You Su-young VS Cody Chovancek

You Su-young defeated Cody Chovancek by kimura submission at 4:19 of the third round in their bantamweight prelim bout at UFC Fight Night: Buckley vs. Malott in Edmonton on October 17, 2026. You rebounded from a submission loss to Elijah Smith in March, finishing the fight on the ground after grinding through a competitive opening. Chovancek, who entered on a 9-0 record and was making his UFC debut, fell to his first professional loss when You secured the kimura late in the third. The finish snapped Chovancek's unbeaten streak on his biggest stage to date.

South Korea's You Su-young (2-1 UFC) — a Road to UFC veteran who went 2-0 in the promotion before a submission loss to Elijah Smith in March — faces undefeated Canadian Cody Chovancek (9-0) on his UFC debut home stage in Edmonton. Chovancek earned his contract by knocking out Raphael Uchegbu on the Contender Series and steps into the octagon with a perfect record, creating a sharp contrast in momentum between a fighter recovering from his first UFC setback and one entering on a high.