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Joanderson Brito vs. Giga Chikadze

UFC 8-3-0 vs. 8-5-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
8-3-0
UFC record
8-5-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
31
AgeΔ 7 yrs
38
5'8"
HeightΔ 4"
6'0"
72"
ReachΔ 2"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
1
Layoff (months)Δ 0 mo
1
WWWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Joanderson Brito is a submission threat — 1.34 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Featherweight norm.
Joanderson Brito hunts takedowns — 3.02 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

Joanderson Brito

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 83
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 102

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.28 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 16 finish wins over 25 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.2 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

2082.33/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
5963.84/min · norm 3.52
2102.35/min · norm 3.50
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
5513.55/min · norm 3.50
50.6%norm 44.7%
Striking accuracy
42.3%norm 44.7%
43.1%norm 54.8%
Striking defense
60.4%norm 54.8%
10.17/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
60.58/15 · norm 0.29

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

Joanderson Brito

Distance 72.7% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 10.0% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 17.3% (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)

Joanderson Brito

Head 71.5% (norm 77.5%) · Body 9.7% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 18.7% (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 Brito L/AAccFeatherweight med Chikadze L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 124 / 299 41.5% 40.5% 545 / 1325 41.1% 40.5%
In the clinch 31 / 41 75.6% 70.5% 5 / 14 too few to rate 70.5%
On the ground 53 / 71 74.6% 69.3% 46 / 69 66.7% 69.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 115 / 294 39.1% 37.1% 343 / 1050 32.7% 37.1%
To the body 28 / 40 70.0% 68.0% 158 / 239 66.1% 68.0%
To the legs 65 / 77 84.4% 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 Brito L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Chikadze L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 111 / 255 43.5% 39.3% 494 / 1321 37.4% 39.3%
In the clinch 63 / 75 84.0% 70.3% 11 / 14 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 36 / 39 92.3% 69.4% 46 / 56 82.1% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 130 / 254 51.2% 35.9% 369 / 1106 33.4% 35.9%
To the body 56 / 87 64.4% 68.0% 104 / 179 58.1% 68.0%
To the legs 24 / 28 85.7% 81.5% 78 / 106 73.6% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1866.7% acc · 3.02/15 · norm 1.17
Takedowns landed
240.0% acc · 0.19/15 · norm 1.17
1557.7% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
2268.8% def · norm 61.5%
32:1636.1% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
3:102.0% of cage time · norm 16.5%
35:055:53 per 15 · norm 3:11
Time under control lower is better
19:011:50 per 15 · norm 3:11
81.34/15 · 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.