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Santiago Ponzinibbio

31-10-0
39y·6' 0"·73" reach·Orthodox
0:45
Control / 15m
time on top
-0.12
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
58%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
1
Power
knockdowns per 100 landed

Tells

Non-traditional predictors we've tested against the record. Only the ones that fire on this fighter show up here.

Chin Decay

Predictive

First KO loss June 2015. Fighters at the same age and mileage lose by KO in 11.3% of fights; after a first KO it runs 17.3%.

Fired again Jul 2026

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The Odometer

Backwards

Crossed into the heaviest third of head strikes eaten for their age in June 2015, 88 head strikes before that night. Never-yet-stopped fighters carrying that kind of mileage took a first KO in 11.0% of fights; the lightest third ran 15.6%.

Fired again Jul 2026

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Checked 3 tells for this fighter. 2 fired.

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 21 recorded bouts, 1097 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 71%Body 12%Legs 17%
Position
Distance 95%Clinch 2%Ground 3%
And how often each lands
Head35%
Body57%
Legs89%
Distance40%
Clinch54%
Ground62%

How fights end

UFC bouts only, so these will not add up to the record above. Counts rather than rates: two knockouts in three wins is not a 67% finisher.

12Wins7 KO · 5 DEC
9Losses5 KO · 4 DEC

Control, bout by bout

Seconds spent controlling the opponent in each fight, oldest on the left. UFCStats records this per bout and never adds it up; this is what that looks like added up.

3%
LaFlare
1%
Marques
3%
Strickland
11%
Larkin
5%
Stahl
3%
McGee
0%
Cummings
13%
Taleb
4%
Nelson
13%
Perry
4%
Magny
0%
Jingliang
0%
Baeza
3%
Neal
2%
Pereira
0%
Morono
1%
Holland
17%
Salikhov
5%
Harris
7%
Rodriguez
0%
Patterson

As the fight goes on

Which measure to show

Significant strikes landed, per minute fought. Every round is measured against round one, except rounds reached by fewer than 3 bouts, which are dimmed and left uncompared.

Landed / minvs R1Bouts
R13.74100%21
R24.92132%16
R35.86157%14
R44.231

Only fights that reached a round count towards it, so later rounds are a smaller sample.

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min4.67
Strikes absorbed / min4.79
Striking accuracyof everything thrown40%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed61%
Takedowns / 15 min0.58
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land26%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed71%
Sub attempts / 15 min0
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together9.46
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 21 bouts11.2m

Earned Accuracy

How hard the opponents on this record were to hit at distance, and whether they beat it. Distance strikes only, so nobody gets credit for accuracy they picked up hammering someone already flat on the floor.

40.0%
Landed at range
2,446 thrown over 20 bouts
36.3%
Expected
against these opponents
+3.6pp
Gap
above expected
81.6%
Coverage
from real records
The fine print

Distance strikes only

Nothing thrown in the clinch or on the ground counts. Those land at about 72% and 71%, against 44% at distance, so a blended accuracy mostly measures where a fight happened. Rank the sport that way and its best strikers are all wrestlers.

One pass, not a rating

How much each opponent lets through is taken raw. It isn't adjusted for who they fought, so a fighter whose opponents all had soft schedules comes out looking better here than they are. Running it to convergence is a later job.

Coverage, and who gets ranked

Coverage is how much of the expected number came from the opponents' own records instead of the division average. Under 65% it's mostly the division talking, so the comparison gets hidden. Same for anyone under 5 qualifying bouts, or under 300 distance strikes of their own, which is where an accuracy still moves on a single exchange. Miss any of the three and you'll see what they landed, nothing else, and they stay out of any ranking.

Short records get pulled to the middle

An opponent who hasn't been shot at much gets dragged toward their division's average, and the drag fades as their record fills in. At 60 distance strikes faced, their own record and the division average count for the same.

Bout log

LSam PattersonJul 2026KO R20:00 ctrl14 str0 td
Significant strikes
14 of 86 · 16%
Total strikes
14 of 86 · 16%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 3:06
Punches to Head At Distance
Target
Head 71%Body 7%Legs 21%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LDaniel RodriguezMay 2025KO R30:44 ctrl49 str1 td
Significant strikes
49 of 111 · 44%
Total strikes
50 of 115 · 43%
Takedowns
1 of 8 · 13%
Control
0:44
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R3 1:12
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 63%Body 12%Legs 24%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WCarlston HarrisJan 2025KO R30:38 ctrl76 str0 td
Significant strikes
76 of 175 · 43%
Total strikes
76 of 175 · 43%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:38
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R3 3:13
Punches to Head At Distance
Target
Head 75%Body 11%Legs 14%
Position
Distance 95%Clinch 0%Ground 5%
This fight on UFCStats
LMuslim SalikhovJul 2024S-DEC2:29 ctrl41 str2 td
Significant strikes
41 of 117 · 35%
Total strikes
42 of 118 · 36%
Takedowns
2 of 5 · 40%
Control
2:29
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 76%Body 12%Legs 12%
Position
Distance 98%Clinch 2%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LKevin HollandApr 2023KO R30:07 ctrl44 str0 td
Significant strikes
44 of 104 · 42%
Total strikes
44 of 104 · 42%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:07
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R3 3:16
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 27%Body 16%Legs 57%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WAlex MoronoDec 2022KO R30:01 ctrl66 str0 td
Significant strikes
66 of 155 · 43%
Total strikes
66 of 155 · 43%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:01
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R3 2:29
Punches to Head At Distance
Target
Head 47%Body 39%Legs 14%
Position
Distance 98%Clinch 0%Ground 2%
This fight on UFCStats
LMichel PereiraMay 2022S-DEC0:18 ctrl105 str1 td
Significant strikes
105 of 220 · 48%
Total strikes
106 of 221 · 48%
Takedowns
1 of 4 · 25%
Control
0:18
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 74%Body 12%Legs 13%
Position
Distance 98%Clinch 1%Ground 1%
This fight on UFCStats
LGeoff NealDec 2021S-DEC0:23 ctrl91 str1 td
Significant strikes
91 of 229 · 40%
Total strikes
91 of 229 · 40%
Takedowns
1 of 4 · 25%
Control
0:23
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 68%Body 13%Legs 19%
Position
Distance 99%Clinch 1%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WMiguel BaezaJun 2021U-DEC0:00 ctrl121 str0 td
Significant strikes
121 of 270 · 45%
Total strikes
122 of 271 · 45%
Takedowns
0 of 2 · 0%
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 81%Body 10%Legs 9%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LLi JingliangJan 2021KO R10:00 ctrl11 str0 td
Significant strikes
11 of 18 · 61%
Total strikes
11 of 18 · 61%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 4:25
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 64%Body 0%Legs 36%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WNeil MagnyNov 2018KO R40:41 ctrl79 str0 td
Significant strikes
79 of 177 · 45%
Total strikes
81 of 179 · 45%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:41
Knockdowns
2
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R4 2:36
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 65%Body 9%Legs 27%
Position
Distance 94%Clinch 3%Ground 4%
This fight on UFCStats
WMike PerryDec 2017U-DEC1:58 ctrl78 str3 td
Significant strikes
78 of 200 · 39%
Total strikes
81 of 203 · 40%
Takedowns
3 of 3 · 100%
Control
1:58
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 72%Body 10%Legs 18%
Position
Distance 86%Clinch 1%Ground 13%
This fight on UFCStats
WGunnar NelsonJul 2017KO R10:03 ctrl7 str0 td
Significant strikes
7 of 12 · 58%
Total strikes
7 of 12 · 58%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:03
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 1:22
Punches to Head At Distance
Target
Head 100%Body 0%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 57%Clinch 0%Ground 43%
This fight on UFCStats
WNordine TalebFeb 2017U-DEC1:58 ctrl53 str0 td
Significant strikes
53 of 171 · 31%
Total strikes
65 of 183 · 36%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
1:58
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 79%Body 9%Legs 11%
Position
Distance 91%Clinch 0%Ground 9%
This fight on UFCStats
WZak CummingsAug 2016U-DEC0:00 ctrl58 str0 td
Significant strikes
58 of 126 · 46%
Total strikes
60 of 128 · 47%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 86%Body 3%Legs 10%
Position
Distance 95%Clinch 5%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WCourt McGeeApr 2016KO R10:08 ctrl38 str0 td
Significant strikes
38 of 73 · 52%
Total strikes
39 of 74 · 53%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:08
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 4:15
Punch to Head In Clinch
Target
Head 89%Body 0%Legs 11%
Position
Distance 82%Clinch 11%Ground 8%
This fight on UFCStats
WAndreas StahlDec 2015KO R10:13 ctrl48 str0 td
Significant strikes
48 of 77 · 62%
Total strikes
49 of 78 · 63%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:13
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 4:25
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 73%Body 13%Legs 15%
Position
Distance 94%Clinch 2%Ground 4%
This fight on UFCStats
LLorenz LarkinJun 2015KO R20:56 ctrl33 str0 td
Significant strikes
33 of 101 · 33%
Total strikes
36 of 104 · 35%
Takedowns
0 of 3 · 0%
Control
0:56
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 3:07
Punches to Head In Clinch
Target
Head 58%Body 24%Legs 18%
Position
Distance 94%Clinch 6%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WSean StricklandFeb 2015U-DEC0:28 ctrl50 str1 td
Significant strikes
50 of 162 · 31%
Total strikes
54 of 166 · 33%
Takedowns
1 of 3 · 33%
Control
0:28
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 78%Body 12%Legs 10%
Position
Distance 92%Clinch 6%Ground 2%
This fight on UFCStats
WWendell Oliveira MarquesSep 2014KO R10:01 ctrl10 str0 td
Significant strikes
10 of 26 · 38%
Total strikes
10 of 26 · 38%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:01
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 1:20
Punches to Head At Distance
Target
Head 100%Body 0%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 90%Clinch 0%Ground 10%
This fight on UFCStats
LRyan LaFlareNov 2013U-DEC0:31 ctrl25 str0 td
Significant strikes
25 of 81 · 31%
Total strikes
32 of 92 · 35%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:31
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 60%Body 20%Legs 20%
Position
Distance 96%Clinch 4%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats

Numbers from UFCStats. Control time and strike placement are summed from each bout, everything else is as published.