Santiago Ponzinibbio Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	#15Daniel Rodriguez Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R3	1:12	UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Figueiredo	May 3, 2025
W	Carlston Harris Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R3	3:13	UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Ribas 2	Jan 11, 2025
L	#15Muslim Salikhov Welterweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. Cortez	Jul 13, 2024
L	Kevin Holland Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R3	3:16	UFC 287: Pereira vs. Adesanya 2	Apr 8, 2023
W	Alex Morono Catch Weight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R3	2:29	UFC 282: Blachowicz vs. Ankalaev	Dec 10, 2022
L	Michel Pereira Welterweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Vieira	May 21, 2022
L	#12Geoff Neal Welterweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC 269: Oliveira vs. Poirier	Dec 11, 2021
W	Miguel Baeza Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Sakai	Jun 5, 2021
L	#15Li Jingliang Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	4:25	UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Kattar	Jan 16, 2021
W	#8Neil Magny Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R4	2:36	UFC Fight Night: Magny vs. Ponzinibbio	Nov 17, 2018
W	#15Mike Perry Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Lawler vs. Dos Anjos	Dec 16, 2017
W	#8Gunnar Nelson Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R1	1:22	UFC Fight Night: Nelson vs. Ponzinibbio	Jul 16, 2017
W	Nordine Taleb Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Browne	Feb 19, 2017
W	Zak Cummings Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Caceres	Aug 6, 2016
W	Court McGee Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head In Clinch	R1	4:15	UFC on FOX: Teixeira vs. Evans	Apr 16, 2016
W	Andreas Stahl Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	4:25	UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. VanZant	Dec 10, 2015
L	Lorenz Larkin Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head In Clinch	R2	3:07	UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Romero	Jun 27, 2015
W	Sean Strickland Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Bigfoot vs. Mir	Feb 22, 2015
W	Wendell Oliveira Marques Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R1	1:20	UFC Fight Night: Bigfoot vs. Arlovski	Sep 13, 2014
L	Ryan LaFlare Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Henderson 2	Nov 9, 2013

Outside the UFC

18-1across 19 bouts · 15 promotions · wins by 10 KO · 6 sub · 2 decSJSF · Insano Empalux · NCF · CDM · MBC +10

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Cleiton Duarte18-3	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	2:38	SJSF	Jun 9, 2012
W	Sebastian de Oliveira Jr.1-11	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:12	Insano Empalux	Mar 2, 2012
W	Diego Vieira0-2	Submission	Armbar	R1	1:59	Insano Empalux	Mar 2, 2012
W	William Dias17-14	KO/TKO	Retirement	R2	5:00	MBC	Dec 12, 2011
W	Sebastian de Oliveira Jr.1-11	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:00	SJSF	Oct 1, 2011
W	Lucas Nascimento3-5	KO/TKO	Knee Injury	R1	1:30	NCF	Sep 17, 2011
W	Deivid Daniel dos Santos8-9-1	KO/TKO	Head Kick	R3	0:15	NCF	Sep 17, 2011
L	Leonardo Mafra Teixeira15-7	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:17	CMMA	Jul 9, 2011
W	Geverson Pereira Bergamo7-6	Submission	—	R1	0:00	BFL	Nov 6, 2010
W	Yuri Fraga13-13-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	AF	Oct 14, 2010
W	Felipe Santos0-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	4:25	EFC	Aug 21, 2010
W	Henrique Inseto0-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	4:53	HK	Apr 24, 2010
W	Ezequiel Ricci9-4	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Real Fights 7	Mar 27, 2010
W	Andrez Jimenez1-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	0:00	AFC	Dec 27, 2009
W	Diego Lopez6-8	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	2:31	EFN	Nov 1, 2009
W	Matias Sosa Campi16-9	Submission	Kimura	R0	0:00	Real Fights 6	Sep 27, 2009
W	Emiliano Candau0-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	3:12	CDM	Nov 7, 2008
W	Lucas Funes0-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:30	CDM	Oct 5, 2008
W	Gaston Micucci0-1	KO/TKO	Head Kick	R3	3:13	CD	Jul 19, 2008

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) and Dana White’s Contender Series — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

17 wins, 5 losses

W17

L5

Submission

6 wins, 0 losses

W6

L0

Decision

7 wins, 4 losses

W7

L4

Finishes

UFC KOs

7

Above avg · 13%Welterweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.55

Above avg · 0.24Welterweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 7%Welterweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.00

Below avg · 0.39Welterweight

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

Santiago Ponzinibbio

PowerChin

Knockout rate

35%

7 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

11

1.44 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

4

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

7

1.15 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Never submittedin the UFC

Decision behavior

Judging

7 scorecards on file

Santiago Ponzinibbio

Scorecard luck

Wrong end of the cards

Won just 0 of 3 coin-flip decisions — repeatedly on the wrong end of close calls. Judges have given them 3 of 8 rounds they disagreed on (38%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

0–3

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

3–5

Won – Lost

38% went their way

Unanimous4 decisions · 57%

4W

Split3 decisions · 43%

3L

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

None scoredno 10-8 rounds in this fighter’s decisions

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallB65th

41%1,083 / 2,605

Striking accuracy

61%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.10 differential

Landed4.78

Absorbed4.68

66%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+2%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head71%89th765
Body13%54th136
Leg17%74th182

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

95%Standing

Standing95%1,029
Clinch2%20
Ground3%34

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Santiago Ponzinibbio

Landed per 15

Head

A+

90th

50.6

90th

Body

C

53rd

9.0

53rd

Leg

A

76th

12.0

76th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

D

27th

40.4

27th

Body

F

19th

15.0

19th

Leg

F

9th

14.8

9th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	50.6	765	2,164	35%
Body	9.0	136	237	57%
Leg	12.0	182	204	89%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	40.4	611	2,130	29%
Body	15.0	226	364	62%
Leg	14.8	223	265	84%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

Santiago Ponzinibbio

27%

Takedown accuracy

71%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+0.0 min net

On top0.8

On bottom0.7

Offense

Takedowns

D

36th

0.6

36th

TD accuracy

D

34th

27%

34th

Sub attempts

D

38th

0.0

38th

Control

F

21st

0.8 min

21st

Defense

TD defense

B

64th

71%

64th

Controlled

0.7 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	9 / 33
Submission attempts	0
Control time	11:37

Defense

TDs defended	27 / 38
Control absorbed	10:58

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (227min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Santiago Ponzinibbio

20 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 227 min

203%

R3 pace · 14 bouts

Ponzinibbio builds (+23% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Ponzinibbio lifts to 203% of round-1 output by round 3 (14 bouts).

Ponzinibbio ▲ BUILDSOutput / min

Faded points are drawn from a single bout that reached that round, so they’re less reliable than the solid points averaged over many fights.

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Ponzinibbiolanded / min

Takedown attempts

Ponzinibbioattempts / min

Control time

Ponzinibbio% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.1	3.8	4.4	0.07	2%	20
R2	6.0	5.1	4.3	0.22	6%	15
R3	6.7	5.9	5.5	0.18	8%	14
R4	4.6	4.2	4.6	0.00	8%	1

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Santiago Ponzinibbio

20 resolved UFC bouts · 7 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

48/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A

78th

49%

78th

Win quality

A

73rd

47%

73rd

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

10

2

3

2

Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Cross-div champHeld a title in another weight class at the time
Contender-level8+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.55 win rate
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Top-5	1	1-0	100%
Top-15	10	2-8	20%
Cross-div champ	1	1-0	100%
Contender-level	2	2-0	100%
Established	1	1-0	100%
Building	3	3-0	100%
Unproven	2	2-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Daniel Rodriguez#15	Top-15	62	May 3, 2025
W	Carlston Harris	Building	18	Jan 11, 2025
L	Muslim Salikhov#15	Top-15	61	Jul 13, 2024
L	Kevin Holland	Top-15	58	Apr 8, 2023
W	Alex Morono	Contender-level	45	Dec 10, 2022
L	Michel Pereira	Top-15	51	May 21, 2022
L	Geoff Neal#12	Top-15	72	Dec 11, 2021
W	Miguel Baeza	Building	18	Jun 5, 2021
L	Li Jingliang#15	Top-15	64	Jan 16, 2021
W	Neil Magny#8	Top-5	76	Nov 17, 2018
W	Mike Perry#15	Top-15	60	Dec 16, 2017
W	Gunnar Nelson#8	Top-15	72	Jul 16, 2017
W	Nordine Taleb	Established	26	Feb 19, 2017
W	Zak Cummings	Contender-level	36	Aug 6, 2016
W	Court McGee	Building	22	Apr 16, 2016
W	Andreas Stahl	Unproven	8	Dec 10, 2015
L	Lorenz Larkin	Top-15	52	Jun 27, 2015
W	Sean Strickland	Cross-div champ	54	Feb 22, 2015
W	Wendell Oliveira Marques	Unproven	8	Sep 13, 2014
L	Ryan LaFlare	Top-15	45	Nov 9, 2013

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

20 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

—

Typical camp

100–180 days

7-4

11 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

5-3

8 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

0-1

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

5-2

7 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

7-5

12 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

0-1

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

—

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

—

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

—

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

—

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

—

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

1y 2mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Santiago Ponzinibbio

Layoff

1y 2mosince last bout

vs Daniel Rodriguez · May 3, 2025

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 8-4As underdog 3-4

62.8

DK avg

67.1

Median

102.9

Ceiling

22.3

Floor

40%

Boom

15%

Bust

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