Luis Tavares

At Enfusion 49, Tavares fought Mohamed Boubkari for the Enfusion Heavyweight title. He defeated Boubkari by a first round knockout.[8] Moving up to Super Heavyweight, Tavares fought the reigning champion Jahfarr Wilnis. He won by unanimous decision.[9] He defended the title twice, knocking out Mrad Akram and Fatih Ulusoy.[10]

In May 2018, he took part in the A1WCC Heavyweight tournament. He lost the quarterfinal bout to Donegi Abena by an extra round decision.[11]

He fought Kamran Aminzadeh at Enfusion 69, in a non-title bout. Tavares won the fight by unanimous decision.[12] He vacated the Enfusion title in September 2018, after signing with Glory.[13]

His Glory debut came at Glory 62 against Artur Gorlov. He defeated him by split decision.[14] His second fight was against Felipe Micheletti, at Glory 66. Micheletti won the fight by split decision.[15]

Tavares faced Michael Duut at Glory 69. He won the fight by unanimous decision.[16] Tavares was scheduled to fight Stéphane Susperregui at Glory Collision 2.[17] He defeated Susperregui by unanimous decision.[18] For his fifth Glory appearance, Tavares was scheduled to fight Donegi Abena at Glory 77.[19] He won the fight by unanimous decision.[20]

Tavares was scheduled to fight Sergej Maslobojev at Glory 78: Arnhem.[21][22] A month before the bout, Maslobojev withdrew due to injury and was replaced by Felipe Micheletti.[23] Tavares won the rematch by unanimous decision.[24]

Tavares was scheduled to challenge the reigning Glory Light Heavyweight champion Artem Vakhitov at Glory 80 on March 19, 2022.[25] Tavares later withdrew from the fight, as he refused to face Vakhitov due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[26]

Tavares is scheduled to face Horace Martin at Glory Rivals 1 on May 21, 2022. He was initially expected to face Tarik Khbabez at the same event, before Khbabez withdrew from the bout for undisclosed reasons.[27]