Tag: Santiago Ponzinibbio

Over the weekend (Sat. November 17, 2018) Santiago Ponzinibbio broke into the elite of the welterweight division with a vicious knockout victory over Neil Magny.

Ponzinibbio picked up the big win in front of his native Argentinian crowd. With the win, Ponzinibbio rose higher in the top ten of the welterweight division, knocking Magny out of the bunch in the process. Also, featherweight Ricardo Lamas earned his way back into the top ten after knocking off Darren Elkins in the co-main event of the show.

You can check out the full UFC Rankings update following the promotion’s trip to Argentina here below:

POUND-FOR-POUND
1 Daniel Cormier
2 Khabib Nurmagomedov
3 Jon Jones
4 TJ Dillashaw
5 Max Holloway
6 Georges St-Pierre
7 Tyron Woodley
8 Conor McGregor
9 Stipe Miocic
10 Henry Cejudo
11 Cris Cyborg
12 Robert Whittaker
13 Tony Ferguson
14 Amanda Nunes
15 Rose Namajunas

FLYWEIGHT
Champion: Henry Cejudo
1 Jussier Formiga
2 Sergio Pettis
3 Joseph Benavidez
4 Ray Borg
5 Deiveson Figueiredo
6 John Moraga
7 Dustin Ortiz +1
8 Wilson Reis -1
9 Alexandre Pantoja
10 Ben Nguyen +1
11 Tim Elliott +2
12 Alex Perez +2
13 Magomed Bibulatov *NR
14 Ulka Sasaki +1
15 Ryan Benoit *NR

BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion: TJ Dillashaw
1 Cody Garbrandt
2 Dominick Cruz
3 Raphael Assuncao
4 Marlon Moraes
5 Jimmie Rivera
6 John Lineker
7 Aljamain Sterling
8 John Dodson
9 Pedro Munhoz
10 Cody Stamann
11 Rob Font
12 Alejandro Perez
13 Thomas Almeida
14 Bryan Caraway *NR
15 Douglas Silva De Andrade -1

FEATHERWEIGHT
Champion: Max Holloway
1 Brian Ortega
2 Jose Aldo
3 Frankie Edgar
4 Renato Moicano
5 Chad Mendes
6 Jeremy Stephens
7 Cub Swanson
8 Mirsad Bektic
9 Josh Emmett
10 Alexander Volkanovski
11 Ricardo Lamas +2
12 Yair Rodriguez -1
13 Chan Sung Jung -1
14 Zabit Magomedsharipov +1
15 Darren Elkins -1

LIGHTWEIGHT
Champion: Khabib Numragomedov
1 Tony Ferguson
2 Conor McGregor
3 Dustin Poirier
4 Kevin Lee
5 Edson Barboza
6 Justin Gaethje
7 Anthony Pettis
8 Al Iaquinta
9 Nate Diaz
10 Michael Chiesa
11 James Vick
12 Alexander Hernandez
13 Francisco Trinaldo
14 Dan Hooker
15 Paul Felder

WELTERWEIGHT
Champion: Tyron Woodley
1 Colby Covington
2 Darren Till
3 Rafael Dos Anjos
4 Stephen Thompson
5 Kamaru Usman +1
6 Robbie Lawler -1
7 Santiago Ponzinibbio +3
8 Demian Maia -1
9 Jorge Masvidal
10 Leon Edwards +1
11 Neil Magny -3
12 Donald Cerrone
13 Alex Oliveira
14 Gunnar Nelson
15 Elizeu Dos Santos

MIDDLEWEIGHT
Champion: Robert Whittaker
1 Yoel Romero
2 Luke Rockhold
3 Ronaldo Souza
4 Kelvin Gastelum
5 Chris Weidman
6 Israel Adesanya
7 Paulo Costa
8 Derek Brunson
9 Jared Cannonier
10 Brad Tavares
11 David Branch
12 Antonio Carlos Junior
13 Uriah Hall
14 Elias Theodorou
15 Thiago Santos

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Daniel Cormier
1 Jon Jones
2 Alexander Gustafsson
3 Anthony Smith
4 Jan Blachowicz
5 Ilir Latifi
6 Volkan Oezdemir
7 Jimi Manuwa
8 Dominick Reyes
9 Corey Anderson
10 Ovince Saint Preux
11 Glover Teixeira
12 Misha Cirkunov
13 Mauricio Rua
14 Tyson Pedro
15 Nikita Krylov

HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Daniel Cormier
1 Stipe Miocic
2 Derrick Lewis
3 Curtis Blaydes
4 Francis Ngannou
5 Alexander Volkov
6 Alistair Overeem
7 Junior Dos Santos
8 Aleksei Oleinik
9 Marcin Tybura
10 Mark Hunt
11 Tai Tuivasa
12 Shamil Abdurakhimov
13 Andrei Arlovski
14 Stefan Struve
15 Justin Willis

WOMEN’S STRAWWEIGHT
Champion: Rose Namajunas
1 Joanna Jedrzejczyk
2 Jessica Andrade
3 Claudia Gadelha
4 Tatiana Suarez
5 Karolina Kowalkiewicz
6 Tecia Torres
7 Michelle Waterson
8 Carla Esparza
9 Felice Herrig
10 Cortney Casey
11 Nina Ansaroff
12 Alexa Grasso
13 Cynthia Calvillo *NR
14 Randa Markos -1
15 Mackenzie Dern

WOMEN’S FLYWEIGHT
Champion: Vacant
1 Valentina Shevchenko
2 Nicco Montano
3 Katlyn Chookagian
4 Sijara Eubanks
5 Alexis Davis
6 Liz Carmouche
7 Roxanne Modafferi
7 Lauren Murphy
9 Jessica Eye
10 Jessica-Rose Clark
11 Ashlee Evans-Smith
12 Joanne Calderwood
13 Mara Romero Borella
14 Jennifer Maia
15 Andrea Lee

WOMEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion: Amanda Nunes
1 Holly Holm
2 Germaine De Randamie
3 Ketlen Vieira
4 Julianna Peña
5 Raquel Pennington
6 Cat Zingano
7 Marion Reneau
8 Aspen Ladd
9 Sara McMann
10 Yana Kunitskaya
11 Irene Aldana
12 Bethe Correia
13 Tonya Evinger
14 Lucie Pudilova
15 Lina Lansberg

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Santiago Ponzinibbio is one of the fastest-rising welterweights in the world and he wants his chance to KO the champion.

Ponzinibbio moved one step closer to his dream of becoming the welterweight champion last night (Nov. 17, 2018) as he defeated Neil Magny in the main event of UFC Argentina.

The 32-year-old capped a solid overall performance with a knock out in the fourth round. The fight-ending sequence brought the 10,000 plus fans in the Luna Park Arena to their feet. Ponzinibbio vowed to become the welterweight champion in 2019. He also expressed an interest in taking on current champ Tyron Woodley, who just so happened to be working the FOX Sports 1 desk on Saturday.

Woodley responded simply by telling the Argentinian to “keep winning” if he wants a shot. Ponzinibbio was informed of the response at the post-fight press conference and he offered his own take on the situation.

“In regards to Woodley, I understand fully why he says that he wants to hold on to his title as long as possible,” Ponzinibbio said, via a translator. “He knows that if he does fight me, I’m going to knock him out. I’m going to take it. So he wants to keep extending his reign for as long as he can and that’s why he keeps saying that I still have a long way to go.”

With his win Saturday night, Ponzinibbio now boasts a seven-fight win streak. That is the second longest streak in the division. Only Kamaru Usman has won more in a row with eight. The two could potentially meet in a spoilers bout. However, Usman must first take care of business against Rafael dos Anjos at The Ultimate Fighter 28 Finale on Nov. 30.

It seems likely the winner of that bout could face Ponzinibbio in a No. 1 contender’s bout next.

“It would be a great fight to fight one of those victors, between the Dos Anjos-Usman fight,” Ponzinibbio said. “It’s not math, it’s not just the numbers, the division shifts a lot, but it would be a great fight and I’m really looking forward to one of those.”

Ponzinibbio called out dos Anjos earlier this year in an effort to get RDA in the Octagon in Argentina. Though dos Anjos wanted to fight closer to home due to a pregnant wife. However, Ponzinibbio believes its all excuses. Ponzinibbio admitted he has nothing against dos Anjos. He only targeted the former champion because of his ranking.

 “I fought in Canada with Canadians, I fought in Europe with Europeans, so I don’t know why he refused to fight in Argentina,” Ponzinibbio said. “He’s gone to Brazil a million times, so I don’t know why he would refuse this fight.

“I think I deserve a top-five fight and I think after tonight’s victory I might climb to that position. As for a title shot, I’m looking for that all the way, maybe it will be one more fight before that, but that’s my objective going forward.”

As for main eventing UFC Argentina, Ponzinibbio couldn’t be happier at the way everything turned out. And the top-ranked welterweight is overjoyed at how his country has taken to the sport of MMA. Ponzinibbio hopes to bring the Octagon back soon.

“I’m thrilled to see how the sport has grown so much and how the recognition has grown so much in this country,” Ponzinibbio said. “I’m going to keep helping to develop that to expand it further in this country, i’m going to give seminars and classes. I really think a sport expands and really helps people in their lives. So I’m thrilled to see that in our country.”

Ponzinibbio definitely showed out in his home country last night. Let us know what you think. Does “Gente Boa” deserve a title shot right now? Or should he face the winner of the RDA/Usman fight in a title eliminator bout?

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