Cody Chovancek
“The Best Fisherman in MMA”
Cody Chovancek is ranked 156th of 439 bantamweights by the First Light Rating.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 1,743156th of 439 · Bantamweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- −0.44Skill ahead of fame
- Career phase
- DevelopingCareer-best FLR 1,790, 16 Sept 2025
- Record
- 9–1Pro
Fame against skill.
Every fighter with an FLI, by skill and fame. Hover a dot for the fighter; click to open their page. The dashed curve is the fame their skill predicts: above it, a fighter is more famous than their skill; below it, better than their fame.
Skill and attention.
Attention is drawn at the skill level its fame matches: above the skill line, more famous than skilled. Shaded: 2,000 careers simulated from today, fight by fight; the dashed line is the middle one.
Recent fights.
| Date | Fight | FLR | FLI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Oct 2026 | Lost to Su Young YouUFC Fight Night 291 - Buckley vs. Malott · Submission (Kimura) | −48 | +0.09 |
| 16 Sept 2025 | Won vs Raphael UchegbuDana White's Contender Series - Contender Series 2025: Week 6 · TKO (Punches), R3 | +70 | — |
| 30 May 2025 | Won vs Jordan HowardUnified MMA 62 - Unified MMA · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | +43 | — |
| 14 Jun 2024 | Won vs Gage GillUnified MMA 57 - Unified MMA · Submission (Calf Slicer), R5 | +91 | — |
| 15 Dec 2023 | Won vs Harley KingUnified MMA 54 - Unified MMA · TKO (Punches), R1 | +64 | — |
| 23 Jun 2023 | Won vs Shawn JohnsonUnified MMA 51 - Unified MMA · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +50 | — |
| 10 Dec 2022 | Won vs Nathan SmallBTC 18 - Next Generation · TKO (Punches), R2 | +58 | — |
| 9 Jul 2022 | Won vs Jake GeauvreauBTC 16 - Challenger Series 1 · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +170 | — |
| 5 Mar 2022 | Won vs Nicky HeinrichsBTC 14 - Clash · Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), R1 | +94 | — |
| 20 Nov 2021 | Won vs Josh MartiniukBTC 13 - Power · TKO (Punches), R2 | — | — |
FLR is what the fight did to their First Light Rating: the true measure of skill.
FLI is what the fight did to their First Light Index: the rating of fame against skill.
How it is measured.
Data Credit: First Light Observatory.
How these numbers are made.
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