Ponzinibbio vs Pereira

Who won Ponzinibbio vs Pereira?

Michel Pereira beat Santiago Ponzinibbio by split decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 21st May 2022 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 30-27, 29-28, 29-28 in favor of the winner Michel Pereira.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Ponzinibbio vs Pereira stats

Santiago Ponzinibbio stepped into the octagon with a record of 28 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 15 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Michel Pereira made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 0 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws.

Santiago Ponzinibbio's UFC record stood at 11-6-0, while Michel Pereira's came in at 8-2-0.

The stats suggested Ponzinibbio had a massive power advantage over Pereira, boasting a 54% knock out percentage over Pereira's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Ponzinibbio had a large advantage over Pereira, boasting a 21% submission rate over Pereira's 0%.

Santiago Ponzinibbio was the older man by 7 years, at 37 years old.

Pereira had a height advantage of 1 inch over Ponzinibbio. Despite this, both fighters had equal reach.

Ponzinibbio was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 33 more fights, and made his debut in 2008, 3 years and 5 months earlier than Pereira, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 26 less professional rounds, 70 to Pereira's 96.

Ponzinibbio vs Pereira form

Ponzinibbio had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Kevin Holland at UFC 287 on 8th April 2023 by knockout in the 3rd round at Miami-Dade Arena, Miami, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Alex Morono at UFC 282 on 10th December 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Michel Pereira at UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Vieira on 21st May 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been defeated by Geoff Neal at UFC 269 on 11th December 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had beaten Miguel Baeza at UFC Vegas 28 on 5th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest.

Pereira had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 1opponent and going the distance 4 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Michal Oleksiejczuk at UFC 299 on 9th March 2024 by submission in the 1st round at Kaseya Center, Miami, United States.

Previous to that, he was victorious against Andre Petroski at UFC Fight Night – Yusuff vs Barboza on 14th October 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had won against Santiago Ponzinibbio at UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Vieira on 21st May 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had beaten Andre Fialho at UFC 270 on 22nd January 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Honda Center, Anaheim.

He had defeated Niko Price at UFC 264 on 10th July 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Michel Pereira had been fighting more than Santiago Ponzinibbio.

Going to this contest, Santiago Ponzinibbio had last fought 1 year and 10 days ago, while Michel Pereira's last outing had been 1 month and 9 days ago.

Ponzinibbio's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 10 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Pereira's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 9 months and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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