Who won Hooker vs Puelles?
Dan Hooker beat Claudio Puelles by during the main card of UFC 281, on Saturday 12th November 2022 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
The scorecards were announced as in favor of 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 Puelles stats
Dan Hooker stepped into the octagon with a record of 21 wins, 12 loses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 7 by submission.
Claudio Puelles made his way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 2 loses and 0 draws, with 2 of those wins by knock out and 7 by submission.
The stats suggested Hooker had a massive power advantage over Puelles, boasting at 48% knock out percentage over Puelles' 17%.
If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Puelles had a large advantage over Hooker, boosting at 58% submission rate over Hooker's 33%.
Dan Hooker was the older man by 7 years, at 34 years old.
Hooker had a height advantage of 1 inch over Puelles. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.
Hooker was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 19 more fights, and made his debut in 2009, 4 years and 4 months earlier than Puelles, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 35 more professional rounds, 73 to Puelles' 38.
Hooker vs Puelles form
Hooker had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going to the judges once.
In his last fight before this contest, 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.
Previous to that, 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.
Going into that contest, he had defeated Jim Miller at UFC Fight Night 128 on 21st April 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City.
Before that, he had beat Marc Diakiese at UFC 219 on 30th December 2017 by knockout in the 3rd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.
He had won against Ross Pearson at UFC Fight Night 110 on 10th June 2017 by knockout in the 2nd round at Vector Arena, Auckland, New Zealand.
Activity check
Hooker's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 9 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.
Puelles' last 3 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 9 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.3 rounds on average.
What were the odds on Hooker vs Puelles?
Dan Hooker was a 63/100 (-160) favourite going into the contest, while Claudio Puelles made his way into the ring at 13/10 (+130) with oddsmakers.
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