{"id":860050,"date":"2018-11-19T10:26:03","date_gmt":"2018-11-19T15:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/?p=860050"},"modified":"2018-11-19T10:26:03","modified_gmt":"2018-11-19T15:26:03","slug":"ufc-fight-night-recap-ponzinibbio-knocks-out-magny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/ufc-fight-night-recap-ponzinibbio-knocks-out-magny\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC Fight Night Recap: Ponzinibbio Knocks out Magny"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Contributor: Nolan Howell<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n UFC Fight Night 140: Magny vs. Ponzinibbio brought the Octagon to Argentina for the first time in the company’s history. In the capital city, tenth-ranked welterweight and Argentinian Santiago Ponzinibbio looked to continue a six-fight win streak in the main event against eighth-ranked Neil Magny, on a two-fight win streak of his own.<\/p>\n Facing a tough test in a seven-inch reach advantage for Magny, Ponzinibbio got Magny against the fence early with back-and-forth footwork and landed a jab that damaged the right eye of Magny immediately. Magny spent most of the first on the fence enduring periodic blitzes from Ponzinibbio to regain some vision. Right hands at the end of the round forced Magny to shell up. Leg kicks in the second round from Ponzinibbio dropped Magny and left him with slowed movement. Despite a cut over the left eyebrow of Ponzinibbio from a headbutt, he closed the round with another jab to the eye and another knockdown via leg kicks. Magny came out aggressive in the third round and had his best round of the fight, but there was no more starch on his strikes with no leg to plant on and Ponzinibbio made him hit a flamingo stance at one point due to the continuing damage from the leg kicks. Magny’s leg was completely shot by the fourth, dropping him multiple times and leaving him only with upper-body movement in against the cage. It failed him when Ponzinibbio dove in with an overhand right that made Magny faceplant for the knockout win.<\/p>\n Post-fight, Ponzinibbio called out UFC Welterweight Champion Tyron Woodley after some coaxing from interviewer Jimmy Smith in a fight that makes sense off a seven-fight winning streak. Magny will likely need recovery time after such a brutal loss that could be career-changing if not managed properly.<\/p>\n The co-main event featured Ricardo Lamas and Darren Elkins looking to rebound from losses at featherweight. Elkins looked to have an advantage early with his typical pressure fighting, despite a head kick from Lamas<\/p>\n