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Zak Cummings
Zak Cummings
18-4 · USA
VS
Nicolas Dalby
Nicolas Dalby
14-0-1 · DNK
April 10, 2016 · Zagreb, Croatia
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.0lb
Weigh-in
171.0lb
Zak Cummings def. Nicolas Dalby by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Cummings13/420/010:59
Dalby17/530/000:06
R2
Cummings26/750/000:00
Dalby23/570/000:00
R3
Cummings17/411/302:32
Dalby17/400/100:01
Total
Cummings56/1581/313:31
Dalby57/1500/100:07

Scorecards

Cummings vs Dalby

RdBen CartlidgePaul SutherlandPawel HarasimCommunity
R110-910-910-99.8-9.1
R210-910-910-99.9-9.1
R310-910-910-99.7-9.2
Total30-2730-2730-2729.4-27.4

Media (12 cards) · avg 29.927.1 · 12 Cummings · 0 Dalby

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

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 probabilityDalby
42.6%57.4%
KO / TKO
23%
Submission
6%
Decision
71%
Expected fight time: 12.4 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 Dalby. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Cummings43%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%26%
Submission4%9%
Decision28%65%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes46 (2660)act 56
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.2)act 1
Dalby57%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%21%
Submission2%3%
Decision43%76%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes46 (2660)act 57
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.0)act 0
Combined totals~92 sig strikes~0.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R113%
R211%
R35%
Distance71%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Cummings
49.5%-101
Dalby
+10149.2%
Most takedownstie 53.6%
Cummings
32.2%-227
Dalby
+22714.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Cummings
Expected: 46.1
46
Over 46
41.9%
+135
Exactly 46
1.4%
push
Under 46
56.6%
-135
058116
Dalby
Expected: 45.9
46
Over 46
41.7%
+136
Exactly 46
1.4%
push
Under 46
56.8%
-136
058115
Takedowns — over/under
Cummings
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
36.4%
+175
Under 0.5
63.6%
-175
035
Dalby
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
19.1%
Exactly 0
80.9%
push
Under 0
0.0%
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 12.4 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
Cummings42.6%51.1%−8.5-115
Dalby57.4%48.9%+8.5-105

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
56.1Striking63.0
Dalby +6.9
72.4Grappling70.0
Cummings +2.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
CummingsDalby
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1562
Pound-for-pound
1558
1547
Divisional
1558
1485
Striking offense
1494
1517
Striking defense
1502
1526
Grappling offense
1506
1519
Grappling defense
1509
Physical
31 yrs
Age
31 yrs
6'0"
Height
5'11"
75"
Reach
74"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.18
Strikes landed / min
4.17
33%
Strike accuracy
40%
1.47
Strikes absorbed / min
3.53
40%
Strike defense
52%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.51
Takedowns / 15 min
4.00
71%
Takedown accuracy
57%
80%
Takedown defense
100%
1.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
75%
UFC win rate
100%
+1
Win/loss streak
0
75%
Last-5 win rate
50%
67%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
260
Days since last fight
169
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Zak Cummings
  • WDominique SteeleKO/TKO R1
    Close -3809mo before
  • LGunnar NelsonSUB R2
    Close +6601y 9mo before
  • WYan CabralU-DEC R3
    Close +4751y 11mo before
  • WBen AllowaySUB R1
    Close -1252y 7mo before
Nicolas Dalby
  • DDarren TillM-DEC R3
    Close -1456mo before
  • WElizeu Zaleski dos SantosS-DEC R3
    Close -27010mo before
Cummings — win / loss by method
Record: 18-4-0

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
28% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 2 losses
W
50% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
22% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
3win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (33%)Submission(100%) 1
1 (33%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
15win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (27%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
8 (53%)Submission(33%) 1
3 (20%)Decision(67%) 2
Dalby — win / loss by method
Record: 14-0-1

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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
29% of wins
L
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
21% of wins
L
Decision
7 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
UFC
1win0loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
13win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (31%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (23%)Submission() 0
6 (46%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Cummings
Dalby
4
UFC fights
2
29.8 min · 7.5 avg
Octagon time
30.0 min · 15.0 avg
18y 8m
Career length
16y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Cummings
Dalby
48W–9L · 84.2%
Overall
14W–4L · 77.8%
36W–9L · 80.0%
Wins
14W–4L · 77.8%
12W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Cummings
Dalby
187W–115L · 61.9%
Overall
119W–78L · 60.4%
157W–110L · 58.8%
Wins
119W–78L · 60.4%
30W–5L · 85.7%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Cummings
Dalby
2.09
Landed / min
3.36
19.4%
Accuracy
26.9%
55.1%
Defense
57.1%
0.50
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
38.5%
Time at distance
55.5%
Grappling & control
Cummings
Dalby
2.51
Takedowns / 15 min
4.00
71.4%
Takedown accuracy
57.1%
80.0%
Takedown defense
100.0%
1.01
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
68.4%
Control share
85.8%
Strike target map
Cummings
  • Head65%(42)div 63%
  • Body15%(10)div 21%
  • Legs20%(13)div 16%
Dalby
  • Head66%(82)div 63%
  • Body15%(19)div 21%
  • Legs19%(24)div 16%

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.

Nicolas Dalby
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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