{"id":273111,"date":"2018-03-23T10:01:40","date_gmt":"2018-03-23T17:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=273111"},"modified":"2018-03-23T10:01:40","modified_gmt":"2018-03-23T17:01:40","slug":"kamaru-usman-claims-santiago-ponzinibbio-turned-down-ufc-chile-headlining-matchup-with-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/kamaru-usman\/kamaru-usman-claims-santiago-ponzinibbio-turned-down-ufc-chile-headlining-matchup-with-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamaru Usman claims Santiago Ponzinibbio turned down UFC Chile fight with him"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday evening, our own insider extraordinaire Chris Taylor reported that the UFC&#8217;s upcoming debut in Chile will feature <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/santiago-ponzinibbio\/report-santiago-ponzinibbio-has-a-potential-opponent-in-the-works-for-ufc-chile\/\">a welterweight showdown between ranked contenders Santiago Ponzinibbio and Neil Magny<\/a>. Apparently, however, the card nearly got a welterweight showdown between Ponzinibbio and Kamaru Usman instead. At least, that&#8217;s what Usman is claiming.<\/p>\n<p>In a Thursday evening Twitter post, Usman divulged that he&#8217;d been offered a fight with Ponzinibbio, and that he had accepted this offer. He then claimed that Ponzinibbio turned down the fight.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/USMAN84kg\/status\/977028086733639680<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;FML, just got the news,&#8221; Usman said in his Tweet. &#8220;I was offered Santiago in Chile. I accepted and he turned it down smh. Next time I put on a &#8216;big drama show&#8217; so maybe these guys can actually feel like they have a chance for the W.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>When we last saw Kamaru Usman in action, he authored a dominant decision win over the dangerous Emil Meek. In his next most recent fight, he delivered a vicious KO at the expense of Sergio Moraes. Usman is now a flawless 7-0 in the UFC, and 12-1 in sum.<\/p>\n<p>Santiago Ponzinibbio, meanwhile, last competed in December, when he snagged a hard-fought decision win from &#8220;Platinum&#8221; Mike Perry. This win was preceded by a knockout of Gunnar Nelson. Ponzinibbio is on a 5-fight streak, and currently owns a 26-3 overall record.<\/p>\n<p>The UFC&#8217;s debut in Chile will also feature <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/mauricio-shogun-rua\/breaking-shogun-rua-and-volkan-oezdemir-booked-for-showdown-in-chile\/\">an interesting light heavyweight battle<\/a> between former champion Mauricio &#8220;Shogun&#8221; Rua, and recent title challenger Volkan Oezdemir. The card goes down on May 19.<\/p>\n<p>Would you rather have seen Santiago Ponzinibbio matched up with Neil Magny or Kamaru Usman?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 3\/23\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday evening, our own insider extraordinaire Chris Taylor reported that the UFC&#8217;s upcoming debut in Chile will feature a welterweight showdown between ranked contenders Santiago Ponzinibbio and Neil Magny. Apparently, however, the card nearly got a welterweight showdown between Ponzinibbio and Kamaru Usman instead. At least, that&#8217;s what Usman is claiming. 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