Michel Prazeres vs. Zak Cummings

UFC 10-4-0 vs. 10-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
10-4-0
UFC record
10-4-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
45
AgeΔ 3 yrs
42
5'6"
HeightΔ 6"
6'0"
67"
ReachΔ 8"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
61.4
Layoff (months)Δ 21.6 mo
39.8
LLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
WWLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Michel Prazeres hunts takedowns — 3.94 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Zak Cummings carries real power — 0.74 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.38 Welterweight norm.
Michel Prazeres owns the mat — in control 33% of cage time, vs a 20% Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Michel Prazeres

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 104
Tier 3 — regional circuit 173

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.14 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 34 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.6 wins over .500

Zak Cummings

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 114
Tier 3 — regional circuit 143

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.27 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 32 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.3 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4072.38/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
4943.06/min · norm 3.17
4302.51/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
4482.77/min · norm 3.06
47.2%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
35.9%norm 44.9%
57.6%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
56.3%norm 55.25%
20.18/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
80.74/15 · norm 0.38

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Michel Prazeres

Distance 83.1% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 7.8% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 9.2% (norm 8.0%)

Zak Cummings

Distance 88.9% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 7.1% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 4.1% (norm 8.1%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Michel Prazeres

Head 77.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 12.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 10.1% (norm 7.9%)

Zak Cummings

Head 80.6% (norm 78.2%) · Body 10.6% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 8.8% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Prazeres L/AAccLightweight med Cummings L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 298 / 717 41.6% 37.9% 398 / 1222 32.6% 38.6%
In the clinch 42 / 67 62.7% 67.3% 58 / 97 59.8% 67.8%
On the ground 67 / 79 84.8% 69.1% 38 / 56 67.9% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 273 / 668 40.9% 35.0% 298 / 1108 26.9% 37.2%
To the body 63 / 108 58.3% 69.1% 93 / 146 63.7% 70.7%
To the legs 71 / 87 81.6% 81.9% 103 / 121 85.1% 82.9%

Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Lightweight: 201 fighters · Welterweight: 182 fighters).

What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man

Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.

Zone vs Prazeres L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Cummings L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 290 / 821 35.3% 38.9% 387 / 934 41.4% 39.0%
In the clinch 81 / 105 77.1% 68.6% 26 / 46 56.5% 68.9%
On the ground 59 / 87 67.8% 68.0% 35 / 45 77.8% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 233 / 766 30.4% 35.1% 297 / 807 36.8% 35.6%
To the body 117 / 154 76.0% 68.1% 77 / 125 61.6% 69.6%
To the legs 80 / 93 86.0% 81.5% 74 / 93 79.6% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
4536.0% acc · 3.94/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
731.8% acc · 0.65/15 · norm 1.27
1147.8% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
2069.0% def · norm 63.9%
55:5732.7% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
23:3314.6% of cage time · norm 18.5%
27:042:22 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
13:581:17 per 15 · norm 3:15
70.61/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
70.65/15 · norm 0.45

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Prazeres has more cage time on record.