Ponzinibbio vs Baeza

Who won Ponzinibbio vs Baeza?

Santiago Ponzinibbio beat Miguel Baeza by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Vegas 28, on Saturday 5th June 2021 in the United States.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Santiago Ponzinibbio.

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 Baeza stats

Santiago Ponzinibbio stepped into the octagon with a record of 27 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 15 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Miguel Baeza made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 10 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Santiago Ponzinibbio's 18th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2013. Miguel Baeza marked his 7th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2019.

Santiago Ponzinibbio's UFC record stood at 11-7-0, while Miguel Baeza's came in at 3-4-0.

The stats suggested Baeza had an advantage in power over Ponzinibbio, with a 70% knock out percentage over Ponzinibbio's 56%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Ponzinibbio had an advantage over Baeza, with a 22% submission rate over Baeza's 10%.

Santiago Ponzinibbio was the older man by 6 years, at 38 years old.

Baeza had a height advantage of 2 inches over Ponzinibbio. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Ponzinibbio was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 21 more fights, and made his debut in 2008, 7 years and 1 month earlier than Baeza, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 45 more professional rounds, 73 to Baeza's 28.

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Ponzinibbio's last 4 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 5 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 10 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.3 rounds on average.

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