The longest-tenured fighter on the UFC roster is set for his 25th fight under the promotion’s banner.
“Short Fuse” [autotag]Ed Herman[/autotag] (24-15 MMA, 13-11 UFC) hasn’t competed since August 2021, but at the promotion’s upcoming UFC Fight Night card April 15 in Kansas City, Mo., he’ll make his return to the cage against [autotag]Zak Cummings[/autotag] (24-7 MMA, 9-4 UFC) in a light heavyweight bout.
Both fighters announced the bout Wednesday on their social media pages.
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Herman, 42, has been in the UFC continuously since 2006, when he joined the promotion on the cast of “The Ultimate Fighter 3.” Herman rode a three-fight winning streak into his most recent bout, a unanimous decision loss 18 months ago, against Alonzo Menifield at UFC 265.
Cummings, 38, has been away from competition even longer than Herman has. His most recent bout was a unanimous decision win over Alessio Di Chirico in August 2020. A winner of three of his most recent four outings, Cummings told BJPenn.com in September his absence from competition was due to a back injury that caused him to be “bedridden.”
With the addition, the UFC Fight Night lineup for April 15 includes:
- Max Holloway vs. Arnold Allen
- Edson Barboza vs. Billy Quarantillo
- Chris Gutierrez vs. Pedro Munhoz
- Matheus Nicolau vs. Brandon Royval
- Dustin Jacoby vs. Azamat Murzakanov
- Bill Algeo vs. TJ Brown
- Bruna Brasil vs. Denise Gomes
- Gillian Robertson vs. Piera Rodriguez
- Lando Vannata vs. Daniel Zellhuber
- Danaa Batgerel vs. Brady Hiestand
- Joselyne Edwards vs. Lucie Pudilova
- Gaston Bolanos vs. Aaron Phillips
- Zak Cummings vs. Ed Herman