Hooker vs Haqparast

Who won Hooker vs Haqparast?

Dan Hooker beat Nasrat Haqparast by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC 266, on Saturday 25th September 2021 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Dan Hooker.

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 Haqparast stats

Dan Hooker stepped into the octagon with a record of 20 wins, 10 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 7 by submission.

Nasrat Haqparast made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by knock out.

Dan Hooker's UFC record stood at 13-8-0, while Nasrat Haqparast's came in at 8-4-0.

The stats suggested Haqparast had an advantage in power over Hooker, with a 69% knock out percentage over Hooker's 50%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Hooker had a massive advantage over Haqparast, boasting a 35% submission rate over Haqparast's 0%.

Dan Hooker was the older man by 6 years, at 34 years old.

Hooker had a height advantage of 2 inches over Haqparast. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Hooker was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 14 more fights, and made his debut in 2009, 3 years and 9 months earlier than Haqparast, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 30 more professional rounds, 73 to Haqparast's 43.

Hooker vs Haqparast form

Hooker had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Michael Chandler at UFC 257 on 23rd January 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Dustin Poirier at UFC Vegas 4 on 27th June 2020 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, he had won against Paul Felder at UFC on ESPN+ 26 on 22nd February 2020 by split decision in their 5 round contest at Spark Arena, Auckland, New Zealand.

Before that, he had beaten Al Iaquinta at UFC 243 on 5th October 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Marvel Stadium, Melbourne, Australia.

He had defeated 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.

Activity check

Hooker's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years and 9 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Haqparast's last 2 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 8 months and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 10 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

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