Santiago Ponzinibbio Recovering After Emergency Surgery

While waiting for the major fight that his form deserves, Santiago Ponzinibbio's momentum has suddenly been stalled.

This week, the Welterweight contender took to Instagram, posting a video that was recorded after "an emergency surgery."

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Hola amigos, estuve ausente de las redes sociales porque tuve una cirugía de emergencia y tuve que pasar una semana en el hospital, pero ya estoy trabajando en la recuperación. Les Dejo este divertido video de cuando me desperté de la anestesia y no entendía nada ----// Hello friends, I have been absent from social media recently because I had emergency surgery and had to spend a week in the hospital but I’m in recovery mode. I’ll leave this funny video of when I woke up from anesthesia ---- #teamponzinibbio #argentinogenteboa #ufc #welterweight

A post shared by Santiago Ponzinibbio (@sponzinibbiomma) on Jun 2, 2019 at 8:55pm PDT

Ponzinibbio has since explained the situation, telling MMA Junkie that he's now out of hospital and "in the process of recovery". The Brazilian was hospitalized for a week due to a bacterial infection in his blood but will now continue treatment with a specialist. He's without a timeline for his eventual octagon return though.

After seven straight wins, Ponzinibbio is ranked 9th in the UFC's Welterweight standings, most recently knocking out Neil Magny in November 2018. Almost a year of inactivity preceded that win though and it seems that Ponzinibbio will now once again return to the octagon on the back of a relatively lengthy lay-off. Nonetheless, Ponzinibbio's 9-2 UFC record is undeniably impressive and he still appears just a major win or two away from title contention.