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 11th 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 8-3-0.

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 39 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 44 more professional rounds, 88 to Chikadze's 44.

Barboza vs Chikadze form

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 won against 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 had beaten Edson Barboza at UFC Vegas 35 on 28th August 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Enterprise.

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

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

Activity check

Barboza's last 3 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 3 months and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 9 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.3 rounds on average.

Chikadze's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 7 months and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 4 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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