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 a 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 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Kevin Lee at UFC on ESPN+ 10 on 18th May 2019 by submission in the 4th round at Blue Cross Arena, Rochester, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Kamaru Usman at The Ultimate Fighter 28 Finale on 30th November 2018 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at The Pearl at the Palms, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Colby Covington at UFC 225 on 9th June 2018 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at United Center, Chicago.

Before that, he had beaten Robbie Lawler at UFC on FOX 26 on 16th December 2017 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at MTS Centre, Winnipeg, Canada.

He had defeated Neil Magny at UFC 215 on 9th September 2017 by submission in the 1st round at Rogers Place, Edmonton.

Activity check

Anjos' last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 10 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 20 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4 rounds on average.

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