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Jamall Emmers vs. Giga Chikadze

UFC 6-4-0 vs. 8-5-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
6-4-0
UFC record
8-5-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
37
AgeΔ 1 yrs
38
5'10"
HeightΔ 2"
6'0"
74"
ReachΔ 0"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
1.9
Layoff (months)Δ 0.9 mo
1
WWWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Jamall Emmers carries real power — 0.67 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Featherweight norm.
Jamall Emmers hunts takedowns — 2.66 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.17 Featherweight norm.
Giga Chikadze carries real power — 0.58 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Featherweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Jamall Emmers

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 55
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 51
Tier 3 — regional circuit 122

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.9 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 30 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

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

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4394.87/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
5963.84/min · norm 3.52
3233.58/min · norm 3.50
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
5513.55/min · norm 3.50
47.8%norm 44.7%
Striking accuracy
42.3%norm 44.7%
58.9%norm 54.8%
Striking defense
60.4%norm 54.8%
40.67/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
60.58/15 · norm 0.29

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Jamall Emmers

Distance 87.4% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 6.8% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 5.9% (norm 6.5%)

Giga Chikadze

Distance 94.1% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 1.0% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 4.9% (norm 6.5%)

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

Jamall Emmers

Head 70.0% (norm 77.5%) · Body 20.2% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 9.8% (norm 7.9%)

Giga Chikadze

Head 74.6% (norm 77.5%) · Body 17.0% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 8.5% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Emmers L/AAccFeatherweight med Chikadze L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 353 / 802 44.0% 40.5% 545 / 1325 41.1% 40.5%
In the clinch 47 / 62 75.8% 70.5% 5 / 14 too few to rate 70.5%
On the ground 39 / 54 72.2% 69.3% 46 / 69 66.7% 69.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 249 / 643 38.7% 37.1% 343 / 1050 32.7% 37.1%
To the body 131 / 185 70.8% 68.0% 158 / 239 66.1% 68.0%
To the legs 59 / 90 65.6% 80.3% 95 / 119 79.8% 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 Emmers L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Chikadze L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 279 / 720 38.8% 39.3% 494 / 1321 37.4% 39.3%
In the clinch 31 / 51 60.8% 70.3% 11 / 14 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 13 / 15 too few to rate 69.4% 46 / 56 82.1% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 197 / 588 33.5% 35.9% 369 / 1106 33.4% 35.9%
To the body 58 / 96 60.4% 68.0% 104 / 179 58.1% 68.0%
To the legs 68 / 102 66.7% 81.5% 78 / 106 73.6% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1653.3% acc · 2.66/15 · norm 1.17
Takedowns landed
240.0% acc · 0.19/15 · norm 1.17
1280.0% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
2268.8% def · norm 61.5%
27:1230.2% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
3:102.0% of cage time · norm 16.5%
3:480:37 per 15 · norm 3:11
Time under control lower is better
19:011:50 per 15 · norm 3:11
20.33/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
20.19/15 · 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.