Chase Hooper vs. Alex Caceres
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Chase Hooper
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 10 | 5 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 7 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.38 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 23 documented bouts
In the UFC: 2-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 wins over .500
Alex Caceres
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 16 | 13 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 5 | 2 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.78 · 16 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 37 documented bouts
In the UFC: 6-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Chase Hooper
Distance 72.4% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 9.5% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 18.1% (norm 8.0%)
Alex Caceres
Distance 90.0% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 5.8% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 4.1% (norm 6.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Chase Hooper
Head 81.9% (norm 78.2%) · Body 11.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.2% (norm 7.9%)
Alex Caceres
Head 75.3% (norm 77.4%) · Body 17.1% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 7.6% (norm 7.8%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Hooper L/A | Acc | Lightweight med | Caceres L/A | Acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 311 / 768 | 40.5% | 37.9% | 1306 / 2737 | 47.7% | 40.9% |
| In the clinch | 59 / 101 | 58.4% | 67.3% | 128 / 177 | 72.3% | 70.8% |
| On the ground | 135 / 192 | 70.3% | 69.1% | 85 / 126 | 67.5% | 69.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 357 / 869 | 41.1% | 35.0% | 950 / 2289 | 41.5% | 37.2% |
| To the body | 93 / 126 | 73.8% | 69.1% | 381 / 521 | 73.1% | 68.2% |
| To the legs | 55 / 66 | 83.3% | 81.9% | 188 / 230 | 81.7% | 80.7% |
Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Lightweight: 201 fighters · Featherweight: 126 fighters).
What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man
Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.
| Zone | vs Hooper L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med | vs Caceres L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 254 / 475 | 53.5% | 38.9% | 957 / 2752 | 34.8% | 39.2% |
| In the clinch | 33 / 44 | 75.0% | 68.6% | 70 / 105 | 66.7% | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 70 / 82 | 85.4% | 68.0% | 88 / 144 | 61.1% | 69.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 255 / 482 | 52.9% | 35.1% | 633 / 2305 | 27.5% | 35.9% |
| To the body | 51 / 63 | 81.0% | 68.1% | 210 / 358 | 58.7% | 67.9% |
| To the legs | 51 / 56 | 91.1% | 81.5% | 272 / 338 | 80.5% | 81.5% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Caceres has more cage time on record.