Report: Michel Prazeres Faces Zak Cummings At UFC Fight Night Chile
A welterweight division attraction is heading to the UFC Fight Night Chile card according to Cage Of Bones as Michel Prazeres faces Zak Cummings.
Prazeres (24-2-0) is going to be making his welterweight division debut in this fight and does so while riding a six bout winning streak. Prazeres had previously competed at lightweight in the UFC, earning a record of 8-2-0 in the division. Prazeres has also seen nine of his ten bouts in the UFC make it all the way into the third wound, with a first round submission win over Josh Burkman at UFC Fight Night 106 serving as the lone bout that didn’t.
Cummings (21-5-0) enters the contest on the strength of a two fight winning streak, defeating Alexander Yakovlev and Nathan Coy. Cummings has competed at “Fight Night” events six times during his UFC tenure, earning a record of 4-2-0 in those encounters. Cummings also competed on the UFC Ultimate Fighter 17, losing in the second round of the reality show to Dylan Andrews.
UFC Fight Night Chile takes place on Saturday, May 19 from the Movistar Arena in Santiago, Chile with Santiago Ponzinibbio and Kamaru Usman headlining. Fightful is providing live coverage of the event, with a post-show podcast to follow.
