Brad Tavares

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Falls to 1-4 in past five fights
MiddleweightUFC
October 12, 2024
Tavares lost to Jun Yong Park via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 28-29) at UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Las Vegas.
ANALYSIS
This seemed like a fairly easy fight to score, but that didn't stop one judge from offering a dissenting opinion. Tavares was effective for about a round before it all fell apart. His volume on the feet decreased significantly as the fight progressed. He appeared tired, and that allowed Park to lean on him over the course of the final ten minutes. One judge gave Tavares Round 2 despite the fact Park closed the frame with a 67-31 edge in significant strikes landed, in addition to scoring a takedown. It ended up not mattering. Tavares is most definitely on the back-nine of his career at age 36. He's 1-4 in his last five fights dating back to July 2022. Perhaps the company will offer him a retirement bout before deciding to part ways.
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Park fight re-scheduled
MiddleweightUFC
August 1, 2024
Tavares is scheduled to compete against Jun Yong Park in a middleweight fight at UFC Vegas 98 on Oct. 12, per Marcel Dorff of Eurosport.nl.
ANALYSIS
Tavares and Park were scheduled to compete at UFC Vegas 94 on July 20. But once Park withdrew from the event, the Tavares-Park was completely scrapped. Fortunately for them, they have re-scheduled it to a later date, giving Tavares another chance to avenge his February loss to Gregory Rodrigues by defeating Park.
Upcoming fight off
MiddleweightUFC
July 19, 2024
Tavares is not fighting Jun Yong Park at UFC Vegas 94 on Saturday, according to Nolan King of MMA Junkie.
ANALYSIS
Medical problems for Park have axed his upcoming fight with Tavares. Because of Park's withdrawal, Tavares is at risk of completing his 2024 without having won any fights.
Next fight scheduled
MiddleweightUFC
May 13, 2024
Tavares will face Jun Yong Park in a middleweight fight at UFC Vegas 94 on July 20, Marcel Dorff of Eurosport.nl reports.
ANALYSIS
Tavares will look to bounce back after suffering a loss against Gregory Rodrigues during his previous fight, making it five losses in his last eight bouts while earning three victories via decision.
Crushed by Gregory Rodrigues
MiddleweightUFC
February 10, 2024
Tavares lost to Gregory Rodrigues via TKO (punches) at 0:55 of Round 3 at UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Las Vegas.
ANALYSIS
Those expecting a back-and-forth slugfest here were largely rewarded. Tavares hung in for the better part of two rounds, but he simply has no stopping power in his hands at this stage of his career, and if one man was going to eventually crumble in this fight, it was clearly going to be Brad. He appeared to tire in an instant, and Rodrigues floored the gas pedal, piling up countless unanswered shots before referee Jason Herzog stepped in with a smart stoppage. Now 36 years old, Tavares is 3-5 in his past eight bouts. Three of the losses have come via knockout, while all three of the wins have come via decision. There's not much left here.
Next fight scheduled
MiddleweightUFC
November 15, 2023
Tavares will compete against Gregory Rodrigues in a middleweight fight at the UFC's Feb. 10 event, Marcel Dorff of Eurosport.nl reports.
ANALYSIS
Back in September 2022, Tavares and Rodrigues were scheduled to fight at the UFC's first pay-per-view of 2023, UFC 283. However, Tavares withdrew, and Rodrigues instead fought Brunno Ferreira and lost. Since then, Rodrigues has finished Denis Tiuliulin in one round, while Tavares redeemed himself from a Bruno Silva defeat by defeating former UFC Middleweight Champion Chris Weidman.