Jalin Turner crashed to a defeat towards Ignacio Bahamondes on Sunday, at UFC 313 inside T-Cell Enviornment in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was a troublesome struggle for each stars, as Turner acquired choked on the bottom and submitted within the first spherical.
Jalin Turner (pink gloves) prepares to struggle Ignacio Bahamondes.(IMAGN IMAGES through Reuters Join)
The struggle started on an equal be aware, with Turner ending on prime of Bahamondes, however the former shortly regained management, dropping some downward elbows on Turner’s cranium earlier than tying him up along with his legs. Turner tried to outlive, however failed as he crumbled to a triangle choke, and was pressured to faucet at 2:29 of the opening spherical.
Thought of to be among the best fighters at present in UFC, the consequence will likely be an enormous disappointment for Turner, and the way by which the struggle ended. Talking to Hindustan Occasions, Turner was requested about how he acquired into MMA as a baby, and did he have inspirations.
“Yes, I started training a little bit in high school, trying out for the wrestling team. Ended up breaking my finger. I started watching MMA after that. My senior year, I started training with some friends in the backyard, doing like this backyard sparring and boxing. And I fell in love with it. I started training myself in my backyard, watching a lot of YouTube videos. And I was trying to learn all those techniques that they were showing, their instructional videos on YouTube,” he mentioned.
As a baby, Turner had loads of recurring accidents which affected his hand in different sports activities. “You know, I had a lot of injuries growing up from skateboarding, and I haven’t had too many injuries in my MMA career. I’ve only had two surgeries, luckily. And, you know, it’s always been little like bumps and bruises the usual you know, you never go into a fight 100% but just overcome all that and just do my job right,” he mentioned.
Turner is at present ranked No. 13 within the UFC light-weight rankings. The bout additionally noticed Turner announce his retirement after his defeat, and it was in an emotional method, as he left his gloves within the ring. He ends his profession with knowledgeable document of 14-9 on the time of his retirement.