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Jalin Turner vs. Josh Culibao

UFC 9-6-0 vs. 3-4-1

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
9-6-0
UFC record
3-4-1
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
31
AgeΔ 1 yrs
32
6'3"
HeightΔ 5"
5'10"
77"
ReachΔ 4"
73"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
2.2
Layoff (months)Δ 23.9 mo
26.1
WWLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Jalin Turner carries real power — 1.58 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Jalin Turner is a submission threat — 1.10 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.48 Lightweight norm.
Josh Culibao rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.17 Featherweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

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

Josh Culibao

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 34
Tier 3 — regional circuit 80

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.9 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 16 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5205.46/min · norm 3.44
Sig. strikes landed
3583.41/min · norm 3.52
4134.34/min · norm 3.38
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
3193.04/min · norm 3.50
48.6%norm 43.65%
Striking accuracy
44.8%norm 44.7%
40.8%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
59.9%norm 54.8%
101.58/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
40.57/15 · norm 0.29

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

Jalin Turner

Distance 80.3% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 7.0% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 12.7% (norm 8.0%)

Josh Culibao

Distance 92.6% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 3.8% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 3.6% (norm 6.5%)

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

Jalin Turner

Head 78.3% (norm 78.0%) · Body 17.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 4.2% (norm 8.0%)

Josh Culibao

Head 76.1% (norm 77.5%) · Body 13.2% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 10.6% (norm 7.9%)

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 Culibao L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 374 / 860 43.5% 38.3% 318 / 741 42.9% 40.5%
In the clinch 52 / 75 69.3% 67.5% 20 / 30 66.7% 70.5%
On the ground 94 / 136 69.1% 68.8% 20 / 29 69.0% 69.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 352 / 839 42.0% 35.1% 218 / 609 35.8% 37.1%
To the body 136 / 187 72.7% 69.1% 71 / 106 67.0% 68.0%
To the legs 32 / 45 71.1% 81.8% 69 / 85 81.2% 80.3%

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: 204 fighters · Featherweight: 127 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 Culibao L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 317 / 552 57.4% 38.8% 216 / 642 33.6% 39.3%
In the clinch 36 / 58 62.1% 68.6% 35 / 55 63.6% 70.3%
On the ground 60 / 88 68.2% 68.0% 68 / 99 68.7% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 236 / 475 49.7% 35.2% 184 / 594 31.0% 35.9%
To the body 69 / 107 64.5% 68.2% 76 / 119 63.9% 68.0%
To the legs 108 / 116 93.1% 81.5% 59 / 83 71.1% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
450.0% acc · 0.63/15 · norm 1.34
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.17
3675.0% def · norm 63.7%
Takedowns stopped
2165.6% def · norm 61.5%
13:3714.3% of cage time · norm 18.95%
Control time
6:566.6% of cage time · norm 16.5%
23:173:40 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
33:034:43 per 15 · norm 3:11
71.10/15 · norm 0.48
Submission attempts
20.29/15 · 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.