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Brad Tavares
21-13tale of the tape = factsmetrics = our read

FightIQ’s profile

Built from Brad Tavares’s own numbers — style, standout rate and current form. Not reported prose.

6'1" orthodox decision machine with a 16-11 record, age 38. Standout metric: defends 81% of takedowns. Form: last 5: WLLWL · 1-fight slide · 189 days off · Elo 1537.

Decision machine
Assembled from the striking, grappling and form figures on this page, as of 2026-03-14. If a number isn’t in the data, it isn’t in this profile.

Tale of the tape facts

The facts, plainly — vitals and record from public UFC statistics; nickname, nationality, hometown and camp from the public fighter register. A field we can't source stays “pending”; it never shows a fake value.

Nicknamepending
NationalityUnited States
HometownKailua, Hawaii
Fighting out ofpending
Height6' 1"
Reach74.0"
StanceOrthodox
Age38
Date of birthDec 21, 1987
Weight185 lbs.
Pro record21-13
Finish splitpending

FightIQ Metrics

Six 0–100 scores, each a percentile rank against every fighter on record. Tap any i for what a score measures.

FightIQ's read — derived from the tape
Our read — derived, not official stats.
Striking56
Defence55
Grappling / TD20
Cardio38
Chin30
Fight IQ40

Our record on Brad Tavares

The moat — every call we've made on this fighter, timestamped and graded in public. Nobody else can copy this.

FightIQ has picked Brad Tavares 5×, 2 correct (2-3 — 40% right). The confidence % is the number we stood behind at the time — losses shown, toss-ups included.

DateOpponentCardWe saidResult
2026-03-14Eryk AndersUFC Fight Night: Petrino vs Asplund52.2%Missed
2025-09-06Robert BryczekUFC Fight Night: Bannon vs Hughes68.3%Missed
2025-04-05Gerald MeerschaertUFC Fight Night: Buday vs Satybaldiev58.2%Correct
2023-08-19Chris WeidmanUFC Fight Night: Katona vs Gibson58.4%Correct
2023-04-22Bruno SilvaUFC Fight Night: Usman vs Tafa60.5%Missed

Strike zones

Strike zones

Brad Tavares

Where the strikes go — and where they land on him. Career UFC totals, straight off the tape.

HEAD59.4%ACC 34%BODY17.1%ACC 65%LEGS23.5%ACC 84%
FightIQ read Low-kick threat 23.5% to the legs — +7.2 on the field average — a real part of the arsenal.
Share by zonevs field average
HEAD
59.4% acc 34%−3.5 vs field
BODY
17.1% acc 65%−3.7 vs field
LEGS
23.5% acc 84%+7.2 vs field
Where the offence happens
DISTANCE 84%CLINCH 12%GROUND 4%

Significant strikes only, as recorded by UFCStats, across the fighter's whole UFC career. Shares are raw counts — nothing here is modelled or smoothed. Accuracy is landed ÷ attempted and comes from the per-round tape, which covers slightly fewer fights than the totals do.

28 UFC fights · 1,243 landed

Recent form

Pro record: 21-13. Timeline below is the bouts FightIQ has tracked (most recent first).

L · vs Eryk AndersUFC Fight Night: Petrino vs Asplund2026-03-14
L · vs Robert BryczekUFC Fight Night: Bannon vs Hughes2025-09-06
W · vs Gerald MeerschaertUFC Fight Night: Buday vs Satybaldiev2025-04-05
W · vs Chris WeidmanUFC Fight Night: Katona vs Gibson2023-08-19
L · vs Bruno SilvaUFC Fight Night: Usman vs Tafa2023-04-22
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