Biography(references)Giga Chikadze was born on 25 August 1988 in Tbilisi. Between ages 4 and 5, he began to train in Gōjū-ryū Karate. As a child, he inspired to join after watching martial arts movies by Jet Li and Bruce Lee. His first introduction to MMA was watching the early UFC events on VHS tapes, he was very impressed with Royce Gracie with his capabilities of defeating opponents of larger size while wearing a keikogi. Chikadze started competing in Kickboxing, moving to the Netherlands for training and in 2015 he joined GLORY, the world's largest kickboxing organization.
Fighter Trivia(references)Chikadze has stated that he went to college and graduated with a degree in Business Management.
Awards & Accolades
UFC: Performance of the Night (Three times) vs. Jamey Simmons, Cub Swanson and Edson Barboza
UFC: Fight of the Night (One time) vs. Calvin Kattar
UFC: 2022 Forrest Griffin Community Award
MMAjunkie.com: 2020 Under the Radar Fighter of the Year
MMAjunkie.com: 2021 Breakout Fighter of the Year
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