Zak Cummings is favored against Michel Prazeres at UFC Fight Night 129 on Saturday in Santiago, Chile. This event is one of four fights on the FS2 portion of the preliminary card. Cummings is 21-5 in his career, while Prazeres is 24-2 in his career. There are a total of six fights on the main card at UFC Fight Night 129, with the headliner a bout between Demian Maia and Kamaru Usman. There are also a total of seven fights on the preliminary card with four on FS2 and three on UFC Fight Pass. Let’s look at the bout between Cummings and Prazeres and UFC predictions.
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Zak Cummings (21-5, 6-2 UFC)
Cummings came into the UFC with a record of 15-3 and has six wins and two losses in the UFC. He defeated Ben Alloway by submission, Yan Cabral by unanimous decision, Dominique Steele by TKO, Nicolas Dalby by unanimous decision, Alexander Yakovlev by submission, and Nathan Coy by technical submission, while losing to Gunnar Nelson by submission and Santiago Ponzinibbio by unanimous decision. Cummings has been a pro since 2007 and has 11 wins by submission and five by TKO/KO. He has 10 first round finishes.
Zak Cummings said this to bloodyelbow.com about his upcoming fight with Prazeres, “I feel like he’s normally the stronger bully-type fighter at 155. He’s always had to deal with the reach disadvantage, but I feel like he’s always been the more powerful guy and the bully with his jiu jitsu style and his striking. I just don’t see him being able to present that threat at all with me. Maybe he can with some smaller welterweights, but it’s a big jump from lightweight to welterweight. When I watch his style, it’s a very power jiu jitsu style, a fellow BJJ black belt. I don’t think he’s really slick. Especially in an MMA fight, I just don’t see his game working against my body-type.”
Michel Prazeres (24-2, 8-2 UFC)
Prazeres came into the UFC with a record of 16-0 and he has eight wins and two losses in the UFC. He defeated Jesse Ronson by split decision, Mairbek Taisumov by unanimous decision, Valmir Lazaro by split decision, J.C. Cottrell by unanimous decision, Gilbert Burns by unanimous decision, Josh Burkman by submission, Mads Burnell by submission and Desmond Green by unanimous decision, while losing to Paulo Thiago by unanimous decision and Kevin Lee by unanimous decision. Prazeres has been a pro since 2000 and has 10 wins by submission and one by TKO. He has nine first round finishes.
Striking Stats
Strikes landed per minute: Cummings 2.61 / Prazeres 2.54
Accuracy: Cummings 31% / Prazeres 47%
Strikes absorbed per minute: Cummings 3.01/ Prazeres 2.38
Defense: Cummings 51% / Prazeres 59%
Grappling Stats
Takedown average: Cummings 1.30 / Prazeres 4.28
Accuracy: Cummings 38% / Prazeres 38%
Takedowns defended: Cummings 66% / Prazeres 47%
Submission average: Cummings 1.1/ Prazeres 0.7
UFC Predictions
This should be an excellent matchup between two evenly matched fighters. I give Cummings the slight edge, so I will take him in this fight. I will also take the fight to go the distance.
UFC Fight Night 129 takes place on Saturday, May 19, 2018 at Movistar ArenainSantiago, Chile with a welterweight match between Demian Maia and Kamaru Usman as the event headliner. There are six fights on the main card on FS1 and seven preliminary bouts, with four on FS2 and three on UFC Fight Pass.
Main Card (FS1)
Welterweight – Kamaru Usman -655 vs. Demian Maia
Women’s Strawweight – Tatiana Suarez -700 vs. Alexa Grasso
Light Heavyweight – Dominick Reyes -250 vs. Jared Cannonier
Women’s Flyweight – Andrea Lee -330 vs. Veronica Macedo
Bantamweight – Diego Rivas -165 vs. Guido Cannetti
Welterweight – Vicente Luque -215 vs. Chad Laprise
Preliminary Card (FS2)
Welterweight – Zak Cummings -135 vs. Michel Prazeres
Flyweight – Alexandre Pantoja -135 vs. Brandon Moreno
Women’s Strawweight – Poliana Botelho -165 vs. Syuri Kondo
Featherweight – Gabriel Benitez -225 vs. Humberto Bandenay
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Featherweight – Enrique Barzola -190 vs. Brandon Davis
Bantamweight – Frankie Saenz -290 vs. Henry Briones
Lightweight – Felipe Silva -320 vs. Claudio Puelles
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