
77%
0.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.3
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
60%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
50%
Last-5 win rate
60%
0%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
126
Days since last fight
252
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Jason Knight
  • WJim AlersS-DEC R3
    Close +1004mo before
  • LTatsuya KawajiriU-DEC R3
    Close +2351y before
Dan Hooker
  • WMark EddivaSUB R1
    Close -1608mo before
  • LYair RodriguezU-DEC R3
    Close +2301y 2mo before
  • WHatsu HiokiKO/TKO R2
    Close +2451y 7mo before
  • LMaximo BlancoU-DEC R3
    Close +1252y 2mo before
  • WIan EntwistleKO/TKO R1
    Close -1202y 5mo before
Knight — win / loss by method
Record: 17-2-0

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
12% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
12 wins, 0 losses
W
71% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 2 losses
W
18% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (100%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
16win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (13%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
12 (75%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (13%)Decision(100%) 1
Hooker — win / loss by method
Record: 13-6-0

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
6 wins, 0 losses
W
46% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 2 losses
W
46% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
1 win, 4 losses
W
8% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
3win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
10win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (40%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
5 (50%)Submission(50%) 2
1 (10%)Decision(50%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Knight
Hooker
2
UFC fights
5
30.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
44.2 min · 8.8 avg
16y 10m
Career length
17y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Knight
Hooker
47W–10L · 82.5%
Overall
62W–18L · 77.5%
13W–2L · 86.7%
Wins
41W–11L · 78.8%
34W–8L · 81.0%
Losses
21W–7L · 75.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Knight
Hooker
73W–39L · 65.2%
Overall
51W–22L · 69.9%
73W–39L · 65.2%
Wins
33W–18L · 64.7%
0W–0L
Losses
18W–4L · 81.8%
Distance striking
Knight
Hooker
6.46
Landed / min
4.15
32.8%
Accuracy
33.2%
57.9%
Defense
52.6%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.34
39.7%
Time at distance
54.0%
Grappling & control
Knight
Hooker
0.50
Takedowns / 15 min
0.34
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
33.3%
44.4%
Takedown defense
77.4%
0.50
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.34
4.2%
Control share
63.7%
Strike target map
Knight
  • Head65%(68)div 64%
  • Body11%(11)div 19%
  • Legs24%(25)div 17%
Hooker
  • Head77%(120)div 64%
  • Body18%(28)div 19%
  • Legs5%(8)div 17%

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

Jason Knight
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Dan Hooker
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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