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Esteban Ribovics
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Esteban Ribovics is 4-3 in the UFC through seven fights since his promotional debut on March 4, 2023.

He put together back-to-back wins in 2024: a first-round TKO of Terrance McKinney in May and a split decision over Daniel Zellhuber in September.

Results have alternated since. Nasrat Haqparast took a split decision from him in March 2025. Ribovics answered with a unanimous decision over Elves Brener that August. In his most recent appearance, on April 11, 2026, Mateusz Gamrot submitted him in the second round.

His five most recent bouts were all contested at lightweight. Three of those five went to the scorecards, two of them split decisions, one in his favor and one against.

Written 2026-08-15 · ahead of UFC 330 — Makhachev vs Machado Garry. News (#18) — checked against the fight record before publication.

Tale of the tape facts

The facts, plainly — vitals and record from public UFC statistics; nickname, nationality, hometown and camp from the public fighter register. A field we can't source stays “pending”; it never shows a fake value.

NicknameEl Gringo
NationalityArgentina
HometownTartagal, Salta
Fighting out ofKill Cliff FC
Height5' 10"
Reach69.0"
StanceOrthodox
Age30
Date of birthApr 27, 1996
Weight155 lbs.
Pro record15-3
Finish splitpending

FightIQ Metrics

Six 0–100 scores, each a percentile rank against every fighter on record. Tap any i for what a score measures.

FightIQ's read — derived from the tape
Our read — derived, not official stats.
Striking74
Defence36
Grappling / TD35
Cardio99
Chin77
Fight IQ64

Our record on Esteban Ribovics

The moat — every call we've made on this fighter, timestamped and graded in public. Nobody else can copy this.

FightIQ has picked Esteban Ribovics 6×, 4 correct (4-2 — 66.7% right). The confidence % is the number we stood behind at the time — losses shown, toss-ups included.

DateOpponentCardWe saidResult
2026-08-15Edson BarbozaMakhachev vs Machado Garry73.5%Correct
2025-08-02Elves BrenerUFC Fight Night: Nakamura vs Fletcher61.7%Correct
2025-03-01Nasrat HaqparastUFC Fight Night: Haqparast vs Ribovics50%Missed
2024-05-11Terrance McKinneyUFC Fight Night: Aldrich vs Hardy50.5%Correct
2023-07-08Kamuela KirkUFC Fight Night: Nickal vs Woodburn59.2%Correct
2023-03-04Loik RadzhabovUFC Fight Night: Araujo vs Ribas56.1%Missed

Strike zones

Strike zones

Esteban Ribovics

Where the strikes go — and where they land on him. Career UFC totals, straight off the tape.

HEAD73.9%ACC 38%BODY16.4%ACC 74%LEGS9.7%ACC 84%
FightIQ read Head-first striker 73.9% upstairs — +11.0 on the field average, with the rest spread below.
Share by zonevs field average
HEAD
73.9% acc 38%+11.0 vs field
BODY
16.4% acc 74%−4.4 vs field
LEGS
9.7% acc 84%−6.6 vs field
Where the offence happens
DISTANCE 92%CLINCH 4%GROUND 4%

Significant strikes only, as recorded by UFCStats, across the fighter's whole UFC career. Shares are raw counts — nothing here is modelled or smoothed. Accuracy is landed ÷ attempted and comes from the per-round tape, which covers slightly fewer fights than the totals do.

8 UFC fights · 678 landed

Recent form

Pro record: 15-3. Timeline below is the bouts FightIQ has tracked (most recent first).

W · vs Edson BarbozaMakhachev vs Machado Garry2026-08-15
W · vs Elves BrenerUFC Fight Night: Nakamura vs Fletcher2025-08-02
L · vs Nasrat HaqparastUFC Fight Night: Haqparast vs Ribovics2025-03-01
W · vs Terrance McKinneyUFC Fight Night: Aldrich vs Hardy2024-05-11
W · vs Kamuela KirkUFC Fight Night: Nickal vs Woodburn2023-07-08
L · vs Loik RadzhabovUFC Fight Night: Araujo vs Ribas2023-03-04
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