Bobby Green targets UFC record as he prepares to face Esteban Ribovics at UFC 332

Bobby Green, 40, is on a four-fight winning streak and will face Esteban Ribovics at UFC 332 in Salt Lake City on Saturday as he chases a place in the promotion's record books.

Green made his UFC debut in 2013 and has now fought more than 30 times for the organisation; the American has become known to fans for an all-action fighting style and a brash public persona, and he is experiencing what the article describes as the finest run of his UFC career.

Since defeating Lance Gibson Jr by split decision last December, Green has followed up with stoppage victories over Daniel Zellhuber, Jeremy Stephens and Terrance McKinney, a sequence that put him on a four-fight win streak. Victory over Argentina's Ribovics would make it four wins from as many fights in 2026 and leave him one win short of joining a small group of fighters who have recorded five wins in a calendar year.

In September, fewer than six weeks after receiving a $100,000 (£75,690) Performance of the Night bonus for his knockout of McKinney at UFC 329, Green revealed he was temporarily without a home and living out of his car; the disclosure prompted confusion among the UFC community, including president Dana White, after Green had earlier said he used his career earnings to acquire multiple properties. Green has said that all nine of the other properties were occupied by friends and that a break-up with his partner derailed plans to move into another property.

Addressing the situation on social media, Green said: "So about the homeless thing. I am homeless, but I'm not houseless. I can go to anyone's house," and later added: "I can go fight and figure it out, but them, it's gonna be harder for them to figure it out." The article notes those comments in the context of a turbulent few months off the back of performance bonuses.

Financially, Green has earned more than $500,000 (£378,452) in performance-related bonuses since joining the UFC, and the timing of his recent successes has coincided with personal upheaval; the piece says the octagon has felt more like home to him during that period. Green enters UFC 332 knowing Saturday's result could play a pivotal role in his immediate future with the promotion.

Green is in the final two fights of his current UFC contract and has acknowledged his display against Ribovics could influence what comes next; after matching the longest winning streak of his UFC career since 2014, he had sought a top-15 lightweight opponent to try to reclaim a ranking he last held in July 2024. On his likely role within the promotion, Green said: "It's an out-with-the-old, in-with-the-new business," and added: "Our pay-checks go up, so we've got to get the new guys in to get us guys out of there. Do you know what I mean?"

During media appearances this week Green reiterated a desire to fight for the symbolic BMF title and acknowledged aspirations beyond immediate financial goals, saying: "The focus is changing my family's life and making it a better life," and: "I want to get towards the BMF belt, but at the end of the day, give me my money." The article notes the BMF title has been contested five times since its introduction in 2019 and identifies Charles Oliveira as the current BMF champion.

Green's next confirmed engagement is the lightweight bout with Esteban Ribovics at UFC 332 in Salt Lake City on Saturday; the fight is one of the final two contests on his existing deal and, by Green's own account, could be decisive in shaping his future with the promotion.