LightweightActive
Esteban Ribovics
“El Gringo”
Country
ArgentinaRecord
15-3
Weight class
Lightweight
Height
5'10"
Reach
69"
Age
30
Stance
Orthodox
Career stats
12 of 15 wins inside the distance · 71st percentile
Stopped in 6% of bouts — 1 of 18 · 80th percentile
Bouts in the last 24 months · 88th percentile
7:36
Avg bout length
1L
Streak
2
Title fights
3
Main events
Percentiles vs 617 lightweights
Strikes & grappling
628 landed from 1460 attempts — 43% accuracy · 92nd percentile
2 landed from 3 attempts — 67% accuracy · 17th percentile
3 in 8 statted bouts · 58th percentile
3m of 1h 26m fought · 4th percentile
Head 75%
Body 16%
Leg 9%
Of 628 significant strikes landed
Percentiles vs 24 lightweights with a stats sheet
Strike and grappling figures counted from the 8 bouts with a recorded stats sheet — 1h 26m of fight time, of the 18 bouts on record
| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Round | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 2026 | Edson Barboza | WIN | KOPunches | R2 · 1:32 | UFC 330: Makhachev vs. Machado Garry |
| Apr 11, 2026 | Mateusz Gamrot | LOSS | SUBArm Triangle | R2 · 4:19 | UFC 327: Procházka vs. Ulberg |
| Aug 2, 2025 | Elves Brener | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Taira vs. Park |
| Mar 1, 2025 | Nasrat Haqparast | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Kape vs. Almabayev |
| Sep 14, 2024 | Daniel Zellhuber | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 306 – Riyadh Season Noche UFC: O’Malley vs. Dvalishvili |
| May 11, 2024 | Terrance McKinney | WIN | KOKick | R1 · 0:37 | UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Nascimento |
| Jul 8, 2023 | Kamuela Kirk | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez |
| Mar 4, 2023 | Loik Radzhabov | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 285: Jones vs. Gane |
| Aug 17, 2022 | Thomas Paull | WIN | KOPunch | R1 · 1:30 | Dana White's Contender Series: Season 6, Week 4 |
| Feb 12, 2022 | Franco ArandaTitle | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R1 · 0:27 | Samurai Fight House 3: Prado vs. Basualdo |
| Dec 10, 2020 | Javier BasurtoTitle | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R1 · 0:07 | FFC 44: Basurto vs. Ribovics |
| Mar 4, 2020 | Jose Zarauz | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R3 · 4:40 | FFC 43: Varela vs. Mollinedo 2 |
| Nov 9, 2019 | Brian Flamengo | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R1 | UFS 9: United Fighting Series 9 |
| Aug 4, 2019 | Lucas Aybar | WIN | SUBSubmission (Kimura) | R1 | UFS 7: United Fighting Series 7 |
| May 13, 2017 | Juan Jose Ibanez | WIN | SUBSubmission (Kimura) | R3 | Power Fight: La Batalla del Puente |
| Oct 15, 2016 | Maximiliano Ortiz | WIN | SUBSubmission (Kimura) | R3 | HFC: Noche de Campeones 18 |
| Jul 9, 2016 | Didier Nahuel | WIN | SUBSubmission (Keylock) | R1 | CLC: Cage League Championship 1 |
| May 22, 2016 | Fernando Garcia | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R2 | Battle Cage: Ortiz vs. Braganza |
| Dec 12, 2015 | Lautaro Iturbe | WIN | SUBSubmission (Inverted Triangle Choke) | R3 | HFC: Noche de Campeones 14 |
KOPunchesR2 · 1:32
LOSS
SUBArm TriangleR2 · 4:19
Elves Brener
DECDecisionR3 · 5:00
Nasrat Haqparast
DECDecisionR3 · 5:00
Daniel Zellhuber
DECDecisionR3 · 5:00
Terrance McKinney
KOKickR1 · 0:37
Kamuela Kirk
DECDecisionR3 · 5:00
Loik Radzhabov
DECDecisionR3 · 5:00
Thomas Paull
KOPunchR1 · 1:30
Franco Aranda
KOKO/TKOR1 · 0:27Title
Javier Basurto
KOKO/TKOR1 · 0:07Title
Jose Zarauz
KOKO/TKOR3 · 4:40
Brian Flamengo
KOKO/TKOR1
Lucas Aybar
SUBSubmission (Kimura)R1
Juan Jose Ibanez
SUBSubmission (Kimura)R3
Maximiliano Ortiz
SUBSubmission (Kimura)R3
Didier Nahuel
SUBSubmission (Keylock)R1
Fernando Garcia
KOKO/TKOR2
Lautaro Iturbe
SUBSubmission (Inverted Triangle Choke)R3
How the wins came
Record
15
Wins
3
Losses
0
Draws
7:36
Avg bout length
1L
Streak
2
Title fights
3
Main events
Wins, losses and draws are Esteban Ribovics’s official record. Everything else is counted from the 18 bouts we hold a full result for — method, round and time. Per-fight striking and grappling statistics are not published in our data source, so they are not shown.