Brad Tavares
28 UFC Fights | 57% Win Rate | 2 Finishes (13%)
Brad Tavares UFC Record & Pro MMA Record
Brad Tavares is 16-12 in the UFC across 28 fights, with 2 wins by knockout and 14 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 21-12, 5-0 of it outside the UFC. Tavares competes at middleweight as an orthodox outfighter, standing 6'1" with a 74" reach at 38 years old. The last bout was a loss to Eryk Anders by unanimous decision in Mar 2026.
Best attribute: takedown defense (share of opponents' takedown attempts stopped) — 86th percentile among 238 middleweight fighters (81%).
Brad Tavares's UFC win rate is 57% (16 of 28 fights), and 13% of those wins came by finish. Tavares averages 0.6 takedowns per fight at 27% accuracy and stops 81% of opponents' takedown attempts.
- Pro MMA Record
- 21-12
- UFC Record
- 16-12
- Height
- 6'1"
- Reach
- 74"
- Age
- 38
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Last Fight
- L vs Eryk Anders · Decision - Unanimous · Mar 2026
Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.
Brad Tavares's Last 5 Fights
Tavares is 1-4 in the last five UFC fights.
- Loss vs Eryk Anders · Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Vallejos · Mar 2026
- Loss vs Robert Bryczek · KO/TKO · R3 1:43 · UFC Fight Night: Imavov vs. Borralho · Sep 2025
- Win vs Gerald Meerschaert · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Murphy · Apr 2025
- Loss vs JunYong Park · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira · Oct 2024
- Loss vs Gregory Rodrigues · KO/TKO · R3 0:55 · UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Pyfer · Feb 2024
Striking
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Round-by-Round Output
Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Brad Tavares vs Average
Brad Tavares lands 14.4 strikes in R1 but 16.2 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.
Brad Tavares's UFC Fight History
28 UFC fights on record (16-12), most recent first.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Rd · Time | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Eryk Anders | Decision - Unanimous | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Vallejos | 2026-03-14 |
| L | Robert Bryczek | KO/TKO | R3 · 1:43 | UFC Fight Night: Imavov vs. Borralho | 2025-09-06 |
| W | Gerald Meerschaert | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Murphy | 2025-04-05 |
| L | JunYong Park | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira | 2024-10-12 |
| L | Gregory Rodrigues | KO/TKO | R3 · 0:55 | UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Pyfer | 2024-02-10 |
| W | Chris Weidman | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 292: Sterling vs. O'Malley | 2023-08-19 |
| L | Bruno Silva | KO/TKO | R1 · 3:35 | UFC Fight Night: Pavlovich vs. Blaydes | 2023-04-22 |
| L | Dricus Du Plessis | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 276: Adesanya vs. Cannonier | 2022-07-02 |
| W | Omari Akhmedov | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 264: Poirier vs. McGregor 3 | 2021-07-10 |
| W | Antonio Carlos Junior | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 257: Poirier vs. McGregor | 2021-01-23 |
| L | Edmen Shahbazyan | KO/TKO | R1 · 2:27 | UFC 244: Masvidal vs. Diaz | 2019-11-02 |
| L | Israel Adesanya | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | The Ultimate Fighter: Undefeated Finale | 2018-07-06 |
| W | Krzysztof Jotko | KO/TKO | R3 · 2:16 | UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Gaethje | 2018-04-14 |
| W | Thales Leites | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 216: Ferguson vs. Lee | 2017-10-07 |
| W | Elias Theodorou | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | The Ultimate Fighter: Redemption Finale | 2017-07-07 |
| W | Caio Magalhaes | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 203: Miocic vs. Overeem | 2016-09-10 |
| L | Robert Whittaker | KO/TKO | R1 · 0:44 | UFC Fight Night: Miocic vs Hunt | 2015-05-09 |
| W | Nate Marquardt | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 182: Jones vs Cormier | 2015-01-03 |
| L | Tim Boetsch | KO/TKO | R2 · 3:18 | UFC Fight Night: Bader vs Saint Preux | 2014-08-16 |
| L | Yoel Romero | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC on FOX: Werdum vs Browne | 2014-04-19 |
| W | Lorenz Larkin | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs Philippou | 2014-01-15 |
| W | Robert McDaniel | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Condit vs Kampmann 2 | 2013-08-28 |
| W | Riki Fukuda | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC on FUEL TV: Silva vs. Stann | 2013-03-02 |
| W | Tom Watson | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC on FUEL TV: Struve vs Miocic | 2012-09-29 |
| W | Dongi Yang | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC on FUEL TV: Korean Zombie vs Poirier | 2012-05-15 |
| L | Aaron Simpson | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 132: Cruz vs Faber | 2011-07-02 |
| W | Phil Baroni | KO/TKO | R1 · 4:20 | UFC 125: Resolution | 2011-01-01 |
| W | Seth Baczynski | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | The Ultimate Fighter: Team Liddell vs Team Ortiz Finale | 2010-06-19 |
How Tavares Ranks at Middleweight
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