Giga Chikadze

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Giga Chikadze

Nickname“Ninja”

Record

15-6

Streak

L3

Age

37

Date of birth

Aug 25, 1988

Fighting out of: Tbilisi
Born: Georgia
Camp: Kings MMA
Weight class: Featherweight
Height: 6'0" · 183 cm
Reach: 74" · 188 cm
Stance: Orthodox
Last fight: Dec 13, 2025
Cut risk: 55%

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

Joanderson Brito

Joanderson BritoUpcoming

UFC 331: Van vs Pantoja · Sep 19, 2026

UFC 331: Van vs Pantoja

Kevin Vallejos

Featherweight · KO/TKO · Spinning Back Fist Head · R2 · 1:29

UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Kape · Dec 13, 2025

Spinning Back Fist Head

UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Kape

David Onama

Featherweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Machado Garry vs. Prates · Apr 26, 2025

UFC Fight Night: Machado Garry vs. Prates

Arnold Allen

Featherweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 304: Edwards vs. Muhammad 2 · Jul 27, 2024

UFC 304: Edwards vs. Muhammad 2

Alex Caceres

#15Alex Caceres

Featherweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. The Korean Zombie · Aug 26, 2023

UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. The Korean Zombie

Calvin Kattar

#5Calvin Kattar

Featherweight · Decision · Unanimous · R5 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Chikadze · Jan 15, 2022

UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Chikadze

Edson Barboza

#9Edson Barboza

Featherweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R3 · 1:44

UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Chikadze · Aug 28, 2021

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Chikadze

Cub Swanson

Featherweight · KO/TKO · Kick to Body At Distance · R1 · 1:03

UFC Fight Night: Reyes vs. Prochazka · May 1, 2021

Kick to Body At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Reyes vs. Prochazka

Jamey Simmons

Featherweight · KO/TKO · Kick to Head At Distance · R1 · 3:51

UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Teixeira · Nov 7, 2020

Kick to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Teixeira

Omar Morales

Featherweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen · Oct 10, 2020

UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen

Irwin Rivera

Featherweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Harris · May 16, 2020

UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Harris

Jamall Emmers

Featherweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC 248: Adesanya vs. Romero · Mar 7, 2020

UFC 248: Adesanya vs. Romero

Brandon Davis

Featherweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Cannonier · Sep 28, 2019

UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Cannonier

Dana White's Contender Series

0-1across 1 bout

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Austin Springer12-4	Submission	rear-naked choke	R3	4:10	Dana White's Contender Series	Jun 19, 2018

Dana White’s Contender Series — a UFC-adjacent proving ground, shown as its own tier. Excluded from Schedule Score and UFC-scoped metrics.

Outside the UFC

7-1across 8 bouts · 2 promotions · wins by 6 KO · 1 subGladiator Challenge · WSOF 26

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Damien Manzanares0-2	KO/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
W	Kevin Ceron0-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:37	Gladiator Challenge	Apr 21, 2018
W	Kevin Gratts0-2	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	1:17	Gladiator Challenge	Dec 16, 2017
W	Julian Hernandez0-14	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:49	Gladiator Challenge	Jun 10, 2017
W	Anthony Ross1-11	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	0:10	Gladiator Challenge	Mar 25, 2017
W	Joe Bear0-1	KO/TKO	Retirement	R1	1:50	Gladiator Challenge	Dec 17, 2016
L	Gil Guardado5-4	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	WSOF 26	Dec 18, 2015

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Career striking

OverallB58th

42%589 / 1,396

Striking accuracy

59%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.28 differential

Landed3.75

Absorbed3.47

62%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+1%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head58%55th340
Body26%75th154
Leg16%61st95

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

91%Standing

Standing91%538
Clinch1%5
Ground8%46

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Giga Chikadze

Giga Chikadze

Landed per 15

Head

C

55th

33.3

55th

Body

A

79th

15.1

79th

Leg

B

62nd

9.3

62nd

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

C

45th

34.4

45th

Body

C

53rd

10.2

53rd

Leg

C

51st

7.4

51st

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

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%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Giga Chikadze

Giga Chikadze

12 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 153 min

119%

R3 pace · 9 bouts

Chikadze builds (+9% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Chikadze lifts to 119% of round-1 output by round 3 (9 bouts).

Giga Chikadze

Chikadze ▲ BUILDSOutput / min

Faded points are drawn from a single bout that reached that round, so they’re less reliable than the solid points averaged over many fights.

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 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

Giga Chikadze

Chikadzelanded / min

Takedown attempts

Giga Chikadze

Chikadzeattempts / min

Control time

Giga Chikadze

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

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Giga Chikadze

Giga Chikadze

12 resolved UFC bouts · 5 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

49/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A

80th

51%

80th

Win quality

A

77th

49%

77th

Opponent quality distribution

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

3

4

1

1

3

Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Ranked 6–15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Top-5	3	1-2	33%
Ranked 6–15	4	2-2	50%
Established	1	1-0	100%
Building	1	1-0	100%
Unproven	3	3-0	100%

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	Ranked 6–15	48	Dec 13, 2025
L	David Onama	Ranked 6–15	52	Apr 26, 2025
L	Arnold Allen#6	Top-5	79	Jul 27, 2024
W	Alex Caceres#15	Ranked 6–15	61	Aug 26, 2023
L	Calvin Kattar#5	Top-5	80	Jan 15, 2022
W	Edson Barboza#9	Ranked 6–15	70	Aug 28, 2021
W	Cub Swanson#15	Top-5	78	May 1, 2021
W	Jamey Simmons	Unproven	8	Nov 7, 2020
W	Omar Morales	Building	15	Oct 10, 2020
W	Irwin Rivera	Unproven	8	May 16, 2020
W	Jamall Emmers	Established	22	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.

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