Jan 15 2022
Saturday

UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States

Main Event
5 rounds contest @ Featherweight
22-5-0
UD 5

Score cards

  • 50-44
  • 50-45
  • 50-45
UD 5
14-2-0

The tape

36
Age
36
5' 11" / 180 cm
Height
6' 0" / 183 cm
72" / 183 cm
Reach
74" / 188 cm

Tape record

Form
22
Wins
14
11
By KO
9
50
KO%
64
2
By SUB
1
9
SUB%
7
5
Loses
2
0
Stopped
0
1
Tapped
1
0
Draws
0
2007
Debut
2015
27
Bouts
16
64
Rounds
30
4 hours, 41 minutes
Fight Time
1 hours, 53 minutes

Tape rankings @ Featherweight

5
UFC
8
-
Bellator
-
8
Tapology
7

Calvin Kattar vs Giga Chikadze report

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 2017. Giga Chikadze marked his 10th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2019.

Calvin Kattar's UFC record stood at 7-6-0, while Giga Chikadze's came in at 8-2-0.

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 same age as Giga Chikadze, 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 38 more professional rounds, 79 to Chikadze's 41.

Kattar vs Chikadze form

Kattar 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 lost to 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.

Previous to that, he had won against 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.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Jeremy Stephens at UFC 249 on 9th May 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, United States.

Before that, he had been beaten by Zabit Magomedsharipov at UFC on ESPN+ 21 on 9th November 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at CSKA Arena, Moscow, Russia.

He had been defeated by Renato Moicano at UFC 223 on 7th April 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Barclays Center, Brooklyn, United States.

Activity check

Kattar's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 6 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 18 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.6 rounds on average.

Chikadze's last 3 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 11 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 4 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.7 rounds on average.

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