Thiago Tavares Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Dooho Choi Featherweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	2:42	The Ultimate Fighter: Team Joanna vs. Team Cláudia Finale	Jul 8, 2016
W	#11Clay Guida Featherweight	Submission	Guillotine Choke From Bottom	R1	0:39	UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Henderson 3	Nov 7, 2015
L	Brian Ortega Featherweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head In Clinch	R3	4:10	UFC Fight Night: Boetsch vs. Henderson	Jun 6, 2015
W	Robert Peralta Featherweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R1	4:27	UFC Fight Night: Bader vs. Saint Preux	Aug 16, 2014
W	Justin Salas Lightweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R1	2:38	UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Henderson 2	Nov 9, 2013
L	Khabib Nurmagomedov Lightweight	KO/TKO	Elbows to Head From Half Guard	R1	1:55	UFC on FX: Belfort vs. Bisping	Jan 19, 2013
W	Sam Stout Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 142: Aldo vs. Mendes	Jan 14, 2012
W	Spencer Fisher Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Mount	R2	2:51	UFC 134: Silva vs. Okami	Aug 27, 2011
L	Shane Roller Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R2	1:28	UFC Live: Sanchez vs. Kampmann	Mar 3, 2011
W	Pat Audinwood Lightweight	Submission	Guillotine Choke Standing	R1	3:47	UFC 119: Mir vs. Cro Cop	Sep 25, 2010
D	Nik Lentz Lightweight	Draw	—	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Maynard vs. Diaz	Jan 11, 2010
W	Manvel Gamburyan Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 94: St-Pierre vs. Penn 2	Jan 31, 2009
L	Kurt Pellegrino Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 88: Breakthrough	Sep 6, 2008
L	Matt Wiman Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head In Clinch	R2	1:57	UFC 85: Bedlam	Jun 7, 2008
W	Michihiro Omigawa Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Swick vs. Burkman	Jan 23, 2008
L	Tyson Griffin Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 76: Knockout	Sep 22, 2007
W	JB Jason Black Lightweight	Submission	Triangle Choke From Bottom Guard	R2	2:49	UFC Fight Night: Stout vs. Fisher	Jun 12, 2007
W	Naoyuki Kotani Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Stevenson vs. Guillard	Apr 5, 2007

Outside the UFC

14-4across 18 bouts · 14 promotions · wins by 3 KO · 10 sub · 1 decPFL · ROA 3 · RCC 9 · GCF 54 · GCF 53 +9

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Timur Nagibin22-12	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	0:50	RCC 9	May 3, 2021
W	Jean Carlos Liebl4-7	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R1	1:27	GCF 54	Feb 6, 2021
W	Laercio Alves dos Santos7-13	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:38	GCF 53	Oct 24, 2020
L	Rashid Magomedov26-6-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	3:36	PFL	Oct 13, 2018
L	Islam Mamedov23-3-1	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	PFL	Oct 13, 2018
W	Arthur Estrazulas14-5	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	PFL	Aug 2, 2018
L	Robert Watley16-4	KO/TKO	Leg Kick	R2	0:35	PFL	Jun 21, 2018
W	Mauricio Machado25-16	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:46	Aspera FC 49	Feb 18, 2017
W	Marc Duncan18-10-1	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R1	3:39	It's Showtime	Dec 3, 2006
W	Ulas Aslan9-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:00	2H2H	Nov 12, 2006
W	Adriano Moreira Goncalves de Queiroz12-8-1	Submission	Triangle Choke	R2	4:12	SFC 1	Sep 16, 2006
W	Romano de los Reyes8-11-1	Submission	—	R2	1:24	ROA 3	May 21, 2006
W	Mathieu Lawalata4-13	Submission	Heel Hook	R1	0:59	ROA 3	May 21, 2006
W	Daniel Weichel43-15	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R3	4:47	Cage Warriors	Mar 5, 2006
W	Marcio Cesar20-11-3	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R2	0:00	SS 9	Nov 20, 2005
W	Fabiano Adams1-8	Submission	Choke	R1	0:55	XC	Jun 5, 2005
W	Johny Johny0-1	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	4:38	CO	May 2, 2004
W	James Jones16-16	Submission	Triangle Choke	R2	1:18	RF 5	Nov 1, 2003

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) and Dana White’s Contender Series — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

4 wins, 8 losses

W4

L8

Submission

15 wins, 0 losses

W15

L0

Decision

5 wins, 3 losses

W5

L3

Finishes

UFC KOs

1

Below avg · 11%Featherweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.00

Below avg · 0.23Featherweight

UFC submissions

5

Above avg · 7%Featherweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.89

Above avg · 0.40Featherweight

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

Thiago Tavares

PowerChin

Knockout rate

6%

1 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

0

0.00 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

5

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

7

2.88 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Never submittedin the UFC

Decision behavior

Judging

1 scorecard on file

Thiago Tavares

Scorecard luck

Wrong end of the cards

No split or majority decisions on file — this read comes from contested rounds alone. Judges have given them 0 of 1 round they disagreed on (0%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

None on file

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

0–1

Won – Lost

0% went their way

Unanimous1 decision · 100%

1W

Split

None

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

None scoredno 10-8 rounds in this fighter’s decisions

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallC45th

40%329 / 820

Striking accuracy

62%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-0.31 differential

Landed2.00

Absorbed2.31

62%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+2%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head70%26th229
Body23%32nd76
Leg7%16th24

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

64%Standing

Standing64%209
Clinch9%30
Ground27%90

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Thiago Tavares

Landed per 15

Head

F

21st

20.9

21st

Body

D

25th

6.9

25th

Leg

F

9th

2.2

9th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

A

82nd

22.2

82nd

Body

A

82nd

6.3

82nd

Leg

B

62nd

6.1

62nd

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	20.9	229	680	34%
Body	6.9	76	106	72%
Leg	2.2	24	34	71%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	22.2	243	834	29%
Body	6.3	69	102	68%
Leg	6.1	67	83	81%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

Thiago Tavares

43%

Takedown accuracy

63%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+2.7 min net

On top5.8

On bottom3.1

Offense

Takedowns

A+

88th

3.8

88th

TD accuracy

C

57th

43%

57th

Sub attempts

A

85th

1.5

85th

Control

A

84th

5.8 min

84th

Defense

TD defense

C

55th

63%

55th

Controlled

3.1 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	42 / 98
Submission attempts	16
Control time	63:27

Defense

TDs defended	22 / 35
Control absorbed	33:29

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (164min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Thiago Tavares

18 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 164 min

119%

R3 pace · 8 bouts

Tavares holds steady (+1% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Tavares lifts to 119% of round-1 output by round 3 (8 bouts).

Tavares — HOLDSOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Tavareslanded / min

Takedown attempts

Tavaresattempts / min

Control time

Tavares% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	5.3	1.6	1.9	0.59	49%	18
R2	5.4	1.9	2.0	0.61	42%	12
R3	5.4	3.0	3.4	0.59	15%	8

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Thiago Tavares

18 resolved UFC bouts · 1 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

41/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

B

64th

38%

64th

Win quality

B

70th

46%

70th

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

2

4

5

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time
Contender-level8+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.55 win rate
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	1	0-1	0%
Top-5	1	0-1	0%
Top-15	2	1-1	50%
Cross-div ranked	1	0-0-1	—
Contender-level	2	0-2	0%
Established	2	1-1	50%
Building	4	4-0	100%
Unproven	5	4-1	80%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Dooho Choi	Top-15	46	Jul 8, 2016
W	Clay Guida#11	Top-15	71	Nov 7, 2015
L	Brian Ortega	Top-5	61	Jun 6, 2015
W	Robert Peralta	Building	18	Aug 16, 2014
W	Justin Salas	Building	18	Nov 9, 2013
L	Khabib Nurmagomedov	Champion	68	Jan 19, 2013
W	Sam Stout	Building	22	Jan 14, 2012
W	Spencer Fisher	Established	35	Aug 27, 2011
L	Shane Roller	Unproven	8	Mar 3, 2011
W	Pat Audinwood	Unproven	8	Sep 25, 2010
D	Nik Lentz	Cross-div ranked	32	Jan 11, 2010
W	Manvel Gamburyan	Building	18	Jan 31, 2009
L	Kurt Pellegrino	Established	26	Sep 6, 2008
L	Matt Wiman	Contender-level	36	Jun 7, 2008
W	Michihiro Omigawa	Unproven	8	Jan 23, 2008
L	Tyson Griffin	Contender-level	36	Sep 22, 2007
W	Jason Black	Unproven	8	Jun 12, 2007
W	Naoyuki Kotani	Unproven	8	Apr 5, 2007

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

17 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

1-1

2 bouts

Typical camp

100–180 days

5-3

8 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

3-3

6 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

1-0

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

5-1

6 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

3-6

9 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

2-0

2 bouts

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

—

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

—

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

—

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

—

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

—

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

5y 2mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Thiago Tavares

Extended layoff

5y 2mosince last bout

vs Timur Nagibin · May 3, 2021

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 6-3As underdog 1-3

70.2

DK avg

75.7

Median

115.8

Ceiling

28.3

Floor

44%

Boom

17%

Bust

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