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Giga Chikadze vs.
Arnold Allen

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

8-4-0 Giga Chikadze · UFC
12-3-0 Arnold Allen · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

8-4-0
UFC record
12-3-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
37.9
AgeΔ 5.4 yrs
32.5
6'0"
HeightΔ 4"
5'8"
74"
ReachΔ 4"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
7.8
Layoff (months)Δ 5.1 mo
2.7
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
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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.
Arnold Allen is wasteful with clinch strikes — only 50% land, vs a 71% 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.

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

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

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5893.85/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
7653.52/min · norm 3.54
5313.47/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
6843.15/min · norm 3.47
42.2%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
44.0%norm 45.0%
61.1%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
60.2%norm 54.85%
60.59/15 · 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 85.7%) · Clinch 1.0% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 4.9% (norm 6.5%)

Arnold Allen

Distance 92.4% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 3.5% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 4.2% (norm 6.5%)

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

Giga Chikadze

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

Arnold Allen

Head 82.7% (norm 77.4%) · Body 12.0% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 5.3% (norm 7.8%)

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 538 / 1313 41.0% 40.9% 681 / 1606 42.4% 40.9%
In the clinch 5 / 14 too few to rate 70.8% 30 / 60 50.0% 70.8%
On the ground 46 / 69 66.7% 69.2% 54 / 73 74.0% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 340 / 1042 32.6% 37.2% 562 / 1438 39.1% 37.2%
To the body 154 / 235 65.5% 68.2% 138 / 209 66.0% 68.2%
To the legs 95 / 119 79.8% 80.7% 65 / 92 70.7% 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 Chikadze L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Allen L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 491 / 1313 37.4% 39.2% 615 / 1617 38.0% 39.2%
In the clinch 11 / 14 too few to rate 70.3% 52 / 80 65.0% 70.3%
On the ground 29 / 37 78.4% 69.4% 17 / 22 too few to rate 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 351 / 1081 32.5% 35.9% 378 / 1305 29.0% 35.9%
To the body 104 / 179 58.1% 67.9% 166 / 245 67.8% 67.9%
To the legs 76 / 104 73.1% 81.5% 140 / 169 82.8% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

240.0% acc · 0.20/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
1860.0% acc · 1.24/15 · norm 1.19
2268.8% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
5773.1% def · norm 61.5%
3:102.1% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
32:0314.8% of cage time · norm 16.7%
18:221:47 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
28:311:58 per 15 · norm 3:12
20.20/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
40.28/15 · norm 0.46

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

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