Patrick Cummins still only has eight career fights, four of them coming in the UFC. He's still most known for a first-round knockout loss at the hands of Daniel Cormier in his short-notice UFC debut last year.
Yet, Cummins will go into Saturday's fight against Ovince Saint Preux, the eighth-ranked contender in the UFC's light heavyweight division, as the favorite, according to sports books. "Durkin" won't argue with that assessment.
"He's gonna present a different puzzle, obviously," Cummins told MMAFighting.com. "I think this is gonna be a great matchup for me. As soon as the name came up, I thought this is a matchup I want.