It has been over two years since the last time Santiago Ponzinibbio stepped into the Octagon, but the wait seems to be over. After dealing with a serious case of staph infection, which forced him out a bout against Robbie Lawler in October 2019, the Argentinian finally has a date and a opponent booked again: Li Jingliang on January 16.
In an interview with Combate, Santiago explained just how grave his infection was. When explaining the whole healing process he went through in 2020, Ponzinibbio even thought he would not be able to ever fight again.