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Zak Cummings vs.
Omari Akhmedov

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

10-4-0 Zak Cummings · UFC
9-5-1 Omari Akhmedov · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

10-4-0
UFC record
9-5-1
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
42
AgeΔ 4 yrs
38
6'0"
HeightΔ 0"
6'0"
75"
ReachΔ 2"
73"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
39.7
Layoff (months)Δ 21.2 mo
60.9
WWLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLWW
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.
Omari Akhmedov hunts takedowns — 2.58 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 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.

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

Omari Akhmedov

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

In the UFC: 8-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.1 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4943.06/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
5352.97/min · norm 3.25
4482.77/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
5122.84/min · norm 3.20
35.9%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
34.4%norm 47.4%
56.3%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
55.8%norm 53.8%
80.74/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
20.17/15 · norm 0.32

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

Zak Cummings

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

Omari Akhmedov

Distance 85.8% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 6.4% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 7.8% (norm 10.3%)

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

Zak Cummings

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

Omari Akhmedov

Head 84.8% (norm 78.0%) · Body 9.5% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 5.7% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Cummings L/AAccWelterweight med Akhmedov L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 398 / 1222 32.6% 38.6% 389 / 1335 29.1% 40.5%
In the clinch 58 / 97 59.8% 67.8% 65 / 100 65.0% 70.3%
On the ground 38 / 56 67.9% 67.2% 81 / 121 66.9% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 298 / 1108 26.9% 37.2% 383 / 1320 29.0% 38.9%
To the body 93 / 146 63.7% 70.7% 89 / 148 60.1% 71.7%
To the legs 103 / 121 85.1% 82.9% 63 / 88 71.6% 83.3%

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 (Welterweight: 182 fighters · Middleweight: 174 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 Cummings L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Akhmedov L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 387 / 934 41.4% 39.0% 386 / 990 39.0% 39.5%
In the clinch 26 / 46 56.5% 68.9% 82 / 114 71.9% 70.9%
On the ground 35 / 45 77.8% 68.0% 44 / 54 81.5% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 297 / 807 36.8% 35.6% 340 / 907 37.5% 37.9%
To the body 77 / 125 61.6% 69.6% 84 / 141 59.6% 71.3%
To the legs 74 / 93 79.6% 82.1% 88 / 110 80.0% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

731.8% acc · 0.65/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
3145.6% acc · 2.58/15 · norm 1.42
2069.0% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
2965.9% def · norm 63.1%
23:3314.6% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
38:4821.5% of cage time · norm 19.75%
13:581:17 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
23:431:58 per 15 · norm 3:00
70.65/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
30.25/15 · norm 0.47

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

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