Mark Eddiva vs. Dan Hooker

UFC 1-3-0 vs. 14-10-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-3-0
UFC record
14-10-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
40
AgeΔ 4 yrs
36
5'8"
HeightΔ 4"
6'0"
68"
ReachΔ 7"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
124.6
Layoff (months)Δ 118.4 mo
6.2
LLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Dan Hooker carries real power — 0.56 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Mark Eddiva owns the mat — in control 31% of cage time, vs a 17% Featherweight norm.
Dan Hooker rarely shoots — 0.68 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Mark Eddiva

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 13
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.67 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 5 finish wins over 9 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 wins over .500

Dan Hooker

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1410
Tier 3 — regional circuit 104

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.88 · 14 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 38 documented bouts

In the UFC: 11-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.8 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1393.37/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
11714.82/min · norm 3.42
1232.98/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
12014.94/min · norm 3.37
45.7%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
48.7%norm 43.5%
54.4%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
49.1%norm 56.3%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
90.56/15 · norm 0.25

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Mark Eddiva

Distance 77.6% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 14.1% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 8.2% (norm 6.5%)

Dan Hooker

Distance 88.9% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 6.9% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 4.2% (norm 8.0%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Mark Eddiva

Head 62.8% (norm 77.4%) · Body 11.8% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 25.3% (norm 7.8%)

Dan Hooker

Head 74.2% (norm 78.2%) · Body 13.4% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 12.4% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Eddiva L/AAccFeatherweight med Hooker L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 85 / 236 36.0% 40.9% 988 / 2137 46.2% 37.9%
In the clinch 34 / 43 79.1% 70.8% 100 / 167 59.9% 67.3%
On the ground 20 / 25 80.0% 69.2% 83 / 101 82.2% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 50 / 191 26.2% 37.2% 729 / 1784 40.9% 35.0%
To the body 28 / 36 77.8% 68.2% 214 / 323 66.3% 69.1%
To the legs 61 / 77 79.2% 80.7% 228 / 298 76.5% 81.9%

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 (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Lightweight: 201 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 Eddiva L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Hooker L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 88 / 214 41.1% 39.2% 942 / 2005 47.0% 38.9%
In the clinch 28 / 48 58.3% 70.3% 108 / 162 66.7% 68.6%
On the ground 7 / 8 too few to rate 69.4% 151 / 193 78.2% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 84 / 217 38.7% 35.9% 863 / 1902 45.4% 35.1%
To the body 28 / 40 70.0% 67.9% 209 / 285 73.3% 68.1%
To the legs 11 / 13 too few to rate 81.5% 129 / 173 74.6% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
422.2% acc · 1.45/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
1133.3% acc · 0.68/15 · norm 1.38
1463.6% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
8177.1% def · norm 64.0%
12:5231.2% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
42:4017.5% of cage time · norm 19.5%
6:522:29 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
36:082:13 per 15 · norm 2:46
00.00/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
90.56/15 · norm 0.49

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Hooker has more cage time on record.