{"id":157967,"date":"2026-07-25T11:34:45","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T14:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/preview-ufc-abu-dhabi-prelims\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T11:34:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T14:34:47","slug":"preview-ufc-abu-dhabi-prelims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/preview-ufc-abu-dhabi-prelims\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: UFC Abu Dhabi prelims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n        <center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Shillan &amp; Duffy: UFC Abu Dhabi preview\" width=\"1366\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i4N-X_Sj2NU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>BETTING ODDS: Patterson (-400); Ponzinibbio<br \/>\n(+300)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The \u201cArgentine Dagger\u201d will look to knock the rust off when he<br \/>\nreturns to the cage for the first time in over a year against the<br \/>\ntowering Patterson in this welterweight attraction.<\/p>\n<p>Just two months shy of his 40th birthday, Ponzinibbio is clearly in<br \/>\nthe final stages of a long decline. His gloriously violent game was<br \/>\nnever built for the long haul, and even in his 20s he was<br \/>\nnotoriously injury-prone; not for nothing does he have just 20<br \/>\nfights in 13 years on UFC roster. He still has some of the<br \/>\nqualities that made him the signature action hero of the<br \/>\nwelterweight division in the late 2010s, when at his best he<br \/>\nsmashed opponents to paste or slashed them to ribbons with a<br \/>\nstriking attack that blended <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Robbie-Lawler-2245\">Robbie<br \/>\nLawler<\/a>\u2019s combination boxing and blood-and-guts approach with<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Tony-Ferguson-31239\">Tony<br \/>\nFerguson<\/a>\u2019s eight-limbed arsenal of pointy weapons and gleeful<br \/>\nnastiness in the pocket.<\/p>\n<p>The primary problems for Ponzinibbio, as for so many phone-booth<br \/>\nfighters, are that even in his prime he took a lot of punishment,<br \/>\nand was saved from taking a lot more by slipping and rolling with<br \/>\nstrikes. As his reflexes and durability have waned, he simply can\u2019t<br \/>\nsurvive the kinds of wars in which he once thrived. As a result,<br \/>\nthe man who went 9-2 to open his UFC run, including seven straight<br \/>\nvictories before injuries kept him on the shelf for all of 2019 and<br \/>\n2020, is 3-6 since coming back with several ugly knockout losses,<br \/>\nincluding his most recent outing against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Daniel-Rodriguez-145945\"\/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Daniel-Rodriguez-446318\"\/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Daniel-Rodriguez-497203\"\/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Daniel-Rodriguez-500805\">Daniel<br \/>\nRodriguez<\/a> last May.<\/p>\n<p>Patterson has been a pleasant surprise since joining the UFC out of<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Dana-Whites-Contender-Series-12411\"><br \/>\nDana White&#8217;s Contender Series<\/a> four years ago. Initially<br \/>\npresenting as one of the largest lightweights we\u2019ve ever seen, he<br \/>\nquickly moved up to 170 pounds\u2014where he is <i>still<\/i><br \/>\nenormous\u2014and rattled off four straight wins before dropping a<br \/>\ndecision to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Michael-Page-91937\">Michael<br \/>\nPage<\/a> in March at UFC London. The 30-year-old Englishman is a<br \/>\nclassic overachiever, and like many overachievers, he has crafted a<br \/>\ngame that maximizes his physical advantages and seeks to cover for<br \/>\nhis shortcomings.<\/p>\n<p>On the feet, as a titanic welterweight with relatively slow hands<br \/>\nand feet, he works to keep opponents at the end of his long reach,<br \/>\nbut for those who manage to get inside, he collapses the pocket all<br \/>\nthe way, either initiating the clinch himself or punishing his foe<br \/>\nfor clinching with nasty knees. Defensive wrestling will probably<br \/>\nalways be a liability for a 6-foot-4 welterweight, but he is not<br \/>\naverse to trying for takedowns of his own, and he is a very good<br \/>\ngrappler, quick in transition and capable of threatening opponents\u2019<br \/>\nnecks from almost anywhere.<\/p>\n<p>The wide betting line is unsurprising here. Ponzinibbio looked like<br \/>\na physically shot fighter 14 months ago against Rodriguez and if<br \/>\nthere is any appreciable difference on Saturday, it probably won\u2019t<br \/>\nbe a positive one. Having said that, Patterson is about as winnable<br \/>\na fight for him as anyone of comparable standing in the current<br \/>\nwelterweight division; even at 39, Ponzinibbio might have the<br \/>\nquicker hands in this fight, and he still does hit hard. It\u2019s<br \/>\npossible to envision him catching Patterson cold in the early<br \/>\ngoing, hurting him, maybe opening a cut, and pouring it on for one<br \/>\nlast great win before retiring.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the outside possibility, though. More likely is that the<br \/>\ngrizzled Argentinian struggles to get to his preferred range, eats<br \/>\na clean shot or two from the towering Brit, and either gets knocked<br \/>\nout or blunders into Patterson\u2019s dangerous front headlock and ends<br \/>\nup in a guillotine or anaconda choke. The pick is Patterson by<br \/>\nsecond-round finish.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jump To \u00bb<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/articles\/1\/Preview-UFC-Abu-Dhabi-prelims-202010\"><br \/>\nWalker vs. Petersen<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/articles\/2\/Preview-UFC-Abu-Dhabi-prelims-202010\"><br \/>\nJacoby vs. Said<\/a><br \/>Ponzinibbio vs. Patterson<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/articles\/4\/Preview-UFC-Abu-Dhabi-prelims-202010\"><br \/>\nBonfim vs. Sola<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/articles\/5\/Preview-UFC-Abu-Dhabi-prelims-202010\"><br \/>\nRibeiro vs. Tuchalov<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/articles\/6\/Preview-UFC-Abu-Dhabi-prelims-202010\"><br \/>\nAliev vs. Davis<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/articles\/7\/Preview-UFC-Abu-Dhabi-prelims-202010\"><br \/>\nGibson vs. Hussein<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n    \/\/<!--\n    (function(d, s, id) {\n          var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n          if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n          js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n          js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\n          fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n        }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));    \/\/-->\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/noticias\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mais Not\u00edcias<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Home Page &#8211; In\u00edcio<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/articles\/3\/Preview-UFC-Abu-Dhabi-prelims-202010\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\nMore: <a href=\"https:\/\/theglobaltrack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Global Track<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/corinthiames.com.br\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Corinthia Mes<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BETTING ODDS: Patterson (-400); Ponzinibbio (+300) The \u201cArgentine Dagger\u201d will look to knock the rust off when he returns to the cage for the first time in over a year against the towering Patterson in this welterweight attraction. 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