Brad Tavares is irked by Antonio Carlos Junior ’s attempt at trying to get inside information on him. Tavares (17-6 MMA, 12-6 UFC) returns after a more than year-long layoff when he faces Junior on Jan. 23 at UFC 257 where, like Junior, he’ll look to snap a two-fight losing skid. The pair were initially scheduled to fight in March, but Tavares was forced out after tearing his ACL, which ultimately will cost him all of 2020. Things have been cordial between the Tavares and Junior since the initial booking, but after Tavares found out that “Shoeface” was seeking information about him from one of his training partners, Tavares was bothered. “I know that my opponent went and called somebody that I train with, that he used to train with, to try and get a little insider trading I guess you can say, and I just laugh at it,” Tavares told MMA Junkie Radio.
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