Hooker vs Diakiese

Who won Hooker vs Diakiese?

Dan Hooker beat Marc Diakiese by submission in the 3rd round during the main card of UFC 219, on Saturday 30th December 2017 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Hooker vs Diakiese stats

Dan Hooker stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 7 loses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Marc Diakiese made his way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, with 6 of those wins by knock out and 1 by submission.

The stats suggested that Hooker and Diakiese have similar power, both with a 50% knock out percentage.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Hooker had a massive advantage over Diakiese, boasting at 43% submission rate over Diakiese's 8%.

Dan Hooker was the older man by 3 years, at 33 years old.

Hooker had a height advantage of 2 inches over Diakiese. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Hooker was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 8 more fights, and made his debut in 2009, 4 years and 6 months earlier than Diakiese, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 20 more professional rounds, 73 to Diakiese's 53.

Hooker vs Diakiese form

Hooker had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Al Iaquinta at UFC 243 on 5th October 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Marvel Stadium, Melbourne, Australia.

Previous to that, he had won against James Vick at UFC on ESPN 4 on 20th July 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at AT&T Center, San Antonio, United States.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Edson Barboza at UFC on FOX 31 on 15th December 2018 by knockout in the 3rd round at Wisconsin Entertainment and Sports Center, Milwaukee.

Before that, he had beat Jim Miller at UFC Fight Night 128 on 21st April 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City.

He had defeated Marc Diakiese at UFC 219 on 30th December 2017 by knockout in the 3rd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

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Hooker's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 8 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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