Zak Cummings

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Zak Cummings

Record

25-7

Streak

W2

Age

42

Date of birth

Aug 2, 1984

Fighting out of: Springfield, Missouri
Born: United States
Camp: Factory X
Weight class: Light Heavyweight
Height: 6'0" · 183 cm
Reach: 75" · 191 cm
Stance: Southpaw
Last fight: Apr 15, 2023

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

Ed Herman

Light Heavyweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head At Distance · R3 · 4:13

UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Allen · Apr 15, 2023

Punches to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Allen

Alessio Di Chirico

Alessio Di Chirico

Middleweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Rakic · Aug 29, 2020

UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Rakic

Omari Akhmedov

Middleweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 242: Khabib vs. Poirier · Sep 7, 2019

UFC 242: Khabib vs. Poirier

Trevin Giles

Middleweight · Submission · Guillotine Choke On Ground · R3 · 4:01

UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Lee · May 18, 2019

Guillotine Choke On Ground

UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Lee

Trevor Smith

Middleweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Lee vs. Iaquinta · Dec 15, 2018

UFC Fight Night: Lee vs. Iaquinta

Michel Prazeres

Michel Prazeres

Welterweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. Usman · May 19, 2018

UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. Usman

Nathan Coy

Welterweight · Submission · Guillotine Choke After Drop to Ground · R1 · 4:21

UFC on FOX: Johnson vs. Reis · Apr 15, 2017

Guillotine Choke After Drop to Ground

UFC on FOX: Johnson vs. Reis

Alexander Yakovlev

Alexander Yakovlev

Welterweight · Submission · Armbar From Side Control · R2 · 4:02

UFC Fight Night: Mousasi vs. Hall 2 · Nov 19, 2016

Armbar From Side Control

UFC Fight Night: Mousasi vs. Hall 2

Santiago Ponzinibbio

Santiago Ponzinibbio

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Caceres · Aug 6, 2016

UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Caceres

Nicolas Dalby

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Rothwell vs. Dos Santos · Apr 10, 2016

UFC Fight Night: Rothwell vs. Dos Santos

Dominique Steele

Dominique Steele

Middleweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head At Distance · R1 · 0:43

UFC on FOX: Dillashaw vs. Barao II · Jul 25, 2015

Punches to Head At Distance

UFC on FOX: Dillashaw vs. Barao II

Gunnar Nelson

#13Gunnar Nelson

Welterweight · Submission · Rear Naked Choke · R2 · 4:48

UFC Fight Night: McGregor vs. Brandao · Jul 19, 2014

Rear Naked Choke

UFC Fight Night: McGregor vs. Brandao

Yan Cabral

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Brown vs. Silva · May 10, 2014

UFC Fight Night: Brown vs. Silva

Ben Alloway

Welterweight · Submission · D'Arce Choke On Ground · R1 · 4:19

UFC Fight Night: Condit vs. Kampmann 2 · Aug 28, 2013

D'Arce Choke On Ground

UFC Fight Night: Condit vs. Kampmann 2

Outside the UFC

15-3across 18 bouts · 14 promotions · wins by 4 KO · 8 sub · 3 decFM · Slay Marketing · SM · MFC 29 · SMMA +9

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Brandon Newsome8-11	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	2:38	Slay Marketing	Mar 24, 2012
W	Lamont Stafford13-8	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	1:46	SM	Feb 11, 2012
L	Ryan Jimmo19-5	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	MFC 29	Apr 8, 2011
W	Jonathan Smith0-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:50	SMMA	Feb 19, 2011
W	Dennis Reed45-63-1	Submission	Armbar	R1	0:58	FM	Sep 18, 2010
W	Rudy Bears16-15	Submission	Brabo Choke	R1	1:27	BFC	Aug 26, 2010
L	Elvis Mutapcic16-6-1	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	MCC 27	Jun 11, 2010
L	Tim Kennedy18-6	Submission	North-South Choke	R2	2:43	Strikeforce	Sep 25, 2009
W	Dominic Brown16-23	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:19	FM	May 9, 2009
W	Terry Martin23-12	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	XCF	Feb 14, 2009
W	Cole Jennet5-3	Submission	Neck Crank	R1	2:11	MCC 17	Nov 26, 2008
W	Leo Pla12-9	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	3:48	FM	Sep 13, 2008
W	Danny Anderson20-9	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	MCC 15	Jul 25, 2008
W	Jason Broom0-6	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	2:21	ISCF	May 9, 2008
W	Victor Moreno42-26	Submission	Keylock	R2	2:19	MCC 13	Apr 25, 2008
W	James Bunch2-5	Submission	—	R2	1:34	FM	Apr 18, 2008
W	Rudy Bears16-15	Submission	—	R3	2:08	FM	Feb 1, 2008
W	Ron Jackson3-8	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Titan FC 10	Nov 28, 2007

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Amateur

1-0across 1 amateur bout · 1 promotionECF

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	David George1-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:47	ECF	Aug 31, 2007

Amateur (pre-professional) bouts — shown for context only and excluded from the professional record and every UFC-scoped metric.

Career striking

OverallC52nd

35%494 / 1,375

Striking accuracy

55%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.05 differential

Landed2.96

Absorbed2.91

61%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-10%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head60%49th298
Body19%53rd93
Leg21%60th103

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

81%Standing

Standing81%398
Clinch12%58
Ground8%38

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Zak Cummings

Zak Cummings

Landed per 15

Head

C

46th

27.7

46th

Body

C

52nd

8.6

52nd

Leg

B

63rd

9.6

63rd

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

B

66th

27.6

66th

Body

A

71st

7.2

71st

Leg

B

58th

6.9

58th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	27.7	298	1,108	27%
Body	8.6	93	146	64%
Leg	9.6	103	121	85%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	27.6	297	807	37%
Body	7.2	77	125	62%
Leg	6.9	74	93	80%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Zak Cummings

Zak Cummings

14 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 161 min

169%

R3 pace · 9 bouts

Cummings builds (+18% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Cummings lifts to 169% of round-1 output by round 3 (9 bouts).

Zak Cummings

Cummings ▲ BUILDSOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Zak Cummings

Cummingslanded / min

Takedown attempts

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Cummingsattempts / min

Control time

Zak Cummings

Cummings% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	3.4	2.6	2.9	0.11	12%	14
R2	4.0	3.1	2.6	0.15	13%	11
R3	5.0	3.7	2.8	0.16	20%	9

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Zak Cummings

Zak Cummings

14 resolved UFC bouts · 1 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

36/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

D

39th

28%

39th

Win quality

B

67th

45%

67th

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

3

2

2

2

5

Ranked 6–15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Contender-level8+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.55 win rate
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Ranked 6–15	3	0-3	0%
Contender-level	2	1-1	50%
Established	2	2-0	100%
Building	2	2-0	100%
Unproven	5	5-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
W	Ed Herman	Established	30	Apr 15, 2023
W	Alessio Di Chirico	Unproven	12	Aug 29, 2020
L	Omari Akhmedov	Ranked 6–15	54	Sep 7, 2019
W	Trevin Giles	Established	22	May 18, 2019
W	Trevor Smith	Building	22	Dec 15, 2018
L	Michel Prazeres	Contender-level	45	May 19, 2018
W	Nathan Coy	Unproven	8	Apr 15, 2017
W	Alexander Yakovlev	Unproven	12	Nov 19, 2016
L	Santiago Ponzinibbio	Ranked 6–15	54	Aug 6, 2016
W	Nicolas Dalby	Contender-level	32	Apr 10, 2016
W	Dominique Steele	Unproven	8	Jul 25, 2015
L	Gunnar Nelson#13	Ranked 6–15	69	Jul 19, 2014
W	Yan Cabral	Building	15	May 10, 2014
W	Ben Alloway	Unproven	8	Aug 28, 2013

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.