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: WLLWL

Elo: 2855 (#263)

Peak Elo: 3262 (2018-11-17) (#117)

Avg Opponent Elo: 2852 (#274)

Bonuses: 6 (3 FOTN, 3 Performance)

Avg Fight Time: 11m 20s

Total Fight Time: 3h 46m 40s (#123)

Avg Time Between Fights: 162 days

Avg Card Slot: 3.8 (#202)

Avg Age: 32.6 years

Avg Opp Age: 31.4 years

Peak Rankings:

#7 Welterweight

Elo Rating

UFC Rankings

Bout History

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

Daniel Rodriguez (38)

🇺🇸 ︎

WLLLW • 8-4
Elo: 2843 (30%)

WELTERWEIGHT
TKO
R3
1:12

🇦🇷 ︎

Santiago Ponzinibbio (38)
12-7 • WLLWL
Elo: 2997 (70%)

Wells Fargo Arena
Des Moines, Iowa
United States🇺🇸 ︎

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

Santiago Ponzinibbio (38)

🇦🇷 ︎

LLWLL • 11-7
Elo: 2892 (47%)

WELTERWEIGHT
TKO
R3
3:13

🇧🇷 ︎

🇬🇾 ︎

Carlston Harris (37)
4-2 • WLWWL
Elo: 2909 (53%)

UFC Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸 ︎

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

Muslim Salikhov (40)

🇷🇺 ︎

WLWLL • 6-4
Elo: 2813 (30%)
27

WELTERWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00
🤖

🇦🇷 ︎

Santiago Ponzinibbio (37)
11-6 • LWLLW
Elo: 2968 (70%)
30

Ball Arena
Denver, Colorado
United States🇺🇸 ︎

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

Kevin Holland (30)

🇺🇸 ︎

NWWLL • 10-6 (1 NC)
Elo: 2947 (28%)

WELTERWEIGHT
KO
R3
3:16

🇦🇷 ︎

Santiago Ponzinibbio (36)
11-5 • WLLWL
Elo: 3112 (72%)

Kaseya Center
Miami, Florida
United States🇺🇸 ︎

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

⭐ Santiago Ponzinibbio (36)

🇦🇷 ︎

LLWLW • 10-5
Elo: 2993 (40%)

CATCHWEIGHT (180 LB)
KO
R3
2:29

🇺🇸 ︎

Alex Morono (32)
11-4 (1 NC) • LWWWW
Elo: 3060 (60%)

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

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

Michel Pereira (28)

🇧🇷 ︎

LWWWW • 5-2
Elo: 2956 (37%)

WELTERWEIGHT

⭐DEC⭐

R3
5:00

🇦🇷 ︎

Santiago Ponzinibbio (35)
10-4 • LWLWW
Elo: 3055 (63%) • UFC rank: #14

UFC Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸 ︎

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

Geoff Neal (31)

🇺🇸 ︎

WWWLL • 5-2
UFC rank: #12 • Elo: 2942 (25%)

WELTERWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇦🇷 ︎

Santiago Ponzinibbio (35)
10-3 • WLWWW
Elo: 3140 (75%) • UFC rank: #14

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

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

Santiago Ponzinibbio (34)

🇦🇷 ︎

LWWWW • 9-3
Elo: 3086 (72%)

WELTERWEIGHT

⭐DEC⭐

R3
5:00

🇵🇷 ︎

🇺🇸 ︎

Miguel Baeza (28)
3-0 • WWW
Elo: 2915 (28%)

UFC Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸 ︎

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

⭐ Li Jingliang (32)

🇨🇳 ︎

LWWWL • 9-4
Elo: 2915 (12%)

WELTERWEIGHT
KO
R1
4:25

🇦🇷 ︎

Santiago Ponzinibbio (34)
9-2 • WWWWW
Elo: 3262 (88%)

Etihad Arena
Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates🇦🇪 ︎

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

⭐ Santiago Ponzinibbio (32)

🇦🇷 ︎

WWWWW • 8-2
UFC rank: #10 • Elo: 3169 (53%)

WELTERWEIGHT
KO
R4
2:36

🇺🇸 ︎

Neil Magny (31)
14-5 • LWLWW
Elo: 3145 (47%) • UFC rank: #8

Estadio Mary Terán de Weiss
Buenos Aires
Argentina🇦🇷 ︎

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

Santiago Ponzinibbio (31)

🇦🇷 ︎

WWWWW • 7-2
UFC rank: #10 • Elo: 3109 (70%)

WELTERWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇺🇸 ︎

Mike Perry (26)
4-1 • WWLWW
Elo: 2961 (30%)

Bell MTS Place
Winnipeg
Canada🇨🇦 ︎

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

⭐ Santiago Ponzinibbio (30)

🇦🇷 ︎

WWWWL • 6-2
UFC rank: #14 • Elo: 2970 (30%)

WELTERWEIGHT
KO
R1
1:22

🇮🇸 ︎

Gunnar Nelson (28)
7-2 • LWLWW
Elo: 3116 (70%) • UFC rank: #8

The SSE Hydro
Glasgow, Scotland
United Kingdom🇬🇧 ︎

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

Santiago Ponzinibbio (30)

🇦🇷 ︎

WWWLW • 5-2
Elo: 2926 (78%)

WELTERWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇫🇷 ︎

Nordine Taleb (35)
4-1 • WWWLW
Elo: 2704 (22%)

Scotiabank Centre
Halifax
Canada🇨🇦 ︎

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

Santiago Ponzinibbio (29)

🇦🇷 ︎

WWLWW • 4-2
Elo: 2815 (44%)

WELTERWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇺🇸 ︎

Zak Cummings (32)
4-1 • WWLWW
Elo: 2853 (56%)

Vivint Arena
Salt Lake City, Utah
United States🇺🇸 ︎

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

Santiago Ponzinibbio (29)

🇦🇷 ︎

WLWWL • 3-2
Elo: 2720 (52%)

WELTERWEIGHT
TKO
R1
4:15

🇺🇸 ︎

Court McGee (31)
6-3 • LWWLW
Elo: 2703 (48%)

Amalie Arena
Tampa, Florida
United States🇺🇸 ︎

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

Santiago Ponzinibbio (29)

🇦🇷 ︎

LWWL • 2-2
Elo: 2641 (60%)

WELTERWEIGHT
TKO
R1
4:25

🇸🇪 ︎

Andreas Stahl (27)
0-1 • L
Elo: 2568 (40%)

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

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

Lorenz Larkin (28)

🇺🇸 ︎

WLLLW • 2-4
Elo: 2683 (39%)

WELTERWEIGHT

⭐TKO⭐

R2
3:07

🇦🇷 ︎

Santiago Ponzinibbio (28)
2-1 • WWL
Elo: 2764 (61%)

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

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

Santiago Ponzinibbio (28)

🇦🇷 ︎

WL • 1-1
Elo: 2609 (22%)

WELTERWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇺🇸 ︎

Sean Strickland (23)
2-0 • WW
Elo: 2823 (78%)

Ginásio Gigantinho
Porto Alegre
Brazil🇧🇷 ︎

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

Santiago Ponzinibbio (27)

🇦🇷 ︎

L • 0-1
Elo: 2504 (47%)

WELTERWEIGHT
TKO
R1
1:20

🇧🇷 ︎

Wendell Oliveira (31)
🔰 Debut
Elo: 2521 (53%)

Ginásio Nilson Nelson
Brasília
Brazil🇧🇷 ︎

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

Ryan LaFlare (30)

🇺🇸 ︎

W • 1-0
Elo: 2674 (64%)

WELTERWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇦🇷 ︎

Santiago Ponzinibbio (27)
🔰 Debut
Elo: 2577 (36%)

Goiânia Arena
Goiânia
Brazil🇧🇷 ︎