Zabit Magomedsharipov vs Giga Chikadze

Nov 14, 2026 · Fox Nation

Combat Edge model forecast87%Zabit Magomedsharipov13%Giga ChikadzeFull forecast and your pick

DateNov 14, 2026

DivisionWelterweight Crossover

StatusScheduled

VenueEtihad Arena

BroadcastFox Nation

Start times & how to watch

Start time & how to watch

Main card starts Saturday, November 14, 2026 — watch on Fox Nation.

US East (ET): Sat 11:00 AM
US West (PT): Sat 8:00 AM
United Kingdom: Sat 4:00 PM
Central Europe: Sat 5:00 PM
Australia (Sydney): Sun 3:00 AM
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Zabit Magomedsharipov18-1-0Zabit Magomedsharipov vs Giga ChikadzeGiga ChikadzeNinja |15-7-0

Zabit Magomedsharipov18-1-0

Fight Overview

RoundTBD

TimeTBD

18-1-0Record15-7-0

35Age38

6'1"Height6'0"

42,0"Reach 74"

145 lbsWeight145 lbs

Welterweight CrossoverWeight ClassWelterweight Crossover

Giga ChikadzeNinja15-7-0

Combat Edge Intelligence

Fight Intelligence

Zabit Magomedsharipov owns a 105-point Elo edge (great). Zabit Magomedsharipov shows more surface-level statistical edges across the tracked UFC categories. 2 shared opponents give extra context.

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Elo Recent career Elo trajectory

Recent three-year Elo paths for both fighters. Ratings shown here are current career context; the event-specific prediction or verified result remains on this Fight page.

Zabit MagomedsharipovGiga Chikadze

Recent form

Zabit MagomedsharipovW W W W W · +60 Elo last 5

WWWWW

Giga ChikadzeL L L L W · -48 Elo last 5

LLLLW

Elo edge

Zabit Magomedsharipov1777+15 last move

Giga Chikadze1672-15 last move

Why they are ranked here

Zabit MagomedsharipovNot on the active ladder · 1777 Elo

Biggest gain: Beat Mukhamed Kokov (rated 1692 at the time): +34.
Last 5 fights: 5 wins, 0 losses, +60 Elo in total.
Inactivity: Placed on 1687, not 1777: 90 points are held back after more than 18 months without a fight, until the next one.
Activity: Not on the active ladder: no rated fight in the last 24 months.

Giga Chikadze#120 of 453 active Featherweight fighters · 1672 Elo

Biggest gain: Beat Cub Swanson (rated 1743 at the time): +22.
Costliest loss: Lost to Kevin Vallejos (rated 1749 at the time): -17.
Last 5 fights: 1 win, 4 losses, -48 Elo in total.
Next places: 0 points behind #119 Daniel Santos, 1 ahead of #121 Levy Saúl Marroquín.

Every rated fight moves a rating by an amount set by the opponent's rating at the time, the result and how it ended. Places are counted among fighters active in the last 24 months. How the rating is calculated

Fight intelligence

Model forecast and your pick

Inspect the model’s probability and Elo baseline, then make your own call before the card starts.

Combat Edge Model

Fight forecast

Frozen pre-fight · v0.8-2026-10-04

87%Zabit Magomedsharipov13%Giga Chikadze

Model favoriteZabit Magomedsharipov

Elo baseline65% for Zabit Magomedsharipov

Matchup adjustment+22 pts vs Elo

Win probability computed before the fight from point-in-time Elo, records, and matchup data. The baseline shows what Elo alone expected; the adjustment is not a certainty. Analytics, not betting advice.

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Forecast context

What separates the fighters

Model + Elo agree

Zabit Magomedsharipov leads the full model at 87%. Elo agrees, and the complete matchup model strengthens that lean by 22 points.

Current Elo ratings1777 · 1672Zabit Magomedsharipov leads by 105 rating points.

Recent opponent quality1619 · 1715Giga Chikadze faced the stronger recent schedule (10 vs 10 sampled fights).

Elo record depth18 · 22 fightsGiga Chikadze has the deeper counted Elo history.

Largest tracked stat edgesZabit Magomedsharipov 4 · 0 Giga ChikadzeStrongest available gap: Takedown average toward Zabit Magomedsharipov.

What's at stake

Zabit MagomedsharipovNow 1777

Wins by decision+11→ 1788

Loses by decision-21→ 1756

Giga ChikadzeNow 1672 · #120 Featherweight

Wins by decision+21→ 1693

Loses by decision-11→ 1661

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Projected with the same rules as the rankings, at today's ratings. Split decisions move ratings less and finishes more.

Stat advantages

Zabit MagomedsharipovvsGiga Chikadze

Takedown average

5.22vs0.18

Takedown accuracy

48%vs17%

Submission average

0.77vs0.18

Sig. strikes landed per min

4.89vs3.75

Finishing profile

Zabit Magomedsharipovsubmission leads 39% of wins

Giga ChikadzeKO/TKO leads 60% of wins

Common opponents

Calvin Kattar Zabit Magomedsharipov: win · Decision (Unanimous) · Nov 9, 2019 Giga Chikadze: loss · Decision (Unanimous) · Jan 15, 2022

Brandon Davis Zabit Magomedsharipov: win · Submission (Hamstring Stretch) · Sep 8, 2018 Giga Chikadze: win · Decision (Split) · Sep 28, 2019

Tale of the tape

Zabit MagomedsharipovGiga Chikadze

Tracked UFC statistics may not cover a fighter's full career. Unavailable measurements are not zero.

4.89Sig. strikes landed per min3.75

UFC featherweight average : 3.94

48Sig. strike accuracy43

UFC featherweight average : 46%

3Sig. strikes absorbed per min3.55

UFC featherweight average : 3.90

65Sig. strike defense59

UFC featherweight average : 54%

5.22Takedown average0.18

UFC featherweight average : 1.57

48Takedown accuracy17

UFC featherweight average : 29%

78Takedown defense66

UFC featherweight average : 56%

0.77Submission average0.18

UFC featherweight average : 0.65

6Wins by knockout9

7Wins by submission1

5Wins by decision5

0Losses by knockout2

1Losses by submission1

0Losses by decision4

Zabit Magomedsharipov vs Giga Chikadze is a scheduled Welterweight Crossover fight on RAF ABU DHABI : CHIMAEV VS WEIDMAN. Zabit Magomedsharipov enters with a 18-1-0 record and Giga Chikadze enters with a 15-7-0 record. Combat Edge tracks the matchup preview, UFC stats, Elo edge, shared opponents, event date, venue, and full fight card.