UFC lightweight Jalin Turner had a chance to make his presence known in the biggest fight of his career at UFC 300.
Turner, 28, was coming off a fight-of-the-night performance and was squaring off with established veteran Renato Moicano.
Turner did wind up making a name for himself, but in the worst possible way, getting TKO’d after prematurely celebrating what he thought was a knockout of his own.
JALIN TURNER KNOCKS DOWM MOICANO AND THINKS THAT ITS OVER??? #UFC300 pic.twitter.com/9lqwownUTE
— Spinnin Backfist (@SpinninBackfist)
With less than 20 seconds remaining in the first round, Turner landed a left straight to the chin of Moicano and sent the Brazilian tumbling to the ground.
But instead of following it up and potentially ending the fight, Turner walked away in celebration. It appears he believe Moicano was knocked out.
He was not.
No only was Moicano. 34, not knocked out, but he was feeling pretty good.
He began the second round with a double leg to take Turner down. He then transitioned to the mount, easily passing Turner’s guard before reigning down strikes and winning by TKO.
I can not believe it. Jalin Turner's fighting intelligence deserves a study, from having an easy victory in the first round, to losing in the second due to Moicano's TKO. #UFC300 pic.twitter.com/YJvgmGesW6
— ArchiveMMA (@Archive_MMA)
Fans could not believe that Turner made such a gigantic mistake.
jalin turner in the locker room thinking about dropping renato moicano and just walking away
pic.twitter.com/XdpX0BtaKJ— Conner Burks (@connerburks)
What was Turner thinking
This ain’t boxing bro
— Quan (@quan_eth)
Man I can’t believe Jalin turner did that I had high hopes for him man that loss is gonna stick with him
— Son of the Sun (@Notlikedrake)
Moicano can’t complain. Instead, the UFC vet celebrated his win with an absolutely unhinged victory speech.
“I’m a huge advocate of the First Amendment, and of course I want the $300k bonus but they not going to give me because somebody say this is f—ing Disney, you cannot curse…so I’m not going to do my speech,” Moicano told Joe Rogan and Las Vegas crowd. “But first off all I love America, I love the constitution, I love the first amendment, I want to f—ing carry all the f—- guns, I love private property, If you care about your f—ing country, read Ludwig von Mises and the six lessons of the Austrian economic school, mother f—.”
Sure, Renato, whatever you say.
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