UFC Vegas 35: Edson Barboza vs Giga Chikadze Prediction and Fight Preview
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Edson Barboza vs Giga Chikadze Prediction
The main event of UFC Vegas 35 will mark the fight between the number 9th ranked Featherweight fighter and UFC veteran, Edson Barboza facing the number 10th ranked UFC Featherweight fighter, Giga Chikadze. Here is the Edson Barboza vs Giga Chikadze Prediction and Fight Preview.
UFC Vegas 35: Edson Barboza vs Giga Chikadze Fight Preview
Edson Barboza is a UFC veteran who made his UFC debut in the Lightweight division at UFC 123 against Mike Lullo. He has faced many of the notables names in the division such as Khabib Nurmagomedov, Tony Ferguson, Kevin Lee, Justin Gaethje, and many others.
He also holds notable victories against fighters such as Beneil Dariush, Anthony Pettis, Dan Hooker, and others. After fighting in the Lightweight division for almost a decade, Barboza made his Featherweight debut against Dan Ige on UFC on ESPN: Overeem vs Harris.
Although he lost that fight but after that, he won two consecutive fights in the division with his latest win coming against Shane Burgos at UFC 262. Edson Barboza also won the fight of the night bonus for the Burgos fight and now he is looking to fight for the UFC Featherweight title.
Giga Chikadze on the other hand is one of the most dynamic strikers in the UFC Featherweight division. He joined the promotion in September 2019 and made his debut against Brandon Davis on UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs Cannonier.
He has been undefeated in UFC and holds a perfect record of 6-0. Chikadze is coming into this fight with a six-fight win streak with his latest win coming against one more veteran of the game, Cub Swanson.
Chikadze knocked out Swanson in the very first round of their fight and won the performance of the night bonus as well for his win.
UFC Vegas 35: Edson Barboza vs Giga Chikadze Prediction
Edson Barboza is the betting favorite entering into this fight with odds of -114 in his favor against the undefeated Giga Chikadze who’ll be coming in this fight as an underdog with odds of +108 in his favor.
Barboza and Chikadze are no doubt two of the most high-profile strikers in the UFC Featherweight division and this fight at UFC Vegas 35 will guarantee violence for the fight fans around the world.
Predicted Result: Giga Chikadze def Edson Barboza.
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