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Brandon Davis vs.
Giga Chikadze

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

2-7-0 Brandon Davis · UFC
8-4-0 Giga Chikadze · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

2-7-0
UFC record
8-4-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
36
AgeΔ 1 yrs
37
5'10"
HeightΔ 2"
6'0"
72"
ReachΔ 2"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
45.7
Layoff (months)Δ 37.9 mo
7.8
LLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL
The read

What the numbers say.

Scouting notes, auto-generated — only stats deviating more than 25% from the division median make this list. No narratives, just deviations.

Giga Chikadze carries real power — 0.59 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Featherweight norm.
Giga Chikadze rarely shoots — 0.20 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Brandon Davis rarely shoots — 0.84 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Level of competition

Who did they actually beat?

Full-career records re-graded by the tier of opposition — the same grading the Contender Series pick model uses. Records built on tier-4 competition are worth less than records built on killers.

Brandon Davis

Full career not yet synced for Brandon Davis — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 0-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

Giga Chikadze

Full career not yet synced for Giga Chikadze — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 4-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.8 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4374.08/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
5893.85/min · norm 3.54
4594.29/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
5313.47/min · norm 3.47
38.5%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
42.2%norm 45.0%
58.2%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
61.1%norm 54.85%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
60.59/15 · norm 0.29

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Brandon Davis

Distance 94.1% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 3.1% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 2.8% (norm 6.5%)

Giga Chikadze

Distance 94.1% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 1.0% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 4.9% (norm 6.5%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Brandon Davis

Head 76.7% (norm 77.4%) · Body 10.2% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 13.1% (norm 7.8%)

Giga Chikadze

Head 74.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 16.8% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 8.5% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Davis L/AAccFeatherweight med Chikadze L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 389 / 1068 36.4% 40.9% 538 / 1313 41.0% 40.9%
In the clinch 28 / 35 80.0% 70.8% 5 / 14 too few to rate 70.8%
On the ground 20 / 32 62.5% 69.2% 46 / 69 66.7% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 247 / 870 28.4% 37.2% 340 / 1042 32.6% 37.2%
To the body 73 / 116 62.9% 68.2% 154 / 235 65.5% 68.2%
To the legs 117 / 149 78.5% 80.7% 95 / 119 79.8% 80.7%

Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Featherweight: 126 fighters).

What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man

Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.

Zone vs Davis L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Chikadze L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 374 / 968 38.6% 39.2% 491 / 1313 37.4% 39.2%
In the clinch 28 / 52 53.8% 70.3% 11 / 14 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 57 / 78 73.1% 69.4% 29 / 37 78.4% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 335 / 915 36.6% 35.9% 351 / 1081 32.5% 35.9%
To the body 68 / 111 61.3% 67.9% 104 / 179 58.1% 67.9%
To the legs 56 / 72 77.8% 81.5% 76 / 104 73.1% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

642.9% acc · 0.84/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
240.0% acc · 0.20/15 · norm 1.19
3457.6% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
2268.8% def · norm 61.5%
7:537.4% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
3:102.1% of cage time · norm 16.7%
25:523:37 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
18:221:47 per 15 · norm 3:12
10.14/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
20.20/15 · norm 0.46

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Chikadze has more cage time on record.

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