Jalin Turner interested by Rafael Fiziev subsequent: ‘All people thinks it might be an ideal struggle’

Jalin Turner thinks a struggle vs. Rafael Fiziev can be a crowd-pleaser.

Turner (14-8 MMA, 7-5 UFC) boasts a one hundred pc end charge with 10 knockouts – together with a Efficiency of the Evening knockout of Bobby Green this previous December.

Fiziev (12-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC) is taken into account probably the greatest strikers at light-weight, along with his two most up-to-date wins being bonus-winning knockouts of Brad Riddell and former champion Rafael dos Anjos.

“I need to run again each struggle – I need to struggle Dan (Hooker) once more, I need to struggle (Matuez) Gamrot once more, however I want to struggle Rafael Fiziev,” Turner advised MMA Junkie Radio. “I really feel like that will be a great struggle. All people’s been asking for that struggle. All people thinks it might be an ideal struggle and I do, too. It’ll be a great placing battle, however anyone ranked greater. I need to struggle one of many OG’s.”

Turner, 29, was on the ascent at 155 kilos after five-straight wins, however now finds himself having misplaced three of his previous 4, most lately a TKO defeat to Renato Moicano at UFC 300.

“That’s what I’m attempting to determine proper now,” Turner stated on getting again to profitable methods. “I simply need to take some extra time without work and simply gentle that fireside once more, and simply effective tune every thing as a result of truthfully, I simply really feel like one other factor that has to do with it too is I’ve reached one other caliber of fighters that I’m competing in opposition to so I really feel like I’ve to stage up in a way.

“I really feel like once I went on that win streak, earlier than that I had my harm, I had an entire 12 months layoff, and I solely fought a 12 months then I had one other 10-month layoff. So, I had a lot time to develop and adapt so I used to be already forward of the competitors by the point I used to be entering into entrance of them. So now, I reached a brand new caliber so I need to proceed that. Take that point off, practice, get as finest as I can, after which come again and begin taking the scalps once more.”