Ground game
16 DThin offensive ground game. Wins come standing; once taken down this fighter is hunting a stand-up, not a sweep chain.
- 0.00 takedowns / 15 at 0% accuracy
- 0.00 submission attempts / 15 · 2 career sub wins
Bantamweight
“The Best Fisherman in MMA”
9-0
SLpM
2.85
SApM
3.60
Str Acc
62%
Str Def
62%
TD Avg
0.00
TD Acc
0%
TD Def
85%
Sub Avg
0.00
Pocket striker
Fight IQ
Thin sample — 0 loaded UFC rows, 9 career fights for Cody Chovancek. Reaction and agility are wider intervals.
IQ
Ground
Defense
Counter
Reaction
proxy
Agility
proxy
TD react
Chin
Durability
Gets through fire. Rarely finished by strikes; the later minutes are still theirs to win.
Fight IQ
Knows the assignment. Game plans hold up for 15 minutes; the adjustments are incremental, not chaotic.
Ground game
Thin offensive ground game. Wins come standing; once taken down this fighter is hunting a stand-up, not a sweep chain.
Counter punching
Limited counter threat. Opponents can miss without paying a finishing tax.
Punching agility
Heavy or economical. Combinations are chosen, not sprayed — opponents can time the entries.
Cody Chovancek “The Best Fisherman in MMA” is a 28-year-old Switch bantamweight out of Canada, camped at Niagara Top Team. The tape read: pocket striker. Career mark 9-0-0 — 0 by KO/TKO, 2 by submission, 7 by decision. Fight IQ grades B+ (78).
What works. Durability is the standout at 85 (A). Gets through fire. Rarely finished by strikes; the later minutes are still theirs to win. Ground game D on 0.00 TD/15 and 0.00 sub attempts. Striking defense C+ at 62% / 3.60 SApM. Counter punching C; punching agility C (output × accuracy × age curve). Takedown reaction B on 85% TD defense. These are tape proxies — not lab reaction times — built from FightMetric rates, finish shares, and 0 loaded UFC rows.
Where it breaks. Ground game is the soft spot (16, D). Thin offensive ground game. Wins come standing; once taken down this fighter is hunting a stand-up, not a sweep chain. Opponents who force wrestling and keep the fight on the fence have historically been the ones who make this résumé leak. Losses lean decision more often than a highlight — the issue is usually control of minutes, not a glass jaw.
The book has no per-fight UFC rows for Chovancek yet. This scouting card is carried by career FightMetric rates and the win-method split — treat the reaction and agility marks as wider intervals.
Thin offensive ground game. Wins come standing; once taken down this fighter is hunting a stand-up, not a sweep chain.
Eats more than a championship pocket should. High SApM or a porous guard will get taxed against power.
Limited counter threat. Opponents can miss without paying a finishing tax.
Average-plus reactions. Gets touched, but rarely frozen in place when the shot or the shot-to-takedown comes.
Heavy or economical. Combinations are chosen, not sprayed — opponents can time the entries.
Can stuff the first shot. Chain wrestling and the second entry are the real test.
Gets through fire. Rarely finished by strikes; the later minutes are still theirs to win.
| Date | Opponent | Res | Method | Rnd | Sig |
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