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UFC Fight Night: Saffiedine vs Lim
Tarec Saffiedine
Tarec Saffiedine
14-3 · BEL
VS
Hyun Gyu Lim
Hyun Gyu Lim
12-3-1 · KOR
January 4, 2014 · Singapore, Singapore
Welterweight · 5 rounds · Main event
Tarec Saffiedine def. Hyun Gyu Lim by U-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Saffiedine16/330/000:00
Gyu Lim30/450/000:17
R2
Saffiedine38/630/100:00
Gyu Lim21/790/000:00
R3
Saffiedine21/251/112:39
Gyu Lim8/160/000:02
R4
Saffiedine19/360/013:36
Gyu Lim12/420/000:00
R5
Saffiedine26/450/110:04
Gyu Lim51/950/000:00
Total
Saffiedine120/2021/336:19
Gyu Lim122/2770/000:19

Scorecards

Saffiedine vs Gyu Lim

RdAnthony DimitriouBen CartlidgeMark CollettCommunity
R19-109-109-109.1-10
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-910-8.9
R410-910-910-910-8.9
R59-109-1010-99-9.9
Total48-4748-4749-4648.1-46.7

Media (8 cards) · avg 48.146.6 · 8 Saffiedine · 0 Gyu Lim

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

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 probabilityGyu Lim
75.6%24.4%
KO / TKO
40%
Submission
14%
Decision
46%
Expected fight time: 17.3 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 Gyu Lim. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Saffiedine76%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO24%32%
Submission12%15%
Decision40%53%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes84 (48110)act 120
Takedowns0.9 (0.03.1)act 1
Gyu Lim24%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%66%
Submission2%8%
Decision6%26%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes75 (4397)act 122
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 0
Combined totals~159 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R117%
R211%
R313%
R48%
R55%
Distance46%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.7%
Saffiedine
55.4%-126
Gyu Lim
+12643.9%
Most takedownstie 49.1%
Saffiedine
36.9%-264
Gyu Lim
+26414.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Saffiedine
Expected: 84.5
84.5
Over 84.5
42.5%
+135
Under 84.5
57.5%
-135
0106212
Gyu Lim
Expected: 74.8
75
Over 75
41.8%
+137
Exactly 75
0.9%
push
Under 75
57.3%
-137
094187
Takedowns — over/under
Saffiedine
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
29.2%
+201
Exactly 1
12.1%
push
Under 1
58.7%
-201
035
Gyu Lim
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
19.5%
+412
Under 0.5
80.5%
-412
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 17.3 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
Saffiedine75.6%67.9%+7.7-240
Gyu Lim24.4%32.1%−7.7+200

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
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SaffiedineGyu Lim
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1541
Pound-for-pound
1550
1541
Divisional
1550
1500
Striking offense
1514
1500
Striking defense
1497
1500
Grappling offense
1504
1500
Grappling defense
1513
Physical
27 yrs
Age
28 yrs
5'10"
Height
6'3"
70"
Reach
77"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
6.79
Strike accuracy
42%
Strikes absorbed / min
5.24
Strike defense
57%
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
1.16
Takedown accuracy
100%
Takedown defense
85%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
100%
Win/loss streak
+2
Last-5 win rate
100%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
126
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Tarec Saffiedine
No prior UFC fights.
Hyun Gyu Lim
  • WPascal KraussKO/TKO R1
    Close +2354mo before
  • WMarcelo GuimaraesKO/TKO R2
    Close -27010mo before
Saffiedine — win / loss by method
Record: 14-3-0

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, 0 losses
W
7% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
36% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 3 losses
W
57% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
14win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (7%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
5 (36%)Submission(0%) 0
8 (57%)Decision(100%) 3
Gyu Lim — win / loss by method
Record: 12-3-1

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
9 wins, 0 losses
W
75% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 2 losses
W
17% of wins
L
67% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
8% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
10win3loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (70%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (20%)Submission(67%) 2
1 (10%)Decision(33%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Saffiedine
Gyu Lim
0
UFC fights
2
Octagon time
13.0 min · 6.5 avg
Career length
20y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Saffiedine
Gyu Lim
Overall
19W–1L · 95.0%
Wins
19W–1L · 95.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Saffiedine
Gyu Lim
172W–65L · 72.6%
Overall
82W–27L · 75.2%
158W–57L · 73.5%
Wins
73W–24L · 75.3%
14W–8L · 63.6%
Losses
9W–3L · 75.0%
Distance striking
Saffiedine
Gyu Lim
Landed / min
6.48
Accuracy
38.7%
Defense
56.7%
Knockdowns / 15 min
3.47
Time at distance
89.3%
Grappling & control
Saffiedine
Gyu Lim
Takedowns / 15 min
1.16
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
Takedown defense
84.6%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
Control share
17.9%
Strike target map
Saffiedine
  • Head0%(0)div 62%
  • Body0%(0)div 22%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.
Gyu Lim
  • Head74%(65)div 62%
  • Body14%(12)div 22%
  • Legs13%(11)div 16%

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

Tarec Saffiedine

No UFC fights on record.

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

Hyun Gyu Lim
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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