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Seokhyeon Ko vs Wellington Turman prediction

Welterweight · Bonfim vs Brady · 7 Nov 2026
UFC 2-1 · Pro 13-3
VS
UFC 3-6 · Pro 18-8

Prediction

early read
Seokhyeon Ko 73%
73%27%
as of 11 Oct 2026, 09:03 UTC

By the numbers

  • Time away

    Turman’s first UFC fight in 35 months. A fighter coming back after 2 years or more away, against an opponent active within the year, wins 39% of the time (83 of 213 fights).

  • Age

    Turman is 2 years younger. With an age gap of 2 to 3 years, the younger fighter wins 57% of UFC fights (1,252 of 2,209 fights).

History leans Turman on 1 of these; our early read still favours Ko.

Counted from every UFC fight on record before this bout. These are history, not our model’s read.

Tale of the tape

The facts, side by side — Seokhyeon Ko vs Wellington Turman.

Red corner SeokhyeonKo“The Korean Tyson”
VSUpcoming
Blue corner WellingtonTurman“The Prodigy”Teixeira MMA & Fitness · Hometown (per Sherdog): Curitiba, Parana
WelterweightPicks published · graded in public after the card
The story
  • Carries 17 points more striking defence than Turman.
  • Has dropped 3 straight in the UFC.
  • 9 UFC bouts deep — 6 more than Ko.
13-3
Record
18-8
33
Age
−3 yr30
5' 10"
Height
+2″6' 0"
71″
Reach
+1″72″
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
3
UFC bouts
+69
0/20% of wins
Finishes
1/333% of wins
Vitals, record, nickname and camp come from the public UFC fighter register and are current, not a snapshot of fight night. UFC bouts, finish rate and every storyline line are counted off the official UFC fight record. A tick marks the side holding the raw edge in that row — longer reach, taller, younger, more bouts, a higher finish rate. It is a fact about the tape, not a prediction, and rows with no clean comparison (record, stance, gym, hometown) carry no tick at all. Any row we cannot fill on both sides is left out rather than half-drawn. Where a fighter was born and where they fight out of come from their Wikipedia entry; where we hold neither, the hometown shown is Sherdog’s.
All the vitals, as a table
UFC 2-1UFC recordUFC 3-6
13-3Pro record18-8
The Korean TysonNicknameThe Prodigy
5' 10"Height6' 0"
71"Reach72"
SouthpawStanceOrthodox
33Age30
170 lbs.Weight170 lbs.
—NationalityBrazil
—Hometown (per Sherdog)Curitiba, Parana
—CampTeixeira MMA & Fitness
Vitals and record from public UFC statistics; nickname, nationality and camp from the public fighter register. Where a fighter was born and where they fight out of come from their Wikipedia entry; where we hold neither, the hometown shown is Sherdog’s. The UFC record is counted from the official results themselves.

FightIQ Metrics

Our read — not official stats. Six 0–100 scores, each a percentile rank against the fighter’s own weight class (the full roster where a division is too thin to rank in). The better score on each row is highlighted in that fighter's corner colour.

Seokhyeon KoWellington Turman
67
Striking
70
86
Defence
28
54
Grappling / TD
38
58
Cardio
35
75 limited sample
Chin
45
68
Fight IQ
43
Our read — derived, not official stats. Ranked within weight class.

Strike zones

Strike zones

Where they go — head to head

Career UFC significant strikes by target zone. Red corner left, blue corner right.

Seokhyeon Ko3 UFC fights · 135 landed

79.2%
HEAD
58.7%
8.9%
BODY
20.5%
11.9%
LEGS
20.8%

Wellington Turman9 UFC fights · 312 landed

Significant strikes only, as recorded by UFCStats, across the fighter's whole UFC career. Shares are raw counts — nothing here is modelled or smoothed. Accuracy is landed ÷ attempted and comes from the per-round tape, which covers slightly fewer fights than the totals do. “Field” is the average fighter in that weight class, or across every division where a class is too small to average.

Takedowns

Takedowns

The level change — head to head

Career UFC takedown rates. Red corner left, blue corner right.

Seokhyeon Ko

3.00takedowns / 15 min
3.00 / 15m
TAKEDOWNS
1.55 / 15m
5.77 / 15m
ATTEMPTS
7.75 / 15m
52%
ACCURACY
20%
0.20 / 15m
SUB ATT
0.80 / 15m

Wellington Turman

1.55takedowns / 15 min

Career UFC takedown rates exactly as UFCStats publishes them: takedowns landed per 15 minutes, completion rate, submission attempts per 15 minutes, and the share of takedowns tried on them that they stuffed. Attempts per 15 is the one derived figure — landed ÷ completion rate — and it is omitted wherever either input is missing. UFCStats writes 0% where no attempt was recorded at all, so a percentage of exactly zero reads “n/a” here rather than as a measured rate. “Field” is the average fighter in that weight class, or across every division where a class is too small to average. Rate bars run to the population’s 95th percentile (5.27 takedowns / 15m); a fighter above it pins the bar. Percentages are drawn on their own axis.

Ranked in Welterweight

Stats comparison

Seokhyeon Ko (left) vs Wellington Turman (right) — career striking & grappling rates.

Strikes landed / min
3.15
vs
3.23
Striking accuracy
50%
vs
51%
Strikes absorbed / min
1.93
vs
4.17
Striking defence
62%
vs
45%
Takedowns / 15 min
3
vs
1.55
Takedown accuracy
52%
vs
20%
Takedown defence
50%
vs
42%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.2
vs
0.8
Career averages from public UFC statistics.

Bios

Who these two are — reported newsroom prose where we have it, our own data-built profile where we don’t. Each is labelled.

Seokhyeon KoFightIQ profileGrappling-led all-rounder

5' 10" southpaw grappling-led all-rounder campaigning at Welterweight. 2 UFC wins — 2 decision.

Built from Seokhyeon Ko’s own fight record and striking and grappling figures, recomputed for this build. Full profile →
Wellington TurmanFightIQ profileAll-rounder

6' 0" orthodox all-rounder campaigning at Welterweight. 3 UFC wins — 1 submission, 2 decision.

Built from Wellington Turman’s own fight record and striking and grappling figures, recomputed for this build. Full profile →

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