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 […]
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 […]
UFC featherweight prospect Giga Chikadze will face the toughest test on his career when he takes on 145lb veteran Cub Swanson on May 1.
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?
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 […]
Top featherweight contender Arnold Allen is confused about a potential match-up between Jeremy Stephens, who was supposed to fight him at UFC Vegas 13, and unranked Georgian kickboxer, Giga Chikadze. Allen has amassed seven straight wins since joining the UFC back in 2015. This past weekend he was supposed to be in the biggest fight […]
Top featherweight contender Arnold Allen is confused about a potential match-up between Jeremy Stephens, who was supposed to fight him at UFC Vegas 13, and unranked Georgian kickboxer, Giga Chikadze.
Allen has amassed seven straight wins since joining the UFC back in 2015. This past weekend he was supposed to be in the biggest fight of his career opposite ‘Lil Heathen’ but the long-time 145lb fighter withdrew from the bout citing injury.
Chikadze picked up his fifth straight UFC win on the card against late-replacement opponent Jamey Simmons. Post-fight he accused Allen of ducking a fight with him. The 26-year-old Englishman told LowKickMMA that a fight with Chikadze was on the table but he decided against it due to a number of reasons.
“That Giga (Chikadze) guy, he was offered, and he fought still on the card,” Allen said. “It was just like, the complete opposite of what we had prepared for and last minute.”
“That was the only option. Obviously, he’s good. I rate him. It’s not an easy match-up by any means but at this point, we need ranked opponents, like top ten, we need big names. We was supposed to fight (Josh) Emmett. We was supposed to fight Stephens and they both got injured.”
Allen claims he is not against short-notice fights and would be willing to step up if needed against the right opponent.
“For the right opportunity I’m ready to step in. Zabit (Magomedsharipov) a few weeks ago, before I was booked to fight Stephens. Yair (Rodriguez) pulled out and I offer to step in. I said, ‘I’ll take it’ (and) he said he was waiting for a title shot or was rallying for a title shot – obviously that didn’t happen. For opportunities like that, for top guys… I’ll step in for that. I’m ready to go but I’m not just here to take random fights. I’m in a good position. I’m still young as well.”
Chikadze later asked for a fight against Stephens for December. The supposedly injured knockout artist took to social media to verbally agree to the fight – a move that doesn’t sit right with Allen, who told us.
“To be honest it makes me feel like Stephens is ducking me, I don’t know. People were saying it when he first pulled out. ‘Ahh, he’s scared to fight you’. Nah, I look at his record and he’s fought everyone, I don’t think he’s scared to fight anyone. But, it does make you think why would he say that? Surely, he would be like ‘ahh ok, but we are getting the fight back on with Arnold’.
Allen says he is up for rescheduling his fight with Stephens for December but insists that was not an option given to him when his UFC Vegas 13 opponent originally pulled out of their scheduled bout.
“If he’s injured for a few weeks and we have to wait, I’ll wait for Stephens,” Allen said. “I’m happy to do that. I was told he’s out for a long while (and) he’s going to be out until next year.”
Dana White had nothing but praise for rising featherweight contender, Giga Chikadze. At UFC Vegas 13, Chikadze was set to fight Jamey Simmons, on short notice which was also set to be the Georgian’s fourth fight of 2020. For Chikadze, the result …
Dana White had nothing but praise for rising featherweight contender, Giga Chikadze. At UFC Vegas 13, Chikadze was set to fight Jamey Simmons, on short notice which was also set to be the Georgian’s fourth fight of 2020. For Chikadze, the result couldn’t have gone any better as he scored a beautiful first-round head kick […]
Jeremy Stephens appears interested in fighting Giga Chikadze. On the main card of UFC Vegas 13, Chikadze scored a beautiful head kick KO over Jamey Simmons. The win also netted him a $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus and after the win, he made it …
Jeremy Stephens appears interested in fighting Giga Chikadze. On the main card of UFC Vegas 13, Chikadze scored a beautiful head kick KO over Jamey Simmons. The win also netted him a $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus and after the win, he made it clear he wanted to fight Jeremy Stephens and the veteran […]
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 […]
Top featherweight contender Arnold Allen is confused about a potential match-up between Jeremy Stephens, who was supposed to fight him at UFC Vegas 13, and unranked Georgian kickboxer, Giga Chikadze. Allen has amassed seven straight wins since joining the UFC back in 2015. This past weekend he was supposed to be in the biggest fight […]