Esteban Ribovics

“El Gringo”

Esteban Ribovics (17-3) is a lightweight fighting out of Salta, Argentina. Esteban Ribovics's last fight was a win over King Green by TKO at UFC 332 in October 2026.

Record17-3-0

DivisionLightweight

Height5'10"

Reach69"

Age30

Last FightAug 15, 2026

BornApr 27, 1996

BirthplaceTartagal, Salta, Argentina

Fighting out ofSalta, Argentina

UFC Career Stats:

Sig. strikes landed / min7.46

Striking accuracy44%

Sig. strikes absorbed / min5.75

Striking defense54%

Takedowns / 15 min0.31

Takedown accuracy67%

Takedown defense67%

Sub attempts / 15 min0.16

9 UFC fights through Oct 31, 2026. Source: UFCStats

Fight History:

*Exhibition (EX.) fights included in history

Result	Opponent	Division	Method	Rnd / Time	Event	Date	Fight
W	King Green	Lightweight	TKO (Punches)	R1 · 4:08	UFC 332	Oct 3, 2026	View
W	Edson Barboza	Lightweight	TKO (Punches)	R2 · 1:32	UFC 330: Makhachev vs. Machado Garry	Aug 15, 2026	View
L	Mateusz Gamrot	Lightweight	Submission (Arm-triangle choke)	R2 · 4:19	UFC 327: Procházka vs. Ulberg	Apr 11, 2026	View
W	Elves Brener	Lightweight	Decision (Unanimous)	R3	UFC Fight Night	Aug 2, 2025
L	Nasrat Haqparast	Lightweight	Decision (Split)	R3	UFC Fight Night	Mar 1, 2025
W	Daniel Zellhuber	Lightweight	Decision (Split)	R3	UFC 306: O'Malley vs. Dvalishvili	Sep 14, 2024
W	Terrance McKinney	Lightweight	KO/TKO (Head Kick)	R1 · 0:37	UFC Fight Night	May 11, 2024
W	Kamuela Kirk	Lightweight	Decision (Unanimous)	R3	UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez	Jul 8, 2023
L	Loik Radzhabov	Lightweight	Decision (Unanimous)	R3	UFC 285: Jones vs. Gane	Mar 4, 2023
W	Thomas Paull	Lightweight	KO/TKO (Right Hook to Ground Strikes)	R1 · 1:30	Contender Series 2022	Aug 16, 2022
W	Franco Aranda	Lightweight	KO/TKO (Punch)	R1 · 0:27	Samurai Fight House 3	Feb 12, 2022
W	Javier Basurto	Lightweight	KO/TKO (Punches)	R1 · 0:07	FFC 44: Basurto vs. Ribovics	Dec 10, 2020
W	Jose Zarauz	Lightweight	KO/TKO (Punches)	R3 · 4:40	FFC 43: Varela vs. Mollinedo 2	Mar 4, 2020
W	Brian Flamengo	Lightweight	KO/TKO	R1 · 0:22	UFS 9	Nov 9, 2019
W	Lucas Aybar	Lightweight	Submission	R1 · 4:41	UFS 7	Aug 4, 2019
W	Juan Jose Ibanez	Lightweight	Submission (Kimura)	R3 · 4:08	Power Fight	May 13, 2017
W	Maximiliano Ortiz	Lightweight	Submission (Kimura)	R3	Hualsur FC: Noche de Campeones 18	Oct 15, 2016
W	Didier Nahuel	Lightweight	Submission (Armbar)	R1 · 1:49	Cage League Championship 1	Jul 9, 2016
W	Fernando Garcia	—	KO/TKO (Superman Punch)	R2 · 2:30	Battle Cage 1	May 22, 2016
W	Lautaro Iturbe	—	Submission (Inverted Triangle Choke)	R3 · 2:35	Hualsur FC: Noche de Campeones 14	Dec 12, 2015

WKing Green
Oct 3, 2026
UFC 332·Lightweight
TKO (Punches)·R1 · 4:08View
WEdson Barboza
Aug 15, 2026
UFC 330: Makhachev vs. Machado Garry·Lightweight
TKO (Punches)·R2 · 1:32View
LMateusz Gamrot
Apr 11, 2026
UFC 327: Procházka vs. Ulberg·Lightweight
Submission (Arm-triangle choke)·R2 · 4:19View
WElves Brener
Aug 2, 2025
UFC Fight Night·Lightweight
Decision (Unanimous)·R3
LNasrat Haqparast
Mar 1, 2025
UFC Fight Night·Lightweight
Decision (Split)·R3
WDaniel Zellhuber
Sep 14, 2024
UFC 306: O'Malley vs. Dvalishvili·Lightweight
Decision (Split)·R3
WTerrance McKinney
May 11, 2024
UFC Fight Night·Lightweight
KO/TKO (Head Kick)·R1 · 0:37
WKamuela Kirk
Jul 8, 2023
UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez·Lightweight
Decision (Unanimous)·R3
LLoik Radzhabov
Mar 4, 2023
UFC 285: Jones vs. Gane·Lightweight
Decision (Unanimous)·R3
WThomas Paull
Aug 16, 2022
Contender Series 2022·Lightweight
KO/TKO (Right Hook to Ground Strikes)·R1 · 1:30
WFranco Aranda
Feb 12, 2022
Samurai Fight House 3·Lightweight
KO/TKO (Punch)·R1 · 0:27
WJavier Basurto
Dec 10, 2020
FFC 44: Basurto vs. Ribovics·Lightweight
KO/TKO (Punches)·R1 · 0:07
WJose Zarauz
Mar 4, 2020
FFC 43: Varela vs. Mollinedo 2·Lightweight
KO/TKO (Punches)·R3 · 4:40
WBrian Flamengo
Nov 9, 2019
UFS 9·Lightweight
KO/TKO·R1 · 0:22
WLucas Aybar
Aug 4, 2019
UFS 7·Lightweight
Submission·R1 · 4:41
WJuan Jose Ibanez
May 13, 2017
Power Fight·Lightweight
Submission (Kimura)·R3 · 4:08
WMaximiliano Ortiz
Oct 15, 2016
Hualsur FC: Noche de Campeones 18·Lightweight
Submission (Kimura)·R3
WDidier Nahuel
Jul 9, 2016
Cage League Championship 1·Lightweight
Submission (Armbar)·R1 · 1:49
WFernando Garcia
May 22, 2016
Battle Cage 1
KO/TKO (Superman Punch)·R2 · 2:30
WLautaro Iturbe
Dec 12, 2015
Hualsur FC: Noche de Campeones 14
Submission (Inverted Triangle Choke)·R3 · 2:35