{"id":336303,"date":"2019-12-23T16:10:01","date_gmt":"2019-12-24T00:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=336303"},"modified":"2019-12-23T16:10:01","modified_gmt":"2019-12-24T00:10:01","slug":"ufc-welterweight-santiago-ponzinibbio-removed-from-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ufc-welterweight-santiago-ponzinibbio-removed-from-rankings\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC welterweight Santiago Ponzinibbio removed from rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

UFC welterweight contender Santiago Ponzinibbio<\/a> has been removed from the official divisional rankings as a direct result of his recent inactivity.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The Argentine sensation has been with the company since back in 2013, racking up a 9-2 record in the process. He has won his last seven fights with the promotion<\/a>, which has included triumphs over Gunnar Nelson, Mike Perry and Neil Magny, but he hasn’t been in the cage since November 2018 when he knocked Magny out in Buenos Aires.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

While other fighters have been able to cling onto their spot within the rankings, Ponzinibbio hasn’t been so lucky after dealing with a string of injury concerns.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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The welterweight division is at a point where you need to be in there fairly regularly in order to warrant a place in the top 15, and it feels like that’ll continue to be the case for many years to come.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Everyone enjoys watching Ponzinibbio as he always tends to put on a show, but the UFC hasn’t quite been able to take advantage of his clear popularity in South America. In early 2018 he was scheduled to fight now-champion Kamaru Usman in Chile, but wound up being pulled due to injury.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

At UFC 245 he was also set to return to the Octagon, but this time against Robbie Lawler. However, a staph infection ensured that it wasn’t going to happen.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Once he’s fully recovered the expectation is that he’ll get back in there relatively quickly in 2020, perhaps even in the first quarter. There’s a whole string of potential challengers for him to tackle, and given the fact that he should technically only be a few wins away from a title shot, he’ll probably be put in there against some decent opposition.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

For now, though, all we can do is wait and see what he does next.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UFC welterweight contender Santiago Ponzinibbio has been removed from the official divisional rankings as a direct result of his recent inactivity. The Argentine sensation has been with the company since back in 2013, racking up a 9-2 record in the process. 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