{"id":104784,"date":"2026-06-04T06:57:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T06:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/ryan-spann\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T11:51:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T11:51:55","slug":"ryan-spann","status":"publish","type":"fighter_profile","link":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/ryan-spann\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Spann"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Ryan \u00ab\u00a0Superman\u00a0\u00bb Spann : le g\u00e9ant de Dallas aux doigts en or<\/h2>\n<h3>Beaumont, Memphis, Dallas \u2014 un parcours sans raccourci<\/h3>\n<p>N\u00e9 le 24 ao\u00fbt 1991 \u00e0 Beaumont, Texas, Ryan Spann a grandi \u00e0 Memphis, Tennessee, dans une famille o\u00f9 le MMA n&rsquo;est pas venu de nulle part. Son p\u00e8re s&rsquo;appelait d\u00e9j\u00e0 \u00ab\u00a0Superman\u00a0\u00bb \u2014 et quand c&rsquo;est \u00e0 ton tour de reprendre le blaze, autant \u00eatre \u00e0 la hauteur. Professionnel depuis 2013, il gravit les \u00e9chelons du circuit r\u00e9gional jusqu&rsquo;\u00e0 d\u00e9crocher le titre inaugural LFA des mi-lourds en 2018, une ceinture qu&rsquo;il arrache \u00e0 Alex Nicholson et qui lui sert de rampe de lancement.<\/p>\n<p>Le chemin vers l&rsquo;UFC n&rsquo;a pas \u00e9t\u00e9 direct. Une premi\u00e8re tentative au Contender Series en juillet 2017 se solde par une d\u00e9faite face \u00e0 Karl Roberson. Un an plus tard, retour en juin 2018 avec une r\u00e9ponse nette : guillotine choke au premier round contre Emiliano Sordi, contrat en poche. Depuis ses d\u00e9buts \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC le 22 septembre 2018 face \u00e0 Luis Henrique (victoire aux points), il s&rsquo;entra\u00eene \u00e0 Fortis MMA de Dallas sous la direction de Sayif Saud. Record actuel : 24-11.<\/p>\n<h3>La \u00ab\u00a0Superman-otine\u00a0\u00bb et un gros KO dans les bagages<\/h3>\n<p>\u00c0 1,96 m pour 79 pouces de reach, Spann est l&rsquo;un des gabarits les plus imposants de la division des mi-lourds \u2014 et d\u00e9sormais actif en heavyweight. Mais ce qui le distingue vraiment, c&rsquo;est son jeu de soumission autour d&rsquo;une arme pr\u00e9cise : la guillotine high-elbow, surnomm\u00e9e la \u00ab\u00a0Superman-otine\u00a0\u00bb, qui a mis fin \u00e0 plus de dix combats dans sa carri\u00e8re. Ceinture bleue en jiu-jitsu br\u00e9silien, mais un finishing rate qui ferait rougir beaucoup de grappleurs avanc\u00e9s : 14 victoires par soumission sur 24 au total.<\/p>\n<p>Il sait aussi boxer. En novembre 2022, il explose Dominick Reyes d\u00e8s la premi\u00e8re minute avec un power jab (KO en 1:20 au round 1). En mai 2019, il avait d\u00e9j\u00e0 mis \u00e0 terre Antonio Rog\u00e9rio Nogueira par KO \u2014 une victoire sur une l\u00e9gende br\u00e9silienne qui l&rsquo;avait fait exister dans l&rsquo;imaginaire des fans.<\/p>\n<h3>Combats marquants : le grand \u00e9cart entre le meilleur et le pire<\/h3>\n<p>Spann est du genre \u00e0 faire les deux bouts de la fourchette dans la m\u00eame saison. En mars 2021, il soumet Misha Cirkunov et d\u00e9croche un bonus Performance of the Night. Six mois plus tard, en septembre 2021 \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC Vegas 37, il prend une soumission (rear-naked choke) d&rsquo;Anthony Smith au premier round, domin\u00e9 de bout en bout \u2014 et les deux se retrouvent encore en ao\u00fbt 2023, cette fois Spann s&rsquo;inclinant aux points. En mars 2023, c&rsquo;est Nikita Krylov qui l&rsquo;attrape au triangle choke d\u00e8s le premier round.<\/p>\n<p>La r\u00e9ponse ? Deux performances solides en 2024-2025 : guillotine sur Ovince Saint Preux en 1:35 \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC 307 en octobre 2024 (son dixi\u00e8me \u00ab\u00a0guillotine KO\u00a0\u00bb en carri\u00e8re), puis encore une guillotine sur Lukasz Brzeski en juillet 2025 (R1, 2:37). Entre les deux, une d\u00e9faite face \u00e0 Bogdan Guskov (ground &amp; pound, R2, avril 2024) et un KO encaiss\u00e9 contre Waldo Cortes-Acosta (mars 2025).<\/p>\n<h3>Statut actuel : heavyweight, et toujours \u00e0 finir les combats<\/h3>\n<p>En avril 2026, Spann croise Marcus Buchecha \u2014 champion de JJB reconverti en MMA \u2014 et le met KO au deuxi\u00e8me round d&rsquo;un right cross. Un r\u00e9sultat qui dit tout sur sa polyvalence : le sp\u00e9cialiste des soumissions qui sort un grappleur d&rsquo;\u00e9lite \u00e0 la percussion. D\u00e9sormais en division heavyweight, il totalise 4 bonus Performance of the Night au compteur et une fin de carri\u00e8re en aucun cas \u00e9crite. \u00c0 34 ans, il continue de finir ses adversaires \u00e0 un rythme que beaucoup lui envient.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sources-article\"><strong>Sources :<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ryan_Spann\">Wikipedia<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ufc.com\/athlete\/ryan-spann\">UFC.com<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/verdictmma.com\/fighter\/ryan-superman-spann\">VerdictMMA<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ryan \u00ab\u00a0Superman\u00a0\u00bb Spann, 24-11, g\u00e9ant texan de 1,96 m sp\u00e9cialiste de la \u00ab\u00a0Superman-otine\u00a0\u00bb, actif en heavyweight \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC avec 4 bonus Performance of the Night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":102417,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"fighter_category":[],"fighter_tag":[],"class_list":["post-104784","fighter_profile","type-fighter_profile","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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