Swanson vs Chikadze

Who won Swanson vs Chikadze?

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

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.

This was Cub Swanson's 25th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2011. Giga Chikadze marked his 11th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2019.

Cub Swanson's UFC record stood at 15-10-0, while Giga Chikadze's came in at 8-3-0.

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 41 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, 102 to Chikadze's 44.

Swanson vs Chikadze form

Swanson had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Darren Elkins at UFC Fight Night on 18th December 2021 by knockout in the 1st round.

Previous to that, he had lost to Giga Chikadze at UFC Vegas 25 on 1st May 2021 by knockout in the 1st round in the United States.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Kron Gracie at UFC on ESPN+ 19 on 12th October 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Amalie Arena, Tampa.

Before that, he had been beaten by Shane Burgos at UFC on ESPN+ 9 on 4th May 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa, Canada.

He had been defeated by Renato Moicano at UFC 227 on 4th August 2018 by submission in the 1st round at Staples Center, Los Angeles, United States.

Activity check

Swanson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 9 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

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