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Trevor Smith vs.
Zak Cummings

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

5-7-0 Trevor Smith · UFC
10-4-0 Zak Cummings · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

5-7-0
UFC record
10-4-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
45.6
AgeΔ 3.6 yrs
42
6'3"
HeightΔ 3"
6'0"
75"
ReachΔ 0"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
80
Layoff (months)Δ 40.3 mo
39.7
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
WWLWW
The read

What the numbers say.

Scouting notes, auto-generated — only stats deviating more than 25% from the division median make this list. No narratives, just deviations.

Zak Cummings carries real power — 0.74 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.38 Welterweight norm.
Trevor Smith owns the mat — in control 38% of cage time, vs a 20% Middleweight norm.
Zak Cummings rarely shoots — 0.65 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Level of competition

Who did they actually beat?

Full-career records re-graded by the tier of opposition — the same grading the Contender Series pick model uses. Records built on tier-4 competition are worth less than records built on killers.

Trevor Smith

Full career not yet synced for Trevor Smith — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 0-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.3 wins over .500

Zak Cummings

Full career not yet synced for Zak Cummings — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

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

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5183.44/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
4943.06/min · norm 3.17
4913.26/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
4482.77/min · norm 3.06
55.7%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
35.9%norm 44.9%
53.3%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
56.3%norm 55.25%
20.20/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
80.74/15 · norm 0.38

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

Trevor Smith

Distance 65.8% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 17.3% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 16.9% (norm 10.3%)

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)

Trevor Smith

Head 70.3% (norm 78.0%) · Body 17.2% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 12.5% (norm 8.4%)

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 Smith L/AAccMiddleweight med Cummings L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 272 / 612 44.4% 40.5% 398 / 1222 32.6% 38.6%
In the clinch 128 / 161 79.5% 70.3% 58 / 97 59.8% 67.8%
On the ground 118 / 157 75.2% 69.1% 38 / 56 67.9% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 281 / 654 43.0% 38.9% 298 / 1108 26.9% 37.2%
To the body 135 / 160 84.4% 71.7% 93 / 146 63.7% 70.7%
To the legs 102 / 116 87.9% 83.3% 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 (Middleweight: 174 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 Smith L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Cummings L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 324 / 833 38.9% 39.5% 387 / 934 41.4% 39.0%
In the clinch 153 / 201 76.1% 70.9% 26 / 46 56.5% 68.9%
On the ground 14 / 17 too few to rate 69.0% 35 / 45 77.8% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 299 / 817 36.6% 37.9% 297 / 807 36.8% 35.6%
To the body 151 / 188 80.3% 71.3% 77 / 125 61.6% 69.6%
To the legs 41 / 46 89.1% 82.1% 74 / 93 79.6% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

1633.3% acc · 1.60/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
731.8% acc · 0.65/15 · norm 1.27
1368.4% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
2069.0% def · norm 63.9%
57:2538.2% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
23:3314.6% of cage time · norm 18.5%
17:011:41 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
13:581:17 per 15 · norm 3:15
60.60/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
70.65/15 · norm 0.45

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

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