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Earlier than it’s all mentioned and completed, Santiago Ponzinibbio needs to struggle once more on house soil. The veteran welterweight is hoping the UFC revisits Argentina sooner or later so he can get an opportunity to struggle in entrance of his folks.
“In fact, that’s a dream of mine,” Ponzinibbio told MMA Junkie in Spanish. “That’s at all times introduced up each time I’ve the chance to speak to the folks from the corporate, and that’s at all times in my plans, so we’ll see when issues line up for it to return collectively.”
Ponzinibbio (29-7 MMA, 11-6 UFC) received to just do that nearly 5 years in the past on the peak of his finest UFC run. He received to headline UFC Combat Night time 140 in Buenos Aires in opposition to Neil Magny. That night time, Ponzinibbio knocked out Magny to increase his successful streak to seven in a row.
Though he’s now 36, Ponzinibbio is assured he’ll get one other probability to struggle in Argentina.
“We’re going to make that occur by hook or by crook,” Ponzinibbio mentioned. “We received loads of time.”
Ponzinibbio is coming off a KO loss to Kevin Holland in Miami in early April. It was a defeat that halted momentum from his Efficiency of the Night time successful KO over Alex Morono in December.
Ponzinibbio believes he might’ve fought out to see a choice and disagrees with the stoppage.
“The reality is that it wasn’t a KO. It was a dramatic fall, however I wasn’t knocked out,” Ponzinibbio mentioned. “I might’ve stored combating. Once I stood up, I instructed the referee that I wasn’t (knocked out). I perceive that it’s as much as his interpretation, and he has to make a fast name. The autumn was a bit dramatic, and I might’ve preferred for the struggle to proceed.
“I used to be combating effectively. I used to be snug. I simply made two errors, however moreover that I had good management, and I used to be doing effectively. However that is MMA. One second can change all the pieces. You simply have to take the teachings and give attention to what’s subsequent.”
So far as what’s subsequent, Ponzinibbio want to struggle as quickly as attainable. He’s coaching arduous and ready for the UFC name.
“We’ll see what the UFC provides me,” Ponzinibbio mentioned. “I’m at all times working, and I simply wish to struggle once more as quickly as attainable. I’d prefer to get in two extra fights this yr. I wish to be lively and proceed to placed on wars within the octagon. That’s what I do.”
