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Josh Culibao vs. Jalin Turner

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

Tale of the tape

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

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

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

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

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

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

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

Josh Culibao

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

Jalin Turner

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

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

Josh Culibao

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

Jalin Turner

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

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

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

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

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.17
Takedowns landed
450.0% acc · 0.63/15 · norm 1.34
2165.6% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
3675.0% def · norm 63.7%
6:566.6% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
13:3714.3% of cage time · norm 18.95%
33:034:43 per 15 · norm 3:11
Time under control lower is better
23:173:40 per 15 · norm 2:50
20.29/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
71.10/15 · norm 0.48

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