Barboza vs Chikadze

Who won Barboza vs Chikadze?

Giga Chikadze beat Edson Barboza by during the main event of UFC Vegas 35, on Saturday 28th August 2021 at UFC APEX in Enterprise.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Giga Chikadze.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Barboza vs Chikadze stats

Edson Barboza stepped into the octagon with a record of 22 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 13 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Giga Chikadze made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Edson Barboza's UFC record stood at 18-11-0, while Giga Chikadze's came in at 8-1-0.

The stats suggested Chikadze had a slight advantage in power over Barboza, with a 62% knock out percentage over Barboza's 59%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Chikadze had a slight advantage over Barboza, with a 8% submission rate over Barboza's 5%.

Edson Barboza was the older man by 3 years, at 38 years old.

Chikadze had a height advantage of 1 inch over Barboza. Despite this, he had 1-inch reach advantage.

Barboza was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 16 more fights, and made his debut in 2009, 6 years and 8 months earlier than Chikadze, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 45 more professional rounds, 83 to Chikadze's 38.

Barboza vs Chikadze form

Barboza had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Giga Chikadze at UFC Vegas 35 on 28th August 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Enterprise, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Shane Burgos at UFC 262 on 15th May 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at Toyota Center, Houston.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Makwan Amirkhani at UFC Fight Island 5 on 10th October 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Before that, he had been beaten by Dan Ige at UFC Fight Night Jacksonville on 16th May 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, United States.

He had been defeated by Paul Felder at UFC 242 on 7th September 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at du Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Chikadze had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Alex Caceres at UFC Fight Night – Holloway vs. Korean Zombie on 26th August 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Kallang, Singapore.

Previous to that, he had lost to Calvin Kattar at UFC Fight Night on 15th January 2022 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, he was victorious against Edson Barboza at UFC Vegas 35 on 28th August 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Enterprise.

Before that, he had won against Cub Swanson at UFC Vegas 25 on 1st May 2021 by knockout in the 1st round.

He had beaten Jamey Simmons at UFC Vegas 13 on 7th November 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Giga Chikadze had been fighting more than Edson Barboza.

Going to this contest, Edson Barboza had last fought 2 years, 7 months and 21 days ago, while Giga Chikadze's last outing had been 7 months and 23 days ago.

Barboza's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 7 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Chikadze's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 5 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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