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Giga Chikadze vs. Arnold Allen

UFC 8-5-0 vs. 12-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
8-5-0
UFC record
12-3-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
38
AgeΔ 6 yrs
32
6'0"
HeightΔ 4"
5'8"
74"
ReachΔ 4"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
1
Layoff (months)Δ 4.2 mo
5.2
LLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
WLWLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Giga Chikadze carries real power — 0.58 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Featherweight norm.
Giga Chikadze rarely shoots — 0.19 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.17 Featherweight norm.
Arnold Allen is wasteful with clinch strikes — only 50% land, vs a 70% Featherweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Giga Chikadze

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 85
Tier 3 — regional circuit 71

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.14 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 21 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.9 wins over .500

Arnold Allen

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 123
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 51
Tier 3 — regional circuit 40

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.69 · 17 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 25 documented bouts

In the UFC: 7-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.3 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5963.84/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
7653.52/min · norm 3.52
5513.55/min · norm 3.50
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
6843.15/min · norm 3.50
42.3%norm 44.7%
Striking accuracy
44.0%norm 44.7%
60.4%norm 54.8%
Striking defense
60.2%norm 54.8%
60.58/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
40.28/15 · norm 0.29

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

Giga Chikadze

Distance 94.1% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 1.0% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 4.9% (norm 6.5%)

Arnold Allen

Distance 92.4% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 3.5% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 4.2% (norm 6.5%)

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

Giga Chikadze

Head 74.6% (norm 77.5%) · Body 17.0% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 8.5% (norm 7.9%)

Arnold Allen

Head 82.7% (norm 77.5%) · Body 12.0% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 5.3% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Chikadze L/AAccFeatherweight med Allen L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 545 / 1325 41.1% 40.5% 681 / 1606 42.4% 40.5%
In the clinch 5 / 14 too few to rate 70.5% 30 / 60 50.0% 70.5%
On the ground 46 / 69 66.7% 69.3% 54 / 73 74.0% 69.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 343 / 1050 32.7% 37.1% 562 / 1438 39.1% 37.1%
To the body 158 / 239 66.1% 68.0% 138 / 209 66.0% 68.0%
To the legs 95 / 119 79.8% 80.3% 65 / 92 70.7% 80.3%

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: 127 fighters · Featherweight: 127 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 Chikadze L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Allen L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 494 / 1321 37.4% 39.3% 615 / 1617 38.0% 39.3%
In the clinch 11 / 14 too few to rate 70.3% 52 / 80 65.0% 70.3%
On the ground 46 / 56 82.1% 69.4% 17 / 22 too few to rate 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 369 / 1106 33.4% 35.9% 378 / 1305 29.0% 35.9%
To the body 104 / 179 58.1% 68.0% 166 / 245 67.8% 68.0%
To the legs 78 / 106 73.6% 81.5% 140 / 169 82.8% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
240.0% acc · 0.19/15 · norm 1.17
Takedowns landed
1860.0% acc · 1.24/15 · norm 1.17
2268.8% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
5773.1% def · norm 61.5%
3:102.0% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
32:0314.8% of cage time · norm 16.5%
19:011:50 per 15 · norm 3:11
Time under control lower is better
28:311:58 per 15 · norm 3:11
20.19/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
40.28/15 · norm 0.45

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