Ryan Spann
“Superman”
Ryan Spann is ranked 39th of 231 heavyweights by the First Light Rating.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 1,89739th of 231 · Heavyweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- −0.04Skill ahead of fame
▼ −0.04 in 30 days - 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: 2,000 careers simulated from today, fight by fight; the dashed line is the middle one.
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 what the fight did to their First Light Rating: the true measure of skill.
FLI is what the fight did to their First Light Index: the rating of fame against skill.
How it is measured.
Data Credit: First Light Observatory.
How these numbers are made.
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