UFC welterweight contender Santiago Ponzinibbio is getting some major recognition in his home country of Argentina.

Just days after he delivered a fourth-round knockout of Neil Magny (21-7 MMA, 14-6 UFC) in the headliner of the UFC’s debut event in Argentina at UFC Fight Night 140, which took place at Parque Roca Arena in Buenos Aires, Ponzinibbio (27-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC) has been granted with the key to the city in his hometown of La Plata.

Mayor Julio Garra declared Ponzinibbio an “illustrious citizen” in La Plata, which is the capital city of Buenos Aires Province, and made the UFC standout just the fifth recipient of the prestigious honor of key to the city.

Ponzinibbio, 32, shared the news today on social media (via Instagram):

Today I was declared an illustrious citizen of my beautiful hometown and they gave me the key to the city, how nice it is to go home!

Ponzinibbio, who is No. 10 in the latest USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA welterweight rankings and riding an impressive seven-fight winning streak, join Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Ed Sheeran and Alejandro Lerner in the group of names to receive keys, according to MMAFighting.com.

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