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Tarec Saffiedine
Tarec Saffiedine
15-4 · BEL
VS
Jake Ellenberger
Jake Ellenberger
30-10 · USA
January 30, 2016 · Newark, New Jersey, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
169.8lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Tarec Saffiedine def. Jake Ellenberger by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Saffiedine18/450/000:00
Ellenberger12/390/000:22
R2
Saffiedine16/440/100:00
Ellenberger9/330/100:04
R3
Saffiedine20/420/001:01
Ellenberger9/270/300:28
Total
Saffiedine54/1310/101:01
Ellenberger30/990/400:54

Scorecards

Saffiedine vs Ellenberger

RdDave TirelliDerek ClearyMichelle AgustinCommunity
R19-109-109-109.3-9.8
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-910-9.1
Total29-2829-2829-2829.3-27.9

Media (16 cards) · avg 29.527.6 · 16 Saffiedine · 0 Ellenberger

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Saffiedine-Ellenberger.

Pre-fight

The model's read going in

The walk-forward model's call at the time of the bout — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.

Prediction
SaffiedineWin probabilityEllenberger
72.8%27.2%
KO / TKO
27%
Submission
7%
Decision
66%
Expected fight time: 11.9 min
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Saffiedine, blue toward Ellenberger. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Saffiedine73%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%17%
Submission6%8%
Decision55%75%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes56 (3273)act 54
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.5)act 0
Ellenberger27%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%54%
Submission1%5%
Decision11%41%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes45 (2558)act 30
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.8)act 0
Combined totals~101 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R117%
R211%
R36%
Distance66%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Saffiedine
59.7%-152
Ellenberger
+15239.2%
Most takedownstie 41.4%
Saffiedine
16.8%+249
Ellenberger
-24941.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Saffiedine
Expected: 56.1
56
Over 56
42.1%
+135
Exactly 56
1.2%
push
Under 56
56.7%
-135
071141
Ellenberger
Expected: 44.9
45
Over 45
41.6%
+137
Exactly 45
1.5%
push
Under 45
56.9%
-137
057113
Takedowns — over/under
Saffiedine
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
25.8%
+287
Under 0.5
74.2%
-287
035
Ellenberger
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
30.3%
+167
Exactly 1
18.9%
push
Under 1
50.8%
-167
035

Odds are model-implied (no real prop market is priced for these). The “most” prices are draw-no-bet — a tie (for takedowns, usually 0–0) is a push, so each side is priced off its chance of winning given a result, while the % shown is the raw chance of landing strictly more. Drag a line in half-point steps: a half line (e.g. 2.5) is a clean over/under, while a whole number adds a third outcome — landing exactly on it, a push — so over, exact and under sum to 100%. On a whole number the over/under odds are draw-no-bet (priced off the decisive mass, since the push refunds), so the two sides stay mirror images rather than implying an arbitrage.

Expected fight time 11.9 min. Predicted-output ranges are percentiles of the model’s simulated fights: sig strikes the middle 50% (25th–75th); takedowns the wider 10th–90th, since they’re 0 in most fights so a narrow band would collapse to 0. Win-by-method = win probability × that fighter’s own method split: the model forecasts how the fight ends, and that forecast is divided between the corners by each fighter’s finishing record — UFC wins in full, earlier-career wins at half weight, as of fight night — reconciled so the fighters’ totals still equal their win probabilities and the methods still total the fight-level forecast above. “Equity” is each of those over that fighter’s win % — how they win given that they win — so a column adds to 100%, and it differs by corner. A fighter with no classifiable wins at any level leans on the fight-level split. “How it ends” is the model’s round-of-finish split. “Mkt” is the de-vigged market prop (consensus across books), shown for context, not as a betting signal; rounds & totals slots fill as that data lands. Percentages are apportioned by largest remainder, so each set adds to its total exactly and an individual figure can sit a point off its own rounding.

Model vs market
Final
ModelMarketGapLine
To win
Saffiedine72.8%70.2%+2.6-265
Ellenberger27.2%29.8%−2.6+225

Market % is the de-vigged (no-vig) consensus across the books that price both fighters; the line is the average across books with the min–max range in parentheses. Gap is the model minus the market in points (+ = the model rates that outcome above the market). Thin or one-sided markets are flagged or left blank rather than shown as a fabricated %. Shown for context, not as a bet — the closing line is the sharpest public price and the model trails it on average. For 5-round bouts the model splits its round-3+ finish mass into rounds 3–5 by the historical within-bucket rate, so the over-3.5 / 4.5 lines carry a model estimate.

Trait web
64.5Striking65.2
Ellenberger +0.7
40.9Grappling66.1
Ellenberger +25.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SaffiedineEllenberger
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1544
Pound-for-pound
1579
1544
Divisional
1574
1502
Striking offense
1506
1491
Striking defense
1523
1490
Grappling offense
1515
1513
Grappling defense
1548
Physical
29 yrs
Age
30 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'9"
70"
Reach
71"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.44
Strikes landed / min
2.33
48%
Strike accuracy
39%
4.63
Strikes absorbed / min
2.31
56%
Strike defense
64%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.41
Takedowns / 15 min
2.40
33%
Takedown accuracy
56%
67%
Takedown defense
85%
0.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.4
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
60%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
50%
Last-5 win rate
20%
0%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
483
Days since last fight
202
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Tarec Saffiedine
  • LRory MacDonaldKO/TKO R3
    Close +3801y 4mo before
  • WHyun Gyu LimU-DEC R5
    Close -2402y 1mo before
Jake Ellenberger
  • LStephen ThompsonKO/TKO R1
    Close +2057mo before
  • WJosh KoscheckSUB R2
    Close -14011mo before
  • LKelvin GastelumSUB R1
    Close +1451y 2mo before
  • LRobbie LawlerKO/TKO R3
    Close +1601y 8mo before
  • LRory MacDonaldU-DEC R3
    Close +2102y 6mo before
Saffiedine — win / loss by method
Record: 15-4-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
1 win, 1 loss
W
7% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
9 wins, 3 losses
W
60% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (100%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
14win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (7%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
5 (36%)Submission(0%) 0
8 (57%)Decision(100%) 3
Ellenberger — win / loss by method
Record: 30-10-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
20 wins, 3 losses
W
67% of wins
L
30% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 2 losses
W
13% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 5 losses
W
20% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
9win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (56%)KO/TKO(50%) 3
1 (11%)Submission(17%) 1
3 (33%)Decision(33%) 2
Non-UFC
21win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
15 (71%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (14%)Submission(25%) 1
3 (14%)Decision(75%) 3

Profiles

Experience
Saffiedine
Ellenberger
2
UFC fights
15
36.5 min · 18.2 avg
Octagon time
137.7 min · 9.2 avg
19y 4m
Career length
21y 4m
UFC schedule strength

Opponents' records on fight night — toggle their full cross-promotional record vs UFC bouts only.

Saffiedine
Ellenberger
29W–5L · 85.3%
Overall
271W–69L · 79.7%
12W–3L · 80.0%
Wins
173W–47L · 78.6%
17W–2L · 89.5%
Losses
98W–22L · 81.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Saffiedine
Ellenberger
172W–65L · 72.6%
Overall
189W–109L · 63.4%
158W–57L · 73.5%
Wins
145W–93L · 60.9%
14W–8L · 63.6%
Losses
44W–16L · 73.3%
Distance striking
Saffiedine
Ellenberger
5.31
Landed / min
2.48
47.1%
Accuracy
32.3%
57.5%
Defense
69.2%
1.23
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.98
80.1%
Time at distance
58.4%
Grappling & control
Saffiedine
Ellenberger
0.41
Takedowns / 15 min
2.40
33.3%
Takedown accuracy
56.4%
66.7%
Takedown defense
85.2%
0.41
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.44
90.7%
Control share
63.6%
Strike target map
Saffiedine
  • Head48%(78)div 63%
  • Body9%(15)div 21%
  • Legs43%(69)div 16%
Ellenberger
  • Head73%(235)div 63%
  • Body17%(56)div 21%
  • Legs9%(30)div 16%

Where each fighter lands significant strikes (career). “div” = the weight-class average.

Tarec Saffiedine
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.

Jake Ellenberger
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.