Brad Tavares Happy With UFC 203 Victory – Calls For UFC Event in Hawaii

– Following his victory at UFC 203, Brad Tavares spoke with mmajunkie.com , here are the highlights…

On His UFC 203 Victory: “I felt sharp – I thought I dominated him everywhere,” Tavares said. “It’s been a long time. I was just glad to get back in there. Maybe that judge that gave him the two rounds – I didn’t really feel like he hit me. He threw a couple of kicks that didn’t mean anything. I pretty much evaded everything else he threw and the only thing that he got was I think a takedown in the first, but, I mean, I got right back up. Overall I think I dominated the fight, so for them to call a split – you know, had me worried. Especially because (Friday) night my boy Boston Salmon got ripped off in RFA, and I didn’t think that was a split decision. And then the call came and he ended up getting ripped.”

On Wanting a UFC Event in Hawaii: “They need to get it there,” Tavares said. “I don’t know, it has something to do with the tax and the cost, and all this. Hopefully this new company that bought the UFC can figure that out, because there’s a wave of Hawaii fighters right now and it’s going to keep going. There’s a bunch of up-and-comers from Hawaii that are doing big things, and they, too, will surely be in the UFC. B.J. (Penn) is still here – been making his way back – and B.J. has long been the king of Hawaii MMA. So, with him leading the way, especially with Max, who deserves a title shot – if (featherweight champion) Conor (McGregor) is going to fight whoever, (Eddie) Alvarez or (Nate) Diaz again, then I think Max definitely needs to get that (Jose) Aldo (interim title) fight, and if that happens, why not, UFC Hawaii?”

On The Elevator Incident Over The Weekend: “You’ve got (Fabricio) Werdum blaming Ray (Sefo), you’ve got me blaming Werdum,” Tavares said. “The funniest part to me was (Renato) ‘Babalu’ (Sobral), the minute we dropped, looking to see if (Werdum) could climb off the top. Like, he didn’t even give it a chance, as soon as we hit, he was like ‘Can he get out of here? I don’t think so.’ “Urijah (Faber) was hilarious. It started to feel prison-like in there and he was like – he said this, guys – he told us he most closely resembles a girl in that elevator.”