G. Chikadze beat C. Swanson in UFC Las Vegas 25. Photo: Reproduction/YouTube
Looking for an opponent Giga Chikadze. Seeking to get closer to the top-5 of the featherweight division (up to 65,7kg), the Georgian fighter accused the main athletes in his category of not accepting to face him. The statement was given in an interview with 'MMA fighting'.
“I have called practically everyone. arnold allen, Edson Barboza, Calvin kattar, Max, Yair, the Korean zombie now, they would all be big fights. But no one accepted. The champion (Alexander Volkanovsky) has a duel with Brian ortega. No one is answering the phone,” Chikadze said.
According to Giga, his manager Ali Abdelaziz stated that he had the same difficulty getting fights for Kamaru Usman, another client of the famous agent.
“Funny, Usman and I have the same agent (Ali Abdelaziz) and the other day I was asking him, what's going on with these top-10 featherweights? Why aren't you fighting me? He was mentioning that he had the same problem with Kamaru and Khabib (Nurmagomedov), Chikadze said.
Current number 10 in the featherweight rankings, Giga Chikadze is considered one of the biggest promises in the category led by Alexander Volkanovsky. Hired by Ultimate in 2019, the Georgian has won all six of his fights in the organization so far. The fighter has a record of 13 triumphs and two setbacks.
