Last fight
UFC Fight Night
Vencer
Tavares vs Rodrigues
Feb. 10, 2024
Atleta Destacado
Estadísticas y récords
5
Wins by Knockout
2
Wins by Submission
5
First Round Finishes
Significant Strikes include all strikes at distance, plus power strikes in the clinch and on the ground.
Efectividad de golpeo
- Golpes Significativos Conectados
- 1041
- Golpes Significativos Intentados
- 2398
A takedown is awarded when a fighter deliberately grapples an opponent to the ground and establishes an advantageous position for an appreciable amount of time.
Efectividad De Derribo
- Derribos conseguidos
- 16
- Derribos intentados
- 60
- Sig. Str. Defense is the percentage of significant strikes attempted against a fighter that do not land.
- Takedown defense is the percentage of takedowns attempted against a fighter that do not land.
- Knockdown Avg. is the average number of knockdowns per 15 Minutes window.
Sig. Str. by target
Récord del Atleta
Info
Status
Activo
Ciudad natal
Estados Unidos
Trenes en
Xtreme Couture - Las Vegas, NV
Estilo de lucha
MMA
Años
36
Alto
73.00
Peso
201.00
Debut del octágono
Jun. 19, 2010
Alcance
74.00
Alcance de la pierna
43.00
- Team Liddell member on TUF11
- Five wins by TKO, two by submission (2 RNC)
- Star linebacker in high school
- Has won eight of his last 14 and three of his last six
- Pro since 2007
- Five first round finishes
UFC Fight Night (2/10/24) Tavares was stopped by Gregory Rodrigues via strikes at :55 of the third round
UFC 292 (8/19/23) Tavares won a three round unanimous decision over Chris Weidman
UFC Fight Night (4/22/23) Tavares was stopped by Bruno Silva via strikes at 3:35 of the first round
UFC 276 (7/2/22) Tavares lost a three round unanimous decision to Dricus Du Plessis
UFC 264 (7/10/21) Tavares won a three round split decision over Omari Akhmedov
UFC 257 (1/24/21) Tavares won a three-round unanimous decision over Antonio Carlos Junior
UFC 244 (11/2/19) Tavares was knocked out by Edmen Shahbazyan at 2:27 of the first round
TUF 27 Finale (7/6/18) Tavares lost a five round unanimous decision to Israel Adesanya
UFC on FOX (4/14/18) Tavares stopped Krzysztof Jotko via strikes at 2:16 of the third round
UFC 216 (10/7/17) Tavares won a three round unanimous decision over Thales Leites
TUF 25 Finale (7/7/17) Tavares won a three round unanimous decision over Elias Theodorou
UFC 203 (9/10/16) Tavares won a three round split decision over Caio Magalhaes
UFC Fight Night (5/10/15) Tavares was knocked out by Robert Whittaker at :44 of the first round
UFC 182 (1/3/15) Tavares won a three round unanimous decision over Nate Marquardt
UFC Fight Night (8/16/14) Tavares was stopped by Tim Boetsch via strikes at 3:18 of the second round
UFC on FOX (4/19/14) Tavares lost a three round unanimous decision to Yoel Romero
UFC Fight Night (1/15/14) Tavares won a three round unanimous decision over Lorenz Larkin
UFC Fight Night (8/28/13) Tavares won a three round unanimous decision over Bubba McDaniel
UFC on FUEL TV (3/3/13) Tavares won a three round unanimous decision over Riki Fukuda
UFC on FUEL TV (9/29/12) Tavares won a three round split decision over Tom Watson
UFC on FUEL TV (5/15/12) Tavares won a three round unanimous decision over Dongi Yang
UFC 132 (7/2/11) Tavares lost a three round unanimous decision to Aaron Simpson
UFC 125 (1/1/11) Tavares knocked out Phil Baroni at 4:20 of the first round
TUF 11 Finale (6/19/10) Tavares won a three round unanimous decision over Seth Baczynski
The Ultimate Fighter, Season 11
Episode 11 – Tavares lost to Court McGee via third round submission (rear naked choke) in a semifinal bout.
Episode 9 – Tavares defeats Seth Baczynski via disqualification (illegal kick) in round one of a quarterfinal bout.
Episode 3 – Tavares scored a three round unanimous decision win over
When and why did you start training for fighting? I started fighting in 2007 because fighting is fun.
Do you have any heroes? My Mom and King Leonidas from Sparta
What does it mean for you to fight in the UFC? It means everything to me. It's a dream come true.
What was your job before you started fighting? Ramp agent
