Swanson vs Chikadze

Who won Swanson vs Chikadze?

Giga Chikadze beat Cub Swanson by during the co-main event of UFC Vegas 25, on Saturday 1st May 2021 in the United States.

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

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Swanson vs Chikadze stats

Cub Swanson stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 0 wins, zero losses and 0 draws.

Giga Chikadze made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 0 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws.

Cub Swanson's UFC record stood at 14-9-0, while Giga Chikadze's came in at 8-1-0.

The stats suggested that Swanson and Chikadze have similar power, both with a 0% knock out percentage.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Swanson and Chikadze would have been pretty equal, both with a 0% submission rate.

Cub Swanson was the older man by 5 years, at 40 years old.

Chikadze had a height advantage of 4 inches over Swanson. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Swanson was the more experienced professional fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2004, 11 years and 4 months earlier than Chikadze, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 58 more professional rounds, 96 to Chikadze's 38.

Swanson vs Chikadze form

Swanson had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Hakeem Dawodu at UFC Fight Night – Luque vs Dos Anjos on 12th August 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Jonathan Martinez at UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs. Araujo on 15th October 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Darren Elkins at UFC Fight Night on 18th December 2021 by knockout in the 1st round.

Before that, he had been beaten by Giga Chikadze at UFC Vegas 25 on 1st May 2021 by knockout in the 1st round in the United States.

He had defeated Kron Gracie at UFC on ESPN+ 19 on 12th October 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Amalie Arena, Tampa.

Activity check

Swanson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 6 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 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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