Brad Tavares vs. Gregory Rodrigues – Preview & Matchup Analysis

UFC 283: Teixeira vs. Hill is scheduled to take place on Saturday, January 21, 2023, in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In one of the matchups on the fight card, Brad Tavares will take on Gregory “Robocop” Rodrigues in the Middleweight Bout. You can view the full UFC 283 card.

In this post, we will break down Brad Tavares vs. Gregory Rodrigues matchup. Let’s take look at the fighter’s ages, their height, records, reach, fight stats, and more below ⤵

The 37-year-old, Brad Tavares is coming in with a 19-8-0 record. Tavares will be fighting for the first time since a loss via U-DEC against Dricus Du Plessis at UFC 276: Adesanya vs. Cannonier in July.

Rodrigues, meanwhile, is coming off a KO/TKO win against Chidi Njokuani on July 2, 2022 at UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Song and holds a 13-4-0 record.

Brad Tavares has an orthodox fighting stance with a 74″ reach. The 32-year-old, Gregory Rodrigues is an orthodox fighter with a 75″ reach. An orthodox fighter stands with their left side forward and jabs with their left hand, the southpaw fighter is the opposite, southpaw stands with their right side forward and jabs with their right hand. In most cases, orthodox fighters are right-handed, if you are left-handed, then you fight southpaw.

Brad Tavares:
→ Tavares’s striking accuracy is 43%.
→ Tavares lands 3.3 significant strikes per minute.
→ Tavares’s takedown accuracy is 26%.
→ Tavares’s takedown average is 0.86 per 15 minutes.
→ Tavares’s takedown defense is 80%.

Tavares comes in with 43% striking accuracy, typically landing about 3.3 significant strikes every minute. On the other side, Rodrigues fires at 55% accuracy, landing about 6.19 significant strikes per minute. Brad Tavares also has a 26% takedown accuracy and on average gets around 0.86 takedowns every 15 minutes, compared to Rodrigues’s 2.39 takedowns and 100% takedown accuracy.

Gregory Rodrigues:
→ Rodrigues’s striking accuracy is 55%.
→ Rodrigues lands 6.19 significant strikes per minute.
→ Rodrigues’s takedown accuracy is 50%.
→ Rodrigues’s takedown average is 2.39 per 15 minutes.
→ Rodrigues’s takedown defense is 100%.

Gregory spent on average 8:23 minutes in the Octagon and Brad has an average fight time of 13:15 minutes.

This looks like an entertaining matchup, at least on paper. UFC 283 is live in , who do you think will win, Brad or Gregory? Sound off in the comments.

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