Jalin Turner, UFC 313 media day Credit score: Gabriel Gonzalez/Cageside Press
Las Vegas — Light-weight Jalin Turner isn’t a fan of curler coasters, however he’s been on certainly one of late.
“Life has been a roller coaster, definitely a roller coaster. I don’t like roller coasters, but it’s been one. I’m riding a good wave right now, so it’s all good,” Turner (14-8) mentioned throughout Wednesday’s UFC 313 media day. Requested concerning the nature of that curler coaster, “outside, inside, revolving, around it. Not too much I really want to speculate on, but just to give you a gist, yeah, I’ve been going through it,” replied Turner, with out moving into specifics.
Turner, a.ok.a. “The Tarantula,” is a towering 155’er paired up with one other lanky light-weight in Ignacio Bahamondes. Chile’s Bahamondes has had a scorching hand of late, with two straight Efficiency of the Evening bonuses. He’s received a full head of steam coming off Noche UFC in September, the place he completed Manuel Torres.
“I feel like that was exactly what was in the mind’s of the matchmakers when this fight got put together,” Turner said, requested concerning the reserving. “I’m coming off of a layoff, he has all this hype, and I’m right here.”
In his nearly one-year layoff, Turner has shored up his grappling sport. As he famous, he began preventing at 18, whereas others have educated in varied disciplines since childhood. He’s returning this Saturday to a really acquainted area, the T-Cellular in Las Vegas. It could not have all of the comforts of residence, however it’s acquainted territory.
As Jalin Turner, who has fought on the Las Vegas venue seven occasions since becoming a member of the UFC in 2018, put it, “Vegas is dang near my second home. I’m going to have to move out here soon.” But regardless of having a reasonably set routine after so many journeys to Las Vegas, issues are completely different forward of UFC 313.
“This fight week has been different. This fight week my routine has been completely different, because my weight was really good. I got to enjoy more things, I was out hiking in nature a little bit more. It’s been fun. It’s been fun,” Turner instructed Cageside Press. “I’ve been gone for almost a year man, I just came back and I just wanted to soak up every moment of this. Being in front here, talking to you guys, I gotta realize, I’m about to be 30. I’m not going to be doing this for too much longer in my life, so I just want to enjoy it as much as possible, just soak up every single moment, because it’s going to be gone one day.”
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