By The Numbers: Arnold Allen vs. Dan Hooker

Arnold Allen would like nothing more than to hasten his climb on the crowded Ultimate Fighting Championship featherweight ladder.

The once-beaten Tristar Gym export will toe the line against Dan Hooker in the UFC Fight Night 204 co-headliner on Saturday at the O2 Arena in London. Allen enters the Octagon on the strength of an eye-popping 10-fight winning streak. He last competed at UFC on ABC 2, where he laid claim to a three-round unanimous decision over Sodiq Yusuff on April 10. Hooker, meanwhile, has lost three of his past four bouts. The City Kickboxing star last appeared on Oct. 30, when he submitted to a first-round kimura from Islam Makhachev in a UFC 267 lightweight showcase.

As Allen and Hooker inch ever closer to their pivotal encounter at 145 pounds, a look at some of the numbers that have accompanied them to this point:

28: Years of age for Allen, who was born on Jan. 22, 1994 in Ipswich, England.

5: Allen wins by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 29% of his career total (17). His complete list of victims: Paul Cook, Tobias Huber, Doni Miller, Kim Tinghaugen and Nathan Greyson. Allen owns four other wins by submission and eight more by decision.

1: Sub-minute finish on the Allen resume. He brought down the aforementioned Huber with punches in just 37 seconds under Cage Warriors Fighting Championship flag on April 18, 2014.

37: Rounds completed by Allen as a professional mixed martial artist. He has gone the distance on nine different occasions and carries an 8-1 record in those bouts.

2,842: Days since Allen suffered his only career setback. He dropped a unanimous decision to Marcin Wrzosek at CWFC 69 on June 7, 2014.

32: Years of age for Hooker, who was born in Auckland, New Zealand, on Feb. 13, 1990.

7: Hooker victories by submission, accounting for 33% of his career total (21). His methods of choice: three guillotine chokes, two rear-naked chokes, one armbar and one triangle choke. Hooker holds 10 other victories by knockout or technical knockout and four more by decision.

155: Significant strikes landed by Hooker in a five-round unanimous decision loss to American Top Team ace Dustin Poirier in the UFC on ESPN 12 main event on June 27, 2020. It remains a high-water mark for the Kiwi. Poirier connected with 153 such strikes in return.

6: Countries in which Hooker has fought as a mixed martial artist. He has gone 8-2 in Australia, 7-2 in his native New Zealand, 5-3 in the United States, 1-1 in China, 0-2 in the United Arab Emirates and 0-1 in Japan.

.703: Cumulative winning percentage between the 11 men—Makhachev, Poirier, Michael Chandler, Edson Barboza, Jason Knight, Yair Rodriguez, Maximo Blanco, Haotian Wu, Rob Lisita, Sonny Brown and Adam Calver—who have defeated Hooker. They sport a combined record of 189-77-3.