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.

This was Santiago Ponzinibbio's 20th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2013. Gunnar Nelson marked his 16th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2012.

Santiago Ponzinibbio's UFC record stood at 12-8-0, while Gunnar Nelson's came in at 10-6-0.

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 38 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, 16 years and 11 months later than Nelson, whose first professional fight was in . He had fought 30 more professional rounds, 79 to Nelson's 49.

Ponzinibbio vs Nelson form

Gunnar Nelson had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Kevin Holland at UFC London: Edwards vs. Brady on 22nd March 2025 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at O2 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had won against Bryan Barberena at UFC 286 on 18th March 2023 by submission in the 1st round at o2 Arena, London.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Takashi Sato at UFC Fight Night London on 19th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at 02 Arena, London.

Before that, he had been beaten by Gilbert Burns at UFC on ESPN+ 18 on 28th September 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark.

He had been defeated by Leon Edwards at UFC on ESPN+ 5 on 16th March 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at 02 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

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Nelson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 3 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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