Photo: Sgt. Teresa J. Cleveland · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons (cropped, toned)
Brad Tavares
Middleweight
United StatesUFC2-fight losing streak
United StatesUFC2-fight losing streakGet an email when Brad is booked
21WINS
13LOSSES
0DRAWS
5KO/TKO
2SUB
14DEC
Upcoming bout
Not booked on any card we track yet. Follow to get an email the moment they are.
Tale of the tape
- Age
- 38 · born Dec 21, 1987 UFC.com
- Height
- 6′1″ 185 cm UFC.com
- Reach
- 74″ 188 cm UFC.com
- Leg reach
- 43″ 109 cm UFC.com
- Stance
- Orthodox UFCStats
- Weight class
- Middleweight UFC.com
- Fighting style
- MMA UFC.com
- Team / gym
- Xtreme Couture - Las Vegas, NV UFC.com
- Born
- United States UFC.com
- Fights out of / flag
- United States UFC.com
- UFC debut
- Jun. 19, 2010 UFC.com
- 1st-round finishes
- 5 UFC.com
UFC.com: UFC.com athlete profile (official) · checked 2026-10-22 · UFCStats: UFCStats.com fighter page (data via the public ufcstats.com mirror, snapshot 2026-10-18)
UFC career stats
44%Striking accuracy1243 of 2844 landed
25%Takedown accuracy16 of 64 landed
3.41Sig. strikes landedper min
3.32Sig. strikes absorbedper min
55%Striking defense
0.7Takedownsper 15 min
80%Takedown defense
0Submission attemptsper 15 min
0.21Knockdownsper 15 min
13:01Average fight time
Source: UFC.com athlete profile (official) (UFC stats are for UFC bouts only) · checked 2026-10-22
UFC fight history 28 bouts
| Res | Opponent | Method | Rd | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Eryk Anders | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Mar 14, 2026 | ↗ |
| L | Robert Bryczek | KO/TKO | 3 | Sep 6, 2025 | ↗ |
| W | Gerald Meerschaert | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Apr 5, 2025 | ↗ |
| L | JunYong Park | Decision - Split | 3 | Oct 12, 2024 | ↗ |
| L | Gregory Rodrigues | KO/TKO | 3 | Feb 10, 2024 | ↗ |
| W | Chris Weidman | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Aug 19, 2023 | ↗ |
| L | Bruno Silva | KO/TKO | 1 | Apr 22, 2023 | ↗ |
| L | Dricus Du Plessis | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Jul 2, 2022 | ↗ |
| W | Omari Akhmedov | Decision - Split | 3 | Jul 10, 2021 | ↗ |
| W | Antonio Carlos Junior | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Jan 23, 2021 | ↗ |
| L | Edmen Shahbazyan | KO/TKO | 1 | Nov 2, 2019 | ↗ |
| L | Israel Adesanya | Decision - Unanimous | 5 | Jul 6, 2018 | ↗ |
| W | Krzysztof Jotko | KO/TKO | 3 | Apr 14, 2018 | ↗ |
| W | Thales Leites | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Oct 7, 2017 | ↗ |
| W | Elias Theodorou | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Jul 7, 2017 | ↗ |
| W | Caio Magalhaes | Decision - Split | 3 | Sep 10, 2016 | ↗ |
| L | Robert Whittaker | KO/TKO | 1 | May 9, 2015 | ↗ |
| W | Nate Marquardt | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Jan 3, 2015 | ↗ |
| L | Tim Boetsch | KO/TKO | 2 | Aug 16, 2014 | ↗ |
| L | Yoel Romero | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Apr 19, 2014 | ↗ |
| W | Lorenz Larkin | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Jan 15, 2014 | ↗ |
| W | Robert McDaniel | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Aug 28, 2013 | ↗ |
| W | Riki Fukuda | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Mar 2, 2013 | ↗ |
| W | Tom Watson | Decision - Split | 3 | Sep 29, 2012 | ↗ |
| W | Dongi Yang | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | May 15, 2012 | ↗ |
| L | Aaron Simpson | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Jul 2, 2011 | ↗ |
| W | Phil Baroni | KO/TKO | 1 | Jan 1, 2011 | ↗ |
| W | Seth Baczynski | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Jun 19, 2010 | ↗ |
UFC bouts only. Source: UFCStats.com bout pages (via the public mirror, snapshot 2026-10-18) · checked 2026-10-22. Bouts outside the UFC aren’t listed because we only republish history we can trace to an official source.