Thiago Moises vs Jalin Tuner 9/5/20 - UFC Fight Night Picks & Predictions
The lightweight battles are always fun to watch as the fighters tend to be very agile. Moises is coming to the bout here standing at 5’9” and 155 pounds. However, he does not have an advantage with a reach as his reach is only 70 inches. The overall record for Moises is 13-4.
When it comes to his fighting style he is more of an orthodox fighter. Coming to the fighting style here it will be hard to see what to prepare for as Moises does not have a true style declared. The last 5 bouts for Moises have been interesting to say the least with 3 wins and 2 loses. The wins have been by a KO/TKO, a unanimous decision, but also a submission. The losses have come in the form of a unanimous decision loss.
For Jalin Turner he is coming to the fight with a height advantage at 6’3” and 155 pounds Turner does hold a tremendous reach advantage as his reach is sitting at 77 inches coming into the fight here. Jalin has ended up with a 9-5 record in his career so far.
For the style that is used Turner tends to be seen more as a southpaw. With Turner he is coming to the fight as a striker and that could help him out with the reach advantage here. In his last 5 bouts Turner has ended up going 3-2. The wins have all been by a TKO/KO win. The losses have come in the form of a unanimous decision loss, but also with a KO/TKO loss as well.
While he is not declared as a striker Turners wins tend to show other. The good news for Moises is he does not have a glass jaw and his loses have mainly come from the judges. The bad news is Turner is one fighter that throws a lot of strikes and tends to put a lot of power behind those strikes. Look for those strikes to come in and land hard on Moises, which will eventually wear the smaller fighter down in this bout. UFC Fight Night Winner Prediction, Jalin Turner.
