UFC on ESPN 73: Giga Chikadze vs. Kevin Vallejos Prediction for Sunday, 12/14/25

The Co-Main Event at UFC on ESPN 73 will see Giga Chikadze take on Kevin Vallejos. This will be a fight in the UFC Featherweight division. Chikadze enters this fight with an MMA record of 15-5 and 8-4 in the UFC. He is averaging 3.82 significant strikes per minute and has a striking accuracy of 42%. Chikadze is absorbing 3.48 strikes per minute and has a striking defense of 60%. His grappling has not been strong, averaging 0.19 takedowns every 15 minutes. Further, he has a takedown accuracy of 33% and a takedown defense of 65%.

Vallejos enters this fight with an MMA record of 16-1 and 3-1 in the UFC. He is averaging 6.28 significant strikes per minute and has a striking accuracy of 45%. Vallejos is absorbing 5.23 strikes and has a striking defense of 57%. He has been a decent grappler, averaging 0.84 takedowns every 15 minutes. His takedown accuracy is 33% and his takedown defense is 83%.

Vallejos is the significant favorite; therefore, we will be targeting this fight to go the distance. Chikadze is 1-3 in his last 4 UFC fights; however, all 4 of these fights went the distance. As for Vallejos, he has seen 2 of his 4 UFC fights go the distance. With Chikadze having been able to go the distance in several of his recent fights, backing this fight to go the distance will be our play.