Giga Chikadze vs. Jamey Simmons
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Giga Chikadze
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 8 | 5 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 7 | 1 |
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
Jamey Simmons
Full career not yet synced for Jamey Simmons — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.5 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
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%)
Jamey Simmons
Distance 97.6% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 2.4% (norm 6.2%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 6.4%)
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%)
Jamey Simmons
Head 85.4% (norm 77.5%) · Body 7.3% (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 | Simmons L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 545 / 1325 | 41.1% | 40.5% | 8 / 40 | 20.0% | 39.2% |
| In the clinch | 5 / 14 | too few to rate | 70.5% | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | 69.0% |
| On the ground | 46 / 69 | 66.7% | 69.3% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 70.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 343 / 1050 | 32.7% | 37.1% | 6 / 35 | 17.1% | 35.3% |
| To the body | 158 / 239 | 66.1% | 68.0% | 1 / 3 | too few to rate | 66.9% |
| To the legs | 95 / 119 | 79.8% | 80.3% | 2 / 3 | too few to rate | 79.2% |
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 · Bantamweight: 121 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 Simmons L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 494 / 1321 | 37.4% | 39.3% | 17 / 78 | 21.8% | 39.4% |
| In the clinch | 11 / 14 | too few to rate | 70.3% | 0 / 1 | too few to rate | 70.6% |
| On the ground | 46 / 56 | 82.1% | 69.4% | 5 / 8 | too few to rate | 72.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 369 / 1106 | 33.4% | 35.9% | 12 / 74 | 16.2% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 104 / 179 | 58.1% | 68.0% | 4 / 5 | too few to rate | 66.1% |
| To the legs | 78 / 106 | 73.6% | 81.5% | 6 / 8 | too few to rate | 78.8% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Chikadze has more cage time on record.