Chikadze vs Caceres

Who won Chikadze vs Caceres?

Giga Chikadze beat Alex Caceres by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Fight Night – Holloway vs. Korean Zombie, on Saturday 26th August 2023 at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang.

The scorecards were announced as 30-27, 37-30, 30-27 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).

Chikadze vs Caceres stats

Giga Chikadze stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Alex Caceres made his way to the cage with a record of 21 wins, 13 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 7 by submission.

This was Giga Chikadze's 11th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2019. Alex Caceres marked his 30th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2011.

Giga Chikadze's UFC record stood at 8-3-0, while Alex Caceres' came in at 16-13-0.

The stats suggested Chikadze had a massive power advantage over Caceres, boasting a 64% knock out percentage over Caceres' 19%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Caceres had a large advantage over Chikadze, boasting a 33% submission rate over Chikadze's 7%.

Giga Chikadze was the same age as Alex Caceres, at 36 years old.

Chikadze had a height advantage of 2 inches over Caceres. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Chikadze was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 17 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2015, 7 years and 1 month later than Caceres, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 47 less professional rounds, 44 to Caceres' 91.

Chikadze vs Caceres form

Caceres had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Daniel Pineda at UFC Fight Night – Kara-France vs. Albazi on 3rd June 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Julian Erosa at UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Strickland on 17th December 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Sodiq Yusuff at UFC Fight Night on 12th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had defeated Seung Woo Choi at UFC Vegas 41 on 23rd October 2021 by submission in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had been beaten by Kron Gracie at UFC on ESPN 1 on 17th February 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Talking Stick Resort Arena, Phoenix.

Activity check

Chikadze's last 4 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 5 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

Caceres' last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 2 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Chikadze vs Caceres?

Giga Chikadze was a 2/5 (-250) favourite going into the contest, while Alex Caceres made his way into the ring at 2/1 (+200) with oddsmakers.