Santiago Ponzinibbio

🇦🇷

(1986-09-26)

Statistics

UFC Record: 12-8

By Method:

KO/TKO: 7-4
Submission: 0-0
Decision: 5-4

By Elo:

As Favorite: 6-7
As Underdog: 6-1

By Weight Class:

Welterweight: 11-8

By Round:

Round 1: 4-1
Round 2: 0-1
Round 3: 7-6
Round 4: 1-0

By Type:

Main Event: 2-0
Ranked Opponent: 2-1

UFC Roster Status: Active

Last 5: W L L W L

Elo: 2855

Peak Elo: 3261 (2018-11-17)

Avg Opponent Elo: 2851 (#259)

Bonuses: 6 (3 FOTN, 3 Performance)

Avg Fight Time: 11m 20s

Total Fight Time: 3h 46m 40s

Avg Time Between Fights: 162 days

Avg Card Placement: 3.8

Peak Rankings:

#7 Welterweight

Elo Rating & UFC Rankings

Bout History

2025-05-03
UFC on ESPN: Sandhagen vs. Figueiredo

Daniel Rodriguez (38) 🇺🇸
W L L L W • 8-4
Elo: 2842

WELTERWEIGHT
TKO
R3
1:12

🇦🇷 Santiago Ponzinibbio (38)
12-7 • W L L W L
Elo: 2996

Wells Fargo Arena
Des Moines, Iowa
United States 🇺🇸

2025-01-11
UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Ribas 2

Santiago Ponzinibbio (38) 🇦🇷
L L W L L • 11-7
Elo: 2891

WELTERWEIGHT
TKO
R3
3:13

🇧🇷 🇬🇾 Carlston Harris (37)
4-2 • W L W W L
Elo: 2908

UFC Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States 🇺🇸

2024-07-13
UFC on ESPN: Namajunas vs. Cortez

Muslim Salikhov (40) 🇷🇺
W L W L L • 6-4
Elo: 2813

WELTERWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇦🇷 Santiago Ponzinibbio (37)
11-6 • L W L L W
Elo: 2967

Ball Arena
Denver, Colorado
United States 🇺🇸

2023-04-08
UFC 287: Pereira vs. Adesanya 2

Kevin Holland (30) 🇺🇸
N W W L L • 10-6 (1 NC)
Elo: 2947

WELTERWEIGHT
KO
R3
3:16

🇦🇷 Santiago Ponzinibbio (36)
11-5 • W L L W L
Elo: 3111

Kaseya Center
Miami, Florida
United States 🇺🇸

2022-12-10
UFC 282: Błachowicz vs. Ankalaev

⭐ Santiago Ponzinibbio (36) 🇦🇷
L L W L W • 10-5
Elo: 2992

CATCHWEIGHT (180 LB)
KO
R3
2:29

🇺🇸 Alex Morono (32)
11-4 (1 NC) • L W W W W
Elo: 3059

T-Mobile Arena
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States 🇺🇸

2022-05-21
UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Vieira

Michel Pereira (28) 🇧🇷
L W W W W • 5-2
Elo: 2955

WELTERWEIGHT

⭐DEC⭐

R3
5:00

🇦🇷 Santiago Ponzinibbio (35)
10-4 • L W L W W
Elo: 3054 • UFC rank: #14

UFC Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States 🇺🇸

2021-12-11
UFC 269: Oliveira vs. Poirier

Geoff Neal (31) 🇺🇸
W W W L L • 5-2
UFC rank: #12 • Elo: 2941

WELTERWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇦🇷 Santiago Ponzinibbio (35)
10-3 • W L W W W
Elo: 3139 • UFC rank: #14

T-Mobile Arena
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States 🇺🇸

2021-06-05
UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Sakai

Santiago Ponzinibbio (34) 🇦🇷
L W W W W • 9-3
Elo: 3085

WELTERWEIGHT

⭐DEC⭐

R3
5:00

🇵🇷 🇺🇸 Miguel Baeza (28)
3-0 • W W W
Elo: 2915

UFC Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States 🇺🇸

2021-01-16
UFC on ABC: Holloway vs. Kattar

⭐ Li Jingliang (32) 🇨🇳
L W W W L • 9-4
Elo: 2914

WELTERWEIGHT
KO
R1
4:25

🇦🇷 Santiago Ponzinibbio (34)
9-2 • W W W W W
Elo: 3261

Etihad Arena
Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates 🇦🇪

2018-11-17
UFC Fight Night: Magny vs. Ponzinibbio

⭐ Santiago Ponzinibbio (32) 🇦🇷
W W W W W • 8-2
UFC rank: #10 • Elo: 3167

WELTERWEIGHT
KO
R4
2:36

🇺🇸 Neil Magny (31)
14-5 • L W L W W
Elo: 3144 • UFC rank: #8

Estadio Mary Terán de Weiss
Buenos Aires
Argentina 🇦🇷

2017-12-16
UFC on Fox: Lawler vs. dos Anjos

Santiago Ponzinibbio (31) 🇦🇷
W W W W W • 7-2
UFC rank: #10 • Elo: 3107

WELTERWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇺🇸 Mike Perry (26)
4-1 • W W L W W
Elo: 2960

Bell MTS Place
Winnipeg
Canada 🇨🇦

2017-07-16
UFC Fight Night: Nelson vs. Ponzinibbio

⭐ Santiago Ponzinibbio (30) 🇦🇷
W W W W L • 6-2
UFC rank: #14 • Elo: 2966

WELTERWEIGHT
KO
R1
1:22

🇮🇸 Gunnar Nelson (28)
7-2 • L W L W W
Elo: 3117 • UFC rank: #8

The SSE Hydro
Glasgow, Scotland
United Kingdom 🇬🇧

2017-02-19
UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Browne

Santiago Ponzinibbio (30) 🇦🇷
W W W L W • 5-2
Elo: 2922

WELTERWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇫🇷 Nordine Taleb (35)
4-1 • W W W L W
Elo: 2704

Scotiabank Centre
Halifax
Canada 🇨🇦

2016-08-06
UFC Fight Night: Rodríguez vs Caceres

Santiago Ponzinibbio (29) 🇦🇷
W W L W W • 4-2
Elo: 2809

WELTERWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇺🇸 Zak Cummings (32)
4-1 • W W L W W
Elo: 2854

Vivint Arena
Salt Lake City, Utah
United States 🇺🇸

2016-04-16
UFC on Fox: Teixeira vs. Evans

Santiago Ponzinibbio (29) 🇦🇷
W L W W L • 3-2
Elo: 2720

WELTERWEIGHT
TKO
R1
4:15

🇺🇸 Court McGee (31)
6-3 • L W W L W
Elo: 2683

Amalie Arena
Tampa, Florida
United States 🇺🇸

2015-12-10
UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. VanZant

Santiago Ponzinibbio (29) 🇦🇷
L W W L • 2-2
Elo: 2640

WELTERWEIGHT
TKO
R1
4:25

🇸🇪 Andreas Stahl (27)
0-1 • L
Elo: 2568

The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States 🇺🇸

2015-06-27
UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Romero

Lorenz Larkin (28) 🇺🇸
W L L L W • 2-4
Elo: 2679

WELTERWEIGHT

⭐TKO⭐

R2
3:07

🇦🇷 Santiago Ponzinibbio (28)
2-1 • W W L
Elo: 2764

Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
Hollywood, Florida
United States 🇺🇸

2015-02-22
UFC Fight Night: Bigfoot vs. Mir

Santiago Ponzinibbio (28) 🇦🇷
W L • 1-1
Elo: 2609

WELTERWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇺🇸 Sean Strickland (23)
2-0 • W W
Elo: 2823

Ginásio Gigantinho
Porto Alegre
Brazil 🇧🇷

2014-09-13
UFC Fight Night: Bigfoot vs. Arlovski

Santiago Ponzinibbio (27) 🇦🇷
L • 0-1
Elo: 2505

WELTERWEIGHT
TKO
R1
1:20

🇧🇷 Wendell Oliveira (31)
🔰 Debut
Elo: 2521

Ginásio Nilson Nelson
Brasília
Brazil 🇧🇷

2013-11-09
UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Henderson 2

Ryan LaFlare (30) 🇺🇸
W • 1-0
Elo: 2674

WELTERWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇦🇷 Santiago Ponzinibbio (27)
🔰 Debut
Elo: 2577

Goiânia Arena
Goiânia
Brazil 🇧🇷