Giga Chikadze · MMA Index

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Event	Date
L	Kevin Vallejos Featherweight	KO/TKO · Spinning Back Fist Head R2 · 1:29	UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Kape	Dec 13, 2025
L	David Onama Featherweight	Decision (Unanimous) R3 · 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Machado Garry vs. Prates	Apr 26, 2025
L	Arnold Allen Featherweight	Decision (Unanimous) R3 · 5:00	UFC 304: Edwards vs. Muhammad 2	Jul 27, 2024
W	Alex Caceres Featherweight	Decision (Unanimous) R3 · 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. The Korean Zombie	Aug 26, 2023
L	Calvin Kattar Featherweight	Decision (Unanimous) R5 · 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Chikadze	Jan 15, 2022
W	Edson Barboza Featherweight	KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance R3 · 1:44	UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Chikadze	Aug 28, 2021
W	Cub Swanson Featherweight	KO/TKO · Kick to Body At Distance R1 · 1:03	UFC Fight Night: Reyes vs. Prochazka	May 1, 2021
W	Jamey Simmons Featherweight	KO/TKO · Kick to Head At Distance R1 · 3:51	UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Teixeira	Nov 7, 2020
W	Omar Morales Featherweight	Decision (Unanimous) R3 · 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen	Oct 10, 2020
W	Irwin Rivera Featherweight	Decision (Unanimous) R3 · 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Harris	May 16, 2020
W	Jamall Emmers Featherweight	Decision (Split) R3 · 5:00	UFC 248: Adesanya vs. Romero	Mar 7, 2020
W	Brandon Davis Featherweight	Decision (Split) R3 · 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Cannonier	Sep 28, 2019

Outside the UFC

Via Sherdog

7-2across 9 bouts · 3 promotions · wins by 6 KO · 1 subGladiator Challenge · Dana White's Contender Series · WSOF 26

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Promotion	Date
W	Damien Manzanares0-2	TKO (Submission to Punches) R1 · 0:51	Gladiator Challenge	Mar 23, 2019
W	Clay Baines2-34	Submission (Armbar) R1 · 0:12	Gladiator Challenge	Aug 11, 2018
L	Austin Springer12-4	Submission · rear-naked choke R3 · 4:10	Dana White's Contender Series	Jun 19, 2018
W	Kevin Ceron0-4	TKO (Punches) R1 · 2:37	Gladiator Challenge	Apr 21, 2018
W	Kevin Gratts0-2	KO (Punch) R1 · 1:17	Gladiator Challenge	Dec 16, 2017
W	Julian Hernandez0-14	TKO (Punches) R1 · 0:49	Gladiator Challenge	Jun 10, 2017
W	Anthony Ross1-11	TKO (Punch) R1 · 0:10	Gladiator Challenge	Mar 25, 2017
W	Joe Bear0-1	TKO (Retirement) R1 · 1:50	Gladiator Challenge	Dec 17, 2016
L	Gil Guardado	Decision (Unanimous) R3 · 5:00	WSOF 26	Dec 18, 2015

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions via Sherdog) and Dana White’s Contender Series — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Career striking

UFC career

Sig. strikes / min

3.75

Striking accuracy

42.00%

Sig. absorbed / min

3.47

Striking defense

59.00%

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Giga Chikadze

UFC career · 12 bouts (per-round) · 153 min

Landed per 15

Head

33.3

above division average

Body

15.1

top 22% of division

Leg

9.3

above division average

Absorbed per 15

Head

34.4

around division average

Body

10.2

around division average

Leg

7.4

around division average

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	33.3	340	1,042	33%
Body	15.1	154	235	66%
Leg	9.3	95	119	80%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	34.4	351	1,081	32%
Body	10.2	104	179	58%
Leg	7.4	76	104	73%

Per-15-minute rates and totals come from UFCStats fight-totals across this fighter’s UFC career. Percentile context is computed against every fighter currently assigned to this weight class with at least two recorded UFC bouts. “Absorbed” percentiles are inverted so “top of division” always means better outcome.

Derived metrics

Computed from UFC career stats

Strike differential

SLpM − SApM

+0.28

Defensive rating

(str def + td def) / 2

62%

Striking edge

str acc − (100 − str def)

+1%

Career grappling

UFC career

Takedowns / 15min

0.18

Takedown accuracy

33.00%

Sub. attempts / 15min

0.20

Takedown defense

65.00%

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of wrestling output and ground control.

UFC only

Giga Chikadze

UFC career · 12 bouts (per-round) · 153 min

Offense

Takedowns

per 15 min

0.2

well below average

TD accuracy

% of attempts landed

40%

around division average

Sub attempts

per 15 min

0.2

below division average

Control

min on top, per 15

0.3 min

bottom of the division

Defense

TD defense

% of opponent attempts stopped

69%

above division average

Controlled

min on bottom, per 15

1.8 min

no division reference

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	2 / 5
Submission attempts	2
Control time	3:10

Defense

TDs defended	22 / 32
Control absorbed	18:22

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (153min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

How this fighter's work rate holds up as a fight wears on — round-by-round output (striking, takedown attempts, and control time combined), and whether they fade. The fade % compares round-3 output to round 1 over bouts that reached the third round.

UFC only

Giga Chikadze

12 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 153 min

119%

R3 pace · 9 bouts

Chikadze actually builds to 119% of round-1 work rate by round 3, across 9 UFC bouts that reached the third round.

Chikadze ▲ BUILDSOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 3 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Chikadzelanded / min

Takedown attempts

Chikadzeattempts / min

Control time

Chikadze% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	3.5	3.3	1.9	0.05	3%	12
R2	4.0	3.9	3.5	0.02	1%	10
R3	4.3	4.1	4.2	0.02	3%	9
R4	5.6	5.6	7.2	0.00	0%	1
R5	6.4	6.4	10.2	0.00	0%	1

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Who they've faced × what they've done. Percentile-ranked across every UFC fighter w/ ≥3 resolved bouts. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Giga Chikadze

12 resolved UFC bouts · 5 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

42/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

who you've faced (time-weighted)

38

75th percentile

Quality wins

what you've done against that schedule

52

77th percentile

How to read this

Every UFC opponent is scored by where they were ranked and what their UFC record was at the time of that fight — not where they sit today. Schedule strength is the recency-weighted average of opponent quality; quality wins scores actual results against that schedule (finishes count more than splits, losses cost the full opp quality). The headline is a percentile rank against every UFC fighter with at least three resolved bouts. Note: UFC ranking data is sparse before December 2018, so legacy-era fighters score from opponent UFC record-at-time when ranks are missing.

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

1

4

1

6

Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Top-5	1	0-1	0%
Top-15	4	3-1	75%
Established	1	0-1	0%
Unproven	6	5-1	83%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Kevin Vallejos	Unproven	8	Dec 13, 2025
L	David Onama	Established	30	Apr 26, 2025
L	Arnold Allen#6	Top-15	75	Jul 27, 2024
W	Alex Caceres#15	Top-15	60	Aug 26, 2023
L	Calvin Kattar#5	Top-5	78	Jan 15, 2022
W	Edson Barboza#9	Top-15	70	Aug 28, 2021
W	Cub Swanson#15	Top-15	60	May 1, 2021
W	Jamey Simmons	Unproven	8	Nov 7, 2020
W	Omar Morales	Unproven	8	Oct 10, 2020
W	Irwin Rivera	Unproven	8	May 16, 2020
W	Jamall Emmers	Unproven	8	Mar 7, 2020
W	Brandon Davis	Unproven	8	Sep 28, 2019

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

12 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

2-0

2 bouts

Typical camp

100–180 days

4-1

5 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

1-3

4 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

1-0

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

1-2

3 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

6-2

8 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

1-0

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

—

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

—

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

—

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

—

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

—

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

9 wins, 1 loss

W9

L1

Submission

1 win, 1 loss

W1

L1

Decision

5 wins, 4 losses

W5

L4

Pro record data: Sherdog.

Finishes

UFC KOs

3

Above avg · 12%Featherweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.50

Above avg · 0.23Featherweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 7%Featherweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.17

Below avg · 0.40Featherweight

KO history

UFC fights only — knockout power, chin durability, and when the last finish landed. Genuine knockouts are kept separate from cut, injury, and corner stoppages.

Giga Chikadze

Knockout rate

23%

3 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

6

1.76 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

1

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

2

0.57 per 100 head

Decision behavior

Judging

8 scorecards on file

Giga Chikadze

Scorecard luck

Cards have leaned their way

Won 2 of 2 coin-flip decisions — the kind of close calls that have tended to fall their way. Judges have given them 2 of 2 rounds they disagreed on (100%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

2–0

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

2–0

Won – Lost

100% went their way

Unanimous

6 decisions · 75%

W 3L 3

Split

2 decisions · 25%

W 2L 0

Majority

No decisions on file

W 0L 0

10-8 rounds

2 rounds total

1

Won

1

Lost

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Activity & layoff

When this fighter last competed, how often they've been active, and how that reads against active peers in their division.

Days since last UFC bout

5 months

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Giga Chikadze

Active

5 monthssince last bout

vs Kevin Vallejos · Dec 13, 2025