Ryan Spann

🇺🇸

(1991-08-24)

Statistics

UFC Record: 9-6

By Method:

KO/TKO: 3-3
Submission: 4-2
Decision: 2-1

By Elo:

As Favorite: 6-3
As Underdog: 3-3

By Weight Class:

Light Heavyweight: 7-4
Heavyweight: 1-1

By Round:

Round 1: 6-3
Round 2: 1-2
Round 3: 2-1

By Type:

Main Event: 0-1
Ranked Opponent: 2-5

UFC Roster Status: Active

Last 5: L L W L W

Elo: 2811

Peak Elo: 3084 (2022-11-12)

Avg Opponent Elo: 2827 (#307)

Bonuses: 3 (0 FOTN, 3 Performance)

Avg Fight Time: 6m 6s

Total Fight Time: 1h 31m 25s

Avg Time Between Fights: 172 days

Avg Card Placement: 5.6

Peak Rankings:

#8 Light Heavyweight

Elo Rating & UFC Rankings

Bout History

2025-07-19
UFC 318: Holloway vs. Poirier 3

Ryan Spann (33) 🇺🇸
L W L L L • 8-6
Elo: 2768

HEAVYWEIGHT
SUB
R1
2:37

🇵🇱 Lukasz Brzeski (33)
1-5 • L L W L L
Elo: 2541

Smoothie King Center
New Orleans, Louisiana
United States 🇺🇸

2025-03-15
UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Dolidze 2

Waldo Cortes-Acosta (33) 🇩🇴
W L W W W • 5-1
UFC rank: #12 • Elo: 2881

HEAVYWEIGHT
KO
R2
4:48

🇺🇸 Ryan Spann (33)
8-5 • W L L L W
Elo: 2863

UFC Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States 🇺🇸

2024-10-05
UFC 307: Pereira vs. Rountree Jr.

⭐ Ryan Spann (33) 🇺🇸
L L L W W • 7-5
Elo: 2786

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
SUB
R1
1:35

🇭🇹 🇺🇸 Ovince Saint Preux (41)
15-12 • L L W L W
Elo: 2704

Delta Center
Salt Lake City, Utah
United States 🇺🇸

2024-04-27
UFC on ESPN: Nicolau vs. Perez

⭐ Bogdan Guskov (31) 🇷🇺 🇺🇿
L W • 1-1
Elo: 2688

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
TKO
R2
3:16

🇺🇸 Ryan Spann (32)
7-4 • L L W W L
Elo: 2950 • UFC rank: #11

UFC Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States 🇺🇸

2023-08-26
UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. The Korean Zombie

Anthony Smith (35) 🇺🇸
W W W L L • 11-8
UFC rank: #8 • Elo: 2970

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇺🇸 Ryan Spann (32)
7-3 • L W W L W
Elo: 2989 • UFC rank: #10

Singapore Indoor Stadium
Singapore
Singapore 🇸🇬

2023-03-11
UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Dvalishvili

Nikita Krylov (31) 🇷🇺 🇺🇦
W L L W W • 10-7
UFC rank: #6 • Elo: 3103

CATCHWEIGHT (215 LB)
SUB
R1
3:38

🇺🇸 Ryan Spann (31)
7-2 • W W L W L
Elo: 3084 • UFC rank: #8

The Theater at Virgin Hotels
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States 🇺🇸

2022-11-12
UFC 281: Adesanya vs. Pereira

Ryan Spann (31) 🇺🇸
W L W L W • 6-2
UFC rank: #12 • Elo: 2987

CATCHWEIGHT (206.6 LB)
KO
R1
1:20

🇺🇸 Dominick Reyes (32)
6-3 • W W L L L
Elo: 2976 • UFC rank: #7

Madison Square Garden
New York City, New York
United States 🇺🇸

2022-05-14
UFC on ESPN: Błachowicz vs. Rakić

⭐ Ryan Spann (30) 🇺🇸
L W L W W • 5-2
UFC rank: #13 • Elo: 2886

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
SUB
R1
2:22

🇲🇩 Ion Cutelaba (28)
5-5-1 • W L L D W
Elo: 2888

UFC Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States 🇺🇸

2021-09-18
UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Spann

⭐ Anthony Smith (33) 🇺🇸
W L L W W • 10-6
UFC rank: #6 • Elo: 3112

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
SUB
R1
3:47

🇺🇸 Ryan Spann (30)
5-1 • W L W W W
Elo: 2940 • UFC rank: #11

UFC Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States 🇺🇸

2021-03-13
UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Muhammad

⭐ Ryan Spann (29) 🇺🇸
L W W W W • 4-1
UFC rank: #13 • Elo: 2825

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
TKO
R1
1:11

🇨🇦 🇱🇻 Misha Cirkunov (34)
6-3 • L L W L W
Elo: 2877 • UFC rank: #11

UFC Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States 🇺🇸

2020-09-19
UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Woodley

Johnny Walker (28) 🇧🇷 🇮🇪
W W W L L • 3-2
UFC rank: #11 • Elo: 2809

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
KO
R1
2:43

🇺🇸 Ryan Spann (29)
4-0 • W W W W
Elo: 2968 • UFC rank: #12

UFC Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States 🇺🇸

2020-05-09
UFC 249: Ferguson vs. Gaethje

Ryan Spann (28) 🇺🇸
W W W • 3-0
Elo: 3017

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇺🇸 Sam Alvey (34)
10-8 • W W L L L
Elo: 2610

VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena
Jacksonville, Florida
United States 🇺🇸

2019-10-12
UFC Fight Night: Joanna vs. Waterson

Ryan Spann (28) 🇺🇸
W W • 2-0
Elo: 2967

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
SUB
R2
2:01

🇺🇸 Devin Clark (29)
4-3 • W L W L W
Elo: 2775

Amalie Arena
Tampa, Florida
United States 🇺🇸

2019-05-11
UFC 237: Namajunas vs. Andrade

Ryan Spann (27) 🇺🇸
W • 1-0
Elo: 2829

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
KO
R1
2:07

🇧🇷 Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (42)
6-5 • L L W L W
Elo: 2968

Jeunesse Arena
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil 🇧🇷

2018-09-22
UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Anders

Ryan Spann (27) 🇺🇸
Debut 🔰
Elo: 2798

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇧🇷 Luis Henrique Barbosa (25)
2-3 • L W W L L
Elo: 2504

Ginásio do Ibirapuera
São Paulo
Brazil 🇧🇷