at UFC Fight Night 77. He lost the fight via TKO in the second round. Cummins next faced Antônio Rogério Nogueira on May 14, 2016 at UFC 198. He lost the fight via TKO in the first round. Cummins was expected to face Gian Villante on December 9, 2016 at UFC Fight Night 102. However, Cummins pulled out of the fight on December 2 citing a staph infection. He was replaced by promotional newcomer Saparbek Safarov. Cummins faced Jan Błachowicz on April 8, 2017 at UFC 210. He won the bout by majority decision. A rescheduled bout with Gian Villante eventually took place on July 22, 2017 at UFC on Fox 25. Cummins won the back-and-forth fight via split decision. Cummins faced Corey Anderson on November 4, 2017 at UFC 217. However on October 17, Cummins pulled out from the fight due to a resistant staph infection. The fight was rescheduled to UFC Fight Night 128 on April 21, 2018. He lost the fight via unanimous decision. Cummins faced Misha Cirkunov on October 27, 2018 at UFC Fight Night 138. He lost the fight by submission in the first round via an arm triangle choke. Cummins faced Ed Herman on May 18, 2019 at UFC Fight Night 152. He lost the fight via TKO in the first round. Cummins announced his retirement from the sport on December 24, 2019. Mixed martial arts record |Loss |align=center|10–7 |Ed Herman |TKO (knee and punches) |UFC Fight Night: dos Anjos vs. Lee | |align=center|1 |align=center|3:39 |Rochester, New York, United States | |- |Loss |align=center| 10–6 |Misha Cirkunov |Submission (arm-triangle choke) |UFC Fight Night: Volkan vs. Smith | |align=center|1 |align=center|2:40 |Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada | |- |Loss |align=center|10–5 |Corey Anderson |Decision (unanimous) |UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Lee | |align=center|3 |align=center|5:00 |Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States | |- |Win |align=center|10–4 |Gian Villante |Decision (split) |UFC on Fox: Weidman vs. Gastelum | |align=center|3 |align=center|5:00 |Uniondale, New York, United States | |- |Win |align=center|9–4 |Jan Błachowicz |Decision (majority) |UFC 210 | |align=center|3 |align=center|5:00 |Buffalo, New York, United States | |- |Loss |align=center|8–4 |Antônio Rogério Nogueira |TKO (punches) |UFC 198 | |align=center|1 |align=center|4:52 |Curitiba, Brazil | |- |Loss |align=center|8–3 |Glover Teixeira |TKO (punches) |UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Henderson 3 | |align=center|2 |align=center|1:12 |São Paulo, Brazil | |- |Win |align=center|8–2 |Rafael Cavalcante |TKO (elbows) |UFC 190 | |align=center|3 |align=center|0:45 |Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |- |Loss |align=center|7–2