Ponzinibbio vs Nelson

Who won Ponzinibbio vs Nelson?

Santiago Ponzinibbio beat Gunnar Nelson by knockout in the 1st round during the main event of UFC Fight Night 113, on Sunday 16th July 2017 at SSE Hydro Arena in Glasgow.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Ponzinibbio vs Nelson stats

Santiago Ponzinibbio stepped into the octagon with a record of 24 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 13 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Gunnar Nelson made his way to the cage with a record of 16 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 11 by submission.

Santiago Ponzinibbio's UFC record stood at 11-6-0, while Gunnar Nelson's came in at 10-5-0.

The stats suggested Ponzinibbio had a large advantage in power over Nelson, boasting a 54% knock out percentage over Nelson's 25%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Nelson had a massive advantage over Ponzinibbio, boasting a 69% submission rate over Ponzinibbio's 25%.

Santiago Ponzinibbio was the older man by 2 years, at 37 years old.

Ponzinibbio had a height advantage of 1 inch over Nelson. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Ponzinibbio was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 8 more fights, and made his debut in 2008, 15 years and 9 months later than Nelson, whose first professional fight was in . He had fought 24 more professional rounds, 70 to Nelson's 46.

Ponzinibbio vs Nelson form

Ponzinibbio had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Geoff Neal at UFC 269 on 11th December 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Miguel Baeza at UFC Vegas 28 on 5th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Jingliang Li at UFC on ABC 1 on 16th January 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Before that, he had beaten Neil Magny at UFC Fight Night 140 on 17th November 2018 by knockout in the 4th round at Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

He had defeated Mike Perry at UFC on FOX 26 on 16th December 2017 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at MTS Centre, Winnipeg, Canada.

Activity check

Ponzinibbio's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 4 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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