UFC Chile headliners Kamaru Usman, Santiago Ponzinibbio face off for first time

Promotional efforts for the UFC’s first event in Chile are officially underway, which means headliners Kamaru Usman and Santiago Ponzinibbio were in close proximity for the first time since their headliner was announced.

UFC Fight Night 128, which will take place May 19 at Movistar Arena in Santiago and airs on FS1 following early prelims on UFC Fight Pass, features a welterweight main event between streaking contenders Usman (12-1 MMA, 7-0 UFC) and Ponzinibbio (26-3 MMA, 8-2 UFC).

Both fighters are looking to break into the upper echelon of the 170-pound class with a win, but first they must help build anticipation for the matchup. Part of that tis heir first face-off, which went down today as part of a media tour in Chile (via Twitter):

The latest UFC Fight Night 129 card includes:

• Kamaru Usman vs. Santiago Ponzinibbio
• Volkan Oezdemir vs. Mauricio Rua
• Chad Laprise vs. Vicente Luque
• Guido Cannetti vs. Diego Rivas
• Alexa Grasso vs. Tatiana Suarez
• Andrea Lee vs. Veronica Macedo
• Poliana Botelho vs. Syuri Kondo
• Henry Briones vs. Frankie Saenz
• Jared Cannonier vs. Dominick Reyes
• Claudio Puelles vs. Felipe Silva
• Zak Cummings vs. Michel Prazeres

For more on UFC Fight Night 129, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.