Poirier vs Hooker

Who won Poirier vs Hooker?

Dustin Poirier beat Dan Hooker by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC Vegas 4, on Saturday 27th June 2020 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Dustin Poirier.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Poirier vs Hooker stats

Dustin Poirier stepped into the octagon with a record of 25 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 7 by submission.

Dan Hooker made his way to the cage with a record of 20 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by knock out and 7 by submission.

This was Dustin Poirier's 31st fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2011.

Dustin Poirier's UFC record stood at 22-8-0, while Dan Hooker's came in at 13-8-0.

The stats suggested Hooker had a slight advantage in power over Poirier, with a 50% knock out percentage over Poirier's 48%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Hooker had a slight advantage over Poirier, with a 35% submission rate over Poirier's 28%.

Dustin Poirier was the older man by 1 year, at 35 years old.

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

Poirier was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 3 more fights, and made his debut in 2009, 2 months later than Hooker, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 16 more professional rounds, 89 to Hooker's 73.

Poirier vs Hooker form

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

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Michael Chandler at UFC 281 on 12th November 2022 by submission in the 3rd round at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Charles Oliveira at UFC 269 on 11th December 2021 by submission in the 3rd round in their UFC Lightweight championship fight at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Conor McGregor at UFC 264 on 10th July 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had defeated Conor McGregor at UFC 257 on 23rd January 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

He was victorious against Dan Hooker at UFC Vegas 4 on 27th June 2020 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

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

In his last fight before this contest, 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.

Previous to that, 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.

Going into that contest, 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.

Before that, 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.

He had been defeated 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.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Dustin Poirier had been fighting more than Dan Hooker.

Going to this contest, Dustin Poirier had last fought 1 year, 8 months and 12 days ago, while Dan Hooker's last outing had been 4 years and 27 days ago.

Poirier's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 24 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

Hooker's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 7 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

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