Irwin Rivera vs. Giga Chikadze
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Irwin Rivera
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 1 | 2 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 1 | 1 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 10 | 4 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.41 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 19 documented bouts
In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500
Giga Chikadze
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 8 | 5 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 7 | 1 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.14 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 21 documented bouts
In the UFC: 4-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.8 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Irwin Rivera
Distance 93.3% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 3.5% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 3.2% (norm 6.5%)
Giga Chikadze
Distance 94.1% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 1.0% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 4.9% (norm 6.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Irwin Rivera
Head 77.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 15.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 7.3% (norm 8.4%)
Giga Chikadze
Head 74.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 16.8% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 8.5% (norm 7.8%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Rivera L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med | Chikadze L/A | Acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 136 / 320 | 42.5% | 39.0% | 538 / 1313 | 41.0% | 40.9% |
| In the clinch | 6 / 12 | too few to rate | 68.7% | 5 / 14 | too few to rate | 70.8% |
| On the ground | 9 / 11 | too few to rate | 70.2% | 46 / 69 | 66.7% | 69.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 99 / 266 | 37.2% | 34.9% | 340 / 1042 | 32.6% | 37.2% |
| To the body | 29 / 52 | 55.8% | 66.8% | 154 / 235 | 65.5% | 68.2% |
| To the legs | 23 / 25 | 92.0% | 79.4% | 95 / 119 | 79.8% | 80.7% |
Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Bantamweight: 117 fighters · Featherweight: 126 fighters).
What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man
Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.
| Zone | vs Rivera L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med | vs Chikadze L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 210 / 511 | 41.1% | 39.3% | 491 / 1313 | 37.4% | 39.2% |
| In the clinch | 14 / 19 | too few to rate | 70.4% | 11 / 14 | too few to rate | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 4 / 9 | too few to rate | 72.4% | 29 / 37 | 78.4% | 69.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 139 / 412 | 33.7% | 34.9% | 351 / 1081 | 32.5% | 35.9% |
| To the body | 56 / 89 | 62.9% | 66.0% | 104 / 179 | 58.1% | 67.9% |
| To the legs | 33 / 38 | 86.8% | 79.1% | 76 / 104 | 73.1% | 81.5% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Chikadze has more cage time on record.