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Ryan Spann vs. Luis Henrique

UFC 10-7-0 vs. 2-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
10-7-0
UFC record
2-4-0
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
35
AgeΔ 2 yrs
33
6'5"
HeightΔ 3"
6'2"
79"
ReachΔ 5"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
1.5
Layoff (months)Δ 95.4 mo
96.9
LWWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Luis Henrique is a submission threat — 1.03 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.16 Heavyweight norm.
Ryan Spann is a submission threat — 1.58 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Light Heavyweight norm.
Luis Henrique hunts takedowns — 3.09 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.90 Heavyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Ryan Spann

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 117
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 53
Tier 3 — regional circuit 81

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.1 · 16 tier-1/2 wins · 21 finish wins over 35 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.5 wins over .500

Luis Henrique

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 24
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 146

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.51 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 28 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3173.03/min · norm 3.48
Sig. strikes landed
1321.81/min · norm 3.28
4284.09/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
1622.22/min · norm 3.19
39.4%norm 48.45%
Striking accuracy
43.6%norm 47.5%
42.2%norm 52.75%
Striking defense
47.1%norm 52.5%
60.86/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Ryan Spann

Distance 84.6% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 4.9% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 10.6% (norm 10.6%)

Luis Henrique

Distance 61.7% (norm 79.2%) · Clinch 14.5% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 23.8% (norm 9.3%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Ryan Spann

Head 87.2% (norm 78.5%) · Body 10.3% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 2.5% (norm 9.7%)

Luis Henrique

Head 85.5% (norm 79.2%) · Body 10.6% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 4.0% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Spann L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Henrique L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 225 / 680 33.1% 41.5% 58 / 187 31.0% 40.1%
In the clinch 29 / 39 74.4% 70.8% 27 / 44 61.4% 70.4%
On the ground 63 / 85 74.1% 72.9% 47 / 72 65.3% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 239 / 701 34.1% 39.2% 94 / 259 36.3% 39.0%
To the body 59 / 83 71.1% 72.0% 27 / 32 84.4% 77.0%
To the legs 19 / 20 too few to rate 82.1% 11 / 12 too few to rate 87.8%

Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Light Heavyweight: 94 fighters · Heavyweight: 93 fighters).

What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man

Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.

Zone vs Spann L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Henrique L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 301 / 580 51.9% 40.6% 71 / 193 36.8% 40.7%
In the clinch 30 / 44 68.2% 68.8% 43 / 52 82.7% 70.6%
On the ground 97 / 117 82.9% 70.4% 48 / 61 78.7% 72.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 305 / 598 51.0% 37.7% 130 / 269 48.3% 39.3%
To the body 44 / 55 80.0% 72.9% 27 / 29 93.1% 75.1%
To the legs 79 / 88 89.8% 83.1% 5 / 8 too few to rate 84.4%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
833.3% acc · 1.15/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
1536.6% acc · 3.09/15 · norm 0.90
1950.0% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
250.0% def · norm 63.2%
23:3422.5% of cage time · norm 17.1%
Control time
33:3046.0% of cage time · norm 17.2%
19:172:45 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
12:082:29 per 15 · norm 2:28
111.58/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
51.03/15 · norm 0.16

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Spann has more cage time on record.