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Jalin Turner vs.
Callan Potter

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

8-6-0 Jalin Turner · UFC
1-2-0 Callan Potter · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

8-6-0
UFC record
1-2-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
31.2
AgeΔ 11 yrs
42.2
6'3"
HeightΔ 3"
6'0"
77"
ReachΔ 5"
72"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
8
Layoff (months)Δ 69.4 mo
77.4
WLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWL
The read

What the numbers say.

Scouting notes, auto-generated — only stats deviating more than 25% from the division median make this list. No narratives, just deviations.

Jalin Turner carries real power — 1.43 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Callan Potter hunts takedowns — 3.29 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Callan Potter owns the mat — in control 46% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.
Level of competition

Who did they actually beat?

Full-career records re-graded by the tier of opposition — the same grading the Contender Series pick model uses. Records built on tier-4 competition are worth less than records built on killers.

Jalin Turner

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 116
Tier 3 — regional circuit 43

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.09 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 24 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.1 wins over .500

Callan Potter

Full career not yet synced for Callan Potter — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.3 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5115.41/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
583.18/min · norm 3.17
4114.35/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
864.72/min · norm 3.06
48.3%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
50.4%norm 44.9%
40.8%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
58.5%norm 55.25%
91.43/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.38

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Jalin Turner

Distance 81.0% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 7.1% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 11.9% (norm 8.0%)

Callan Potter

Distance 91.3% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 6.1% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 2.6% (norm 8.1%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Jalin Turner

Head 78.3% (norm 78.2%) · Body 17.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 4.2% (norm 7.9%)

Callan Potter

Head 93.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 3.5% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 3.5% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Turner L/AAccLightweight med Potter L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 373 / 856 43.6% 37.9% 49 / 105 46.7% 38.6%
In the clinch 52 / 75 69.3% 67.3% 6 / 7 too few to rate 67.8%
On the ground 86 / 126 68.3% 69.1% 3 / 3 too few to rate 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 344 / 828 41.5% 35.0% 51 / 107 47.7% 37.2%
To the body 135 / 185 73.0% 69.1% 3 / 4 too few to rate 70.7%
To the legs 32 / 44 72.7% 81.9% 4 / 4 too few to rate 82.9%

Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Lightweight: 201 fighters · Welterweight: 182 fighters).

What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man

Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.

Zone vs Turner L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Potter L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 315 / 548 57.5% 38.9% 79 / 196 40.3% 39.0%
In the clinch 36 / 58 62.1% 68.6% 3 / 6 too few to rate 68.9%
On the ground 60 / 88 68.2% 68.0% 4 / 5 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 235 / 473 49.7% 35.1% 67 / 185 36.2% 35.6%
To the body 69 / 106 65.1% 68.1% 17 / 20 too few to rate 69.6%
To the legs 107 / 115 93.0% 81.5% 2 / 2 too few to rate 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

450.0% acc · 0.63/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
466.7% acc · 3.29/15 · norm 1.27
3675.0% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
2100.0% def · norm 63.9%
13:3214.3% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
8:2846.5% of cage time · norm 18.5%
23:173:41 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
1:551:34 per 15 · norm 3:15
71.11/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Turner has more cage time on record.

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