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Zak Cummings
Zak Cummings
21-6 · USA
VS
Trevor Smith
Trevor Smith
15-8 · USA
December 15, 2018 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
Zak Cummings def. Trevor Smith by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Cummings13/400/200:17
Smith18/330/000:00
R2
Cummings22/680/100:00
Smith19/420/000:00
R3
Cummings21/310/211:47
Smith17/280/002:06
Total
Cummings56/1390/512:04
Smith54/1030/002:06

Scorecards

Cummings vs Smith

RdGabriel SabaitisLarry StruckSal D'AmatoCommunity
R19-1010-910-99.5-9.5
R210-910-910-99.9-9.1
R310-99-109-109.7-9.4
Total29-2829-2829-2829.1-28

Media (12 cards) · avg 29.127.9 · 12 Cummings · 0 Smith

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Cummings-Smith.

Pre-fight

The model's read going in

The walk-forward model's call at the time of the bout — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.

Prediction
CummingsWin probabilitySmith
68.3%31.7%
KO / TKO
20%
Submission
5%
Decision
75%
Expected fight time: 12.9 min
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Cummings, blue toward Smith. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Cummings68%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%24%
Submission4%6%
Decision48%70%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes48 (2762)act 56
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.5)act 0
Smith32%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO4%11%
Submission1%4%
Decision27%85%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (2252)act 54
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.7)act 0
Combined totals~88 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R111%
R27%
R37%
Distance75%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Cummings
57.3%-138
Smith
+13841.4%
Most takedownstie 46.2%
Cummings
32.4%-152
Smith
+15221.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Cummings
Expected: 47.5
47.5
Over 47.5
42.5%
+135
Under 47.5
57.5%
-135
060119
Smith
Expected: 40.0
40
Over 40
41.7%
+136
Exactly 40
1.7%
push
Under 40
56.6%
-136
051101
Takedowns — over/under
Cummings
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
39.1%
+156
Under 0.5
60.9%
-156
035
Smith
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
29.5%
+239
Under 0.5
70.5%
-239
035

Odds are model-implied (no real prop market is priced for these). The “most” prices are draw-no-bet — a tie (for takedowns, usually 0–0) is a push, so each side is priced off its chance of winning given a result, while the % shown is the raw chance of landing strictly more. Drag a line in half-point steps: a half line (e.g. 2.5) is a clean over/under, while a whole number adds a third outcome — landing exactly on it, a push — so over, exact and under sum to 100%. On a whole number the over/under odds are draw-no-bet (priced off the decisive mass, since the push refunds), so the two sides stay mirror images rather than implying an arbitrage.

Expected fight time 12.9 min. Predicted-output ranges are percentiles of the model’s simulated fights: sig strikes the middle 50% (25th–75th); takedowns the wider 10th–90th, since they’re 0 in most fights so a narrow band would collapse to 0. Win-by-method = win probability × that fighter’s own method split: the model forecasts how the fight ends, and that forecast is divided between the corners by each fighter’s finishing record — UFC wins in full, earlier-career wins at half weight, as of fight night — reconciled so the fighters’ totals still equal their win probabilities and the methods still total the fight-level forecast above. “Equity” is each of those over that fighter’s win % — how they win given that they win — so a column adds to 100%, and it differs by corner. A fighter with no classifiable wins at any level leans on the fight-level split. “How it ends” is the model’s round-of-finish split. “Mkt” is the de-vigged market prop (consensus across books), shown for context, not as a betting signal; rounds & totals slots fill as that data lands. Percentages are apportioned by largest remainder, so each set adds to its total exactly and an individual figure can sit a point off its own rounding.

Model vs market
Final
ModelMarketGapLine
To win
Cummings68.3%74.0%−5.7-330
Smith31.7%26.0%+5.7+270

Market % is the de-vigged (no-vig) consensus across the books that price both fighters; the line is the average across books with the min–max range in parentheses. Gap is the model minus the market in points (+ = the model rates that outcome above the market). Thin or one-sided markets are flagged or left blank rather than shown as a fabricated %. Shown for context, not as a bet — the closing line is the sharpest public price and the model trails it on average. For 5-round bouts the model splits its round-3+ finish mass into rounds 3–5 by the historical within-bucket rate, so the over-3.5 / 4.5 lines carry a model estimate.

Trait web
58.2Striking71.2
Smith +13.0
59.2Grappling51.7
Cummings +7.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
CummingsSmith
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1576
Pound-for-pound
1527
1547
Divisional
1527
1483
Striking offense
1504
1521
Striking defense
1501
1508
Grappling offense
1507
1518
Grappling defense
1515
Physical
34 yrs
Age
37 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'3"
75"
Reach
75"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.64
Strikes landed / min
3.50
31%
Strike accuracy
58%
2.61
Strikes absorbed / min
2.84
55%
Strike defense
53%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.19
Takedowns / 15 min
1.98
47%
Takedown accuracy
34%
70%
Takedown defense
62%
1.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.7
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
50%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
60%
Last-5 win rate
60%
67%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
210
Days since last fight
202
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Zak Cummings
  • LMichel PrazeresS-DEC R3
    Close -1907mo before
  • WNathan CoySUB R1
    Close -5501y 8mo before
  • WAlexander YakovlevSUB R2
    missedClose -1702y 1mo before
  • LSantiago PonzinibbioU-DEC R3
    Close -1102y 4mo before
  • WNicolas DalbyU-DEC R3
    Close -1152y 8mo before
Trevor Smith
  • LElias TheodorouU-DEC R3
    Close +3207mo before
  • WChris CamozziU-DEC R3
    Close +1301y 7mo before
  • LAndrew SanchezU-DEC R3
    Close +1702y before
  • WJoseph GigliottiU-DEC R3
    Close +1102y 4mo before
  • WDan MillerU-DEC R3
    Close -1153y 5mo before
Cummings — win / loss by method
Record: 21-6-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
5 wins, 0 losses
W
24% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
11 wins, 2 losses
W
52% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 4 losses
W
24% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
6win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (17%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (50%)Submission(33%) 1
2 (33%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
15win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (27%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
8 (53%)Submission(33%) 1
3 (20%)Decision(67%) 2
Smith — win / loss by method
Record: 15-8-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
1 win, 4 losses
W
7% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 1 loss
W
60% of wins
L
13% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 3 losses
W
33% of wins
L
38% of losses
UFC
5win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(40%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (100%)Decision(60%) 3
Non-UFC
10win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (10%)KO/TKO(67%) 2
9 (90%)Submission(33%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Cummings
Smith
9
UFC fights
10
88.2 min · 9.8 avg
Octagon time
121.3 min · 12.1 avg
18y 8m
Career length
17y 7m
UFC schedule strength

Opponents' records on fight night — toggle their full cross-promotional record vs UFC bouts only.

Cummings
Smith
147W–28L · 84.0%
Overall
137W–43L · 76.1%
89W–23L · 79.5%
Wins
65W–25L · 72.2%
58W–5L · 92.1%
Losses
72W–18L · 80.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Cummings
Smith
187W–115L · 61.9%
Overall
97W–44L · 68.8%
157W–110L · 58.8%
Wins
58W–30L · 65.9%
30W–5L · 85.7%
Losses
39W–14L · 73.6%
Distance striking
Cummings
Smith
2.92
Landed / min
4.91
26.2%
Accuracy
44.3%
57.2%
Defense
64.6%
0.34
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.25
65.1%
Time at distance
32.4%
Grappling & control
Cummings
Smith
1.19
Takedowns / 15 min
1.98
46.7%
Takedown accuracy
34.0%
69.6%
Takedown defense
61.5%
1.02
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.74
69.4%
Control share
78.8%
Strike target map
Cummings
  • Head64%(149)div 63%
  • Body19%(45)div 19%
  • Legs17%(39)div 18%
Smith
  • Head52%(219)div 63%
  • Body28%(119)div 19%
  • Legs20%(87)div 18%

Where each fighter lands significant strikes (career). “div” = the weight-class average.

Zak Cummings
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.

Trevor Smith
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.