
Rodriguez vs Ponzinibbio is scheduled to take place Saturday, May 3rd, at the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines (Iowa, United States), in a 3-round welterweight (170 lbs, 77 kg) bout; it is on the undercard of Cory Sandhagen vs Deiveson Figueiredo – UFC on ESPN 67 (also known as UFC on ESPN+ 114). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Santiago Ponzinibbio record
The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Santiago Ponzinibbio entered this fight with a mma record of 30-8-0 (77% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.32 welterweight in the world.
He lost two consecutive fights between 2023 and 2024, against Kevin Holland (Kevin Holland vs Santiago Ponzinibbio) and Muslim Salikhov (Muslim Salikhov vs Santiago Ponzinibbio), but he came back to win with Carlston Harris in January 2025.
Daniel Rodriguez record
His opponent, Daniel Rodriguez, has an official record of 18-5-0 (67% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.35 in the welterweight division.
He lost three consecutive matches between 2022 and 2024, against Neil Magny (Neil Magny vs Daniel Rodriguez), Ian Garry (Daniel Rodriguez vs Ian Garry) and Kelvin Gastelum (Kelvin Gastelum vs Daniel Rodriguez), but he came back to win with Alex Morono in October 2024.
Fight card
Here is the UFC on ESPN 67 full fight card (we are going to update it after the weigh-in):
MAIN CARD (live on ESPN / ESPN+)
Cory Sandhagen vs Deiveson Figueiredo
Reinier de Ridder vs Bo Nickal
Santiago Ponzinibbio vs Daniel Rodriguez
Montel Jackson vs Daniel Marcos
Serhiy Sidey vs Cameron Smotherman
Mason Jones vs Jeremy Stephens
PRELIMINARY CARD (live on ESPN / ESPN+)
Yana Santos vs Miesha Tate
Azamat Bekoev vs Ryan Loder
Gillian Robertson vs Marina Rodriguez
Gaston Bolanos vs Quang Le
Dontale Mayes vs Thomas Petersen
Ivana Petrovic vs Juliana Miller
Full fight video / highlights
Here we are going to post a selection of the best videos about the bout Santiago Ponzinibbio vs Daniel Rodriguez as soon as the match ends. If you have seen the full fight you can rate it at the bottom of this post. (All videos are hosted on free video platforms such as Youtube, Dailymotion, Facebook, etc. and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights.com)
Result
Who won Ponzinibbio vs Rodriguez fight?
Daniel Rodriguez defeated Santiago Ponzinibbio via TKO at 1:12, round 3.
Post-fight interview
Listen the words of the winner or the two fighters after their bout, here is the UFC on ESPN 67 post-fight octagon interview of Santiago Ponzinibbio and Daniel Rodriguez.