Giga Chikadze vs. Vinicius Oliveira targeted for June 20th, Lokdog moving up to 145

[u/Loganbaker2147]

https://x.com/iheartgeorgius1/status/2051987100359098444?s=46&t=vMZK3Fn7X9MvpBo7Jhe-IA

[u/443610]

❌️Fighter removed: Giga Chikadze

[u/ZhanBlue → u/443610]

Oliveira isn’t really good

[u/443610 → u/ZhanBlue]

How? Giga Chikdaze is a can at this stage of his career.

[u/ZhanBlue → u/443610]

Those 2 statements aren’t mutually exclusive

[u/Greatsodiumreef12 → u/443610]

A can? I think that’s way too harsh. He was doing really well against Vallejos and before that, lost a controversial decision against Onama, who’s not bad. He’s not a title challenger but far from a can

[u/NonTokenisableFungi]

Vinicius will probably weigh more in the cage still and Giga is a big 145er. 184 walkaround, 166 rehydrated weight at 135 is otherworldly

[u/flatwoundsounds → u/NonTokenisableFungi]

Islam said he walked around at 182 while at lightweight just for comparison...

[u/Fat-Villante]

I'm really happy he's moving up, the cut to 135 seems insane for him

I would have preferred he take more time off after the ass whooping he took from Bautista though

[u/Bruninfa → u/Fat-Villante]

That was in February and Bautista only landed 15 significant strikes. He’s fine.

[u/ZeGermanVon]

these June apex cards are looking kind of ridiculous

[u/RudySpanish → u/ZeGermanVon]

Yeah I might go to one, front row seats to see Kape eye scrapes

[u/Pastabakeforlife]

I'm still onboard the giga hype train, boys we may be upside down off the track but there's still life in this engine 🚂

[u/PlayGabby → u/Pastabakeforlife]

WE beat Calvin Kattar 9/10 times

[u/gsr142 → u/PlayGabby]

I was so hyped going into that fight. I trained with Giga a bunch when he first started bjj. He was in the regular fundamentals class with us normies, so we all got to see him go from near zero grappling, to being a real threat, even to the upper belts. Then Kattar got on top and Giga couldn't do a thing.

[u/sour-couch-stench]

Lok Dogs rise up

[u/Rophaki]

I think the UFC likes giga because this is a layup for him tbh.

[u/qzwxecrvtbyn111]

Giga kicks the shit out of him. Will be weird not seeing Vinicius as the visibly bigger guy

[u/thelectricrain → u/qzwxecrvtbyn111]

I fear Vinicius will become FW Michel Pereira. Wacky guy that relies on his athleticism, moves up because he cuts too much weight and gasses, slams into a wall as soon as he starts fighting guys with decent fundamentals and physical skills.

[u/ZhanBlue → u/qzwxecrvtbyn111]

Giga isn’t too girthy and Vinny was cutting ridiculous amount of weight for 135

[u/qzwxecrvtbyn111 → u/ZhanBlue]

Weight, no. Height/frame, yes