Tarec Saffeidine Wins Split Decision With Broken Arm

by Chris Hall on Jan 8, 2012 1:34 AM EST

Shortly after tonight's event Strikeforce: Rockhold vs. Jardine, Dan Henderson took to twitter to console Tarec Saffeidine for a broken arm he suffered in the 1st round of his fight with Tyler Stinson. I'm not sure when in the round the injury happened, but for Tarec to persevere through that and being rocked late in the first to secure the split decision win is even more of an accomplishment now.

The question now is what this means for the Strikeforce Welterweight title. Nick Diaz vacated the championship back in July when he signed with the UFC. It's been widely speculated going in to tonight's event that the winners of Saffeidine/Stinson and Tyrone Woodley/Jordan Mein would compete for the vacant title. Will Tarec's injury change these plans? Or will Strikeforce put the championship on hold until Saffeidine is ready to compete?

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Could have been the belly down armbar.

That shit looked deep.

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by sklart on Jan 8, 2012 10:19 AM EST reply actions

Definitely, I thought that was over at that point.

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by Firm1 on Jan 9, 2012 7:32 PM EST up reply actions

Good call. Some how I completely forgot about that.

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by Chris Hall on Jan 8, 2012 10:38 AM EST via Android app reply actions

Big fan of Tarec.

Guy is tough as nails and really a brilliant technician.

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by ElliotMatheny on Jan 8, 2012 3:14 PM EST reply actions

Best fight of the night. Excited to see Stinson again

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All in the game yo, all in the game

by Our Bovine Public on Jan 8, 2012 3:17 PM EST reply actions

that was a great fight, and it’s even more impressive with this fact emerging from it. it certainly explains why he seemed a little more tentative in the third round to me.

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by Victor Rodriguez on Jan 8, 2012 3:56 PM EST reply actions