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Santiago Ponzinibbio
31-9tale of the tape = factsmetrics = our read

Profile FightIQ Newsroom

Reported prose from our newsroom. High-volume striker

Santiago Ponzinibbio carries a 12-8 UFC record into the card, compiled across 20 fights since his debut on Nov. 9, 2013. His recent results have alternated between wins and losses. Ponzinibbio knocked out Alex Morono in the third round of a catchweight bout on Dec. 10, 2022, then lost by third-round knockout to Kevin Holland on April 8, 2023. Muslim Salikhov edged him by split decision on July 13, 2024. Ponzinibbio answered with a third-round knockout of Carlston Harris on Jan. 11, 2025, before Daniel Rodriguez stopped him by third-round knockout on May 3, 2025. Four of his five most recent bouts were contested at welterweight.

Written 2026-07-25 · ahead of UFC Abu Dhabi. News (#18) — checked against the fight record before publication.

Tale of the tape facts

The facts, plainly — vitals and record from public UFC statistics; nickname, nationality, hometown and camp from the public fighter register. A field we can't source stays “pending”; it never shows a fake value.

NicknameArgentine Dagger
Nationalitypending
Hometownpending
Fighting out ofpending
Height6' 0"
Reach73.0"
StanceOrthodox
Age39
Date of birthSep 26, 1986
Weight170 lbs.
Pro record31-9
Finish splitpending

FightIQ Metrics

Six 0–100 scores, each a percentile rank against every fighter on record. Tap any i for what a score measures.

FightIQ's read — derived from the tape
Our read — derived, not official stats.
Striking64
Defence54
Grappling / TD18
Cardio96
Chin17
Fight IQ50

Our record on Santiago Ponzinibbio

The moat — every call we've made on this fighter, timestamped and graded in public. Nobody else can copy this.

FightIQ has picked Santiago Ponzinibbio once, 0 correct (0-1 — 0% right). The confidence % is the number we stood behind at the time — losses shown, toss-ups included.

DateOpponentCardWe saidResult
2024-07-13Muslim SalikhovUFC Fight Night: Santos vs Agapova59.9%Missed

Strike zones

Strike zones

Santiago Ponzinibbio

Where the strikes go — and where they land on him. Career UFC totals, straight off the tape.

HEAD70.6%ACC 35%BODY12.5%ACC 57%LEGS16.9%ACC 89%
FightIQ read Head-first striker 70.6% upstairs — +7.7 on the field average, with the rest spread below.
Share by zonevs field average
HEAD
70.6% acc 35%+7.7 vs field
BODY
12.5% acc 57%−8.3 vs field
LEGS
16.9% acc 89%+0.6 vs field
Where the offence happens
DISTANCE 95%CLINCH 2%GROUND 3%

Significant strikes only, as recorded by UFCStats, across the fighter's whole UFC career. Shares are raw counts — nothing here is modelled or smoothed. Accuracy is landed ÷ attempted and comes from the per-round tape, which covers slightly fewer fights than the totals do.

21 UFC fights · 1,097 landed

Recent form

Pro record: 31-9. Timeline below is the bouts FightIQ has tracked (most recent first).

L · vs Muslim SalikhovUFC Fight Night: Santos vs Agapova2024-07-13
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