Thiago Tavares has been fighting professionally for 15 years, but his main goal has changed a little bit over the past couple of years.
Tavares competed inside the UFC Octagon for almost a decade before he decided to embrace new challenges when he was released by the UFC two years ago. After studying nutrition for some time in Brazil, one of his classmates convinced him to drop it and move to Buenos Aires, Argentina, to study medicine. The Brazilian joined the Hector Barcelo Foundation, and now dedicates up to 10 hours of his day to study.