Tavares vs Plessis

Who won Tavares vs Plessis?

Dricus Du Plessis beat Brad Tavares by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC 276, on Saturday 2nd July 2022 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Dricus Du Plessis.

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 Plessis stats

Brad Tavares stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Dricus Du Plessis made his way to the cage with a record of 16 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 9 by submission.

Dricus Du Plessis marked his 8th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2020.

Brad Tavares' UFC record stood at 15-9-0, while Dricus Du Plessis' came in at 8-0-0.

The stats suggested Plessis had an advantage in power over Tavares, with a 44% knock out percentage over Tavares' 26%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Plessis had a massive advantage over Tavares, boasting a 56% submission rate over Tavares' 11%.

Brad Tavares was the older man by 6 years, at 36 years old.

Plessis had a 2-inch reach advantage.

Tavares was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 7 more fights, and made his debut in 2007, 6 years earlier than Plessis, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 20 more professional rounds, 71 to Plessis' 51.

Tavares vs Plessis form

Brad Tavares had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Bruno Silva at UFC Fight Night – Pavlovich vs. Blaydes on 22nd April 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Dricus Du Plessis at UFC 276 on 2nd July 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had won against Omari Akhmedov at UFC 264 on 10th July 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been defeated by Israel Adesanya at The Ultimate Fighter 27 Finale on 6th July 2018 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Last Vegas.

He had beaten Elias Theodorou at The Ultimate Fighter 25 Finale on 7th July 2017 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Tavares' last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 3 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Plessis' last 2 fights had come over a period of 4 years and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 3 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.5 rounds on average.

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