Lightweight

Jalin Turner

The Tarantula

16-9

Age
31
Height
6'3"
Reach
6'5"
Stance
Southpaw
Camp
Carlson Gracie Riverside
Out of
USA
Style
striker
Fight IQ
C+ · 61
Finish rate
25%
Win rate
64%

Career methods

KO/TKO
0
Sub
4
Dec
12

FightMetric

SLpM

5.79

SApM

2.57

Str Acc

52%

Str Def

56%

TD Avg

0.75

TD Acc

56%

TD Def

82%

Sub Avg

1.06

Tape read

Volume pressure striker — southpaw

Fight IQ

61C+

Thin sample — 0 loaded UFC rows, 25 career fights for Jalin Turner. Reaction and agility are wider intervals.

IQ

C+

Ground

D

Defense

B

Counter

D

Reaction

proxy

B

Agility

proxy

B

TD react

C+

Chin

A

What they do well

  • Durability

    Gets through fire. Rarely finished by strikes; the later minutes are still theirs to win.

  • Punching agility

    Enough snap to score and to threaten. Not a blur, but the volume is organized.

Where they leak

  • Counter punching

    This is a first-strike, pressure profile more than a counter. Wins come from owning the center, not waiting.

  • Ground game

    Thin offensive ground game. Wins come standing; once taken down this fighter is hunting a stand-up, not a sweep chain.

Scouting report

Jalin Turner “The Tarantula” is a 31-year-old Southpaw lightweight out of USA, camped at Carlson Gracie Riverside. The tape read: volume pressure striker — southpaw. Career mark 16-9-0 — 0 by KO/TKO, 4 by submission, 12 by decision. Fight IQ grades C+ (61).

What works. Durability is the standout at 85 (A). Gets through fire. Rarely finished by strikes; the later minutes are still theirs to win. Ground game D on 0.75 TD/15 and 1.06 sub attempts. Striking defense B at 56% / 2.57 SApM. Counter punching D; punching agility B (output × accuracy × age curve). Takedown reaction C+ on 82% TD defense. These are tape proxies — not lab reaction times — built from FightMetric rates, finish shares, and 0 loaded UFC rows.

Where it breaks. Counter punching is the soft spot (44, D). This is a first-strike, pressure profile more than a counter. Wins come from owning the center, not waiting. Opponents who out-speed the first exchange and never stay on the centerline have historically been the ones who make this résumé leak. Losses lean decision more often than a highlight — the issue is usually control of minutes, not a glass jaw.

The book has no per-fight UFC rows for Turner yet. This scouting card is carried by career FightMetric rates and the win-method split — treat the reaction and agility marks as wider intervals.

Ground game

48 D

Thin offensive ground game. Wins come standing; once taken down this fighter is hunting a stand-up, not a sweep chain.

  • 0.75 takedowns / 15 at 56% accuracy
  • 1.06 submission attempts / 15 · 4 career sub wins

Striking defense

71 B

Serviceable pocket defense. Can be found, but rarely walks into the same shot twice.

  • 56% striking defense · 2.57 SApM
  • 0 KO/TKO losses in 9 defeats

Counter punching

44 D

This is a first-strike, pressure profile more than a counter. Wins come from owning the center, not waiting.

  • 52% accuracy on 5.79 SLpM
  • 0.67 knockdowns / 15 · 0 KO/TKO wins

Timing & reaction

70 B

Average-plus reactions. Gets touched, but rarely frozen in place when the shot or the shot-to-takedown comes.

  • Str def 56% · TD def 82% — the two read-and-react rates
  • 2.57 shots absorbed / min (lower = sees it earlier)

Punching agility

72 B

Enough snap to score and to threaten. Not a blur, but the volume is organized.

  • 5.79 SLpM at 52% — output with cleanliness
  • Throws without paying full retail: 2.57 SApM

Takedown reaction

64 C+

Hips arrive late. A committed wrestler will get them down; the question is what happens next.

  • 82% takedown defense — the live reaction to level changes
  • 1 submission losses (once the fight hits the mat)

Durability

85 A

Gets through fire. Rarely finished by strikes; the later minutes are still theirs to win.

  • 0 times finished by strikes in 9 losses
  • 12 decision wins — proof they last and still score

Fight history

DateOpponentResMethodRndSig
No UFC tape loaded for this fighter yet.