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Jamey Simmons vs.
Giga Chikadze

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

0-2-0 Jamey Simmons · UFC
8-4-0 Giga Chikadze · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

0-2-0
UFC record
8-4-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
33.9
AgeΔ 4 yrs
37.9
5'6"
HeightΔ 6"
6'0"
70"
ReachΔ 4"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
60
Layoff (months)Δ 52.2 mo
7.8
LL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL
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.
Jamey Simmons rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Giga Chikadze rarely shoots — 0.20 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.

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

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

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

90.79/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
5893.85/min · norm 3.54
221.92/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
5313.47/min · norm 3.47
22.0%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
42.2%norm 45.0%
74.7%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
61.1%norm 54.85%
00.00/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
60.59/15 · norm 0.29

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

Jamey Simmons

Distance 97.6% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 2.4% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 6.5%)

Giga Chikadze

Distance 94.1% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 1.0% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 4.9% (norm 6.5%)

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

Jamey Simmons

Head 85.4% (norm 77.4%) · Body 7.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 7.3% (norm 8.4%)

Giga Chikadze

Head 74.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 16.8% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 8.5% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Simmons L/AAccBantamweight med Chikadze L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 8 / 40 20.0% 39.0% 538 / 1313 41.0% 40.9%
In the clinch 1 / 1 too few to rate 68.7% 5 / 14 too few to rate 70.8%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.2% 46 / 69 66.7% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 6 / 35 17.1% 34.9% 340 / 1042 32.6% 37.2%
To the body 1 / 3 too few to rate 66.8% 154 / 235 65.5% 68.2%
To the legs 2 / 3 too few to rate 79.4% 95 / 119 79.8% 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 (Bantamweight: 117 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 Simmons L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Chikadze L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 17 / 78 21.8% 39.3% 491 / 1313 37.4% 39.2%
In the clinch 0 / 1 too few to rate 70.4% 11 / 14 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 5 / 8 too few to rate 72.4% 29 / 37 78.4% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 12 / 74 16.2% 34.9% 351 / 1081 32.5% 35.9%
To the body 4 / 5 too few to rate 66.0% 104 / 179 58.1% 67.9%
To the legs 6 / 8 too few to rate 79.1% 76 / 104 73.1% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
240.0% acc · 0.20/15 · norm 1.19
250.0% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
2268.8% def · norm 61.5%
0:446.4% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
3:102.1% of cage time · norm 16.7%
2:132:54 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
18:221:47 per 15 · norm 3:12
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
20.20/15 · 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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