Ryan Spann

Ryan Spann is a long, athletic finisher who came up through Dana White's Contender Series and quickly made noise in the UFC light heavyweight division. He uses his reach to land power shots and is equally comfortable hunting submissions, which makes his fights tend to end early - including a knockout of former title challenger Dominick Reyes.

Losses to the division's very best, like Anthony Smith, kept him from a title run at 205, and he's since campaigned up toward heavyweight where his power carries even more weight. He remains a dangerous out for anyone in the upper-middle of the division. Fans like him because a Spann fight rarely goes the distance quietly.