Ryan Spann Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
W	Marcus Buchecha Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R2	2:10	UFC Fight Night: Sterling vs. Zalal	Apr 25, 2026
W	Lukasz Brzeski Heavyweight	Submission	Guillotine Choke Standing	R1	2:47	UFC 318: Holloway vs. Poirier 3	Jul 19, 2025
L	#12Waldo Cortes Acosta Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Guard	R2	4:48	UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Dolidze 2	Mar 15, 2025
W	#15Ovince Saint Preux Light Heavyweight	Submission	Guillotine Choke Standing	R1	1:35	UFC 307: Pereira vs. Rountree Jr.	Oct 5, 2024
L	Bogdan Guskov Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Guard	R2	3:16	UFC Fight Night: Nicolau vs. Perez	Apr 27, 2024
L	#8Anthony Smith Light Heavyweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. The Korean Zombie	Aug 26, 2023
L	Nikita Krylov Catch Weight	Submission	Triangle Choke From Bottom Guard	R1	3:38	UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Dvalishvili	Mar 11, 2023
W	#7Dominick Reyes Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	1:20	UFC 281: Adesanya vs. Pereira	Nov 12, 2022
W	#15Ion Cutelaba Light Heavyweight	Submission	Guillotine Choke Standing	R1	2:22	UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Rakic	May 14, 2022
L	#6Anthony Smith Light Heavyweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R1	3:47	UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Spann	Sep 18, 2021
W	#11Misha Cirkunov Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head On Ground	R1	1:11	UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Muhammad	Mar 13, 2021
L	#11Johnny Walker Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head On Ground	R1	2:43	UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Woodley	Sep 19, 2020
W	#15Sam Alvey Light Heavyweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC 249: Ferguson vs. Gaethje	May 9, 2020
W	Devin Clark Light Heavyweight	Submission	Guillotine Choke Standing	R2	2:01	UFC Fight Night: Joanna vs. Waterson	Oct 12, 2019
W	#11Rogerio Nogueira Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	2:07	UFC 237: Namajunas vs. Andrade	May 11, 2019
W	Luis Henrique Light Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Marreta vs. Anders	Sep 22, 2018

Outside the UFC

14-5across 19 bouts · 11 promotions · wins by 3 KO · 10 sub · 1 decLFA · Hero FC · Dana White's Contender Series · Vengeance Fighting Alliance · WFC +6

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Emiliano Sordi27-14-1	Submission	guillotine choke	R1	0:26	Dana White's Contender Series	Jun 19, 2018
W	Alex Nicholson19-14	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	4:24	LFA	Jan 26, 2018
W	Myron Dennis22-13	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:08	LFA	Nov 10, 2017
W	LeMarcus Tucker6-3	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	2:55	LFA	Sep 22, 2017
L	Karl Roberson9-7	KO/TKO	elbows	R1	0:15	Dana White's Contender Series	Jul 25, 2017
W	Roman Pizzolato9-11	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	0:20	WFC	May 13, 2017
L	Trevin Giles16-7	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	LFA	Feb 10, 2017
L	Robert Drysdale7-0	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	2:58	LFC 58	Jul 22, 2016
W	Aaron Davis10-7	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	2:53	LFC 52	Mar 25, 2016
L	Leo Leite11-2	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	LFC 48	Nov 13, 2015
W	Larry Crowe10-8	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:08	LFC 42	Jun 26, 2015
W	Dwight Gipson8-11	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	4:39	Vengeance Fighting Alliance	May 9, 2015
W	Artenas Young10-14	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R3	2:32	Fury FC 4	Feb 13, 2015
L	Brandon Farran12-12	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:21	Hero FC	Sep 12, 2014
W	Randy McCarty9-16	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Hero FC	Feb 1, 2014
W	Jhonoven Pati11-7	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	2:32	Hero FC	Sep 28, 2013
W	Brandon Atkins0-1	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	0:44	Hero FC	Jun 21, 2013
W	Steven Zamora1-3	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	2:25	EODV	Mar 16, 2013
W	Aaron Lebrun0-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	—	Vengeance Fighting Alliance	Feb 16, 2013

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.

Amateur

3-1across 4 amateur bouts · 2 promotionsTRCAA · Garcia Promotions

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Jared Perez1-1	Decision	Unanimous	R5	3:00	Garcia Promotions	May 25, 2012
W	Rick Martinez0-1	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	1:37	TRCAA	Mar 2, 2012
L	Celestino Barrera2-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	2:00	TRCAA	Dec 11, 2010
W	Bryan Head0-2	Submission	Triangle Choke	R2	2:17	TRCAA	Jul 17, 2010

Amateur (pre-professional) bouts — shown for context only and excluded from the professional record and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

7 wins, 5 losses

W7

L5

Submission

14 wins, 3 losses

W14

L3

Decision

3 wins, 3 losses

W3

L3

Finishes

UFC KOs

4

Above avg · 18%Heavyweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.38

Above avg · 0.24Heavyweight

UFC submissions

4

Above avg · 8%Heavyweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.63

Above avg · 0.25Heavyweight

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

Ryan Spann

PowerChin

Knockout rate

22%

4 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

6

2.62 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

4

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

4

1.55 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Decision behavior

Judging

3 scorecards on file

Ryan Spann

Scorecard luck

Even on close calls

Split their 2 coin-flip decisions evenly — no edge either way on the cards. Judges have given them 1 of 2 rounds they disagreed on (50%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

1–1

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

1–1

Won – Lost

50% went their way

Unanimous1 decision · 33%

1W

Split2 decisions · 67%

1W1L

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

None scoredno 10-8 rounds in this fighter’s decisions

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallC49th

39%304 / 770

Striking accuracy

43%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-0.81 differential

Landed3.11

Absorbed3.92

51%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-18%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head75%59th229
Body18%56th56
Leg6%43rd19

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

72%Standing

Standing72%219
Clinch7%22
Ground21%63

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Ryan Spann

Landed per 15

Head

B

62nd

34.8

62nd

Body

C

55th

8.5

55th

Leg

D

32nd

2.9

32nd

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

D

31st

39.2

31st

Body

B

64th

6.5

64th

Leg

F

17th

12.0

17th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	34.8	229	670	34%
Body	8.5	56	80	70%
Leg	2.9	19	20	95%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	39.2	258	532	48%
Body	6.5	43	54	80%
Leg	12.0	79	88	90%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

Ryan Spann

35%

Takedown accuracy

58%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+1.1 min net

On top3.5

On bottom2.4

Offense

Takedowns

B

61st

1.2

61st

TD accuracy

C

50th

35%

50th

Sub attempts

A

83rd

1.5

83rd

Control

B

60th

3.5 min

60th

Defense

TD defense

C

42nd

58%

42nd

Controlled

2.4 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	8 / 23
Submission attempts	10
Control time	23:14

Defense

TDs defended	18 / 31
Control absorbed	15:44

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (99min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Ryan Spann

16 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 99 min

139%

R3 pace · 3 bouts

Spann builds (+9% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Spann lifts to 139% of round-1 output by round 3 (3 bouts).

Spann ▲ BUILDSOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Spannlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Spannattempts / min

Control time

Spann% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.7	2.6	3.1	0.32	28%	16
R2	4.4	3.4	4.6	0.11	16%	7
R3	5.5	4.2	5.2	0.13	22%	3

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Ryan Spann

16 resolved UFC bouts · 10 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

53/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A

80th

52%

80th

Win quality

A+

86th

54%

86th

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

6

5

2

Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Top-5	6	3-3	50%
Top-15	5	3-2	60%
Cross-div ranked	2	1-1	50%
Building	1	1-0	100%
Unproven	2	2-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
W	Marcus Buchecha	Unproven	8	Apr 25, 2026
W	Lukasz Brzeski	Unproven	8	Jul 19, 2025
L	Waldo Cortes Acosta#12	Top-5	75	Mar 15, 2025
W	Ovince Saint Preux#15	Top-5	72	Oct 5, 2024
L	Bogdan Guskov	Top-15	49	Apr 27, 2024
L	Anthony Smith#8	Top-5	82	Aug 26, 2023
L	Nikita Krylov	Cross-div ranked	45	Mar 11, 2023
W	Dominick Reyes#7	Top-5	84	Nov 12, 2022
W	Ion Cutelaba#15	Top-15	60	May 14, 2022
L	Anthony Smith#6	Top-5	83	Sep 18, 2021
W	Misha Cirkunov#11	Top-15	71	Mar 13, 2021
L	Johnny Walker#11	Top-15	71	Sep 19, 2020
W	Sam Alvey#15	Top-15	60	May 9, 2020
W	Devin Clark	Building	18	Oct 12, 2019
W	Rogerio Nogueira#11	Top-5	74	May 11, 2019
W	Luis Henrique	Cross-div ranked	45	Sep 22, 2018

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

16 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

—

Typical camp

100–180 days

4-4

8 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

5-2

7 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

1-0

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

4-2

6 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

5-4

9 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

1-0

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

—

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

—

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

0-1

1 bout

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

0-1

1 bout

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

—

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

2 months

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Ryan Spann

Active

2 monthssince last bout

vs Marcus Buchecha · Apr 25, 2026

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 6-2As underdog 3-4

63.9

DK avg

78.8

Median

103.3

Ceiling

18.0

Floor

44%

Boom

25%

Bust

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