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The Clinch

Belgium “Sponge” 2009-2017 · 47 rounds on file

Tarec Saffiedine

9-6-0 W-L-D in this database

No photograph on file
Strike accuracy 942/1,963
Takedown accuracy 8/22
Sig. strikes / round 20.0
Control / round 0:41
Inside the distance 11% 1 of 9 wins
Height
5′10″177.8 cm
Reach
70″177.8 cm
Leg reach
--
Stance
Switch
Age
4006 SEP 1986
Listed weight
170 lb77.1 kg
Well-Rounded Automatically assigned from data across 15 fights - 1.4 takedown attempts and 19% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

Every completed bout, grouped by the opponent's style.

Grappling 7 3-4-0 vs 1541 avg
Positional Controller 6 3-3-0
Submission Grappler 1 0-1-0
Hybrid 5 3-2-0 vs 1592 avg
Well-Rounded 5 3-2-0
Striking 2 2-0-0 vs 1516 avg
Distance Striker 1 1-0-0
Pressure Striker 1 1-0-0
-- Not classified 1 1-0-0 vs 1526 avg

Opponent styles are assigned from their own fight data, not from a training background. They describe how those opponents have fought. Bars scale against 7 bouts, the largest group.

The career, in order

One bar per bout, oldest on the left. Height is the significant strikes landed in that fight.

20 JUL 2009 - beat Seichi Ikemoto · Decision (Unanimous) 25 OCT 2009 - lost to Dong Sik Yoon · Decision (Split) 26 FEB 2010 - beat James Terry · Decision (Unanimous) 21 MAY 2010 - beat Nate Moore · Technical Knockout 07 JAN 2011 - lost to Tyron Woodley · Decision (Unanimous) 30 JUL 2011 - beat Scott Smith · Decision (Unanimous) 07 JAN 2012 - beat Tyler Stinson · Decision (Split) 18 AUG 2012 - beat Roger Bowling · Decision (Unanimous) 12 JAN 2013 - beat Nate Marquardt · Decision (Unanimous) 04 JAN 2014 - beat Hyun Gyu Lim · Decision (Unanimous) 04 OCT 2014 - lost to Rory MacDonald · Technical Knockout 30 JAN 2016 - beat Jake Ellenberger · Decision (Unanimous) 29 MAY 2016 - lost to Rick Story · Decision (Unanimous) 30 DEC 2016 - lost to Dong Hyun Kim · Decision (Split) 17 JUN 2017 - lost to Rafael Dos Anjos · Decision (Unanimous)

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 47 rounds across 15 of 15 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 20.0
Sig. strikes absorbed 15.2
Takedowns landed 0.2
Knockdowns 0.1
Sub. attempts 0.0
Control time 0:41 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 48% 942/1,963
Takedowns 36% 8/22
Opponents’ accuracy 38% 713/1,885

Where the strikes land

Head 50% 473
Body 19% 177
Leg 31% 292

And from where

At distance 77% 723
In the clinch 19% 177
On the ground 4% 42

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 1 won Technical Knockout · 1-1
Decision 8 won Decision (Unanimous) · 7-3 Decision (Split) · 1-2

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
17 JUN 2017 Rafael Dos Anjos Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 60 81 UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Correia
30 DEC 2016 Dong Hyun Kim Lost Decision (Split) R3 5:00 52 36 UFC 207: Nunes vs. Rousey
29 MAY 2016 Rick Story Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 32 58 UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs Garbrandt
30 JAN 2016 Jake Ellenberger Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 54 30 UFC on FOX: Johnson vs. Bader
04 OCT 2014 Rory MacDonald Lost Technical Knockout R3 1:28 42 47 UFC Fight Night: MacDonald vs Saffiedine
04 JAN 2014 Hyun Gyu Lim Won Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 120 122 UFC Fight Night: Saffiedine vs Lim
12 JAN 2013 Nate Marquardt Won Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 116 68 Strikeforce - Marquardt vs Saffiedine
18 AUG 2012 Roger Bowling Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 67 53 Strikeforce - Rousey vs Kaufman
07 JAN 2012 Tyler Stinson Won Decision (Split) R3 5:00 46 28 Strikeforce - Rockhold vs. Jardine
30 JUL 2011 Scott Smith Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 113 21 Strikeforce - Fedor vs. Henderson
07 JAN 2011 Tyron Woodley Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 38 45 Strikeforce Challengers 13
21 MAY 2010 Nate Moore Won Technical Knockout R2 1:21 21 20 Strikeforce Challengers 8
26 FEB 2010 James Terry Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 93 47 Strikeforce Challengers 6
25 OCT 2009 Dong Sik Yoon Lost Decision (Split) R3 5:00 37 16 DREAM 12
20 JUL 2009 Seichi Ikemoto Won Decision (Unanimous) R2 5:00 51 41 DREAM 10: Welterweight Grand Prix 2009 Final Round