Luis Tavares

At Enfusion 49, Tavares fought Mohamed Boubkari for the Enfusion Heavyweight title. He defeated Boubkari by a first round knockout.[9] Moving up to Super Heavyweight, Tavares fought the reigning champion Jahfarr Wilnis. He won by unanimous decision.[10] He defended the title twice, knocking out Mrad Akram and Fatih Ulusoy.[11]

In May 2018, he took part in the A1WCC Heavyweight tournament. He lost the quarterfinal bout to Donegi Abena by an extra round decision.[12]

He fought Kamran Aminzadeh at Enfusion 69, in a non-title bout. Tavares won the fight by unanimous decision.[13] He vacated the Enfusion title in September 2018, after signing with Glory.[14]

His Glory debut came at Glory 62 against Artur Gorlov. He defeated him by split decision.[15] His second fight was against Felipe Micheletti, at Glory 66. Micheletti won the fight by split decision.[16]

Tavares faced Michael Duut at Glory 69. He won the fight by unanimous decision.[17] Tavares was scheduled to fight Stéphane Susperregui at Glory Collision 2.[18] He defeated Susperregui by unanimous decision.[19] For his fifth Glory appearance, Tavares was scheduled to fight Donegi Abena at Glory 77.[20] He won the fight by unanimous decision.[21]

Tavares was scheduled to fight Sergej Maslobojev at Glory 78: Rotterdam.[22][23] A month before the bout, Maslobojev withdrew due to injury and was replaced by Felipe Micheletti.[24] Tavares won the rematch by unanimous decision.[25]

Tavares was scheduled to challenge the reigning Glory Light Heavyweight champion Artem Vakhitov at Glory 80 on March 19, 2022.[26] Tavares later withdrew from the fight, as he refused to face Vakhitov due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[27]

Tavares was expected 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.[28] The event was later postponed, as The Lotto Arena announced that their cooperation with the Antwerp Fight Organisation had been terminated due to various administrative reasons.[29]

Tavares faced Florent Kaouachi at Glory Rivals 1, a Glory and Enfusion cross-promotion event, on June 11, 2022.[30] He won the fight by a third-round knockout.[31] The result was overturned to a no contest on November 24, as Tavares tested positive for a banned substance.[32]

Tavares was expected to face the #3 ranked GLORY light heavyweight contender Sergej Maslobojev for the vacant Glory Light Heavyweight Championship at Glory 81: Ben Saddik vs. Adegbuyi 2 on August 20, 2022.[33] The fight was cancelled on August 10, 2022, due to "reasons on the part of Tavares".[34] Later that day, it was revealed that Tavares had tested positive for an unspecified banned substance at Glory Rivals 1.[35] He was suspended indefinitely by Dutch Martial Arts Authority (VA),[36] while Glory handed him a ten month suspension.[37]

Tavares moved up to heavyweight to take part in the four-man Glory heavyweight tournament, held as a title eliminator for the interim Glory Heavyweight Championship. Tavares was expected to face Enver Sljivar, in the semifinals of the one-day tournament, at Glory 85 on April 29, 2023.[38] Tavares withdrew from the bout on April 28, due to an undisclosed illness.[39]

Tavares faced Bahram Rajabzadeh at Glory 86 on May 27, 2023.[40] He lost the fight by a first-round knockout.[41]

Tavares faced Bogdan Stoica at Glory 89 on October 7, 2023.[42] He lost the fight by unanimous decision.[43]