Ryan Dela Cruz

Ryan Dela Cruz: Hawaii’s Lightweight Contender

Ryan Dela Cruz enters the cage with a 13-10-0 record built over 23 professional bouts. The 5'8" lightweight fights under the banner of Fight Factory in Hawaii, where he balances a gym culture steeped in island tradition with the relentless grind of regional MMA. His career arc has taken him across the North America scene and back to local cards, but the numbers tell the story of a fighter still seeking a breakthrough. Dela Cruz holds the No. 1,309 spot in the North America lightweight rankings and carries a parallel position in the Hawaii sub-region. Those standings exist because he has competed at least twice in each of those territories within his last six fights—a testament to both his willingness to travel for opportunity and the narrow margins of qualification that govern regional lists. In his most recent pair of bouts, Dela Cruz has firmly planted himself in the 155-pound class, meeting the lightweight threshold that keeps him locked on the divisional charts. There’s no flash or hyperbole to his climb—just a consistent return to the cage, a steady training routine at Fight Factory, and the quiet conviction that a few more wins could push him from the fringes of the rankings toward real contention.