Ponzinibbio vs Harris

Who won Ponzinibbio vs Harris?

Santiago Ponzinibbio beat Carlston Harris by knockout in the 3rd round during the co-main event of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 11th January 2025 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

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 Harris stats

Santiago Ponzinibbio stepped into the octagon with a record of 29 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 16 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Carlston Harris made his way to the cage with a record of 19 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

This was Santiago Ponzinibbio's 20th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2013. Carlston Harris marked his 7th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2021.

Santiago Ponzinibbio's UFC record stood at 12-8-0, while Carlston Harris' came in at 4-3-0.

The stats suggested Ponzinibbio had a large advantage in power over Harris, boasting a 55% knock out percentage over Harris' 26%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Harris had an advantage over Ponzinibbio, with a 32% submission rate over Ponzinibbio's 21%.

Santiago Ponzinibbio was the older man by 1 year, at 38 years old.

Ponzinibbio was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 12 more fights, and made his debut in 2008, 3 years and 2 months earlier than Harris, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 20 more professional rounds, 79 to Harris' 59.

Ponzinibbio vs Harris 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 7 years, 6 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

What time did Ponzinibbio vs Harris start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 2:10 AM UTC , which was 9:10 PM EST or 6:10 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 2:10 AM GMT in the UK.

What were the odds on Ponzinibbio vs Harris?

Santiago Ponzinibbio was a 3/4 (+140) underdog going into the contest, while Carlston Harris made his way into the ring at 27/25 (-110) with oddsmakers.