Ponzinibbio vs Rodriguez

When is Ponzinibbio vs Rodriguez?

Santiago Ponzinibbio will fight Daniel Rodriguez during the main card of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 3rd May 2025 at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.

The fight will take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which means the weight limit will be 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Ponzinibbio vs Rodriguez stats

Santiago Ponzinibbio steps into the octagon with a record of 30 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 17 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Daniel Rodriguez will make his way to the cage with a record of 18 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

This will be Santiago Ponzinibbio's 19th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2013. Daniel Rodriguez will mark his 12th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2020.

Santiago Ponzinibbio's UFC record currently stands at 12-7-0, while Daniel Rodriguez's comes in at 8-4-0.

The stats suggest Ponzinibbio has an advantage in power over Rodriguez, with a 57% knock out percentage over Rodriguez's 44%.

If the fight goes to the ground, their records suggest Rodriguez will have a slight advantage over Ponzinibbio, with a 22% submission rate over Ponzinibbio's 20%.

Santiago Ponzinibbio is the same age as Daniel Rodriguez, at 38 years old.

Rodriguez has a height advantage of 1 inch over Ponzinibbio. This also extends to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Ponzinibbio is the more experienced professional fighter, having had 15 more fights, and made his debut in 2008, 6 years and 10 months earlier than Rodriguez, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He has fought 24 more professional rounds, 76 to Rodriguez's 52.

Ponzinibbio vs Rodriguez form

Santiago Ponzinibbio has stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight, he won against Carlston Harris at UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Ribas 2 on 11th January 2025 by knockout in the 3rd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Muslim Salikhov at UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. Cortez on 13th July 2024 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Ball Arena, Denver.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Kevin Holland at UFC 287 on 8th April 2023 by knockout in the 3rd round at Miami-Dade Arena, Miami.

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

He had been defeated 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.

Daniel Rodriguez has beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight, he defeated Alex Morono at UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira on 12th October 2024 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Kelvin Gastelum at UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Aliskerov on 22nd June 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Ian Machado Garry at UFC Fight Night – Rozenstruik vs. Almeida on 13th May 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Spectrum Center, Charlotte, United States.

Before that, he had been defeated by Neil Magny at UFC Fight Night: Mitchell vs. Evloev on 5th November 2022 by submission in the 3rd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

He was victorious against Jingliang Li at UFC 279 on 10th September 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Activity check

In terms of recent activity, Daniel Rodriguez has been fighting more than Santiago Ponzinibbio.

Santiago Ponzinibbio last fought 2 months and 1 day ago, while Daniel Rodriguez's last outing was 5 months ago.

Ponzinibbio's last 5 fights have come over a period of 2 years, 9 months and 19 days, meaning he has been fighting on average every 6 months and 24 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 3 rounds on average.

Rodriguez's last 5 fights have come over a period of 2 years, 6 months and 2 days, meaning he has been fighting on average every 6 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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