Anjos vs Saffiedine

Who won Anjos vs Saffiedine?

Rafael dos Anjos beat Tarec Saffiedine by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Fight Night 111, on Saturday 17th June 2017 at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Rafael dos Anjos.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Anjos vs Saffiedine stats

Rafael dos Anjos stepped into the octagon with a record of 25 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.

Tarec Saffiedine made his way to the cage with a record of 16 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

Rafael dos Anjos' UFC record stood at 21-14-0, while Tarec Saffiedine's came in at 2-4-0.

The stats suggested Anjos had an advantage in power over Saffiedine, with a 20% knock out percentage over Saffiedine's 6%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Anjos had a slight advantage over Saffiedine, with a 32% submission rate over Saffiedine's 31%.

Rafael dos Anjos was the older man by 2 years, at 39 years old.

Saffiedine had a height advantage of 2 inches over Anjos. Despite this, both fighters had equal reach.

Anjos was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 12 more fights, and made his debut in 2004, 2 years and 6 months earlier than Saffiedine, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 79 more professional rounds, 139 to Saffiedine's 60.

Anjos vs Saffiedine form

Rafael dos Anjos had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Mateusz Gamrot at UFC 299 on 9th March 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Kaseya Center, Miami, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Vicente Luque at UFC Fight Night – Luque vs Dos Anjos on 12th August 2023 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had won against Bryan Barberena at UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Holland on 3rd December 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at Amway Center, Orlando.

Before that, he had been defeated by Rafael Fiziev at UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Fiziev on 9th July 2022 by knockout in the 5th round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had beaten Renato Moicano at UFC 272 on 5th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Anjos' last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 1 month and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 20 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4 rounds on average.

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