Tarec Saffiedine

"Sponge"

2-4

Record

Age / DOB 39
(Sep 06, 1986)

Height 5' 10"

Weight 170 lbs.

Reach 70.0"

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Career Averages

4.05 Sig. Strikes / Min

47.0% Sig. Strike Acc.

3.06 Absorbed / Min

62.0% Strike Defense

0.52 TD Avg / 15 min

36.0% TD Accuracy

84.0% TD Defense

0.1 Sub. / Fight

Win Methods (2)

KO/TKO 0

Submission 0

Decision 2

Loss Methods (4)

KO/TKO 1

Submission 0

Decision 3

Fight History

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Loss

vs Rafael dos Anjos

UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Correia
Jun 17, 2017

Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) R3 5:00

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Rafael dos Anjos	0	60 of 139	43%	71 of 151	1 of 1	100%	0	0	3:40
Tarec Saffiedine	0	81 of 158	51%	91 of 169	1 of 5	20%	1	0	3:32

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Ctrl
1	Rafael dos Anjos	15 of 25	60%	19 of 30	1 of 1	100%	0	1:58
1	Tarec Saffiedine	22 of 48	45%	26 of 53	1 of 1	100%	1	1:04
2	Rafael dos Anjos	21 of 43	48%	26 of 48	0 of 0	---	0	1:18
2	Tarec Saffiedine	28 of 55	50%	31 of 58	0 of 4	0%	0	1:51
3	Rafael dos Anjos	24 of 71	33%	26 of 73	0 of 0	---	0	0:24
3	Tarec Saffiedine	31 of 55	56%	34 of 58	0 of 0	---	0	0:37

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Rafael dos Anjos	60 of 139	43%	34 of 112	14 of 15	12 of 12	44 of 119	16 of 20	0 of 0
Tarec Saffiedine	81 of 158	51%	35 of 99	37 of 49	9 of 10	56 of 125	20 of 26	5 of 7

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Rafael dos Anjos	15 of 25	60%	9 of 19	4 of 4	2 of 2	9 of 17	6 of 8	0 of 0
1	Tarec Saffiedine	22 of 48	45%	8 of 30	14 of 18	0 of 0	14 of 39	6 of 7	2 of 2
2	Rafael dos Anjos	21 of 43	48%	10 of 31	6 of 7	5 of 5	14 of 34	7 of 9	0 of 0
2	Tarec Saffiedine	28 of 55	50%	12 of 33	12 of 17	4 of 5	15 of 36	10 of 14	3 of 5
3	Rafael dos Anjos	24 of 71	33%	15 of 62	4 of 4	5 of 5	21 of 68	3 of 3	0 of 0
3	Tarec Saffiedine	31 of 55	56%	15 of 36	11 of 14	5 of 5	27 of 50	4 of 5	0 of 0

Loss

vs Dong Hyun Kim

UFC 207: Nunes vs. Rousey
Dec 30, 2016

Decision (split) (27–30, 29–28, 29–28) R3 5:00

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Dong Hyun Kim	0	36 of 107	33%	64 of 138	3 of 8	37%	0	0	5:19
Tarec Saffiedine	0	52 of 105	49%	68 of 122	2 of 6	33%	0	0	1:25

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Ctrl
1	Dong Hyun Kim	11 of 45	24%	21 of 55	1 of 3	33%	1:12
1	Tarec Saffiedine	22 of 36	61%	22 of 36	2 of 4	50%	1:05
2	Dong Hyun Kim	15 of 41	36%	27 of 54	0 of 2	0%	1:30
2	Tarec Saffiedine	17 of 38	44%	25 of 46	0 of 1	0%	0:18
3	Dong Hyun Kim	10 of 21	47%	16 of 29	2 of 3	66%	2:37
3	Tarec Saffiedine	13 of 31	41%	21 of 40	0 of 1	0%	0:02

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Dong Hyun Kim	36 of 107	33%	28 of 94	7 of 12	1 of 1	27 of 94	9 of 13	0 of 0
Tarec Saffiedine	52 of 105	49%	38 of 88	11 of 14	3 of 3	35 of 81	17 of 24	0 of 0

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Dong Hyun Kim	11 of 45	24%	10 of 44	1 of 1	0 of 0	9 of 43	2 of 2	0 of 0
1	Tarec Saffiedine	22 of 36	61%	17 of 30	5 of 6	0 of 0	14 of 26	8 of 10	0 of 0
2	Dong Hyun Kim	15 of 41	36%	11 of 35	4 of 6	0 of 0	12 of 37	3 of 4	0 of 0
2	Tarec Saffiedine	17 of 38	44%	12 of 33	3 of 3	2 of 2	12 of 32	5 of 6	0 of 0
3	Dong Hyun Kim	10 of 21	47%	7 of 15	2 of 5	1 of 1	6 of 14	4 of 7	0 of 0
3	Tarec Saffiedine	13 of 31	41%	9 of 25	3 of 5	1 of 1	9 of 23	4 of 8	0 of 0

Loss

vs Rick Story

UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs. Garbrandt
May 29, 2016

Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27) R3 5:00

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Rick Story	0	32 of 71	45%	47 of 86	0 of 1	0%	0	0	0:37
Tarec Saffiedine	0	58 of 111	52%	97 of 150	0 of 6	0%	0	0	6:53

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Ctrl
1	Rick Story	6 of 15	40%	13 of 22	0 of 0	---	0:07
1	Tarec Saffiedine	16 of 32	50%	27 of 43	0 of 3	0%	1:56
2	Rick Story	11 of 22	50%	18 of 29	0 of 1	0%	0:30
2	Tarec Saffiedine	13 of 24	54%	31 of 42	0 of 1	0%	2:42
3	Rick Story	15 of 34	44%	16 of 35	0 of 0	---	0:00
3	Tarec Saffiedine	29 of 55	52%	39 of 65	0 of 2	0%	2:15

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Rick Story	32 of 71	45%	16 of 52	9 of 12	7 of 7	23 of 52	9 of 19	0 of 0
Tarec Saffiedine	58 of 111	52%	19 of 61	26 of 33	13 of 17	26 of 65	32 of 46	0 of 0

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Rick Story	6 of 15	40%	3 of 12	2 of 2	1 of 1	6 of 12	0 of 3	0 of 0
1	Tarec Saffiedine	16 of 32	50%	4 of 18	10 of 11	2 of 3	5 of 19	11 of 13	0 of 0
2	Rick Story	11 of 22	50%	3 of 12	6 of 8	2 of 2	7 of 14	4 of 8	0 of 0
2	Tarec Saffiedine	13 of 24	54%	4 of 14	5 of 6	4 of 4	6 of 12	7 of 12	0 of 0
3	Rick Story	15 of 34	44%	10 of 28	1 of 2	4 of 4	10 of 26	5 of 8	0 of 0
3	Tarec Saffiedine	29 of 55	52%	11 of 29	11 of 16	7 of 10	15 of 34	14 of 21	0 of 0

Win

vs Jake Ellenberger

UFC on Fox: Johnson vs. Bader
Jan 30, 2016

Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) R3 5:00

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Tarec Saffiedine	0	54 of 131	41%	58 of 135	0 of 1	0%	0	0	1:01
Jake Ellenberger	0	30 of 99	30%	39 of 109	0 of 4	0%	0	0	0:54

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Ctrl
1	Tarec Saffiedine	18 of 45	40%	19 of 46	0 of 0	---	0:00
1	Jake Ellenberger	12 of 39	30%	14 of 41	0 of 0	---	0:22
2	Tarec Saffiedine	16 of 44	36%	17 of 45	0 of 1	0%	0:00
2	Jake Ellenberger	9 of 33	27%	9 of 33	0 of 1	0%	0:04
3	Tarec Saffiedine	20 of 42	47%	22 of 44	0 of 0	---	1:01
3	Jake Ellenberger	9 of 27	33%	16 of 35	0 of 3	0%	0:28

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Tarec Saffiedine	54 of 131	41%	30 of 103	13 of 17	11 of 11	44 of 118	10 of 13	0 of 0
Jake Ellenberger	30 of 99	30%	24 of 90	6 of 9	0 of 0	20 of 86	10 of 13	0 of 0

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Tarec Saffiedine	18 of 45	40%	9 of 35	6 of 7	3 of 3	12 of 38	6 of 7	0 of 0
1	Jake Ellenberger	12 of 39	30%	10 of 35	2 of 4	0 of 0	9 of 34	3 of 5	0 of 0
2	Tarec Saffiedine	16 of 44	36%	11 of 37	3 of 5	2 of 2	15 of 42	1 of 2	0 of 0
2	Jake Ellenberger	9 of 33	27%	7 of 30	2 of 3	0 of 0	7 of 30	2 of 3	0 of 0
3	Tarec Saffiedine	20 of 42	47%	10 of 31	4 of 5	6 of 6	17 of 38	3 of 4	0 of 0
3	Jake Ellenberger	9 of 27	33%	7 of 25	2 of 2	0 of 0	4 of 22	5 of 5	0 of 0

Loss

vs Rory MacDonald

UFC Fight Night: MacDonald vs. Saffiedine
Oct 04, 2014

TKO (punches) R3 1:28

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Rory MacDonald	1	47 of 111	42%	48 of 113	1 of 3	33%	0	0	0:20
Tarec Saffiedine	0	42 of 136	30%	42 of 136	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:00

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Ctrl
1	Rory MacDonald	0	15 of 46	32%	16 of 48	1 of 2	50%	0:13
1	Tarec Saffiedine	0	10 of 41	24%	10 of 41	0 of 0	---	0:00
2	Rory MacDonald	0	21 of 47	44%	21 of 47	0 of 0	---	0:00
2	Tarec Saffiedine	0	23 of 70	32%	23 of 70	0 of 0	---	0:00
3	Rory MacDonald	1	11 of 18	61%	11 of 18	0 of 1	0%	0:07
3	Tarec Saffiedine	0	9 of 25	36%	9 of 25	0 of 0	---	0:00

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Rory MacDonald	47 of 111	42%	35 of 94	5 of 10	7 of 7	40 of 101	0 of 2	7 of 8
Tarec Saffiedine	42 of 136	30%	18 of 104	2 of 5	22 of 27	42 of 136	0 of 0	0 of 0

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Rory MacDonald	15 of 46	32%	11 of 39	0 of 3	4 of 4	14 of 44	0 of 1	1 of 1
1	Tarec Saffiedine	10 of 41	24%	2 of 33	1 of 1	7 of 7	10 of 41	0 of 0	0 of 0
2	Rory MacDonald	21 of 47	44%	14 of 38	4 of 6	3 of 3	21 of 47	0 of 0	0 of 0
2	Tarec Saffiedine	23 of 70	32%	13 of 54	1 of 4	9 of 12	23 of 70	0 of 0	0 of 0
3	Rory MacDonald	11 of 18	61%	10 of 17	1 of 1	0 of 0	5 of 10	0 of 1	6 of 7
3	Tarec Saffiedine	9 of 25	36%	3 of 17	0 of 0	6 of 8	9 of 25	0 of 0	0 of 0

Win

vs Hyun Gyu Lim

UFC Fight Night: Saffiedine vs. Lim
Jan 04, 2014

Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 48–47, 48–47) R5 5:00

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Tarec Saffiedine	3	120 of 202	59%	166 of 248	1 of 3	33%	1	0	6:19
Hyun Gyu Lim	0	122 of 277	44%	126 of 282	0 of 0	---	1	0	0:19

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Ctrl
1	Tarec Saffiedine	0	16 of 33	48%	16 of 33	0 of 0	---	0	0:00
1	Hyun Gyu Lim	0	30 of 45	66%	32 of 47	0 of 0	---	0	0:17
2	Tarec Saffiedine	0	38 of 63	60%	38 of 63	0 of 1	0%	0	0:00
2	Hyun Gyu Lim	0	21 of 79	26%	21 of 79	0 of 0	---	0	0:00
3	Tarec Saffiedine	1	21 of 25	84%	41 of 45	1 of 1	100%	0	2:39
3	Hyun Gyu Lim	0	8 of 16	50%	10 of 19	0 of 0	---	1	0:02
4	Tarec Saffiedine	1	19 of 36	52%	45 of 62	0 of 0	---	1	3:36
4	Hyun Gyu Lim	0	12 of 42	28%	12 of 42	0 of 0	---	0	0:00
5	Tarec Saffiedine	1	26 of 45	57%	26 of 45	0 of 1	0%	0	0:04
5	Hyun Gyu Lim	0	51 of 95	53%	51 of 95	0 of 0	---	0	0:00

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Tarec Saffiedine	120 of 202	59%	60 of 127	13 of 14	47 of 61	113 of 193	1 of 2	6 of 7
Hyun Gyu Lim	122 of 277	44%	92 of 239	27 of 35	3 of 3	119 of 273	1 of 1	2 of 3

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Tarec Saffiedine	16 of 33	48%	5 of 18	2 of 2	9 of 13	15 of 32	1 of 1	0 of 0
1	Hyun Gyu Lim	30 of 45	66%	21 of 35	8 of 9	1 of 1	29 of 43	0 of 0	1 of 2
2	Tarec Saffiedine	38 of 63	60%	21 of 44	3 of 4	14 of 15	38 of 63	0 of 0	0 of 0
2	Hyun Gyu Lim	21 of 79	26%	18 of 75	2 of 3	1 of 1	21 of 79	0 of 0	0 of 0
3	Tarec Saffiedine	21 of 25	84%	10 of 13	2 of 2	9 of 10	16 of 19	0 of 1	5 of 5
3	Hyun Gyu Lim	8 of 16	50%	5 of 11	2 of 4	1 of 1	6 of 14	1 of 1	1 of 1
4	Tarec Saffiedine	19 of 36	52%	10 of 22	4 of 4	5 of 10	18 of 34	0 of 0	1 of 2
4	Hyun Gyu Lim	12 of 42	28%	9 of 36	3 of 6	0 of 0	12 of 42	0 of 0	0 of 0
5	Tarec Saffiedine	26 of 45	57%	14 of 30	2 of 2	10 of 13	26 of 45	0 of 0	0 of 0
5	Hyun Gyu Lim	51 of 95	53%	39 of 82	12 of 13	0 of 0	51 of 95	0 of 0	0 of 0