
Santiago Ponzinibbio
Santiago Ponzinibbio, “Argentine Dagger”, is a Welterweight from Argentina with an official record of 31-10. Cage Brothers holds 21 of those bouts: 12 wins and 9 losses, the wins coming 7 by knockout and 5 by decision. The most recent bout on file is a second-round knockout loss to Sam Patterson at UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Guskov on 25 July 2026, the second defeat in a row.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Round | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 2026 | Sam Patterson | LOSS | KOPunches | R2 · 3:06 | UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Guskov |
| May 3, 2025 | Daniel Rodriguez | LOSS | KOPunch | R3 · 1:12 | UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Figueiredo |
| Jan 11, 2025 | Carlston Harris | WIN | KOPunches | R3 · 3:13 | UFC Fight Night: Dern vs Ribas 2 |
| Jul 13, 2024 | Muslim Salikhov | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. Cortez |
| Apr 9, 2023 | Kevin Holland | LOSS | KOPunch | R3 · 3:16 | UFC 287: Pereira vs. Adesanya 2 |
| Dec 10, 2022 | Alex Morono | WIN | KOPunches | R3 · 2:29 | UFC 282: Blachowicz vs. Ankalaev |
| May 21, 2022 | Michel Pereira | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Vieira |
| Dec 11, 2021 | Geoff Neal | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 269: Oliveira vs. Poirier |
| Jun 5, 2021 | Miguel Baeza | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Sakai |
| Jan 16, 2021 | Li Jingliang | LOSS | KOPunch | R1 · 4:25 | UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Kattar |
| Nov 18, 2018 | Neil Magny | WIN | KOPunch | R4 · 2:36 | UFC Fight Night: Magny vs. Ponzinibbio |
| Dec 17, 2017 | Mike Perry | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Lawler vs. dos Anjos |
| Jul 17, 2017 | Gunnar Nelson | WIN | KOPunches | R1 · 1:22 | UFC Fight Night: Nelson vs. Ponzinibbio |
| Feb 20, 2017 | Nordine Taleb | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Browne |
| Aug 7, 2016 | Zak Cummings | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Caceres |
| Apr 17, 2016 | Court McGee | WIN | KOPunch | R1 · 4:15 | UFC Fight Night: Teixeira vs. Evans |
| Dec 10, 2015 | Andreas Stahl | WIN | KOPunch | R1 · 4:25 | UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. VanZant |
| Jun 27, 2015 | Lorenz Larkin | LOSS | KOPunches | R2 · 3:07 | UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Romero |
| Feb 22, 2015 | Sean Strickland | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Bigfoot vs. Mir |
| Sep 13, 2014 | Wendell Oliveira | WIN | KOPunches | R1 · 1:20 | UFC Fight Night: Silva vs. Arlovski |
| Nov 10, 2013 | Ryan LaFlare | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Henderson |
Wins, losses and draws are Santiago Ponzinibbio’s official record. Everything else is counted from the 21 bouts we hold a full result for — method, round and time. Per-fight striking and grappling statistics are not published in our data source, so they are not shown.
Santiago Ponzinibbio’s record, in numbers
Santiago Ponzinibbio’s official record is 31-10. Every figure on this page is counted instead from the 21 bouts Cage Brothers holds a result for — 12 wins, 9 losses — because 20 bouts from the official record are not in the history we hold.
The 12 wins break down as 7 by knockout and 5 by decision — 7 of 12 inside the distance, a finish rate of 58%. Across all 21 bouts with a recorded finishing round, the average bout lasted 11 minutes 11 seconds.
Santiago Ponzinibbio has been stopped 5 times in the 21 bouts on file — 5 by knockout — which is 24% of them. The last 2 bouts on file are both losses.
Of the 21 bouts Cage Brothers holds a result for, 2 were the main event of the card. Three of them have come since September 2024.
Set against the 569 Welterweight fighters Cage Brothers holds eight or more bouts for, Santiago Ponzinibbio has a finish rate above 33% of them, a record of avoiding stoppage above 30% of them and a two-year bout count above 83% of them. The comparison is made inside the division rather than across the whole roster, because how often a division finishes depends heavily on what it weighs.
Santiago Ponzinibbio is listed at 6ft with a reach of 73in, fights orthodox and is 39, born 26 September 1986.
These figures are recomputed from Santiago Ponzinibbio’s bout history each time results are synced, so they follow the record rather than a fixed snapshot.


















