MMA Fighting · Sep 6, 2019
Zak Cummings drawing inspiration from Anthony Smith for middleweight run
Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Zak Cummings (pictured) fights Omari Akhmedov in a middleweight bout at UFC 242 in Abu Dhabi on SaturdayFew fighters have experienced the feeling of “two steps forward, one step back” like Zak Cummings since he joined the UFC.
A cast member of The Ultimate Fighter 17 back in 2013, Cummings made his official Octagon debut in August of that year with a first-round submission of Ben Alloway. That performance earned Cummings his first (and to date, only) $50,000 fight night bonus and came during an emotional tempest in his life that saw him achieve his dream of fighting for the UFC while also dealing with the news that his father had potentially fallen fatally ill.