
Brad Tavares
Brad Tavares is a Middleweight from the United States with an official record of 21-13. Cage Brothers holds 28 of those bouts: 16 wins and 12 losses, the wins coming 2 by knockout and 14 by decision. The most recent bout on file is a decision loss to Eryk Anders at UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Vallejos on 14 March 2026, the second defeat in a row.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Round | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 2026 | Eryk Anders | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Vallejos |
| Sep 6, 2025 | Robert Bryczek | LOSS | KOPunches | R3 · 1:43 | UFC Fight Night: Imavov vs. Borralho |
| Apr 5, 2025 | Gerald Meerschaert | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Murphy |
| Oct 12, 2024 | JunYong Park | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira |
| Feb 10, 2024 | Gregory Rodrigues | LOSS | KOPunches | R3 · 0:55 | UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Pyfer |
| Aug 19, 2023 | Chris Weidman | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 292: Sterling vs. O'Malley |
| Apr 22, 2023 | Bruno Silva | LOSS | KOPunch | R1 · 3:35 | UFC Fight Night: Pavlovich vs. Blaydes |
| Jul 2, 2022 | Dricus Du Plessis | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 276: Adesanya vs. Cannonier |
| Jul 10, 2021 | Omari Akhmedov | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 264: Poirier vs. McGregor 3 |
| Jan 24, 2021 | Antonio Carlos Jr. | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 257: Poirier vs. McGregor 2 |
| Nov 2, 2019 | Edmen Shahbazyan | LOSS | KOKick | R1 · 2:27 | UFC 244: Masvidal vs. Diaz |
| Jul 6, 2018 | Israel Adesanya | LOSS | DECDecision | R5 · 5:00 | The Ultimate Fighter 27 Finale |
| Apr 15, 2018 | Krzysztof Jotko | WIN | KOPunch | R3 · 2:16 | UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Gaethje |
| Oct 7, 2017 | Thales Leites | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 216: Ferguson vs. Lee |
| Jul 8, 2017 | Elias Theodorou | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | The Ultimate Fighter 25 Finale |
| Sep 11, 2016 | Caio Magalhaes | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 203: Miocic vs. Overeem |
| May 9, 2015 | Robert Whittaker | LOSS | KOPunch | R1 · 0:44 | UFC Fight Night: Miocic vs. Hunt |
| Jan 3, 2015 | Nate Marquardt | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 182: Jones vs. Cormier |
| Aug 16, 2014 | Tim Boetsch | LOSS | KOPunch | R2 · 3:18 | UFC Fight Night: Bader vs. Saint Preux |
| Apr 19, 2014 | Yoel Romero | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC on Fox: Werdum vs. Browne |
| Jan 15, 2014 | Lorenz Larkin | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs. Philippou |
| Aug 29, 2013 | Bubba McDaniel | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Condit vs. Kampmann 2 |
| Mar 3, 2013 | Riki Fukuda | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC on FUEL TV: Silva vs. Stann |
| Sep 30, 2012 | Tom Watson | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC on FUEL TV: Struve vs. Miocic |
| May 16, 2012 | Dongi Yang | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC on Fuel TV: Korean Zombie vs. Poirier |
| Jul 3, 2011 | Aaron Simpson | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 132: Cruz vs. Faber 2 |
| Jan 2, 2011 | Phil Baroni | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R1 | UFC 125: Resolution |
| Jun 20, 2010 | Seth Baczynski | WIN | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 | UCMMA 13: Feel the Pain |
| Jun 19, 2010 | Seth Baczynski | WIN | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 | Seconds Out/Vivid MMA: Havoc at the Hyatt 2 |
Wins, losses and draws are Brad Tavares’s official record. Everything else is counted from the 28 bouts we hold a full result for — method, round and time. Per-fight striking and grappling statistics are not published in our data source, so they are not shown.
Brad Tavares’s record, in numbers
Brad Tavares’s official record is 21-13. Every figure on this page is counted instead from the 28 bouts Cage Brothers holds a result for — 16 wins, 12 losses — because 6 bouts from the official record are not in the history we hold.
The 16 wins break down as 2 by knockout and 14 by decision — 2 of 16 inside the distance, a finish rate of 13%. Across all 28 bouts with a recorded finishing round, the average bout lasted 12 minutes 41 seconds.
Brad Tavares has been stopped 6 times in the 28 bouts on file — 6 by knockout — which is 21% of them. The last 2 bouts on file are both losses.
Of the 28 bouts Cage Brothers holds a result for, 1 was the main event of the card. Four of them have come since September 2024.
Set against the 396 Middleweight fighters Cage Brothers holds eight or more bouts for, Brad Tavares has a finish rate above 2% of them, a record of avoiding stoppage above 38% of them and a two-year bout count above 84% of them. The comparison is made inside the division rather than across the whole roster, because how often a division finishes depends heavily on what it weighs.
Brad Tavares is listed at 6ft 1in with a reach of 74in, fights orthodox and is 38, born 21 December 1987.
These figures are recomputed from Brad Tavares’s bout history each time results are synced, so they follow the record rather than a fixed snapshot.


















