Giga Chikadze vs.
Irwin Rivera
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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
Irwin Rivera
Full career not yet synced for Irwin Rivera — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
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%)
Irwin Rivera
Distance 93.3% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 3.5% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 3.2% (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%)
Irwin Rivera
Head 77.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 15.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 7.3% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Chikadze L/A | Acc | Featherweight med | Rivera L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 538 / 1313 | 41.0% | 40.9% | 136 / 320 | 42.5% | 39.0% |
| In the clinch | 5 / 14 | too few to rate | 70.8% | 6 / 12 | too few to rate | 68.7% |
| On the ground | 46 / 69 | 66.7% | 69.2% | 9 / 11 | too few to rate | 70.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 340 / 1042 | 32.6% | 37.2% | 99 / 266 | 37.2% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 154 / 235 | 65.5% | 68.2% | 29 / 52 | 55.8% | 66.8% |
| To the legs | 95 / 119 | 79.8% | 80.7% | 23 / 25 | 92.0% | 79.4% |
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 · Bantamweight: 117 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/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med | vs Rivera L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 491 / 1313 | 37.4% | 39.2% | 210 / 511 | 41.1% | 39.3% |
| In the clinch | 11 / 14 | too few to rate | 70.3% | 14 / 19 | too few to rate | 70.4% |
| On the ground | 29 / 37 | 78.4% | 69.4% | 4 / 9 | too few to rate | 72.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 351 / 1081 | 32.5% | 35.9% | 139 / 412 | 33.7% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 104 / 179 | 58.1% | 67.9% | 56 / 89 | 62.9% | 66.0% |
| To the legs | 76 / 104 | 73.1% | 81.5% | 33 / 38 | 86.8% | 79.1% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Chikadze has more cage time on record.