Media How the hell does Jalin Turner make 155?

[Adamant__]

I don't know if it's the angles but mfer towers over Nickal here. Looks like a MW. And Dan is a pretty big LW as well and he towered over him, too. No idea how he makes 155.

 

[ExitLUPin]

 

[King in the North]

He doesn’t lol

 

[RockyLockridge]

Think we all got our answer lol

 

[Arm Barbarian]

Prophetic thread.

 

[Busgosu]

Yeah, all the fucking clowns who said he was a natural LW can eat shit now. It's crazy how dumb people can be in this forum.

 

[Megatronlee]

Yeah, all the fucking clowns who said he was a natural LW can eat shit now

Nah he’s just grown. Nobody is eating anything

 

[MMABr]

Looks awful.

Should be at WW and maybe MW in the future. 6'3 with a decent amount of muscle = not a LW.

 

[Yellowcrab]

If it was such a stark advantage, simply put Africans would be winning everything and that's just not the case.

I'm not saying you're wrong, but you have to get a broader view : they are a tiny minority in western countries while Africa doesn't have the tools to develop high calibers athletes.

Also, sport is not purely meritocratic and remains a buisness
: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/apr/29/french-football-race-row

 

[Ayreon]

This jerk starving to death for trying to fight midgets

 

[goOb]

Jalin cut enough weight for this fight but not enough height. I’ve never witnessed a skeleton fight but tomorrow I am fixing to see it.

 

[pātrēärkē]

Hanging around Khamzat too long.

He looks awful, fight should be scrapped

 

[Paolo Delutis]

Well there it is .. @snaportap21


U were saying?

 

[snaportap21]

Well there it is .. @snaportap21


U were saying?

I can’t say he’s never missed weight anymore. He’s just irresponsible. Even Khabib has missed weight. It doesn’t mean he doesn’t belong in the division. Perhaps something went wrong with his cut. He’s still lighter than people like Islam or Poirier and Gaethje.

 

[Paolo Delutis]

I can’t say he’s never missed weight anymore. He’s just irresponsible. Even Khabib has missed weight. It doesn’t mean he doesn’t belong in the division. Perhaps something went wrong with his cut. He’s still lighter than people like Islam or Poirier and Gaethje.

Theres pretty strong evidence Khabib should of probably have been competing at 170lbs considering he did before the UFC..


But ya... Buddy should be fighting above 155lbs... it's not sustainable at 6'3.
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[Oscar Madison]

Starvin Marvin

 

[HolmeZy55]

He’s just irresponsible. Even Khabib has missed weight. It doesn’t mean he doesn’t belong in the division.

Yeah and Khabib was also a huge LW who could've easily fought at WW, Turner is fucking huge dude, he is the Rumble of LW.

You sound delusional buddeh.

 

[ExitLUPin]

Yeah and Khabib was also a huge LW who could've easily fought at WW, Turner is fucking huge dude, he is the Rumble of LW.

You sound delusional buddeh.

11/29 (38%) of Khabibs career fights were at 170lbs too. And hes missed weight or pulled out of fights trying to make 155lbs literally almost dying according to a doctor one time and having seizures another time leading to Barboza. Then theres towelgate against Gaethje.

 

[snaportap21]

Theres pretty strong evidence Khabib should of probably have been competing at 170lbs considering he did before the UFC..


But ya... Buddy should be fighting above 155lbs... it's not sustainable at 6'3.
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There may be some merit to that. Khabib was just being irresponsible before. He was doing dumb shit like eating tiramisu. I tend to look at the hard numbers and Jalin isn’t weighing more than other prominent names. The problem is if he moves up he’s gonna get muscled around easily. At LW his opponents overpower him often for takedown. At WW it would be worse. Body types like that don’t do well against strong grapplers. Jalin just has an unconventional body just in that weird in between state. Did you see Dan Hooker at the weigh in? He looked awful as well. Dan just had more resolve to make weight.

 

[snaportap21]

Yeah and Khabib was also a huge LW who could've easily fought at WW, Turner is fucking huge dude, he is the Rumble of LW.

You sound delusional buddeh.

Jalin weighs as much as Poirier, Gathje, Islam and more. Jalin just has a weird body type. He still gets out muscled in grappling exchanges at LW. WW may be an extremely tough weight class for him because of his very thin frame.