Barboza vs Chikadze

Who won Barboza vs Chikadze?

Giga Chikadze beat Edson Barboza by knockout in the 3rd round during the main event of UFC Vegas 35, on Saturday 28th August 2021 at UFC APEX in Enterprise.

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.

This was Edson Barboza's 30th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2010. Giga Chikadze marked his 10th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2019.

Edson Barboza's UFC record stood at 18-12-0, while Giga Chikadze's came in at 8-2-0.

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 2 years, at 38 years old.

Chikadze had a height advantage of 1 inch over Barboza. Despite this, he had a 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 47 more professional rounds, 88 to Chikadze's 41.

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 won against 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.

Previous to that, he had lost to 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.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten 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.

Before that, he had been defeated by Justin Gaethje at UFC on ESPN 2 on 30th March 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, United States.

He had beaten Dan Hooker at UFC on FOX 31 on 15th December 2018 by knockout in the 3rd round at Wisconsin Entertainment and Sports Center, Milwaukee.

Activity check

Barboza's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Chikadze's last 2 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 1 month and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 2 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1 rounds on average.

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