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: LLWLW

Elo: 2811 (#306)

Peak Elo: 3083 (2022-11-12) (#291)

Avg Opponent Elo: 2816 (#361)

Bonuses: 3 (0 FOTN, 3 Performance)

Avg Fight Time: 6m 5s

Total Fight Time: 1h 31m 25s (#679)

Avg Time Between Fights: 172 days

Avg Card Slot: 5.6 (#593)

Avg Age: 30.6 years

Avg Opp Age: 33 years

Peak Rankings:

#8 Light Heavyweight

Elo Rating

UFC Rankings

Bout History

2026-04-25
UFC Fight Night: Sterling vs. Zalal

Ryan Spann (34)

🇺🇸

WLWLL • 9-6
Elo: 2811 (72%)

HEAVYWEIGHT

🇧🇷

Marcus Buchecha (36)
0-1-1 • LD
Elo: 2644 (28%)

Meta Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸

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

Ryan Spann (33)

🇺🇸

LWLLL • 8-6
Elo: 2768 (78%)

HEAVYWEIGHT
SUB
R1
2:37

🇵🇱

Lukasz Brzeski (33)
1-5 • LLWLL
Elo: 2542 (22%)

Smoothie King Center
New Orleans, Louisiana
United States🇺🇸

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

Waldo Cortes-Acosta (33)

🇩🇴

WLWWW • 5-1
UFC rank: #12 • Elo: 2880 (53%)

HEAVYWEIGHT
KO
R2
4:48

🇺🇸

Ryan Spann (33)
8-5 • WLLLW
Elo: 2864 (47%)

UFC Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸

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

⭐ Ryan Spann (33)

🇺🇸

LLLWW • 7-5
Elo: 2787 (61%)

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
SUB
R1
1:35

🇭🇹

🇺🇸

Ovince Saint Preux (41)
15-12 • LLWLW
Elo: 2704 (39%)

Delta Center
Salt Lake City, Utah
United States🇺🇸

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

⭐ Bogdan Guskov (31)

🇷🇺

🇺🇿

LW • 1-1
Elo: 2697 (19%)

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
TKO
R2
3:16

🇺🇸

Ryan Spann (32)
7-4 • LLWWL
Elo: 2949 (81%) • UFC rank: #11

UFC Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸

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

Anthony Smith (35)

🇺🇸

WWWLL • 11-8
UFC rank: #8 • Elo: 2970 (48%)
29

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00
🤖

🇺🇸

Ryan Spann (32)
7-3 • LWWLW
Elo: 2989 (52%) • UFC rank: #10
28

Singapore Indoor Stadium
Singapore
Singapore🇸🇬

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

Nikita Krylov (31)

🇷🇺

🇺🇦

WLLWW • 10-7
UFC rank: #6 • Elo: 3103 (53%)

CATCHWEIGHT (215 LB)
SUB
R1
3:38

🇺🇸

Ryan Spann (31)
7-2 • WWLWL
Elo: 3083 (47%) • UFC rank: #8

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

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

Ryan Spann (31)

🇺🇸

WLWLW • 6-2
UFC rank: #12 • Elo: 2986 (51%)

CATCHWEIGHT (206.6 LB)
KO
R1
1:20

🇺🇸

Dominick Reyes (32)
6-3 • WWLLL
Elo: 2976 (49%) • 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)

🇺🇸

LWLWW • 5-2
UFC rank: #13 • Elo: 2886 (49%)

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
SUB
R1
2:22

🇲🇩

Ion Cutelaba (28)
5-5-1 • WLLDW
Elo: 2887 (51%)

UFC Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸

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

⭐ Anthony Smith (33)

🇺🇸

WLLWW • 10-6
UFC rank: #6 • Elo: 3112 (73%)

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
SUB
R1
3:47

🇺🇸

Ryan Spann (30)
5-1 • WLWWW
Elo: 2940 (27%) • UFC rank: #11

UFC Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸

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

⭐ Ryan Spann (29)

🇺🇸

LWWWW • 4-1
UFC rank: #13 • Elo: 2825 (42%)

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
TKO
R1
1:11

🇨🇦

🇱🇻

Misha Cirkunov (34)
6-3 • LLWLW
Elo: 2877 (58%) • UFC rank: #11

UFC Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸

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

Johnny Walker (28)

🇧🇷

🇮🇪

WWWLL • 3-2
UFC rank: #11 • Elo: 2809 (29%)

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
KO
R1
2:43

🇺🇸

Ryan Spann (29)
4-0 • WWWW
Elo: 2968 (71%) • UFC rank: #12

UFC Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸

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

Ryan Spann (28)

🇺🇸

WWW • 3-0
Elo: 3016 (91%)

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇺🇸

Sam Alvey (34)
10-8 • WWLLL
Elo: 2608 (9%)

VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena
Jacksonville, Florida
United States🇺🇸

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

Ryan Spann (28)

🇺🇸

WW • 2-0
Elo: 2967 (75%)

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
SUB
R2
2:01

🇺🇸

Devin Clark (29)
4-3 • WLWLW
Elo: 2775 (25%)

Amalie Arena
Tampa, Florida
United States🇺🇸

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

Ryan Spann (27)

🇺🇸

W • 1-0
Elo: 2828 (30%)

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
KO
R1
2:07

🇧🇷

Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (42)
6-5 • LLWLW
Elo: 2968 (70%)

Jeunesse Arena
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil🇧🇷

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

Ryan Spann (27)

🇺🇸

Debut 🔰
Elo: 2797 (84%)

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇧🇷

Luis Henrique Barbosa (25)
2-3 • LWWLL
Elo: 2504 (16%)

Ginásio do Ibirapuera
São Paulo
Brazil🇧🇷