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Argentina “Argentine Dagger” 2013-2026 · 52 rounds on file

Santiago Ponzinibbio

12-9-0 W-L-D in this database

Santiago Ponzinibbio, photograph by MMAnytt
Strike accuracy 1,097/2,691
Takedown accuracy 9/34
Sig. strikes / round 21.1
Control / round 0:13
Inside the distance 58% 7 of 12 wins
Height
6′0″182.9 cm
Reach
73″185.4 cm
Leg reach
--
Stance
Orthodox
Age
4026 SEP 1986
Listed weight
170 lb77.1 kg
Distance Striker Automatically assigned from data across 21 fights - 2.0 takedown attempts and 4% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

Every completed bout, grouped by the opponent's style.

Grappling 8 6-2-0 vs 1567 avg
Positional Controller 4 3-1-0
Submission Grappler 4 3-1-0
Striking 7 2-5-0 vs 1575 avg
Distance Striker 5 2-3-0
Pressure Striker 2 0-2-0
Hybrid 4 2-2-0 vs 1568 avg
Well-Rounded 4 2-2-0
-- Not classified 2 2-0-0 vs 1476 avg

Opponent styles are assigned from their own fight data, not from a training background. They describe how those opponents have fought. Bars scale against 8 bouts, the largest group.

The career, in order

One bar per bout, oldest on the left. Height is the significant strikes landed in that fight.

09 NOV 2013 - lost to Ryan LaFlare · Decision (Unanimous) 13 SEP 2014 - beat Wendell Oliveira Marques · Technical Knockout 22 FEB 2015 - beat Sean Strickland · Decision (Unanimous) 27 JUN 2015 - lost to Lorenz Larkin · Technical Knockout 10 DEC 2015 - beat Andreas Stahl · Technical Knockout 16 APR 2016 - beat Court McGee · Technical Knockout 06 AUG 2016 - beat Zak Cummings · Decision (Unanimous) 19 FEB 2017 - beat Nordine Taleb · Decision (Unanimous) 16 JUL 2017 - beat Gunnar Nelson · Technical Knockout 16 DEC 2017 - beat Mike Perry · Decision (Unanimous) 17 NOV 2018 - beat Neil Magny · Technical Knockout 16 JAN 2021 - lost to Li Jingliang · Technical Knockout 05 JUN 2021 - beat Miguel Baeza · Decision (Unanimous) 11 DEC 2021 - lost to Geoff Neal · Decision (Split) 21 MAY 2022 - lost to Michel Pereira · Decision (Split) 10 DEC 2022 - beat Alex Morono · Technical Knockout 08 APR 2023 - lost to Kevin Holland · Technical Knockout 13 JUL 2024 - lost to Muslim Salikhov · Decision (Split) 11 JAN 2025 - beat Carlston Harris · Technical Knockout 03 MAY 2025 - lost to Daniel Rodriguez · Technical Knockout 25 JUL 2026 - lost to Sam Patterson · Technical Knockout

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 52 rounds across 21 of 21 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 21.1
Sig. strikes absorbed 21.6
Takedowns landed 0.2
Knockdowns 0.2
Sub. attempts 0.0
Control time 0:13 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 41% 1,097/2,691
Takedowns 26% 9/34
Opponents’ accuracy 39% 1,124/2,891

Where the strikes land

Head 71% 775
Body 12% 137
Leg 17% 185

And from where

At distance 95% 1,043
In the clinch 2% 20
On the ground 3% 34

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 7 won Technical Knockout · 7-5
Decision 5 won Decision (Unanimous) · 5-1 Decision (Split) · 0-3

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
25 JUL 2026 Sam Patterson Lost Technical Knockout R2 3:06 14 64 UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Guskov
03 MAY 2025 Daniel Rodriguez Lost Technical Knockout R3 1:12 49 66 UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Figueiredo
11 JAN 2025 Carlston Harris Won Technical Knockout R3 3:13 76 73 UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Ribas 2
13 JUL 2024 Muslim Salikhov Lost Decision (Split) R3 5:00 41 46 UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. Cortez
08 APR 2023 Kevin Holland Lost Technical Knockout R3 3:16 44 66 UFC 287: Pereira vs. Adesanya 2
10 DEC 2022 Alex Morono Won Technical Knockout R3 2:29 66 38 UFC 282: Blachowicz vs. Ankalaev
21 MAY 2022 Michel Pereira Lost Decision (Split) R3 5:00 105 110 UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Vieira
11 DEC 2021 Geoff Neal Lost Decision (Split) R3 5:00 91 85 UFC 269: Oliveira vs. Poirier
05 JUN 2021 Miguel Baeza Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 121 104 UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Sakai
16 JAN 2021 Li Jingliang Lost Technical Knockout R1 4:25 11 21 UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Kattar
17 NOV 2018 Neil Magny Won Technical Knockout R4 2:36 79 72 UFC Fight Night: Magny vs. Ponzinibbio
16 DEC 2017 Mike Perry Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 78 51 UFC Fight Night: Lawler vs. Dos Anjos
16 JUL 2017 Gunnar Nelson Won Technical Knockout R1 1:22 7 5 UFC Fight Night: Nelson vs. Ponzinibbio
19 FEB 2017 Nordine Taleb Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 53 48 UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Browne
06 AUG 2016 Zak Cummings Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 58 35 UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Caceres
16 APR 2016 Court McGee Won Technical Knockout R1 4:15 38 35 UFC on FOX: Teixeira vs Evans
10 DEC 2015 Andreas Stahl Won Technical Knockout R1 4:25 48 14 UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. VanZant
27 JUN 2015 Lorenz Larkin Lost Technical Knockout R2 3:07 33 64 UFC Fight Night: Machida vs Romero
22 FEB 2015 Sean Strickland Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 50 44 UFC Fight Night: Bigfoot vs Mir
13 SEP 2014 Wendell Oliveira Marques Won Technical Knockout R1 1:20 10 8 UFC Fight Night: Bigfoot vs Arlovski
09 NOV 2013 Ryan LaFlare Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 25 75 UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs Henderson 2

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