Santiago Ponzinibbio
21 UFC Fights | 57% Win Rate | 7 Finishes (58%)
Santiago Ponzinibbio UFC Record & Pro MMA Record
Santiago Ponzinibbio is 12-9 in the UFC across 21 fights, with 7 wins by knockout and 5 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 30-10, 18-1 of it outside the UFC. Ponzinibbio competes at welterweight as an orthodox outfighter, standing 6'0" with a 73" reach at 39 years old. The last bout was a loss to Sam Patterson by knockout in Jul 2026.
Best attribute: knockdown power (knockdowns scored per fight) — 89th percentile among 280 welterweight fighters (0.52/fight).
Santiago Ponzinibbio's UFC win rate is 57% (12 of 21 fights), and 58% of those wins came by finish. Ponzinibbio averages 0.4 takedowns per fight at 27% accuracy and stops 71% of opponents' takedown attempts.
- Pro MMA Record
- 30-10
- UFC Record
- 12-9
- Height
- 6'0"
- Reach
- 73"
- Age
- 39
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Last Fight
- L vs Sam Patterson · KO/TKO · Jul 2026
Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.
Santiago Ponzinibbio's Last 5 Fights
Ponzinibbio is 1-4 in the last five UFC fights.
- Loss vs Sam Patterson · KO/TKO · R2 3:06 · UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Guskov · Jul 2026
- Loss vs Daniel Rodriguez · KO/TKO · R3 1:12 · UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Figueiredo · May 2025
- Win vs Carlston Harris · KO/TKO · R3 3:13 · UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Ribas 2 · Jan 2025
- Loss vs Muslim Salikhov · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. Cortez · Jul 2024
- Loss vs Kevin Holland · KO/TKO · R3 3:16 · UFC 287: Pereira vs. Adesanya 2 · Apr 2023
Striking
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Round-by-Round Output
Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Santiago Ponzinibbio vs Average
Santiago Ponzinibbio lands 17.0 strikes in R1 but 24.3 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.
Santiago Ponzinibbio's UFC Fight History
21 UFC fights on record (12-9), most recent first.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Rd · Time | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Sam Patterson | KO/TKO | R2 · 3:06 | UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Guskov | 2026-07-25 |
| L | Daniel Rodriguez | KO/TKO | R3 · 1:12 | UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Figueiredo | 2025-05-03 |
| W | Carlston Harris | KO/TKO | R3 · 3:13 | UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Ribas 2 | 2025-01-11 |
| L | Muslim Salikhov | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. Cortez | 2024-07-13 |
| L | Kevin Holland | KO/TKO | R3 · 3:16 | UFC 287: Pereira vs. Adesanya 2 | 2023-04-08 |
| W | Alex Morono | KO/TKO | R3 · 2:29 | UFC 282: Blachowicz vs. Ankalaev | 2022-12-10 |
| L | Michel Pereira | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Vieira | 2022-05-21 |
| L | Geoff Neal | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 269: Oliveira vs. Poirier | 2021-12-11 |
| W | Miguel Baeza | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Sakai | 2021-06-05 |
| L | Li Jingliang | KO/TKO | R1 · 4:25 | UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Kattar | 2021-01-16 |
| W | Neil Magny | KO/TKO | R4 · 2:36 | UFC Fight Night: Magny vs. Ponzinibbio | 2018-11-17 |
| W | Mike Perry | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Lawler vs. Dos Anjos | 2017-12-16 |
| W | Gunnar Nelson | KO/TKO | R1 · 1:22 | UFC Fight Night: Nelson vs. Ponzinibbio | 2017-07-16 |
| W | Nordine Taleb | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Browne | 2017-02-19 |
| W | Zak Cummings | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Caceres | 2016-08-06 |
| W | Court McGee | KO/TKO | R1 · 4:15 | UFC on FOX: Teixeira vs Evans | 2016-04-16 |
| W | Andreas Stahl | KO/TKO | R1 · 4:25 | UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. VanZant | 2015-12-10 |
| L | Lorenz Larkin | KO/TKO | R2 · 3:07 | UFC Fight Night: Machida vs Romero | 2015-06-27 |
| W | Sean Strickland | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Bigfoot vs Mir | 2015-02-22 |
| W | Wendell Oliveira Marques | KO/TKO | R1 · 1:20 | UFC Fight Night: Bigfoot vs Arlovski | 2014-09-13 |
| L | Ryan LaFlare | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs Henderson 2 | 2013-11-09 |
How Ponzinibbio Ranks at Welterweight
Percentile among the 280 welterweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).
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