Zak Cummings

WelterweightOutfighter
10 - 4

14 UFC Fights | 71% Win Rate | 6 Finishes (60%)

Height
6' 0"
Reach
75"
Weight
205 lbs.
Age
42
Southpaw

Zak Cummings UFC Record & Pro MMA Record

Zak Cummings is 10-4 in the UFC across 14 fights, with 2 wins by knockout, 4 by submission and 4 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 25-7, 15-3 of it outside the UFC. Cummings competes at welterweight as a southpaw outfighter, standing 6'0" with a 75" reach at 42 years old. The last bout was a win over Ed Herman by knockout in Apr 2023.

Best attribute: knockdown power (knockdowns scored per fight) — 91st percentile among 280 welterweight fighters (0.57/fight).

Zak Cummings's UFC win rate is 71% (10 of 14 fights), and 60% of those wins came by finish. Cummings averages 0.5 takedowns per fight at 32% accuracy and stops 69% of opponents' takedown attempts.

Pro MMA Record
25-7
UFC Record
10-4
Height
6'0"
Reach
75"
Age
42
Stance
Southpaw
Last Fight
W vs Ed Herman · KO/TKO · Apr 2023

Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.

Zak Cummings's Last 5 Fights

Cummings is 4-1 in the last five UFC fights.

  1. Win vs Ed Herman · KO/TKO · R3 4:13 · UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Allen · Apr 2023
  2. Win vs Alessio Di Chirico · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Rakic · Aug 2020
  3. Loss vs Omari Akhmedov · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 242: Khabib vs. Poirier · Sep 2019
  4. Win vs Trevin Giles · Submission · R3 4:01 · UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Lee · May 2019
  5. Win vs Trevor Smith · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Lee vs. Iaquinta · Dec 2018

Striking

Fighter Profile

Offensive Output

Sig. Strikes / Min
3.1
Accuracy
36%
Knockdowns / Fight
0.57

Defensive

Absorbed / Min
2.8
0.8x avg
Strike Differential
+0.3
Opp. Accuracy Against
44%

Strike Targets

Position Breakdown

Grappling

Takedowns & Control

Takedowns / Fight
0.5
Takedown Accuracy
32%
Takedown Defense
69%
Control Time / Fight
1:41
Sub Attempts / Fight
0.5

Win Methods

Finish Probability by Round

R1
7% KO
14% Sub
R2
0% KO
7% Sub
R3+
7% KO
7% Sub

Round-by-Round Output

Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Zak Cummings vs Average

Zak Cummings lands 12.1 strikes in R1 but 17.7 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.

Zak Cummings's UFC Fight History

14 UFC fights on record (10-4), most recent first.

ResultOpponentMethodRd · TimeEventDate
WEd HermanKO/TKOR3 · 4:13UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Allen2023-04-15
WAlessio Di ChiricoDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Rakic2020-08-29
LOmari AkhmedovDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 242: Khabib vs. Poirier2019-09-07
WTrevin GilesSubmissionR3 · 4:01UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Lee2019-05-18
WTrevor SmithDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Lee vs. Iaquinta2018-12-15
LMichel PrazeresDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. Usman2018-05-19
WNathan CoySubmissionR1 · 4:21UFC on FOX: Johnson vs. Reis2017-04-15
WAlexander YakovlevSubmissionR2 · 4:02UFC Fight Night: Mousasi vs. Hall 22016-11-19
LSantiago PonzinibbioDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Caceres2016-08-06
WNicolas DalbyDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Rothwell vs Dos Santos2016-04-10
WDominique SteeleKO/TKOR1 · 0:43UFC on FOX: Dillashaw vs. Barao II2015-07-25
LGunnar NelsonSubmissionR2 · 4:48UFC Fight Night: McGregor vs Brandao2014-07-19
WYan CabralDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Brown vs Silva2014-05-10
WBen AllowaySubmissionR1 · 4:19UFC Fight Night: Condit vs Kampmann 22013-08-28

How Cummings Ranks at Welterweight

Percentile among the 280 welterweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).

Striking volume3.1 sig. strikes/min
48th percentile
Striking accuracy36%
13th percentile
Strikes absorbed2.8/min
65th percentile
Takedowns0.5/fight
30th percentile
Takedown defense69%
64th percentile
Knockdown power0.57/fight
91st percentile

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