Round 1
33 of 57
Sig.
strikes
strikes
21 of 61
2 of 8
Take-
downs
downs
0 of 0
2:01
Control
0:31
Distance 27Clinch 5Ground 1
Where it
happened
happened
Distance 11Clinch 10Ground 0
Judges · this round · Blanco firstKon Papaioannou10–9Tony Weeks10–9
From the tape · 20 Sep 2014
Maximo Blanco vs Dan Hooker
UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs Nelson · Saitama, Japan
Result
Maximo Blanco beat Dan Hooker
FeatherweightMain cardReferee · Wolf Menninger
We published no prediction for this bout. Everything on this page is the official record and the tape it was fought on — the result, the round-by-round counts, the judges’ cards where they exist and the sportsbook line where one was published. Our graded calls start in 2026 and live on the public record.
MB
VSOn the tape
The story going in
- 5 UFC bouts deep — 4 more than Hooker.
- Carries 14 points more takedown defence than Blanco.
- Carries 17 points more striking defence than Hooker.
12-8-1
Record
24-14
30
Age
−6 yr24
5' 8"
Height
+4″6' 0"
71″
Reach
+4″75″
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
+45
UFC bouts
1
0/20% of wins
Finishes
1/1100% of wins
Yoshida Dojo
Gym
City Kickboxing
Caracas
From
Auckland
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Round by round
Every round the fight went, shaded by where the significant strikes actually landed — the takedowns, control time and knockdowns beside them, and how the three judges scored that round.
UFCStats · per round
3 rounds of tape
Round 2
71 of 134
Sig.
strikes
strikes
41 of 106
0 of 2
Take-
downs
downs
0 of 0
0:00
Control
0:12
Distance 63Clinch 8Ground 0
Where it
happened
happened
Distance 33Clinch 8Ground 0
Judges · this round · Blanco firstKon Papaioannou10–9Tony Weeks10–9
Round 3Ended 5:00
28 of 49
Sig.
strikes
strikes
37 of 69
1 of 3
Take-
downs
downs
0 of 0
0:33
Control
1:01
Distance 19Clinch 9Ground 0
Where it
happened
happened
Distance 22Clinch 15Ground 0
Judges · this round · Blanco firstKon Papaioannou9–10Tony Weeks9–10
Significant strikes, takedowns, control time, knockdowns and submission attempts exactly as UFCStats recorded them for this bout, round by round. Zone percentages are that round’s landed head, body and leg counts over their own total — raw arithmetic, nothing modelled or smoothed. A round in which a fighter landed nothing shades empty and reads zero; it is never filled in from the round before.
The cards, totalled
The judges’ final totals, the media’s cards beside them, and how these judges usually score. Their round-by-round 10–9s are with the rounds above.
Official card
Unanimous Decision
Referee · Wolf Menninger
Maximo BlancoDan Hooker
| Judge | Total |
|---|---|
| Kon Papaioannou2.1 avg spread · 42% wide | 29–28 |
| Tony Weeks2.1 avg spread · 49% wide | 29–28 |
Each judge’s round-by-round scores sit with the round they belong to, in the round-by-round section above — switch a round there and the three cards for it change with the stats.
Media cards — 13 scored, Maximo Blanco first · unofficial
MM ABrasil.com.br30–27
Severe MMA.com29–28
John Pollock Fight Network29–28
Adam Martin MMAOddsbreaker.com29–28
Jason Floyd TheMMAReport.com29–28
MM AJunkie.com29–28
Jordan Breen Sherdog.com29–28
Mike Fridley Sherdog.com29–28
C. J. Tuttle Sherdog.com29–28
Brent Brookhouse BloodyElbow.com29–28
Jesse Holland MMAMania.com29–28
Trent Dozier LastWordOnSports.com29–28
Cage Pages.com28–29
Fan vote · unofficial
29-28 Blanco · 82%30-27 Blanco · 12%29-28 Hooker · 6%
17 fan cards submitted to MMA Decisions.
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Takedowns
Takedowns
The level change — head to head
Career UFC takedown rates. Red corner left, blue corner right.
Maximo Blanco
1.85 / 15m
TAKEDOWNS
0.68 / 15m
5.14 / 15m
ATTEMPTS
2.06 / 15m
36%
ACCURACY
33%
0.30 / 15m
SUB ATT
0.60 / 15m
63%
TD DEFENCE
77%
Dan Hooker
Career UFC takedown rates exactly as UFCStats publishes them: takedowns landed per 15 minutes, completion rate, submission attempts per 15 minutes, and the share of takedowns tried on them that they stuffed. Attempts per 15 is the one derived figure — landed ÷ completion rate — and it is omitted wherever either input is missing. UFCStats writes 0% where no attempt was recorded at all, so a percentage of exactly zero reads “n/a” here rather than as a measured rate. “Field” is the average fighter in that weight class, or across every division where a class is too small to average. Rate bars run to the population’s 95th percentile (5.32 takedowns / 15m); a fighter above it pins the bar. Percentages are drawn on their own axis.
Ranked roster-wide
The market story
What the market did on the way to the cage — the price, not our model. This bout is settled; the window below is closed.
We hold no market price for this bout — no captured price series, and no opening or closing line in the sportsbook record we fall back on. So there is nothing to show, and we would rather show nothing than draw a line that was never there.
Maximo Blanco vs Dan Hooker.