Cyrille Diabaté
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| Born |
6 October 1973 La Celle-Saint-Cloud, France |
| Other names | The Snake |
| Nationality | French |
| Height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
| Weight | 205 lb (93 kg; 14.6 st) |
| Division |
Light Heavyweight Heavyweight |
| Reach | 81 in (210 cm) |
| Style | Kickboxing |
| Stance | Southpaw |
| Fighting out of | Rueil-Malmaison, France |
| Team | Snake Team Team Quest, AKA |
| Years active | 1997-2014 (MMA and Kickboxing) |
| Kickboxing record | |
| Total | 51 |
| Wins | 41 |
| By knockout | 31 |
| Losses | 8 |
| Draws | 2 |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 30 |
| Wins | 19 |
| By knockout | 8 |
| By submission | 6 |
| By decision | 5 |
| Losses | 10 |
| By knockout | 2 |
| By submission | 5 |
| By decision | 3 |
| Draws | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
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Cyrille Moktar Diabaté (born October 6, 1973) is a retired French mixed martial artist and kickboxer. He has also competed in shoot boxing and Muay Thai. He has fought at Palace Fighting Championship, Tachi Palace Fights, PRIDE, ShoXC, Deep, Cage Rage and the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
Diabaté then faced off against Maurício Rua at Pride Final Conflict Absolute. 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.
Cyrille appeared frequently as a striking coach for Team Henderson in season 9 of The Ultimate Fighter. It was announced in February 2010 that Diabaté had signed a four fight contract with the UFC.
In his debut at UFC 114 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 UFC 120. 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.
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