Cyrille Moktar Diabaté (born October 6, 1973) is a retired French

mixed martial artist Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referred to as Vale Tudo is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, incorpo ...

and kickboxer. He has also competed in shoot boxing and Muay Thai.Cyrille DIABATE, du Muaythaï au MMA - MUAYTHAITV
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Palace Fighting Championship Palace Fighting Championship (PFC) was a mixed martial arts (MMA) organization based in the United States that was created in 2007 by Christian Printup. It ceased operations in 2009. In 2001, Printup helped promotional newcomers Reed Harris and ...

Tachi Palace Fights Tachi Palace Fights (TPF) was an American mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion which hosted events at the Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino in Lemoore, California. Matchmaker for TPF was former fighter Richard Goodman. Regarded as a regional promotion, ...

PRIDE Pride is defined by Merriam-Webster as "reasonable self-esteem" or "confidence and satisfaction in oneself". A healthy amount of pride is good, however, pride sometimes is used interchangeably with "conceit" or "arrogance" (among other words) w ...

ShoXC ''ShoXC'' is a mixed martial arts series produced by the mixed martial arts organization EliteXC, Showtime and Proelite.com. The series was announced on July 11, 2007. The purpose of the show is to highlight up and coming MMA fighters. On Oct ...

, Deep, Cage Rage and the

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Mixed martial arts career

Pride Fighting Championships

Diabaté then faced off against

Maurício Rua Maurício Milani Rua (; born 25 November 1981), also known as Shogun, is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist and former model. He competes in the Light Heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He is a forme ...

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. After 5:29 of the first round, Rua defeated Diabaté via TKO (stomps). This loss led to Diabaté heading for smaller organizations. His first fight was in England, for the Cage Rage promotion. He defeated Ryan Robinson via armbar and followed this up with a blood-soaked decision victory in a ShoXC card, where he faced Jaime Fletcher. Diabaté defeated Marcus Hicks via submission (armbar) after just 89 seconds. This win was his fourth in a row and was followed up by a win over Rob Smith via submission.

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Cyrille appeared frequently as a striking coach for Team Henderson in season 9 of

The Ultimate Fighter ''The Ultimate Fighter'' is an American reality television series and mixed martial arts (MMA) competition produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and Pilgrim Media Group currently airing on ESPN+. It previously aired for fourteen s ...

. It was announced in February 2010 that Diabaté had signed a four fight contract with the UFC. In his debut at

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he defeated Luiz Cané via TKO in the first round. Diabaté later expressed disappointment in his own performance, having had to "survive a flash knockout" early in the first round. In his second appearance, Diabaté lost to Alexander Gustafsson on October 16, 2010 at

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. In the fight, he was dominated by the Swede for the entire first round standing, and in the second round he was taken down early and submitted with a rear naked choke. This was his first loss in four years. For his third UFC fight, Diabaté faced

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on March 3, 2011 at UFC Live: Sanchez vs. Kampmann. He won the fight via unanimous decision. Diabaté fought

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on November 5, 2011 at UFC 138. He lost the bout against Perosh via submission due to a rear naked choke in the second round. Diabaté was expected to face Jörgen Kruth on April 14, 2012 at UFC on Fuel TV 2. However, Kruth was forced out of the bout with an injury and replaced by Tom DeBlass. Diabaté won the fight via majority decision. Diabaté was briefly linked to a bout with

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on November 17, 2012 at

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. However, Maldonado was pulled from the bout and faced

Glover Teixeira Glover Lucas Teixeira (; born 28 October 1979) is a Brazilian-American mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Light Heavyweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former UFC Light Heavyweight Champi ...

on October 13, 2012 at

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, replacing an injured

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. Diabaté instead faced

Chad Griggs Chad Griggs (born May 15, 1978) is former American mixed martial artist who most recently competed in the UFC's Light Heavyweight division. A professional competitor since 2005, he has also formerly competed for the Tucson Scorpions of the IFL ...

at the event. Diabate defeated Griggs via first round rear naked choke submission. Diabaté faced

Jimi Manuwa Babajimi Abiola "Jimi" Manuwa (born 18 February 1980) is an American-born English retired mixed martial artist of Nigerian descent who competed in the light heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Early life Manuwa was born ...

on February 16, 2013 at UFC on Fuel TV: Barão vs. McDonald. Manuwa was declared the winner (TKO) after Diabaté was unable to continue after tearing a calf muscle near the end of the first round. Diabaté faced

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at UFC Fight Night 37. Before the fight, Diabaté announced he will retire from MMA regardless of the bout's outcome. He lost the fight via submission in the first round. After his loss to Latifi, Diabaté made his retirement from combat sports official.

Kickboxing record (Incomplete)

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Mixed martial arts record

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Edmonton, Alberta Edmonton ( ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Alberta's central region. The city anchor ...

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, TKO (doctor stoppage) , PFC 12: High Stakes , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 1:15 , Lemoore, California, United States , , - , Win , align=center, 12–6–1 , Jaime Fletcher , Decision (unanimous) , ShoXC: Hamman vs. Suganuma 2 , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 5:00 ,

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Rodney Glunder Rodney Glunder (born as ''Rodney Faverus'', March 1, 1975) is a retired Dutch professional kickboxer, mixed martial artist, professional wrestler and boxer, current actor, entrepreneur and bodybuilder. He has fought for M-1 Global, Cage Rage, K- ...

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Bob Schrijber Robert Schrijber (born 3 March 1965) is a Dutch former mixed martial artist and kickboxer. He currently runs his own MMA and Muay Thai team in Krommenie, Netherlands called Sports Academy Schreiber. His most famous students at the moment are UF ...

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, Netherlands , , - , Win , align=center, 3–1–1 , Matt Frye , KO (punches) , Cage Wars 2 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, N/A ,

, England , , - , Loss , align=center, 2–1–1 , Josh Dempsey , Decision , Cage Wars 1 , , align=center, 2 , align=center, N/A ,

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(US) and Ryuta Sakurai Ryuta Sakurai (born September 8, 1971) is a Japanese mixed martial artist who currently competes in the middleweight division. A veteran who fought for many companies such as Shooto, Pancrase and PRIDE. Nicknamed Mr. DEEP, he is best known for ...

, TKO (punches) , Golden Trophy 1999 , , align=center, 2 , align=center, N/A , France ,

References

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Official UFC Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Diabate, Cyrille 1973 births Living people French mixed martial artists of Black African descent French male mixed martial artists Light heavyweight mixed martial artists Mixed martial artists utilizing Muay Thai French male kickboxers Heavyweight kickboxers French Muay Thai practitioners Sportspeople from Yvelines Ultimate Fighting Championship male fighters