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Cyrille Diabate Bio
Cyrille Diabaté (born October 6, 1973) is a French mixed martial artist and kickboxer. He has also competed in shoot boxing and Muay Thai. He has fought at Palace Fighting Championship, PRIDE, ShoXC, Deep, Cage Rage and Ultimate Fighting Championship.
Mixed martial arts career
Pride Fighting Championships
Diabaté then faced off against MaurÃcio 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.
Ultimate Fighting Championship
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 (punches) 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. 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 tapped out to a rear naked choke at 2:41 in the second round. This was his first loss in four years.
For his third fight, Diabaté faced Steve Cantwell on March 3, 2011 at UFC Live: Sanchez vs. Kampmann. He won the fight via unanimous decision.
Diabaté fought Anthony Perosh 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. He won the fight via majority decision.
