Zak Cummings Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
W	Ed Herman Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R3	4:13	UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Allen	Apr 15, 2023
W	Alessio Di Chirico Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Rakic	Aug 29, 2020
L	Omari Akhmedov Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 242: Khabib vs. Poirier	Sep 7, 2019
W	Trevin Giles Middleweight	Submission	Guillotine Choke On Ground	R3	4:01	UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Lee	May 18, 2019
W	Trevor Smith Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Lee vs. Iaquinta	Dec 15, 2018
L	Michel Prazeres Welterweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. Usman	May 19, 2018
W	Nathan Coy Welterweight	Submission	Guillotine Choke After Drop to Ground	R1	4:21	UFC on FOX: Johnson vs. Reis	Apr 15, 2017
W	Alexander Yakovlev Welterweight	Submission	Armbar From Side Control	R2	4:02	UFC Fight Night: Mousasi vs. Hall 2	Nov 19, 2016
L	Santiago Ponzinibbio Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Caceres	Aug 6, 2016
W	Nicolas Dalby Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Rothwell vs. Dos Santos	Apr 10, 2016
W	Dominique Steele Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R1	0:43	UFC on FOX: Dillashaw vs. Barao II	Jul 25, 2015
L	#13Gunnar Nelson Welterweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R2	4:48	UFC Fight Night: McGregor vs. Brandao	Jul 19, 2014
W	Yan Cabral Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Brown vs. Silva	May 10, 2014
W	Ben Alloway Welterweight	Submission	D'Arce Choke On Ground	R1	4:19	UFC Fight Night: Condit vs. Kampmann 2	Aug 28, 2013

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) and Dana White’s Contender Series — 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.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

6 wins, 0 losses

W6

L0

Submission

12 wins, 2 losses

W12

L2

Decision

7 wins, 5 losses

W7

L5

Finishes

UFC KOs

2

Below avg · 16%Light Heavyweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.57

Above avg · 0.26Light Heavyweight

UFC submissions

4

Above avg · 8%Light Heavyweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.50

Above avg · 0.26Light Heavyweight

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

Zak Cummings

PowerChin

Knockout rate

14%

2 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

8

2.68 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

0

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

0

0.00 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Never finished by strikesin the UFC

Decision behavior

Judging

5 scorecards on file

Zak Cummings

Scorecard luck

Wrong end of the cards

Won just 0 of 1 coin-flip decision — repeatedly on the wrong end of close calls. Judges have given them 2 of 6 rounds they disagreed on (33%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

0–1

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

2–4

Won – Lost

33% went their way

Unanimous4 decisions · 80%

2W2L

Split1 decision · 20%

1L

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

None scoredno 10-8 rounds in this fighter’s decisions

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

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

Landed per 15

Head

C

46th

27.7

46th

Body

C

51st

8.6

51st

Leg

B

64th

9.6

64th

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.

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

Zak Cummings

32%

Takedown accuracy

69%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+0.9 min net

On top2.2

On bottom1.3

Offense

Takedowns

C

48th

0.7

48th

TD accuracy

D

42nd

32%

42nd

Sub attempts

A

75th

0.7

75th

Control

C

48th

2.2 min

48th

Defense

TD defense

C

58th

69%

58th

Controlled

1.3 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	7 / 22
Submission attempts	7
Control time	23:33

Defense

TDs defended	20 / 29
Control absorbed	13:58

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (161min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

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

UFC only

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).

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

Cummingslanded / min

Takedown attempts

Cummingsattempts / min

Control time

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

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

5

Top-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
Top-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	Top-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	Top-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	Top-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.

Career cohorts

14 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

0-1

1 bout

Typical camp

100–180 days

3-2

5 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

6-1

7 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

1-0

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

4-0

4 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

5-4

9 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

1-0

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

—

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

—

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

—

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

—

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

—

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

3y 2mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Zak Cummings

Extended layoff

3y 2mosince last bout

vs Ed Herman · Apr 15, 2023

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 7-1As underdog 3-3

68.8

DK avg

77.4

Median

108.9

Ceiling

19.3

Floor

36%

Boom

21%

Bust

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