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UFC Rio: Ex-MMA Fighter Thiago Tavares Makes Dream Return at Oliveira vs. Gamrot Event

Tavares has returned to the UFC, this time as a ringside doctor after earning his license with the Association of Ringside Physicians. The 40-year-old, who compiled a 10-7-1 record in the UFC between 2007 and 2016, earned his medical degree in Argentina and has since worked over 300 MMA events. “Not even on my most optimistic day did I think I’d return to the UFC,” he said.