Ryan Spann
“Superman”
Ryan Spann is ranked 39th of 235 heavyweights by the First Light Rating.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 1,89739th of 235 · Heavyweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- −0.07Skill ahead of fame
- Career phase
- PrimeCareer-best FLR 1,935, 12 Nov 2022
- Record
- 24–12Pro
Fame against skill.
Every fighter with an FLI, by skill and fame. Hover a dot for the fighter; click to open their page. The dashed curve is the fame their skill predicts: above it, a fighter is more famous than their skill; below it, better than their fame.
Skill and attention.
Attention is drawn at the skill level its fame matches: above the skill line, more famous than skilled. Shaded: where the most similar careers went next.
Recent fights.
| Date | Fight | FLR | FLI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Sept 2026 | Lost to Mario PintoUFC Fight Night 287 - Hooker vs. Parnasse · TKO (Punches), R2 | −26 | +0.09 |
| 25 Apr 2026 | Won vs Marcus AlmeidaUFC Fight Night 274 - Sterling vs. Zalal · KO (Punches), R2 | +17 | — |
| 19 Jul 2025 | Won vs Lukasz BrzeskiUFC 318 - Holloway vs. Poirier 3 · Submission (Guillotine Choke), R1 | +14 | — |
| 15 Mar 2025 | Lost to Waldo Cortes-AcostaUFC Fight Night 254 - Vettori vs. Dolidze 2 · TKO (Punches), R2 | −19 | — |
| 5 Oct 2024 | Won vs Ovince St. PreuxUFC 307 - Pereira vs. Rountree · Submission (Guillotine Choke), R1 | +20 | — |
| 27 Apr 2024 | Lost to Bogdan GuskovUFC on ESPN 55 - Nicolau vs. Perez · TKO (Punches), R2 | −17 | — |
| 26 Aug 2023 | Lost to Anthony SmithUFC Fight Night 225 - Holloway vs. Korean Zombie · Decision (Split), R3 | −9 | — |
| 11 Mar 2023 | Lost to Nikita KrylovUFC Fight Night 221 - Yan vs. Dvalishvili · Submission (Triangle Choke), R1 | −17 | — |
| 12 Nov 2022 | Won vs Dominick ReyesUFC 281 - Adesanya vs. Pereira · KO (Punches), R1 | +31 | — |
| 14 May 2022 | Won vs Ion CutelabaUFC on ESPN 36 - Blachowicz vs. Rakic · Submission (Guillotine Choke), R1 | +6 | — |
| 18 Sept 2021 | Lost to Anthony SmithUFC Fight Night 192 - Smith vs. Spann · Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), R1 | −27 | — |
| 13 Mar 2021 | Won vs Misha CirkunovUFC Fight Night 187 - Edwards vs. Muhammad · TKO (Punches), R1 | +29 | — |
FLR is the First Light Rating points the fight earned or cost them.
FLI is what the fight did to their fame against their skill.
How it is measured.
Data Credit: First Light Observatory.
How these numbers are made.
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