Strikeforce welterweight champion Tarec Saffiedine got his UFC career off to the perfect start with a unanimous decision win over Hyun Gyu Lim in Singapore last month, which landed him a Fight of the Night bonus and moved him to No. 9 in the UFC’s official rankings. His reward for that UFC Fight Night 34 performance is a UFC 172 fight with No. 5 ranked welterweight Jake Ellenberger and the opportunity to establish himself in the upper echelon of the 170-pound division and move into immediate contention for a title shot. The two fighters were initially supposed to face off in the main event of UFC Fight Night 34.
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