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Giga Chikadze

15-6-0
38y·6' 0"·74" reach·Orthodox
0:19
Control / 15m
time on top
+0.28
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
38%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
1
Power
knockdowns per 100 landed

Tells

Non-traditional predictors we've tested against the record. Only the ones that fire on this fighter show up here.

Chin Decay

Predictive

First KO loss December 2025. Fighters at the same age and mileage lose by KO in 11.3% of fights; after a first KO it runs 17.3%.

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The Odometer

Backwards

Crossed into the heaviest third of head strikes eaten for their age in August 2023, 240 head strikes before that night. Never-yet-stopped fighters carrying that kind of mileage took a first KO in 11.0% of fights; the lightest third ran 15.6%.

Fired again Dec 2025

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Checked 3 tells for this fighter. 2 fired.

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 12 recorded bouts, 589 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 58%Body 26%Legs 16%
Position
Distance 91%Clinch 1%Ground 8%
And how often each lands
Head33%
Body66%
Legs80%
Distance41%
Clinch36%
Ground67%

How fights end

UFC bouts only, so these will not add up to the record above. Counts rather than rates: two knockouts in three wins is not a 67% finisher.

8Wins3 KO · 5 DEC
5Losses1 KO · 1 SUB · 3 DEC

Control, bout by bout

Seconds spent controlling the opponent in each fight, oldest on the left. UFCStats records this per bout and never adds it up; this is what that looks like added up.

8%
Davis
2%
Emmers
1%
Rivera
3%
Morales
4%
Simmons
8%
Swanson
6%
Barboza
1%
Kattar
0%
Caceres
0%
Allen
0%
Onama
0%
Vallejos

As the fight goes on

Which measure to show

Significant strikes landed, per minute fought. Every round is measured against round one, except rounds reached by fewer than 3 bouts, which are dimmed and left uncompared.

Landed / minvs R1Bouts
R13.26100%12
R23.85118%10
R34.10126%9
R45.601
R56.401

Only fights that reached a round count towards it, so later rounds are a smaller sample.

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min3.75
Strikes absorbed / min3.47
Striking accuracyof everything thrown42%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed59%
Takedowns / 15 min0.18
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land33%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed65%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.2
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together7.22
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 12 bouts12.8m

Earned Accuracy

How hard the opponents on this record were to hit at distance, and whether they beat it. Distance strikes only, so nobody gets credit for accuracy they picked up hammering someone already flat on the floor.

41.0%
Landed at range
1,313 thrown over 12 bouts
39.8%
Expected
against these opponents
+1.1pp
Gap
above expected
75.6%
Coverage
from real records
The fine print

Distance strikes only

Nothing thrown in the clinch or on the ground counts. Those land at about 72% and 71%, against 44% at distance, so a blended accuracy mostly measures where a fight happened. Rank the sport that way and its best strikers are all wrestlers.

One pass, not a rating

How much each opponent lets through is taken raw. It isn't adjusted for who they fought, so a fighter whose opponents all had soft schedules comes out looking better here than they are. Running it to convergence is a later job.

Coverage, and who gets ranked

Coverage is how much of the expected number came from the opponents' own records instead of the division average. Under 65% it's mostly the division talking, so the comparison gets hidden. Same for anyone under 5 qualifying bouts, or under 300 distance strikes of their own, which is where an accuracy still moves on a single exchange. Miss any of the three and you'll see what they landed, nothing else, and they stay out of any ranking.

Short records get pulled to the middle

An opponent who hasn't been shot at much gets dragged toward their division's average, and the drag fades as their record fills in. At 60 distance strikes faced, their own record and the division average count for the same.

Bout log

LKevin VallejosDec 2025KO R20:00 ctrl12 str0 td
Significant strikes
12 of 22 · 55%
Total strikes
19 of 29 · 66%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 1:29
Spinning Back Fist Head
Target
Head 17%Body 83%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LDavid OnamaApr 2025U-DEC0:00 ctrl43 str0 td
Significant strikes
43 of 91 · 47%
Total strikes
71 of 127 · 56%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 53%Body 19%Legs 28%
Position
Distance 93%Clinch 5%Ground 2%
This fight on UFCStats
LArnold AllenJul 2024U-DEC0:00 ctrl38 str0 td
Significant strikes
38 of 111 · 34%
Total strikes
39 of 112 · 35%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 58%Body 32%Legs 11%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WAlex CaceresAug 2023U-DEC0:00 ctrl65 str0 td
Significant strikes
65 of 141 · 46%
Total strikes
65 of 141 · 46%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 38%Body 34%Legs 28%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LCalvin KattarJan 2022U-DEC0:09 ctrl128 str0 td
Significant strikes
128 of 347 · 37%
Total strikes
129 of 348 · 37%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:09
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
1
Ended
Unanimous decision, 5 rounds
Target
Head 73%Body 21%Legs 5%
Position
Distance 99%Clinch 1%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WEdson BarbozaAug 2021KO R30:41 ctrl60 str0 td
Significant strikes
60 of 117 · 51%
Total strikes
70 of 128 · 55%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:41
Knockdowns
2
Sub attempts
2
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R3 1:44
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 52%Body 27%Legs 22%
Position
Distance 93%Clinch 0%Ground 7%
This fight on UFCStats
WCub SwansonMay 2021KO R10:05 ctrl12 str0 td
Significant strikes
12 of 18 · 67%
Total strikes
12 of 18 · 67%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:05
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 1:03
Kick to Body At Distance
Target
Head 75%Body 17%Legs 8%
Position
Distance 58%Clinch 0%Ground 42%
This fight on UFCStats
WJamey SimmonsNov 2020KO R10:09 ctrl8 str0 td
Significant strikes
8 of 16 · 50%
Total strikes
8 of 16 · 50%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:09
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 3:51
Kick to Head At Distance
Target
Head 75%Body 25%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 50%Clinch 0%Ground 50%
This fight on UFCStats
WOmar MoralesOct 2020U-DEC0:29 ctrl65 str0 td
Significant strikes
65 of 157 · 41%
Total strikes
69 of 163 · 42%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:29
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 49%Body 37%Legs 14%
Position
Distance 83%Clinch 0%Ground 17%
This fight on UFCStats
WIrwin RiveraMay 2020U-DEC0:06 ctrl61 str1 td
Significant strikes
61 of 135 · 45%
Total strikes
61 of 135 · 45%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
0:06
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 54%Body 21%Legs 25%
Position
Distance 90%Clinch 3%Ground 7%
This fight on UFCStats
WJamall EmmersMar 2020S-DEC0:20 ctrl38 str0 td
Significant strikes
38 of 122 · 31%
Total strikes
40 of 125 · 32%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:20
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
1
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 50%Body 26%Legs 24%
Position
Distance 97%Clinch 0%Ground 3%
This fight on UFCStats
WBrandon DavisSep 2019S-DEC1:11 ctrl59 str1 td
Significant strikes
59 of 119 · 50%
Total strikes
71 of 133 · 53%
Takedowns
1 of 2 · 50%
Control
1:11
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
1
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 75%Body 14%Legs 12%
Position
Distance 73%Clinch 0%Ground 27%
This fight on UFCStats

Numbers from UFCStats. Control time and strike placement are summed from each bout, everything else is as published.