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Santiago Ponzinibbio
“Argentine Dagger”
Welterweight
ArgentinaUFC2-fight losing streak
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31WINS
10LOSSES
0DRAWS
17KO/TKO
6SUB
8DEC
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Tale of the tape
- Age
- 39 · born Sep 26, 1986 UFC.com
- Height
- 6′0″ 183 cm UFC.com
- Reach
- 73″ 185 cm UFC.com
- Leg reach
- 40.5″ 103 cm UFC.com
- Stance
- Orthodox UFCStats
- Weight class
- Welterweight UFC.com
- Fighting style
- Striker UFC.com
- Team / gym
- American Top Team ATT Coconut Creek, FL UFC.com
- Born
- Argentina UFC.com
- Fights out of / flag
- Argentina UFC.com
- UFC debut
- Nov. 9, 2013 UFC.com
- 1st-round finishes
- 14 UFC.com
UFC.com: UFC.com athlete profile (official) · checked 2026-10-22 · UFCStats: UFCStats.com fighter page (data via the public ufcstats.com mirror, snapshot 2026-10-18)
UFC career stats
41%Striking accuracy1097 of 2691 landed
12%Takedown accuracy4⚑ of 34 landed
4.67Sig. strikes landedper min
4.79Sig. strikes absorbedper min
61%Striking defense
0.58Takedownsper 15 min
71%Takedown defense
0Submission attemptsper 15 min
0.7Knockdownsper 15 min
11:11Average fight time
⚑ = UFC.com and UFCStats disagree on this number. We show the official UFC.com figure and have flagged it for review.
Source: UFC.com athlete profile (official) (UFC stats are for UFC bouts only) · checked 2026-10-22
UFC fight history 21 bouts
| Res | Opponent | Method | Rd | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Sam Patterson | KO/TKO | 2 | Jul 25, 2026 | ↗ |
| L | Daniel Rodriguez | KO/TKO | 3 | May 3, 2025 | ↗ |
| W | Carlston Harris | KO/TKO | 3 | Jan 11, 2025 | ↗ |
| L | Muslim Salikhov | Decision - Split | 3 | Jul 13, 2024 | ↗ |
| L | Kevin Holland | KO/TKO | 3 | Apr 8, 2023 | ↗ |
| W | Alex Morono | KO/TKO | 3 | Dec 10, 2022 | ↗ |
| L | Michel Pereira | Decision - Split | 3 | May 21, 2022 | ↗ |
| L | Geoff Neal | Decision - Split | 3 | Dec 11, 2021 | ↗ |
| W | Miguel Baeza | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Jun 5, 2021 | ↗ |
| L | Li Jingliang | KO/TKO | 1 | Jan 16, 2021 | ↗ |
| W | Neil Magny | KO/TKO | 4 | Nov 17, 2018 | ↗ |
| W | Mike Perry | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Dec 16, 2017 | ↗ |
| W | Gunnar Nelson | KO/TKO | 1 | Jul 16, 2017 | ↗ |
| W | Nordine Taleb | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Feb 19, 2017 | ↗ |
| W | Zak Cummings | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Aug 6, 2016 | ↗ |
| W | Court McGee | KO/TKO | 1 | Apr 16, 2016 | ↗ |
| W | Andreas Stahl | KO/TKO | 1 | Dec 10, 2015 | ↗ |
| L | Lorenz Larkin | KO/TKO | 2 | Jun 27, 2015 | ↗ |
| W | Sean Strickland | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Feb 22, 2015 | ↗ |
| W | Wendell Oliveira Marques | KO/TKO | 1 | Sep 13, 2014 | ↗ |
| L | Ryan LaFlare | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Nov 9, 2013 | ↗ |
UFC bouts only. Source: UFCStats.com bout pages (via the public mirror, snapshot 2026-10-18) · checked 2026-10-22. Bouts outside the UFC aren’t listed because we only republish history we can trace to an official source.