Ryan Sanders
UFC Debut
Record
Streak
L2
- Fighting out of
- Bangor, Maine
- Born
- United States
- Camp
- Young's MMA
- Weight class
- Lightweight
- Height
- 6'1" · 185 cm
Before the UFC
Ryan Sanders makes their UFC debut
Our striking, grappling, and schedule metrics are measured from UFC fights, so they come online after this bout. Here is the career they bring in — and how live the opposition has been.
Pre-UFC opposition
ModerateOpponents' combined record
334-333-3
.501 win rate
Winning-record opponents
17 of 28
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
35
28 opponents with records on file
A descriptive read of the non-UFC slate from opponents’ full career pro records — not a UFC-grade Schedule Score.
UFC fight history
No UFC bouts on record yet.
Outside the UFC
across 35 bouts · 23 promotions · wins by 5 KO · 13 sub · 5 decNEF · T2T · DonnyBrooke Fight Promotion · NEF 58 · NEF 57 +18
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Chris Perreault | KO/TKO | — | R1 | 0:14 | DonnyBrooke Fight Promotion | |
| L | Michael Lombardo14-4 | Submission | Brabo Choke | R3 | 4:37 | NEF 58 | |
| W | Emmanuel Walo14-6-1 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | NEF 57 | |
| W | Sage Philippe | Submission | — | R3 | 4:06 | NEF 55 | |
| W | Ali Zebian10-6 | Decision | Split | R3 | 5:00 | NEF 53 | |
| L | Jonathan Piersma12-3 | Decision | Unanimous | R5 | 5:00 | NEF 50 | |
| W | Stephen Stengel6-26 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 2:32 | NEF 49 | |
| W | Mark Gardner | KO/TKO | Head Kick | R1 | 0:25 | NEF 47 | |
| W | Jacob Bohn14-14 | KO/TKO | Doctor Stoppage | R2 | 4:29 | NEF 36 | |
| W | Submission | Guillotine Choke | R1 | 4:10 | NEF 35 | ||
| W | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 4:58 | NEF 34 | ||
| L | Jon Manley13-6 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | AMMO Fight League 4 | |
| W | Jay Ellis16-112 | Submission | Triangle Choke | R1 | 2:34 | NEF 30 | |
| W | Submission | Guillotine Choke | R2 | 0:22 | NEF 28 | ||
| W | John Ortolani11-15 | KO/TKO | Head Kick | R1 | 0:13 | NEF 27 | |
| W | Decision | — | R3 | — | NEF 26 | ||
| W | Derrick Kennington13-11 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | NEF | |
| L | Levan Makashvili22-10-1 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | CES MMA 36 | |
| W | Luis Felix15-9 | KO/TKO | Knee Injury | R2 | 1:46 | CES MMA 32 | |
| W | Lucas Cruz10-4 | Decision | Split | R5 | 5:00 | T2T | |
| W | Regiclaudio Alves Macedo7-4 | Submission | Guillotine Choke | R2 | 1:44 | T2T | |
| L | Avery McPhatter9-12 | Decision | Split | R3 | 5:00 | T2T | |
| W | Mark Deford | Submission | Guillotine Choke | R1 | 1:07 | NEF | |
| L | Ryan Quinn14-7-1 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | NEF | |
| L | Gil de Freitas18-6 | Decision | Unanimous | R5 | 5:00 | NEF | |
| W | Marcus Davis23-11 | KO/TKO | Doctor Stoppage | R1 | 5:00 | NEF | |
| W | Rashaun Spencer8-11 | Submission | Armbar | R2 | 1:02 | NEF | |
| L | Michael Page25-3 | KO/TKO | Punch | R1 | 0:10 | Bellator | |
| L | Jarod Lawton | Submission | Kneebar | R3 | 0:00 | NEF | |
| L | Gil de Freitas18-6 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | NEF | |
| W | Ray Shawdee3-4 | Submission | Guillotine Choke | R2 | 0:53 | NEF | |
| L | Mike Winters8-5 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | NEF | |
| W | Dan Keefe | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 4:40 | NEF | |
| W | Vincent Silvestre | Submission | Guillotine Choke | R3 | 1:30 | GFL 13 | |
| W | Submission | Guillotine Choke | R2 | 0:38 | CFX 15 |
Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) and Dana White’s Contender Series — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.