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Santiago Ponzinibbio confident he can ‘catch' Gunnar Nelson on the ground

Gunnar Nelson will meet Santiago Ponzinibbio in the main event of UFC’s upcoming trip to Scotland on July 16, and the announcement surprised many people — except the Argentine fighter.

Nelson returns to action after a pair of second-round submissions over Albert Tumenov and Alan Jouban, while Ponzinibbio, a former TUF Brazil contestant, looks for his fifth straight victory in the welterweight division after defeating Andreas Stahl, Court McGee, Zak Cummings and Nordine Taleb.

"I was already expecting a big fight,” Ponzinibbio told MMA Fighting.