S. Ponzinibbio became an illustrious citizen of the city. Photo: Reproduction/Instagram @sponzinibbiomma
Santiago Ponzinibbio knocked out Neil Magny in the main fight of UFC Buenos Aires last Saturday (17). After the show at Arena Parque Roca, the ‘Argentino Xente Boa’ received a tribute from the mayor of the city of La Plata, Julio Garro. On Thursday (22), the welterweight won the Buenos Aires province bracket.
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Ponzinibbio was declared an illustrious citizen of his hometown upon receiving the key. Santiago is the fifth person to receive the honor from La Plata. Among them are: Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Ed Sheeran and Alejandro Lerner.
“It's really cool for me, after all these years away, to come home and be recognized by my city. Few people have the key to the city and now I do. Imagine this, they gave it to the Rolling Stones and now they gave it to me too. I’m thrilled”, said the ‘Argentine Xente Boa’ in an interview with the North American website MMAFighting
Santiago posted on his social networks the moment he received it from the hands of the mayor of the province of Buenos Aires. “Today I was declared an illustrious citizen of my beautiful hometown and they gave me the key to the city, how good it is to be home!”, wrote Santiago.
With the victory over Magny, Santiago adds a winning streak to seven career victories. The Argentine is focused on competing for the welterweight belt, but will wait for the clash between the division's linear and interim champions, Tyron woodley e Colby covington. With that in mind, he asked to face the winner of the fight between Kamaru Usman e Rafael dos Anjos at the TUF 28 Finale.
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