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Giga Chikadze vs.
Brandon Davis

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
2-7-0 Brandon Davis · 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
2-7-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
37.9
AgeΔ 1.7 yrs
36.2
6'0"
HeightΔ 2"
5'10"
74"
ReachΔ 2"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
7.8
Layoff (months)Δ 37.9 mo
45.7
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLW
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.

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

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

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

Brandon Davis

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

Brandon Davis

Head 76.7% (norm 77.4%) · Body 10.2% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 13.1% (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 Davis L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 538 / 1313 41.0% 40.9% 389 / 1068 36.4% 40.9%
In the clinch 5 / 14 too few to rate 70.8% 28 / 35 80.0% 70.8%
On the ground 46 / 69 66.7% 69.2% 20 / 32 62.5% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 340 / 1042 32.6% 37.2% 247 / 870 28.4% 37.2%
To the body 154 / 235 65.5% 68.2% 73 / 116 62.9% 68.2%
To the legs 95 / 119 79.8% 80.7% 117 / 149 78.5% 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 Davis L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 491 / 1313 37.4% 39.2% 374 / 968 38.6% 39.2%
In the clinch 11 / 14 too few to rate 70.3% 28 / 52 53.8% 70.3%
On the ground 29 / 37 78.4% 69.4% 57 / 78 73.1% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 351 / 1081 32.5% 35.9% 335 / 915 36.6% 35.9%
To the body 104 / 179 58.1% 67.9% 68 / 111 61.3% 67.9%
To the legs 76 / 104 73.1% 81.5% 56 / 72 77.8% 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
642.9% acc · 0.84/15 · norm 1.19
2268.8% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
3457.6% def · norm 61.5%
3:102.1% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
7:537.4% of cage time · norm 16.7%
18:221:47 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
25:523:37 per 15 · norm 3:12
20.20/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
10.14/15 · 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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