Heavyweight · “Superman”
Ryan Spann
24-11-0 UFC 10-6-0
6'5"Height
79"Reach
OrthodoxStance
1991-08-24Born
4KO wins
4Sub wins
80.0%Finish rate
6:10Avg fight
Statistical profile
The shape of their game.
Percentile scores against UFC veterans — volume-aware, and honest about small samples. The rim is reserved for true specialists.
Radar — percentile vs UFC veterans
Career rates
Sig. strikes landed / min3.08
Sig. strikes absorbed / min3.85
Striking accuracy39.5%
Striking defense43.6%
Takedowns / 15 min1.22
Takedown accuracy34.8%
Takedown defense58.1%
Sub attempts / 15 min1.52
Control time23.5%
Record vs .500+ opponents6-5
Striking trend
Output, fight by fight.
Significant strikes landed per minute over the last 8 fights — green dots are wins, red are losses.
Fight history
Every walk to the cage.
16 UFC bouts, newest first. Tap a fight for the full stat line — opponent records are shown as of fight night.
W Marcus Buchecha 0-1-1 walk-in KO/TKO · R2 2:10 — UFC Fight Night: Sterling vs. Zalal · 2026-04-25
15/27Sig. strikes
8/13Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
2:56Control
1Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Lukasz Brzeski 1-5 walk-in Submission · R1 2:47 — UFC 318: Holloway vs. Poirier 3 · 2025-07-19
8/19Sig. strikes
5/8Absorbed
1/1Takedowns
2:14Control
0Knockdowns
2Sub attempts
L Waldo Cortes Acosta 5-1 walk-in KO/TKO · R2 4:48 — UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Dolidze 2 · 2025-03-15
23/86Sig. strikes
66/111Absorbed
0/2Takedowns
0:05Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Ovince Saint Preux 15-12 walk-in Submission · R1 1:35 — UFC 307: Pereira vs. Rountree Jr. · 2024-10-05
9/20Sig. strikes
7/10Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:03Control
0Knockdowns
1Sub attempts
L Bogdan Guskov 1-1 walk-in KO/TKO · R2 3:16 — UFC Fight Night: Nicolau vs. Perez · 2024-04-27
15/38Sig. strikes
31/48Absorbed
1/3Takedowns
3:29Control
0Knockdowns
1Sub attempts
L Anthony Smith 11-8 walk-in Decision - Split · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. The Korean Zombie · 2023-08-26
59/187Sig. strikes
91/147Absorbed
0/1Takedowns
1:19Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Nikita Krylov 10-7 walk-in Submission · R1 3:38 — UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Dvalishvili · 2023-03-11
5/11Sig. strikes
7/12Absorbed
1/2Takedowns
0:32Control
0Knockdowns
1Sub attempts
W Dominick Reyes 6-3 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 1:20 — UFC 281: Adesanya vs. Pereira · 2022-11-12
8/17Sig. strikes
5/12Absorbed
0/1Takedowns
0:03Control
1Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Ion Cutelaba 5-5-1 walk-in Submission · R1 2:22 — UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Rakic · 2022-05-14
4/11Sig. strikes
2/9Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:04Control
0Knockdowns
1Sub attempts
L Anthony Smith 10-6 walk-in Submission · R1 3:47 — UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Spann · 2021-09-18
8/20Sig. strikes
17/28Absorbed
0/1Takedowns
0:30Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Misha Cirkunov 6-3 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 1:11 — UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Muhammad · 2021-03-13
16/29Sig. strikes
5/18Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:13Control
1Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Johnny Walker 3-2 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 2:43 — UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Woodley · 2020-09-19
7/13Sig. strikes
26/30Absorbed
2/2Takedowns
1:46Control
2Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Sam Alvey 10-8 walk-in Decision - Split · R3 5:00 — UFC 249: Ferguson vs. Gaethje · 2020-05-09
51/115Sig. strikes
57/108Absorbed
2/7Takedowns
3:01Control
0Knockdowns
1Sub attempts
W Devin Clark 4-3 walk-in Submission · R2 2:01 — UFC Fight Night: Joanna vs. Waterson · 2019-10-12
17/48Sig. strikes
17/37Absorbed
0/1Takedowns
1:08Control
0Knockdowns
1Sub attempts
W Rogerio Nogueira 6-5 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 2:07 — UFC 237: Namajunas vs. Andrade · 2019-05-11
13/32Sig. strikes
6/24Absorbed
1/2Takedowns
0:44Control
1Knockdowns
1Sub attempts
W Luis Henrique 2-3 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Marreta vs. Anders · 2018-09-22
46/97Sig. strikes
30/59Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
5:07Control
0Knockdowns
1Sub attempts
Walk-in records count UFC bouts in this database. For the pre-UFC career, see the record breakdown below or the Tapology button up top.
Record breakdown
How the record was built.
Full pro career, from the fighter's Wikipedia record table (Ryan Spann) — results only; UFC bouts carry full stats in the fight history above.
Wins by method
KO/TKO
7
Submission
14
Decision
3
Other
0
Losses by method
KO/TKO
5
Submission
3
Decision
3
Other
0
Fights by organization
UFC
16
LFA
4
Legacy FC
4
Hero FC
4
Dana White's Contender Series
2
Vengeance Fighting Alliance
2
World FC
1
Fury FC
1
+ 1 more organizations in the full career list
Full career — 35 fights, every organization
| Opponent | Method | Event | Org | Rd | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Marcus Buchecha | KO (punches) | UFC Fight Night: Sterling vs. Zalal
2026-04-25 |
UFC | 2 | 2:10 |
| W | Łukasz Brzeski | Submission (guillotine choke) | UFC 318
2025-07-19 |
UFC | 1 | 2:37 |
| L | Waldo Cortes-Acosta | KO (punches) | UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Dolidze 2
2025-03-15 |
UFC | 2 | 4:48 |
| W | Ovince Saint Preux | Submission (guillotine choke) | UFC 307
2024-10-05 |
UFC | 1 | 1:35 |
| L | Bogdan Guskov | TKO (punches) | UFC on ESPN: Nicolau vs. Perez
2024-04-27 |
UFC | 2 | 3:16 |
| L | Anthony Smith | Decision (split) | UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. The Korean Zombie
2023-08-26 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Nikita Krylov | Submission (triangle choke) | UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Dvalishvili
2023-03-11 |
UFC | 1 | 3:38 |
| W | Dominick Reyes | KO (punches) | UFC 281
2022-11-12 |
UFC | 1 | 1:20 |
| W | Ion Cuțelaba | Submission (guillotine choke) | UFC on ESPN: Błachowicz vs. Rakić
2022-05-14 |
UFC | 1 | 2:22 |
| L | Anthony Smith | Submission (rear-naked choke) | UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Spann
2021-09-18 |
UFC | 1 | 3:47 |
| W | Misha Cirkunov | TKO (punches) | UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Muhammad
2021-03-13 |
UFC | 1 | 1:11 |
| L | Johnny Walker | KO (elbows and punches) | UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Woodley
2020-09-19 |
UFC | 1 | 2:43 |
| W | Sam Alvey | Decision (split) | UFC 249
2020-05-09 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Devin Clark | Submission (guillotine choke) | UFC Fight Night: Joanna vs. Waterson
2019-10-12 |
UFC | 2 | 2:01 |
| W | Antônio Rogério Nogueira | KO (punches) | UFC 237
2019-05-11 |
UFC | 1 | 2:07 |
| W | Luis Henrique | Decision (unanimous) | UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Anders
2018-09-22 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Emiliano Sordi | Submission (guillotine choke) | Dana White's Contender Series 10
2018-06-19 |
Dana White's Contender Series | 1 | 0:26 |
| W | Alex Nicholson | KO (punches) | LFA 32
2018-01-26 |
LFA | 1 | 4:24 |
| W | Myron Dennis | KO (punches) | LFA 27
2017-11-10 |
LFA | 1 | 3:08 |
| W | LeMarcus Tucker | Submission (rear-naked choke) | LFA 23
2017-09-22 |
LFA | 1 | 2:55 |
| L | Karl Roberson | KO (elbows) | Dana White's Contender Series 3
2017-07-25 |
Dana White's Contender Series | 1 | 0:15 |
| W | Roman Pizzolato | Submission (guillotine choke) | World FC 72
2017-05-13 |
World FC | 1 | 0:20 |
| L | Trevin Giles | Decision (split) | LFA 3
2017-02-10 |
LFA | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Robert Drysdale | Submission (rear-naked choke) | Legacy FC 58
2016-07-22 |
Legacy FC | 2 | 2:58 |
| W | Aaron Davis | Submission (guillotine choke) | Legacy FC 52
2016-03-25 |
Legacy FC | 1 | 2:53 |
| L | Leo Leite | Decision (unanimous) | Legacy FC 48
2015-11-13 |
Legacy FC | 5 | 5:00 |
| W | Larry Crowe | KO (punches) | Legacy FC 42
2015-06-26 |
Legacy FC | 1 | 0:08 |
| W | Dwight Gipson | Submission (guillotine choke) | Vengeance Fighting Alliance: Round 5
2015-05-09 |
Vengeance Fighting Alliance | 1 | 4:39 |
| W | Artenas Young | Submission (guillotine choke) | Fury FC 4
2015-02-13 |
Fury FC | 3 | 2:32 |
| L | Brandon Farran | TKO (punches) | Hero FC: Best of the Best 3
2014-09-12 |
Hero FC | 1 | 0:21 |
| W | Randy McCarty | Decision (unanimous) | Hero FC: Best of the Best 1
2014-02-01 |
Hero FC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Jhonoven Pati | Submission (guillotine choke) | Hero FC: Texas Pride
2013-09-28 |
Hero FC | 1 | 2:32 |
| W | Brandon Atkins | Submission (guillotine choke) | Hero FC: Pride of the Valley 2
2013-06-21 |
Hero FC | 1 | 0:44 |
| W | Steven Zamora | Submission (rear-naked choke) | El Orgullo del Valle
2013-03-16 |
El Orgullo del Valle | 1 | 2:25 |
| W | Aaron Lebrun | Submission (rear-naked choke) | Vengeance Fighting Alliance: Round 1
2013-02-16 |
Vengeance Fighting Alliance | 1 | — |
Career history from the fighter's Wikipedia record table (Ryan Spann) — results only, no strike stats; UFC bouts are marked and carry full stats in the fight history above.
Division context
Measured against the division.
Versus the Heavyweight average, over 99 qualified fighters (5+ UFC fights, 30+ minutes of cage time). Green = better than average, red = worse; the tick mark is the division mean. "Strikes absorbed" counts lower as better.