One other Canadian fighter will likely be seeking to earn a UFC contract on Season 9 of Dana White’s Contender Collection.
Subsequent up, on Week 6, it’ll be Niagara High Group’s Cody Chovancek aiming to impress the UFC brass (Sportsnet+, Tuesday, 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT).
“I’m stoked. I really feel like I used to be constructed for this present with my model and every little thing,” Chovancek instructed Sportsnet’s Aaron Bronsteter. “I’m excited to go on the market and battle. I like this recreation and I’m going to go on the market and characterize.”
The 27-year-old bantamweight from Ontario is ready to tackle England’s Raphael Uchegbu. Each fighters efficiently made weight Monday, as did all Week 6 athletes.
A teammate of UFC stars Mike Mallott and Jasmine Jasudavicius, Chovancek has been competing underneath the Unified MMA banner the previous couple years. He’s coming off a five-round determination win over Bellator MMA veteran Jordan Howard in Might. Previous to that, he gained the Unified MMA 135-pound title with a calf slicer submission of Gage Gill.
“(Uchegbu’s) a protracted striker, he’s a well-rounded fighter like myself,” Chovancek stated. “He needs to remain lengthy and keep fairly on the surface and I do know he needs to attempt to get this battle to the bottom, particularly once I contact him (with strikes), and I feel my model matches up nice towards this man. I’m actually excited for the chance to go on the market and showcase my ability set as a striker, as a grappler, simply as a full combined martial artist.
“I combine it up each time I battle and Tuesday night time you’re going to see that once more. … I need to characterize Canadian MMA.”
Chovancek, who turned professional in 2021 and has since earned three KO/TKO wins, three determination wins and two wins by submission, is certainly one of six undefeated professionals set to compete on Week 6 of DWCS.
Iwo Baraniewski is an achieved judo and submission wrestling practitioner who’s 5-0 in skilled combined martial arts bouts since 2023 after going 16-3 as an newbie. The 26-year-old from Poland takes on Brazilian jiu-jitsu artist Mahamed Aly, a 31-year-old who’s 4-0 as a professional and coming off a March win over UFC veteran Jared Gooden, in light-heavyweight motion.
All 5 of Baraniewski’s professional fights have resulted in a first-round stoppage victory.
A pair of undefeated American lightweights are set to go toe-to-toe as 10-0 Thomas Gantt takes on 6-0 Adam Livingston.
The featured bout of Week 6 is a bantamweight matchup between 13-1 Hecher Sosa of Spain and 9-0 Mackson Lee of Brazil. Sosa, 30, has gained 10 in a row total and 5 straight by end. Lee, 26, is driving a four-fighting end streak of his personal.
Additionally, Eire’s Paddy McCorry is ready to face South Korea’s In Su Hwang in middleweight motion. The veteran of Season 32 of The Final Fighter earned a submission win over Mark Hulme on the present earlier than being eradicated by Robert Valentine through submission. McCorry (6-1) has since earned two consecutive wins within the Cage Warriors group, whereas Hwang (8-1) has gained 4 consecutive bouts within the Highway FC promotion.
Beneath is the complete Week 6 lineup and official weigh-in outcomes:
— Hecher Sosa (136) vs. Mackson Lee (135)
— Iwo Baraniewski (205) vs. Mahamed Aly (204.5)
— Adam Livingston (156) vs. Thomas Gantt (155.5)
— Hwang In-su (186) vs. Paddy McCorry (186)
— Cody Chovancek (136) vs. Raphael Uchegbu (136)
