“Seeing him in hospital messed me…” Jalin Turner mentally suffered after taking years off Dan Hooker’s life in three-round war

Jalin Turner fights Bobby Green this weekend at UFC Austin. Previously, he faced Dan Hooker in the main card of UFC 290. The fight went the full distance and fans felt it was a great war. They both went back and forth and beat each other with no mercy. However, ‘The Tarantula’ later felt sad for taking years off Hooker’s life.

Ahead of Jalin Turner’s fight with Bobby Green, he looked back on his bout with Dan Hooker on the pre-fight media day. Here is what Turner said about the fight against Hooker:

Seeing him in the hospital messed me up. Kinda like, Dang, I really took years off this man's life. He can't be with his family, he had to get surgery. I felt so bad. So, that played on my head for a while...That's one of the reasons why I took a bit of time off for my mental. I had a lot of stuff mentally going on. Affected me a lot. 

Jalin Turner via UFC Austin media day

Dan Hooker injured his hand during the fight with Jalin Turner. He got the surgery done and was ready to get back to the octagon this weekend against Bobby Green. But, unfortunately, he injured the same hand while training a week ago. So, he pulled, and his last opponent Turner, stepped up on short notice.

Even though Dan Hooker broke his arm, he won the fight against ‘The Tarantula’ via a split decision. The two shared a wholesome pic after the fight in the hospital. Now, ‘The Hangman’ was back in the hospital to fix his hand while Turner was back in the octagon to fight.

Jalin Turner revealed he had to cut about 25 pounds for his fight with Bobby Green

Bobby Green was scheduled to face Dan Hooker on UFC Austin. However, things took a turn when ‘The Hangman’ injured himself during training. So, Jalin Turner stepped up on short notice to face the UFC veteran. However, he had a long way to make weight as he had to cut around 25 pounds in a week.

Jalin Turner appeared on the ‘Jaxxon Podcast’ hosted by former UFC fighter Rampage Jackson. ‘The Tarantula’ revealed that he walks around at 180lbs, over the welterweight limit. However, he fought at lightweight, and Jackson was stunned to know this. He looked confident about it with just a week to drop the weight off. Check out what Turner said below:

However, Jackson shared his input about the cardio disadvantage while cutting a lot of weight. As such, Jalin Turner had issues with his cardio, even in his last fight with Dan Hooker. With just a day for weigh-ins, he had dropped weight significantly. However, How he handles his cardio against Bobby Green was to be seen this weekend. Only time will tell if Turner overcomes the tough weight cut to attain victory.

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