“I want to get this big win, start it off right, renew my contract and go from there and see where the wind takes me,” he said. “But yeah, I want to get at least three in this year. As long as I’m happy, healthy and able, I want to stay active.”
He’s got a tough test in front of him in Australia’s Mullarkey, who is coming off back-to-back knockouts of Khama Worthy and Devonte Smith. The same thing was said about Turner’s bout with Medic, a highly touted prospect who was unbeaten and coming off a first-round knockout in his UFC debut. “The Tarantula” heard the noise before the fight.
“Yeah, I stumbled across a few tweets and messages that I had to revisit to let them know, ‘Hey, what happened to your boy?’” Turner laughs. “A lot of people were riding the Medic train pretty tough and giving me stick about it. But I’ve dealt with it before, I’ve dealt with it my whole career. I’m gonna just save these messages, get my screenshots, then go back to them after the fight and let them know. They didn’t even have to be disrespectful, but just let ‘em know, I see what you said.”
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It took slightly over four minutes for Turner to end Medic’s unbeaten run, and while it was a big win for the 26-year-old, it felt just as good as the rest of his victories.
“They all feel good equally,” he said. “At this point, it’s about collecting both those checks and being healthy at the end of the night. That’s what it’s really about. All fights are pretty much the same until I get to that title shot. That’s when I’ll be like, ‘Okay, this is the fight.’”
As calm as ever, that Mr. Turner. Not surprising from a man who will battle attack dogs in his leisure time.
“I went through a lot these last couple years, so mentally, I’m just on a different level,” he said. “I take everything as it comes and I try not to stress out about anything and stay as unfazed as possible. It’s helped me acquire this win streak, too. Life’s gonna happen how it happens and you’ve gotta roll with the punches and keep it flowing.
