Omar Morales vs. Giga Chikadze
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Omar Morales
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 5 | 4 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 6 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.11 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 15 documented bouts
In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.6 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)
Omar Morales
Distance 92.7% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 4.0% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 3.3% (norm 8.0%)
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)
Omar Morales
Head 83.2% (norm 78.2%) · Body 10.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.5% (norm 7.9%)
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 | Morales L/A | Acc | Lightweight med | Chikadze L/A | Acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 255 / 710 | 35.9% | 37.9% | 538 / 1313 | 41.0% | 40.9% |
| In the clinch | 21 / 31 | 67.7% | 67.3% | 5 / 14 | too few to rate | 70.8% |
| On the ground | 14 / 25 | 56.0% | 69.1% | 46 / 69 | 66.7% | 69.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 188 / 637 | 29.5% | 35.0% | 340 / 1042 | 32.6% | 37.2% |
| To the body | 56 / 79 | 70.9% | 69.1% | 154 / 235 | 65.5% | 68.2% |
| To the legs | 46 / 50 | 92.0% | 81.9% | 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 (Lightweight: 201 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 Morales L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med | vs Chikadze L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 258 / 657 | 39.3% | 38.9% | 491 / 1313 | 37.4% | 39.2% |
| In the clinch | 12 / 16 | too few to rate | 68.6% | 11 / 14 | too few to rate | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 18 / 28 | 64.3% | 68.0% | 29 / 37 | 78.4% | 69.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 114 / 468 | 24.4% | 35.1% | 351 / 1081 | 32.5% | 35.9% |
| To the body | 99 / 128 | 77.3% | 68.1% | 104 / 179 | 58.1% | 67.9% |
| To the legs | 75 / 105 | 71.4% | 81.5% | 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.