Lumumba Sayers
Lumumba Sayers is an American mixed martial artist. He currently fights at middleweight for Strikeforce.
Mixed martial arts career
Early career
Sayers made his professional MMA debut in October 2009. He fought primarily in his native Colorado and was the Fight to Win Middleweight Champion, Rocky Mountain Bad Boyz and No Mercy Extreme Fighting Professional Middleweight Champion. Before signing with Strikeforce, he amassed a record of 4 wins and 1 loss, with none of his victories making it to the second round.
Strikeforce
Sayers debuted for Strikeforce in July 2011 on the undercard of Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Henderson. He lost his debut to Derek Brunson by submission in the first round.
Sayers returned to the promotion in the main event at Strikeforce Challengers: Britt vs. Sayers. He defeated Antwain Britt via KO at just 28 seconds into the first round, the first knockout victory of his career.
Sayers earned a main card slot for Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey. He faced veteran Scott Smith and won via guillotine choke submission in the first round.
Mixed martial arts record
|- | Loss |align=center| 6-3 | Anthony Smith |Submission (triangle choke) |Strikeforce: Rousey vs. Kaufman | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 3:52 |San Diego, California, United States | |- | Win |align=center| 6-2 | Scott Smith |Submission (guillotine choke) |Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 1:34 |Columbus, Ohio, United States | |- | Win |align=center| 5-2 | Antwain Britt |KO (punches) |Strikeforce Challengers: Britt vs. Sayers | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 0:28 |Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |- | Loss |align=center| 4-2 | Derek Brunson |Submission (rear-[...] choke) |Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Henderson | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 4:33 |Hoffman Estates, Illinois, United States | |- | Win |align=center| 4-1 | Edward Banks |Submission (arm-triangle choke) |Full Force Fighting 1 | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 2:39 |Denver, Colorado, United States | |- | Win |align=center| 3-1 | Justin Guthrie |Submission (armbar) |No Mercy Extreme Fighting 27 | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 1:16 |Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States | |- | Loss |align=center| 2-1 | Preston Snook |Submission |Red Dragon Promotions - Enter the Septagon | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 4:15 |Lawton, Oklahoma, United States | |- | Win |align=center| 2-0 | Ian Berg |Submission (guillotine choke) |Fight to Win - Phenoms | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 0:30 |Denver, Colorado, United States | |- | Win |align=center| 1-0 | Brian Christina |Submission (rear-[...] choke) |Rocky Mountain Nationals - Stars of MMA | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 0:54 |Denver, Colorado, United States |