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Giga Chikadze vs. Brandon Davis

UFC 8-5-0 vs. 2-7-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
8-5-0
UFC record
2-7-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
38
AgeΔ 2 yrs
36
6'0"
HeightΔ 2"
5'10"
74"
ReachΔ 2"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
1
Layoff (months)Δ 47.2 mo
48.2
LLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLW

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.
Brandon Davis rarely shoots — 0.84 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.17 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

Brandon Davis

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 38
Tier 3 — regional circuit 125

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.28 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 29 documented bouts

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

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5963.84/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
4374.08/min · norm 3.52
5513.55/min · norm 3.50
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
4594.29/min · norm 3.50
42.3%norm 44.7%
Striking accuracy
38.5%norm 44.7%
60.4%norm 54.8%
Striking defense
58.2%norm 54.8%
60.58/15 · 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 85.9%) · Clinch 1.0% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 4.9% (norm 6.5%)

Brandon Davis

Distance 94.1% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 3.1% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 2.8% (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%)

Brandon Davis

Head 76.7% (norm 77.5%) · Body 10.2% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 13.1% (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 Davis L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 545 / 1325 41.1% 40.5% 389 / 1068 36.4% 40.5%
In the clinch 5 / 14 too few to rate 70.5% 28 / 35 80.0% 70.5%
On the ground 46 / 69 66.7% 69.3% 20 / 32 62.5% 69.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 343 / 1050 32.7% 37.1% 247 / 870 28.4% 37.1%
To the body 158 / 239 66.1% 68.0% 73 / 116 62.9% 68.0%
To the legs 95 / 119 79.8% 80.3% 117 / 149 78.5% 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 Davis L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 494 / 1321 37.4% 39.3% 374 / 968 38.6% 39.3%
In the clinch 11 / 14 too few to rate 70.3% 28 / 52 53.8% 70.3%
On the ground 46 / 56 82.1% 69.4% 57 / 78 73.1% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 369 / 1106 33.4% 35.9% 335 / 915 36.6% 35.9%
To the body 104 / 179 58.1% 68.0% 68 / 111 61.3% 68.0%
To the legs 78 / 106 73.6% 81.5% 56 / 72 77.8% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
240.0% acc · 0.19/15 · norm 1.17
Takedowns landed
642.9% acc · 0.84/15 · norm 1.17
2268.8% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
3457.6% def · norm 61.5%
3:102.0% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
7:537.4% of cage time · norm 16.5%
19:011:50 per 15 · norm 3:11
Time under control lower is better
25:523:37 per 15 · norm 3:11
20.19/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
10.14/15 · norm 0.45

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