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Giga Chikadze Stops Cub Swanson With First Round Liver Kick – UFC Vegas 25 Highlights

Chikadze#14 UFC featherweight contender, Giga Chikadze may have just lodged the most high-profile win of his professional mixed martial arts career — stopping veteran, Cub Swanson with an opening round liver kick. Extending his undefeated streak to six-fights in the Octagon, Chikadze managed to land a stiff liver kick on Swanson with just over a […]

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#14 UFC featherweight contender, Giga Chikadze may have just lodged the most high-profile win of his professional mixed martial arts career — stopping veteran, Cub Swanson with an opening round liver kick.

Extending his undefeated streak to six-fights in the Octagon, Chikadze managed to land a stiff liver kick on Swanson with just over a minute elasped in the first round, drawing a noticable reaction from division staple, Swanson. Eventually dropping to his knees, Swanson was met by a flurry of ground strikes from the Georgian — with referee, Jason Herzog calling a halt to the action.

During his post-fight interview with UFC lightweight contender, Paul Felder, Chikadze voiced his interest in a showdown against former featherweight champion, Max Holloway. And if not the Hawaiian next, Chikadze suggested a pairing against New England Cartel feature, Calvin Kattar.

Check out Chikadze’s massive body kick win over Swanson below.

UFC Vegas 25 Highlights: Giga Chikadze Folds Cub Swanson

Giga Chikadze vs. Cub Swanson didn’t last long.  The two fighters met in a bout on Saturday night (May 1, 2021) at the UFC Vegas 25 event from Las Vegas, Nevada at the UFC Apex facility. Chikadze landed a kick to the liver of Swanson and folded Cu…

Giga Chikadze vs. Cub Swanson didn’t last long.  The two fighters met in a bout on Saturday night (May 1, 2021) at the UFC Vegas 25 event from Las Vegas, Nevada at the UFC Apex facility. Chikadze landed a kick to the liver of Swanson and folded Cub then swarmed him on the ground with […]

UFC Vegas 25 Results: Reyes vs. Prochazka

UFCLowKick MMA will be bringing you UFC Vegas 25: Reyes vs. Prochazka results throughout the afternoon (Sat. 1st. April 2021) from the UFC Apex facility in Las Vegas, Nevada. Taking main events in a pivotal light heavyweight encounter, two-time title challenger, Dominick Reyes returns for the first time since September in an attempt to snap a two-fight skid, […]

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LowKick MMA will be bringing you UFC Vegas 25: Reyes vs. Prochazka results throughout the afternoon (Sat. 1st. April 2021) from the UFC Apex facility in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Taking main events in a pivotal light heavyweight encounter, two-time title challenger, Dominick Reyes returns for the first time since September in an attempt to snap a two-fight skid, as he welcomes recent debutante, Czech Republic standout, Jiri Prochakza.

Dropping a close, highly-disputed unanimous decision loss to former two-time light heavyweight champion, Jon Jones at UFC 248 in March last year, Reyes then challenged for vacant spoils against Jan Blachowicz in the co main event of UFC 253 on ‘Fight Island’ — where he suffered a brutal second round knockout loss.

For former Rizin FF light heavyweight champion, Prochazka, the dangerous striker enters the headliner against Reyes off the back of an eye-catching one-punch knockout win over former title chaser, Volkan Oezdemir in his promotional bow at UFC 251 in July in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

In the night’s co-main event, surging Georgian kickboxer, Giga Chikadze returns as the #14 ranked featherweight contender, tackling veteran division mainstay, Cub Swanson.

Remaining undefeated in the UFC in his last outing, Chikadze took home a high-kick knockout win over Jamey Simmons in the opening round at UFC Vegas 13 in November.

For Swanson, the veteran striker is riding a two-fight winning run, which includes a unanimous decision success against Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu player, Kron Gracie, as well as a December UFC 256 knockout win over Daniel Pineda.

UFC Vegas 25 Results: Reyes vs. Prochazka

Main Card: (ESPN2/ESPN+ 10 p.m. ET)

Light Heavyweight: Dominick Reyes vs. Jiri Prochazka

Featherweight: Giga Chikadze vs. Cub Swanson

Light Heavyweight: Ion Cutelaba vs. Dustin Jacoby

Middleweight: Sean Strickland vs. Krzysztof Jokto

Bantamweight: Merab Dvalishvili vs. Cody Stamann

Catchweight (128.5lbs): Poliana Botelho vs. Luana Carolina

Preliminary Card: (ESPN2/ESPN+ 7 p.m. ET)

Strawweight: Randa Markos vs. Luana Pinheiro

Featherweight: Kai Kamaka III vs. T.J. Brown

Strawweight: Loma Lookboonmee vs. Sam Hughes

Middleweight: Andreas Michailidis vs. KB Bhullar

Featherweight: Luke Sanders vs. Felipe Colares

Giga Chikadze Hopes To Become Featherweight Champ By Year’s End

Giga Chikadze believes a solid win over UFC perennial contender Cub Swanson will eventually open doors to title opportunities. Taking place inside the UFC apex in Las Vegas, Giga Chikadze hopes to build off his last performance and generate another imp…

Giga Chikadze believes a solid win over UFC perennial contender Cub Swanson will eventually open doors to title opportunities. Taking place inside the UFC apex in Las Vegas, Giga Chikadze hopes to build off his last performance and generate another impressive win. Prior to the pairing with UFC mainstay Cub Swanson, Chikadze looked better than […]

Cub Swanson vs. Giga Chikadze Set For May 1

Cub SwansonUFC featherweight prospect Giga Chikadze will face the toughest test on his career when he takes on 145lb veteran Cub Swanson on May 1. Swanson was originally supposed to fight Gavin Tucker on this same card but Tucker is now matched up against Dan Ige. The Georgian fighter enjoyed a busy and impressive 2020. Chikadze […]

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UFC featherweight prospect Giga Chikadze will face the toughest test on his career when he takes on 145lb veteran Cub Swanson on May 1.

Swanson was originally supposed to fight Gavin Tucker on this same card but Tucker is now matched up against Dan Ige.

The Georgian fighter enjoyed a busy and impressive 2020. Chikadze fought four times and won all four bouts. The 32-year-old edged past Jamall Emmers in March before dominating Irwin Rivera over three rounds, two months later.

In October, Chikadze picked up another decision win when he fought Omar Morales on the undercard of Marlon Moraes vs. Cory Sandhagen.

One month later the kickboxing sensation got his first UFC finish against promotional newcomer Jamey Simmons. Chikadze landed a flush head kick before following up with ground strikes to stop his opponent.

Swanson may be on the tail end of his career at 37-years-old but the featherweight legend is not done yet. Last time out be scored an impressive stoppage win over Daniel Pineda at UFC 256. Before that he beat Kron Gracie over three rounds to stop his four-fight losing skid.

‘Killer’ has fought pretty much every featherweight you can think of. He holds several high profile wins over the likes of Ross Pearson, Charles Oliveira, Dustin Poirier, Dennis Siver, Jeremy Stephens and Artem Lobov.

Who do you think will win when Cub Swanson & Giga Chikadze square off on May 1?

Giga Chikadze vs. Cub Swanson Slated For May 1 Fight Night Card

UFC veteran Cub Swanson will face rising star Giga Chikadze on May 1 in what should serve as an entertaining scrap for MMA fans of all levels. As reported by adjasport Monday and since confirmed by multiple outlets, Cub Swanson and Giga Chikadze will b…

UFC veteran Cub Swanson will face rising star Giga Chikadze on May 1 in what should serve as an entertaining scrap for MMA fans of all levels. As reported by adjasport Monday and since confirmed by multiple outlets, Cub Swanson and Giga Chikadze will be making their 2021 debuts to kick off the month of […]