Kattar vs Chikadze

Who won Kattar vs Chikadze?

Calvin Kattar beat Giga Chikadze by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 15th January 2022 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 50-44, 50-45, 50-45 in favor of the winner Calvin Kattar.

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).

Kattar vs Chikadze stats

Calvin Kattar stepped into the octagon with a record of 22 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Giga Chikadze made his way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Calvin Kattar's 13th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in July 2017.

Calvin Kattar's UFC record stood at 7-6-0, while Giga Chikadze's came in at 8-1-0.

The stats suggested Chikadze had an advantage in power over Kattar, with a 64% knock out percentage over Kattar's 50%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Kattar had a slight advantage over Chikadze, with a 9% submission rate over Chikadze's 7%.

Calvin Kattar was the older man by 1 year, at 36 years old.

Chikadze had a height advantage of 1 inch over Kattar. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Kattar was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 11 more fights, and made his debut in 2007, 8 years and 5 months earlier than Chikadze, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 41 more professional rounds, 79 to Chikadze's 38.

Kattar vs Chikadze form

Calvin Kattar had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Arnold Allen at UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Allen on 29th October 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Josh Emmett at UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Emmett on 18th June 2022 by split decision in their 5 round contest at Moody Center, Austin.

Going into that contest, he had won against Giga Chikadze at UFC Fight Night on 15th January 2022 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been defeated by Max Holloway at UFC on ABC 1 on 16th January 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

He had beaten Dan Ige at UFC Fight Island 1 on 15th July 2020 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi.

Activity check

Kattar's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 9 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 22 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4.4 rounds on average.

Chikadze's last 3 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 5 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.7 rounds on average.

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