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Kevin Vallejos vs. Giga Chikadze

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

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
4-0-0
UFC record
8-5-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
24
AgeΔ 14 yrs
38
5'7"
HeightΔ 5"
6'0"
68"
ReachΔ 6"
74"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
7.2
Layoff (months)Δ 6.2 mo
1
WWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Kevin Vallejos carries real power — 2.13 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Featherweight norm.
Giga Chikadze carries real power — 0.58 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Featherweight norm.
Giga Chikadze rarely shoots — 0.19 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.17 Featherweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Kevin Vallejos

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 51
Tier 3 — regional circuit 130

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.67 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 19 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-0 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

1605.68/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
5963.84/min · norm 3.52
1003.55/min · norm 3.50
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
5513.55/min · norm 3.50
46.6%norm 44.7%
Striking accuracy
42.3%norm 44.7%
58.7%norm 54.8%
Striking defense
60.4%norm 54.8%
42.13/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
60.58/15 · norm 0.29

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

Kevin Vallejos

Distance 84.5% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 8.2% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 7.3% (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)

Kevin Vallejos

Head 78.4% (norm 77.5%) · Body 15.7% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 5.8% (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 Vallejos L/AAccFeatherweight med Chikadze L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 121 / 290 41.7% 40.5% 545 / 1325 41.1% 40.5%
In the clinch 20 / 28 71.4% 70.5% 5 / 14 too few to rate 70.5%
On the ground 19 / 25 76.0% 69.3% 46 / 69 66.7% 69.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 108 / 269 40.1% 37.1% 343 / 1050 32.7% 37.1%
To the body 36 / 54 66.7% 68.0% 158 / 239 66.1% 68.0%
To the legs 16 / 20 too few to rate 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 Vallejos L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Chikadze L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 99 / 238 41.6% 39.3% 494 / 1321 37.4% 39.3%
In the clinch 1 / 4 too few to rate 70.3% 11 / 14 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.4% 46 / 56 82.1% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 59 / 176 33.5% 35.9% 369 / 1106 33.4% 35.9%
To the body 24 / 36 66.7% 68.0% 104 / 179 58.1% 68.0%
To the legs 17 / 30 56.7% 81.5% 78 / 106 73.6% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
233.3% acc · 1.06/15 · norm 1.17
Takedowns landed
240.0% acc · 0.19/15 · norm 1.17
990.0% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
2268.8% def · norm 61.5%
3:2512.1% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
3:102.0% of cage time · norm 16.5%
0:220:11 per 15 · norm 3:11
Time under control lower is better
19:011:50 per 15 · norm 3:11
00.00/15 · 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.