“I’m not happy with it,” Giga Chikadze isn’t happy about the change in featherweight rankings after he defeated Edson Barboza
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Giga Chikadze scored the biggest win of his career when he stopped Edson Barboza in his tracks at UFC Vegas 35. Giga expected a major push in the featherweight rankings, but he wasn’t happy with the result.
Giga was at number 10 in the rankings and after defeating Edson Barboza (Number 9) he jumped to number 8, and talking to MMA Junkie, he expressed his dissatisfaction over the same, he said, “I’m not happy with it. I was No. 10. I beat No. 9, but it was not just a regular No. 9, and it was not a decision, not a split decision, not a close fight. As I said: I kick the sh*t out of people. So this is what happened this weekend. When you beat somebody like Edson Barboza and you are No. 10 and he’s No. 9, you don’t just go one more and become No. 8. I have to be somewhere in the top five.”
He added, “I was hoping to get top three, because in the top three there’s another guy who has not fought in all this time since I’m in UFC, and I fought seven times – seven times in less than two years. That’s something that really has to be mentioned. They put me just top eight, so I was a little bit sad.” (H/T MMAJunkie.com)
Giga Chikadze named a number of top ranked opponents for his next fight
Giga Chikadze proposed to be the backup fighter for the title match between Brian Ortega and Alexander Volkanovski. He wants to fight as soon as possible, and he has a number of opponents in mind.
“I’m just upset about the ranking,” Chikadze said. “I want to see myself as one of the top guys because because I want to fight for the title very soon – as fast as possible. I want to be a replacement for the title fight. If not, I want to fight Max or Yair … something that would get me to the title – (‘Korean Zombie’). Or you know what? Even if they gave me Kattar, I wouldn’t be upset.” (H/T MMA Junkie)
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