Reported prose from our newsroom. BJJ specialist
Jalin Turner is 8-6 in the UFC through 14 fights. He debuted on Oct. 6, 2018, and has fought at lightweight in each of his last five bouts.
Dan Hooker beat him by split decision on July 8, 2023. Turner answered on Dec. 2, 2023, with a first-round knockout of King Green.
He then lost twice. Renato Moicano stopped him in the second round on April 13, 2024, and Ignacio Bahamondes submitted him in the first round on March 8, 2025.
Turner's most recent fight on record came on Dec. 6, 2025, when he knocked out Edson Barboza in the first round.
He is 2-3 in his last five. Both wins in that stretch were first-round knockouts, and three of the five fights ended inside the distance.
The facts, plainly — vitals and record from public UFC statistics; nickname, nationality, hometown and camp from the public fighter register. A field we can't source stays “pending”; it never shows a fake value.
| Nickname | The Tarantula |
| Nationality | United States |
| Hometown | San Bernardino, California |
| Fighting out of | Adrenaline Combat Sports |
| Height | 6' 3" |
| Reach | 77.0" |
| Stance | Southpaw |
| Age | 31 |
| Date of birth | May 18, 1995 |
| Weight | 155 lbs. |
| Pro record | 15-9 |
| Finish split | pending |
Six 0–100 scores, each a percentile rank against every fighter on record. Tap any i for what a score measures.
The moat — every call we've made on this fighter, timestamped and graded in public. Nobody else can copy this.
FightIQ has picked Jalin Turner 5×, 2 correct (2-3 — 40% right). The confidence % is the number we stood behind at the time — losses shown, toss-ups included.
| Date | Opponent | Card | We said | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-06 | Edson Barboza | UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs Turner | 74.7% | Correct |
| 2024-04-13 | Renato Moicano | UFC: Pereira vs Hill | 61.9% | Missed |
| 2023-12-02 | King Green | UFC Fight Night: Reese vs Brundage | 61.4% | Correct |
| 2023-07-08 | Dan Hooker | UFC Fight Night: Nickal vs Woodburn | 53.7% | Missed |
| 2023-03-04 | Mateusz Gamrot | UFC Fight Night: Araujo vs Ribas | 57.6% | Missed |
Where the strikes go — and where they land on him. Career UFC totals, straight off the tape.
Significant strikes only, as recorded by UFCStats, across the fighter's whole UFC career. Shares are raw counts — nothing here is modelled or smoothed. Accuracy is landed ÷ attempted and comes from the per-round tape, which covers slightly fewer fights than the totals do.
Pro record: 15-9. Timeline below is the bouts FightIQ has tracked (most recent first).
