Santiago PonzinibbioStriker

Welterweight · 31-9 · orthodox

Last 5
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Height
6'0"
182.88 cm
Reach
6'1"
185.42 cm
Age
40
Elo Rating
1595.9

Scouting report

Career stats ranked against 196 Welterweight fighters in our database with 5+ UFC fights. The tick marks the division median.

Strengths

  • Lands 4.78 significant strikes per minute — better than 86% of Welterweight fighters
  • Avoids 61% of opponents' significant strikes — better than 83% of Welterweight fighters

Weaknesses

  • Attempts just 0.00 submissions per 15 minutes — worse than 93% of Welterweight fighters
  • Absorbs 4.68 significant strikes per minute — worse than 92% of Welterweight fighters
  • Completes only 27% of their takedown attempts — worse than 77% of Welterweight fighters

Striking

  • Strikes landed / min
    4.78
    Top 14%
  • Striking accuracy
    41%
    Bottom 28%
  • Strikes absorbed / min
    4.68
    Bottom 8%
  • Striking defense
    61%
    Top 17%

Grappling

  • Takedowns / 15 min
    0.60
    Bottom 24%
  • Takedown accuracy
    27%
    Bottom 23%
  • Takedown defense
    71%
    Top 30%
  • Submission attempts / 15 min
    0.00
    Bottom 7%

Recent opponents

Last 5 opponents averaged Elo 1586, higher than 70% of Welterweight fighters. Ratings are each opponent's current Elo, not their rating on fight night. The tick marks this fighter's own Elo (1596).

Last 5 — Fight Time
051015202513:16Holland15:00Salikhov13:13Harris11:12Rodriguez
Win Loss Draw/NC

Fight History

LSam Patterson
UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs Guskov
2026-07-25
LDaniel Rodriguez
UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Figueiredo
2025-05-03 · KO/TKO, R3 1:12
WCarlston Harris
UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Ribas 2
2025-01-11 · KO/TKO, R3 3:13
LMuslim Salikhov
UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. Cortez
2024-07-13 · Decision - Split, R3 5:00
LKevin Holland
UFC 287: Pereira vs. Adesanya 2
2023-04-08 · KO/TKO, R3 3:16
WAlex Morono
UFC 282: Blachowicz vs. Ankalaev
2022-12-10 · KO/TKO, R3 2:29
LMichel Pereira
UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Vieira
2022-05-21 · Decision - Split, R3 5:00
LGeoff Neal
UFC 269: Oliveira vs. Poirier
2021-12-11 · Decision - Split, R3 5:00
WMiguel Baeza
UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Sakai
2021-06-05 · Decision - Unanimous, R3 5:00
LLi Jingliang
UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Kattar
2021-01-16 · KO/TKO, R1 4:25
WNeil Magny
UFC Fight Night: Magny vs. Ponzinibbio
2018-11-17 · KO/TKO, R4 2:36
WMike Perry
UFC Fight Night: Lawler vs. Dos Anjos
2017-12-16 · Decision - Unanimous, R3 5:00
WGunnar Nelson
UFC Fight Night: Nelson vs. Ponzinibbio
2017-07-16 · KO/TKO, R1 1:22
WNordine Taleb
UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Browne
2017-02-19 · Decision - Unanimous, R3 5:00
WZak Cummings
UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Caceres
2016-08-06 · Decision - Unanimous, R3 5:00
WCourt McGee
UFC on FOX: Teixeira vs Evans
2016-04-16 · KO/TKO, R1 4:15
WAndreas Stahl
UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. VanZant
2015-12-10 · KO/TKO, R1 4:25
LLorenz Larkin
UFC Fight Night: Machida vs Romero
2015-06-27 · KO/TKO, R2 3:07
WSean Strickland
UFC Fight Night: Bigfoot vs Mir
2015-02-22 · Decision - Unanimous, R3 5:00
WWendell Oliveira Marques
UFC Fight Night: Bigfoot vs Arlovski
2014-09-13 · KO/TKO, R1 1:20
LRyan LaFlare
UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs Henderson 2
2013-11-09 · Decision - Unanimous, R3 5:00