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Jalin Turner vs.
Vicente Luque

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
17-8-0 Vicente Luque · 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
17-8-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
31.2
AgeΔ 3.5 yrs
34.7
6'3"
HeightΔ 4"
5'11"
77"
ReachΔ 2"
75"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
8
Layoff (months)Δ 4.2 mo
3.8
WLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
WLLWL
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.
Jalin Turner is a submission threat — 1.11 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.49 Lightweight norm.
Vicente Luque carries real power — 0.70 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.38 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

Vicente Luque

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 178
Tier 3 — regional circuit 74

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.18 · 17 tier-1/2 wins · 21 finish wins over 37 documented bouts

In the UFC: 12-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.0 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
11354.80/min · norm 3.17
4114.35/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
12415.24/min · norm 3.06
48.3%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
50.9%norm 44.9%
40.8%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
51.6%norm 55.25%
91.43/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
110.70/15 · 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%)

Vicente Luque

Distance 92.0% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 3.5% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 4.5% (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%)

Vicente Luque

Head 74.9% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.8% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 15.3% (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 Luque L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 373 / 856 43.6% 37.9% 1003 / 2052 48.9% 38.6%
In the clinch 52 / 75 69.3% 67.3% 62 / 77 80.5% 67.8%
On the ground 86 / 126 68.3% 69.1% 70 / 101 69.3% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 344 / 828 41.5% 35.0% 687 / 1671 41.1% 37.2%
To the body 135 / 185 73.0% 69.1% 153 / 218 70.2% 70.7%
To the legs 32 / 44 72.7% 81.9% 295 / 341 86.5% 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 Luque L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 315 / 548 57.5% 38.9% 998 / 2212 45.1% 39.0%
In the clinch 36 / 58 62.1% 68.6% 140 / 192 72.9% 68.9%
On the ground 60 / 88 68.2% 68.0% 103 / 160 64.4% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 235 / 473 49.7% 35.1% 932 / 2170 42.9% 35.6%
To the body 69 / 106 65.1% 68.1% 177 / 244 72.5% 69.6%
To the legs 107 / 115 93.0% 81.5% 132 / 150 88.0% 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
1448.3% acc · 0.89/15 · norm 1.27
3675.0% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
3759.7% def · norm 63.9%
13:3214.3% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
34:1114.4% of cage time · norm 18.5%
23:173:41 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
45:562:54 per 15 · norm 3:15
71.11/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
110.70/15 · norm 0.45

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

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