Hawaii’s Brad Tavares loses to Dricus du Plessis by unanimous decision at UFC 276

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - On the Ninth Island, Brad Tavares is the first of two local born fighters competing at UFC 276.

Representing ‘Team Hawaii’ Brad Tavares fell to Dricus du Plessis via unanimous decision.

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In the preliminaries, the Waiakea graduate took the first round on all three judges cards but fell short in the next two.

Tavares moves to an overall record of 19-8.

Next, Hawaii’s Max Holloway and Australia’s Alexander Volkanovski meet for the third time in Saturday’s co-main event for the featherweight division title.

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