Bradley Kaipo Sarbida Tavares (born December 21, 1987) is an American professional mixed martial artist.

A professional since 2007, Tavares fought in local promotions before joining the UFC's The Ultimate Fighter 11 in 2010.

[4] Tavares started his MMA career in 2007 in his home state of Hawaii, compiling a record of 5–0, with three technical knockouts and two submission wins.

He originally started training with Universal Combat Sports in Pearl City, Hawaii, where he competed In Got Skills, then fought his first MMA match in Farrington High School in Kalihi where he got a first round KO, there he got approached by MMAD to train there, MMAD (Mixed Martial Arts Development) ran by the likes of Randy Leuder, Brandon Wolff (UFC), and Rob Hesia.

In the elimination round, Tavares defeated Jordan Smith via KO (knee) after less than a minute.

As the first round ended, Baczynski threw an illegal soccer kick to the head of Tavares.

After discussing the matter with the doctors, Herb Dean stopped the fight and Tavares was declared the winner by disqualification, advancing him to the semi-finals.

In the semi-finals, Tavares faced teammate Court McGee, for a place in the live final.

Tavares faced Aaron Simpson on July 2, 2011, at UFC 132, replacing Jason Miller, who was removed from the card.

[11] Tavares fought Yang Dongi on May 15, 2012, at UFC on Fuel TV: The Korean Zombie vs.

[13] Tavares faced Riki Fukuda on March 3, 2013, at UFC on Fuel TV 8 and won via unanimous decision.

[17] He lost the fight via TKO in the second round,[18][19] marking the first time Tavares had been stopped as a professional.

[22] Tavares was very briefly linked to a bout with Thales Leites on August 6, 2016, at UFC Fight Night 92.

[36] Tavares was expected to face Ian Heinisch on October 26, 2019, at UFC Fight Night 162[37] However, Heinisch withdrew from the bout, leading Tavares to replace Krzysztof Jotko against Edmen Shahbazyan at UFC 244 on November 2, 2019.

[39] Tavares was scheduled to face Antônio Carlos Júnior on March 14, 2020, at UFC Fight Night 170.

[40] However, Tavares was forced to pull out of the fight due to an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury.

[57] Tavares was scheduled to face Jun Yong Park on July 20, 2024, at UFC on ESPN 60.