Tavares vs Rodrigues

Who won Tavares vs Rodrigues?

Gregory Rodrigues beat Brad Tavares by knockout in the 3rd round during the main card of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 10th February 2024 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Tavares vs Rodrigues stats

Brad Tavares stepped into the octagon with a record of 20 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Gregory Rodrigues made his way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

This was Brad Tavares' 26th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2010. Gregory Rodrigues marked his 10th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2021.

Brad Tavares' UFC record stood at 16-10-0, while Gregory Rodrigues' came in at 7-3-0.

The stats suggested Rodrigues had a massive power advantage over Tavares, boasting a 64% knock out percentage over Tavares' 25%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Rodrigues had an advantage over Tavares, with a 21% submission rate over Tavares' 10%.

Brad Tavares was the older man by 4 years, at 37 years old.

Rodrigues had a height advantage of 1 inch over Tavares. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Tavares was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 9 more fights, and made his debut in 2007, 7 years and 2 months earlier than Rodrigues, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 35 more professional rounds, 77 to Rodrigues' 42.

Tavares vs Rodrigues form

Rodrigues had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Chidi Njokuani at UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Song on 17th September 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Julian Marquez at UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Emmett on 18th June 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Moody Center, Austin.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Armen Petrosyan at UFC Fight Night on 26th February 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had defeated Jun Yong Park at UFC Vegas 41 on 23rd October 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He was victorious against Dusko Todorovic at UFC Vegas 28 on 5th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest.

Activity check

Tavares' last 4 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 11 months and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 11 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.5 rounds on average.

Rodrigues' last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Tavares vs Rodrigues?

Brad Tavares was a 2/1 (+200) underdog going into the contest, while Gregory Rodrigues made his way into the ring at 2/5 (-250) with oddsmakers.