Ryan Spann

Light HeavyweightComplete Fighter
10 - 7

17 UFC Fights | 59% Win Rate | 8 Finishes (80%)

Height
6' 5"
Reach
79"
Weight
205 lbs.
Age
35
Orthodox

Ryan Spann UFC Record & Pro MMA Record

Ryan Spann is 10-7 in the UFC across 17 fights, with 4 wins by knockout, 4 by submission and 2 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 24-12, 14-5 of it outside the UFC. Spann competes at light heavyweight as an orthodox complete fighter, standing 6'5" with a 79" reach at 35 years old. The last bout was a loss to Mario Pinto by knockout in Sep 2026.

Best attribute: knockdown power (knockdowns scored per fight) — 70th percentile among 140 light heavyweight fighters (0.35/fight).

Ryan Spann's UFC win rate is 59% (10 of 17 fights), and 80% of those wins came by finish. Spann averages 0.5 takedowns per fight at 33% accuracy and stops 50% of opponents' takedown attempts.

Pro MMA Record
24-12
UFC Record
10-7
Height
6'5"
Reach
79"
Age
35
Stance
Orthodox
Last Fight
L vs Mario Pinto · KO/TKO · Sep 2026

Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.

Ryan Spann's Last 5 Fights

Spann is 3-2 in the last five UFC fights.

  1. Loss vs Mario Pinto · KO/TKO · R2 0:55 · UFC Fight Night: Hooker vs. Parnasse · Sep 2026
  2. Win vs Marcus Buchecha · KO/TKO · R2 2:10 · UFC Fight Night: Sterling vs. Zalal · Apr 2026
  3. Win vs Lukasz Brzeski · Submission · R1 2:47 · UFC 318: Holloway vs. Poirier 3 · Jul 2025
  4. Loss vs Waldo Cortes Acosta · KO/TKO · R2 4:48 · UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Dolidze 2 · Mar 2025
  5. Win vs Ovince Saint Preux · Submission · R1 1:35 · UFC 307: Pereira vs. Rountree Jr. · Oct 2024

Striking

Fighter Profile

Offensive Output

Sig. Strikes / Min
3.0
Accuracy
39%
Knockdowns / Fight
0.35

Defensive

Absorbed / Min
4.1
Strike Differential
+-1.1
Opp. Accuracy Against
58%

Strike Targets

Position Breakdown

Grappling

Takedowns & Control

Takedowns / Fight
0.5
Takedown Accuracy
33%
Takedown Defense
50%
Control Time / Fight
1:23
Sub Attempts / Fight
0.7

Win Methods

Finish Probability by Round

R1
18% KO
18% Sub
R2
6% KO
6% Sub
R3+
0% KO
0% Sub

Round-by-Round Output

Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Ryan Spann vs Average

Ryan Spann lands 9.4 strikes in R1 but 21.0 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.

Ryan Spann's UFC Fight History

17 UFC fights on record (10-7), most recent first.

ResultOpponentMethodRd · TimeEventDate
LMario PintoKO/TKOR2 · 0:55UFC Fight Night: Hooker vs. Parnasse2026-09-05
WMarcus BuchechaKO/TKOR2 · 2:10UFC Fight Night: Sterling vs. Zalal2026-04-25
WLukasz BrzeskiSubmissionR1 · 2:47UFC 318: Holloway vs. Poirier 32025-07-19
LWaldo Cortes AcostaKO/TKOR2 · 4:48UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Dolidze 22025-03-15
WOvince Saint PreuxSubmissionR1 · 1:35UFC 307: Pereira vs. Rountree Jr.2024-10-05
LBogdan GuskovKO/TKOR2 · 3:16UFC Fight Night: Nicolau vs. Perez2024-04-27
LAnthony SmithDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. The Korean Zombie2023-08-26
LNikita KrylovSubmissionR1 · 3:38UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Dvalishvili2023-03-11
WDominick ReyesKO/TKOR1 · 1:20UFC 281: Adesanya vs. Pereira2022-11-12
WIon CutelabaSubmissionR1 · 2:22UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Rakic2022-05-14
LAnthony SmithSubmissionR1 · 3:47UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Spann2021-09-18
WMisha CirkunovKO/TKOR1 · 1:11UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Muhammad2021-03-13
LJohnny WalkerKO/TKOR1 · 2:43UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Woodley2020-09-19
WSam AlveyDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 249: Ferguson vs. Gaethje2020-05-09
WDevin ClarkSubmissionR2 · 2:01UFC Fight Night: Joanna vs. Waterson2019-10-12
WRogerio NogueiraKO/TKOR1 · 2:07UFC 237: Namajunas vs. Andrade2019-05-11
WLuis HenriqueDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Marreta vs. Anders2018-09-22

How Spann Ranks at Light Heavyweight

Percentile among the 140 light heavyweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).

Striking volume3.0 sig. strikes/min
41st percentile
Striking accuracy39%
16th percentile
Strikes absorbed4.1/min
33rd percentile
Takedowns0.5/fight
47th percentile
Takedown defense50%
26th percentile
Knockdown power0.35/fight
70th percentile

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