As he said, Calvin Kattar did put on a “tutorial” for defeating Giga Chikadze in an exciting back and forth at UFC Vegas 46
Giga Chikadze vs Calvin Kattar
UFC Featherweight Calvin Kattar made his return worth it against a worthy opponent, the UFC’s 7-0 Giga Chikadze had no answer to Kattar’s striking patterns and pressure Kattar put on with his punches, clinches, wrestling, grappling and what not. The main event of UFC Vegas 46 is the first of UFC in 2022 and man do we have a fight of the year candidate from this exciting featherweight division. Read the play by play results below to see how Kattar used his spinning elbow to halt the rise of the Glory Kickboxing legend.
Round 1: Chikadze throws immediately a leg kick. He is throwing it often. Kattar has to be careful. Chikadze is taking his time in figuring Kattar out too. Kattar is throwing some feints. An exchange starts between the two. As soon as Chikadze slips, Kattar goes to getting a successful takedown.
Kattar is putting pressure on Chikadze halfway through the round. Kattar is going for some body shots. Kattar is having more than a minute of ground control. Some resistance from Chikadze but it goes futile. To surprise, Chikadze reverses on Kattar but the latter scrambles successfully for ground control. Round ends. FirstSportz scores it 10-9 Kattar.
Round 2: Chikadze is taking his time to set his body kick up. Kattar is trying to be ready and react appropriately to whatever comes. Chikadze is throwing repeated body kicks. Kattar is doing good on his feet defensively, but only to guard his head as Chikadze has made imprints on Kattar’s body. Chikadze is looking to lead the fight by coming forward, but Kattar has got some punches for himself too. Kattar lands a good right punch.
Kattar is doing really good in breaking off the distance needed by Chikadze for throwing the kick. A knee strike and another punch by Kattar. Kattar is throwing some big elbow strikes. Chikadze throws an elbow of his own too. Kattar lands a big left. Kattar lands a beautiful spinning elbow as Chikadze rushes in. Kattar is mixing up some big shots but Chikadze comes with a good kick combination of his own. FirstSportz scores it another 10-9 for Kattar.
Round 3: Kattar is throwing his shots while staying out of the line of straight attacks from Chikadze. Kattar tries to close distance and lead the range. Chikadze is throwing some touching shots too, but Kattar has his 1 and 2s ready in boxing. Chikadze looks tired. Some kickboxing exchanges with touching power and volume. Chikadze is landing some big shots of his own. Kattar is going to wrestling with Giga. The fight goes back on its feet.
Calvin Kattar vs Giga Chikadze at UFC Vegas 46 ends in a lopsided victory in favour of Kattar
Kattar lands some good teep kicks. Both the fighters are throwing slow but heavy shots. Chikadze has never been so damaged. Kattar is leading the distance with his jab. Chikadze lands a good power shot, but wobbles due to tiredness. Chikadze’s nose is bleeding. Kattar is throwing some setups behind his jab, a cross and hook often. Chikadze ends with some pressure of strikes. In this round, FirstSportz has it again 10-9 in favour of Kattar.
Round 4: Chikadze is going into the fourth round for the first time in his MMA career. Chikadze is changing levels with his kick. Kattar is putting more pressure on with his jab. Chikadze is looking for the right time to land his signature body kick. But Kattar never gives enough space to deliver. The featherweights are exchanging heavy despite some tiredness, which is more visible from Chikadze’s side. Kattar lands a nice uppercut. Kattar’s boxing is always mixing up the strikes.
Chikadze defends one of Kattar’s takedowns. The fight is still competitive. Some kickboxing exchanges are going back and forth, but Kattar seems to be more active and has more edge as compared to Chikadze. Kattar lands an elbow after Chikadze’s body kick. The round ends in these exchanges. FirstSportz scores this fight 10-8 in favour of Kattar.
Round 5: Chikadze is going heavy on Kattar in the first few seconds of the final round. Kattar is staying defensive in nature. Kattar is mixing up punches throwing 2 different with the same hand. Chikadze is getting a bit dangerous throwing punches with little more power. But Kattar seems to stay smart and calm. Kattar eats a good overhand from Chikadze. Chikadze is also looking for the body kick constantly. Kattar is trying to close the distance. Inside leg kick by Kattar.
An absolutely intense boxing exchange. Solid one-two punches from Kattar. Kattar lands another big spinning elbow as Chikadze rushed in. Kattar has put on one hell of a performance. This is already the first event of 2022 and now a fight of the year contender. The fight ends with wild exchanges as Kattar makes Chiladze wobble and fall, Chikadze looked almost finished before the fight ended. FirstSportz scores it a dominant 10-8 round in favour of Kattar. What a return after a year by the Boston’s very own.
Results: Calvin Kattar defeats Giga Chikadze via unanimous decision [50-45 x 3]
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