Ryan Spann

“Superman”

Ryan Spann (24-12) is a heavyweight fighting out of Beaumont, Texas, United States. Ryan Spann's last fight was a loss to Mário Pinto by TKO at UFC Fight Night: Hooker vs. Parnasse in September 2026.

Record24-12-0

DivisionHeavyweight

Height6'5"

Reach79"

Age35

Last FightApr 25, 2026

BornAug 24, 1991

BirthplaceMemphis, Tennessee, United States

Fighting out ofBeaumont, Texas, United States

UFC Career Stats:

Sig. strikes landed / min3.03

Striking accuracy39%

Sig. strikes absorbed / min4.09

Striking defense42%

Takedowns / 15 min1.15

Takedown accuracy33%

Takedown defense50%

Sub attempts / 15 min1.58

17 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
L	Mário Pinto	Heavyweight	TKO (Punches)	R2 · 0:55	UFC Fight Night: Hooker vs. Parnasse	Sep 5, 2026	View
W	Marcus Buchecha	Heavyweight	KO (Punches)	R2 · 2:10	UFC Fight Night: Sterling vs. Zalal	Apr 25, 2026	View
W	Łukasz Brzeski	Heavyweight	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	R1 · 2:37	UFC 318: Holloway vs. Poirier 3	Jul 19, 2025
L	Waldo Cortes-Acosta	Heavyweight	KO/TKO (Left Hook to Ground Punches)	R2 · 4:48	UFC Fight Night	Mar 15, 2025
W	Ovince St. Preux	Light Heavyweight	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	R1 · 1:35	UFC 307: Pereira vs. Rountree	Oct 5, 2024
L	Bogdan Guskov	Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO (Ground & Pound)	R2 · 3:16	UFC Fight Night	Apr 27, 2024
L	Anthony Smith	Light Heavyweight	Decision (Split)	R3	UFC Fight Night	Aug 26, 2023
L	Nikita Krylov	Catchweight	Submission (Triangle Choke)	R1 · 3:38	UFC Fight Night	Mar 11, 2023
W	Dominick Reyes	Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO (Power Jab)	R1 · 1:20	UFC 281: Adesanya vs. Pereira	Nov 12, 2022
W	Ion Cutelaba	Light Heavyweight	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	R1 · 2:22	UFC Fight Night	May 14, 2022
L	Anthony Smith	Light Heavyweight	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	R1 · 3:47	UFC Fight Night	Sep 18, 2021
W	Misha Cirkunov	Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO (Right Cross to Ground & Pound)	R1 · 1:11	UFC Fight Night	Mar 13, 2021
L	Johnny Walker	Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO (Elbows & Hammerfists)	R1 · 2:43	UFC Fight Night	Sep 19, 2020
W	Sam Alvey	Light Heavyweight	Decision (Split)	R3	UFC 249: Ferguson vs. Gaethje	May 9, 2020
W	Devin Clark	Light Heavyweight	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	R2 · 2:01	UFC on ESPN+ 19	Oct 12, 2019
W	Antônio Rogério Nogueira	Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO (Left Uppercut)	R1 · 2:07	UFC 237: Namajunas vs. Andrade	May 11, 2019
W	Luis Henrique Barbosa	Light Heavyweight	Decision (Unanimous)	R3	UFC Fight Night 137	Sep 22, 2018
W	Emiliano Sordi	Light Heavyweight	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	R1 · 0:26	DW's Contender Series 2018	Jun 19, 2018
W	Alex Nicholson	Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO (Punches)	R1 · 4:24	LFA 32: Allen vs. Hernandez	Jan 26, 2018
W	Myron Dennis	Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO (Punches & Elbows)	R1 · 3:08	LFA 27: Watley vs. Wilson	Nov 10, 2017
W	Lemarcus Tucker	Light Heavyweight	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	R1 · 2:55	LFA 23: Krantz vs. Nakashima	Sep 22, 2017
L	Karl Roberson	Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO (Elbows)	R1 · 0:15	DW's Contender Series 2017	Jul 25, 2017
W	Roman Pizzolato	Middleweight	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	R1 · 0:20	WFC 72	May 13, 2017
L	Trevin Giles	Middleweight	Decision (Split)	R3	LFA 3: Spann vs. Giles	Feb 10, 2017
L	Robert Drysdale	Light Heavyweight	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	R2 · 2:58	Legacy FC 58	Jul 22, 2016
W	Aaron Davis	Light Heavyweight	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	R1 · 2:53	Legacy FC 52	Mar 25, 2016
L	Leo Leite	Middleweight	Decision (Unanimous)	R5	Legacy FC 48	Nov 13, 2015
W	Larry Crowe	Middleweight	KO/TKO (Punches)	R1 · 0:08	Legacy FC 42	Jun 26, 2015
W	Dwight Gipson	Middleweight	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	R1 · 4:39	VFA: Round 5	May 9, 2015
W	Artenas Young	Middleweight	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	R3 · 2:32	Fury FC 4	Feb 13, 2015
L	Brandon Farran	Middleweight	KO/TKO	R1 · 0:21	Best of the Best 3	Sep 12, 2014
W	Randy McCarty	Middleweight	Decision (Unanimous)	R5	Best of the Best 1	Feb 1, 2014
W	Jhonoven Pati	Middleweight	Submission	R1 · 2:32	Texas Pride	Sep 28, 2013
W	Brandon Atkins	Middleweight	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	R1 · 0:44	Pride of the Valley 2	Jun 21, 2013
W	Steven Zamora	—	Submission	R1 · 2:25	El Orgullo del Valle	Mar 16, 2013
W	Aaron Lebrun	—	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	R1	VFA: Round 1	Feb 16, 2013

LMário Pinto
Sep 5, 2026
UFC Fight Night: Hooker vs. Parnasse·Heavyweight
TKO (Punches)·R2 · 0:55View
WMarcus Buchecha
Apr 25, 2026
UFC Fight Night: Sterling vs. Zalal·Heavyweight
KO (Punches)·R2 · 2:10View
WŁukasz Brzeski
Jul 19, 2025
UFC 318: Holloway vs. Poirier 3·Heavyweight
Submission (Guillotine Choke)·R1 · 2:37
LWaldo Cortes-Acosta
Mar 15, 2025
UFC Fight Night·Heavyweight
KO/TKO (Left Hook to Ground Punches)·R2 · 4:48
WOvince St. Preux
Oct 5, 2024
UFC 307: Pereira vs. Rountree·Light Heavyweight
Submission (Guillotine Choke)·R1 · 1:35
LBogdan Guskov
Apr 27, 2024
UFC Fight Night·Light Heavyweight
KO/TKO (Ground & Pound)·R2 · 3:16
LAnthony Smith
Aug 26, 2023
UFC Fight Night·Light Heavyweight
Decision (Split)·R3
LNikita Krylov
Mar 11, 2023
UFC Fight Night·Catchweight
Submission (Triangle Choke)·R1 · 3:38
WDominick Reyes
Nov 12, 2022
UFC 281: Adesanya vs. Pereira·Light Heavyweight
KO/TKO (Power Jab)·R1 · 1:20
WIon Cutelaba
May 14, 2022
UFC Fight Night·Light Heavyweight
Submission (Guillotine Choke)·R1 · 2:22
LAnthony Smith
Sep 18, 2021
UFC Fight Night·Light Heavyweight
Submission (Rear Naked Choke)·R1 · 3:47
WMisha Cirkunov
Mar 13, 2021
UFC Fight Night·Light Heavyweight
KO/TKO (Right Cross to Ground & Pound)·R1 · 1:11
LJohnny Walker
Sep 19, 2020
UFC Fight Night·Light Heavyweight
KO/TKO (Elbows & Hammerfists)·R1 · 2:43
WSam Alvey
May 9, 2020
UFC 249: Ferguson vs. Gaethje·Light Heavyweight
Decision (Split)·R3
WDevin Clark
Oct 12, 2019
UFC on ESPN+ 19·Light Heavyweight
Submission (Guillotine Choke)·R2 · 2:01
WAntônio Rogério Nogueira
May 11, 2019
UFC 237: Namajunas vs. Andrade·Light Heavyweight
KO/TKO (Left Uppercut)·R1 · 2:07
WLuis Henrique Barbosa
Sep 22, 2018
UFC Fight Night 137·Light Heavyweight
Decision (Unanimous)·R3
WEmiliano Sordi
Jun 19, 2018
DW's Contender Series 2018·Light Heavyweight
Submission (Guillotine Choke)·R1 · 0:26
WAlex Nicholson
Jan 26, 2018
LFA 32: Allen vs. Hernandez·Light Heavyweight
KO/TKO (Punches)·R1 · 4:24
WMyron Dennis
Nov 10, 2017
LFA 27: Watley vs. Wilson·Light Heavyweight
KO/TKO (Punches & Elbows)·R1 · 3:08
WLemarcus Tucker
Sep 22, 2017
LFA 23: Krantz vs. Nakashima·Light Heavyweight
Submission (Rear Naked Choke)·R1 · 2:55
LKarl Roberson
Jul 25, 2017
DW's Contender Series 2017·Light Heavyweight
KO/TKO (Elbows)·R1 · 0:15
WRoman Pizzolato
May 13, 2017
WFC 72·Middleweight
Submission (Guillotine Choke)·R1 · 0:20
LTrevin Giles
Feb 10, 2017
LFA 3: Spann vs. Giles·Middleweight
Decision (Split)·R3
LRobert Drysdale
Jul 22, 2016
Legacy FC 58·Light Heavyweight
Submission (Rear Naked Choke)·R2 · 2:58
WAaron Davis
Mar 25, 2016
Legacy FC 52·Light Heavyweight
Submission (Guillotine Choke)·R1 · 2:53
LLeo Leite
Nov 13, 2015
Legacy FC 48·Middleweight
Decision (Unanimous)·R5
WLarry Crowe
Jun 26, 2015
Legacy FC 42·Middleweight
KO/TKO (Punches)·R1 · 0:08
WDwight Gipson
May 9, 2015
VFA: Round 5·Middleweight
Submission (Guillotine Choke)·R1 · 4:39
WArtenas Young
Feb 13, 2015
Fury FC 4·Middleweight
Submission (Guillotine Choke)·R3 · 2:32
LBrandon Farran
Sep 12, 2014
Best of the Best 3·Middleweight
KO/TKO·R1 · 0:21
WRandy McCarty
Feb 1, 2014
Best of the Best 1·Middleweight
Decision (Unanimous)·R5
WJhonoven Pati
Sep 28, 2013
Texas Pride·Middleweight
Submission·R1 · 2:32
WBrandon Atkins
Jun 21, 2013
Pride of the Valley 2·Middleweight
Submission (Guillotine Choke)·R1 · 0:44
WSteven Zamora
Mar 16, 2013
El Orgullo del Valle
Submission·R1 · 2:25
WAaron Lebrun
Feb 16, 2013
VFA: Round 1
Submission (Rear Naked Choke)·R1