
Fighter profile
Ryan Spann
Per-discipline Elo and momentum, each with its percentile within the HW division (263 fighters).
Fought across 3 divisions:12 LHW · 3 HW (now) · 1 CW
Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.
Striking · offense
Striking · defense
Grappling · offense
Grappling · defense
Totals (no benchmarks in this view) · 16 UFC fights · 98:45 total fight time
Opponents' records as of fight night — the quality of opposition Ryan has faced, inside the UFC and out.
Div rank, percentile & tier place this view's opp win % among active division peers with 3+ UFC bouts (career distribution).
Mean UFC pound-for-pound Elo of opponents faced (~1500 = average), split by result. Div rank, percentile & tier place it among active division peers with 3+ UFC bouts (career distribution).
Opponents' records as of each fight night, counted from their full pro careers rather than only the bouts we hold — so a regional opponent reads as the fighter they were, not as 0‑0. Always all promotions; SCOPE does not apply here.
How the betting market priced Ryan, and the hypothetical return on a flat 1-unit bet at the closing line every UFC fight. Retrospective analytics — not a betting signal.
over 16 close-line bets
53% implied
ROI +16.8%
Avg -179
ROI +24.8%
Avg +140
Based on 16 of 16 UFC fights with a closing line · draws & no-contests excluded.
- KO/TKO · R2 2:10UFC Fight Night: Sterling vs. Zalal · 2026-04-25Spann+12615/270/012:56Buchecha-1548/131/701:09
- KO/TKO · R2 4:48UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Dolidze 2 · 2025-03-15Spann+19023/860/200:05Cortes Acosta-23066/1110/110:57
- SUB · R1 1:35UFC 307: Pereira vs. Rountree Jr. · 2024-10-05Spann-2209/200/000:03Saint Preux+1797/100/100:03
- KO/TKO · R2 3:16UFC Fight Night: Nicolau vs. Perez · 2024-04-27Spann-17515/381/303:29Guskov+14531/480/010:20
- S-DEC · R3 5:00UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. The Korean Zombie · 2023-08-26Spann-13159/1870/101:19Smith+10891/1471/300:56
- SUB · R1 3:38UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Dvalishvili · 2023-03-11Spann+1385/111/200:32Krylov-1687/122/202:39
- SUB · R1 2:22UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Rakic · 2022-05-14Spann+1904/110/000:04Cutelaba-2402/93/301:11
- SUB · R1 3:47UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Spann · 2021-09-18Spann+1328/200/100:30Smith-15817/280/021:38
- KO/TKO · R1 1:11UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Muhammad · 2021-03-13Spann+10616/290/010:13Cirkunov-1325/180/00—
- KO/TKO · R1 2:43UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Woodley · 2020-09-19Spann+1007/132/221:46Walker-12526/300/000:40
- S-DEC · R3 5:00UFC 249: Ferguson vs. Gaethje · 2020-05-09Spann-42051/1152/703:01Alvey+33557/1080/000:29
- SUB · R2 2:01UFC Fight Night: Joanna vs. Waterson · 2019-10-12Spann-17517/480/101:08Clark+15517/372/300:38
- KO/TKO · R1 2:07UFC 237: Namajunas vs. Andrade · 2019-05-11Spann-12513/321/210:44Nogueira+1056/240/00—
- U-DEC · R3 5:00UFC Fight Night: Marreta vs. Anders · 2018-09-22Spann-11546/970/005:07Henrique-10530/594/1105:04
- Submission · R1 0:26Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series - Season 2, Episode 2 · 2018-06-19Spann-600—/——/———Sordi+425—/——/———
- Spann-150—/——/———Roberson+120—/——/———
- Submission · R1 0:20WFC - World Fighting Championships 72 · 2017-05-13Spann——/——/———Pizzolato——/——/———
- Submission · R2 2:58LFC 58 - Legacy Fighting Championship 58 · 2016-07-22Spann——/——/———Drysdale——/——/———
- Submission · R1 2:53LFC 52 - Legacy Fighting Championship 52 · 2016-03-25Spann——/——/———Davis——/——/———
- Submission · R3 2:32Fury FC 4 - Fury Fighting Championship 4 · 2015-02-13Spann——/——/———Young——/——/———
Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.

