Top 5: Ryan Spann submissions

All Ryan Spann opponents receive the same ominous alert: Protect your neck. Many do not heed the warnings. The Fortis MMA rep nailed down his spot on the Ultimate Fighting Championship roster when he dispatched Emiliano Sordi with a guillotine choke in the first round of their light heavyweight showcase during Season 2 of Dana White’s Contender Series on June 19, 2018 at the UFC Training Center in Las Vegas.

Sordi, who went on to win a million-dollar Professional Fighters League tournament a little more than a year later, issued his surrender just 26 seconds into Round 1. Spann sent the Argentinian careening backward with a crisp right hand, shut down his bid to scramble and caught the guillotine in the transition. Sordi tried briefly to free himself, tapped and then lost consciousness before referee Mark Smith could arrive on the scene.

As Spann braces for his UFC Fight Night 274 heavyweight showdown with Marcus Almeida on Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, his sub-minute finish against Sordi remains one of his most memorable submissions. Four others to consider: Ryan Spann vs. Devin Clark UFC Fight Night 161 Oct.

12, 2019 | Tampa, Florida Spann continued to establish himself as an emerging threat at 205 pounds when he turned away the Jackson-Wink MMA product with a guillotine choke in the second round of their featured prelim at Amalie Arena. Clark waved the white flag 2:01 into Round 2. Spann did not show much interest in engaging throughout a tepid first round.