Cyrille Diabaté (19-10-1, 14) was born in La Celle-Saint-Cloud, France on October 6, 1973. At the age of 25 years on March 20, 1999, he made his professional MMA debut against Ryuta Sakurai, winning the fight via 2nd-round TKO.
On May 29, 2010, 36-year old Cyrille Diabaté made his UFC debut on his 23rd professional MMA fight at UFC 114 against a 29-year old Luiz Cané, winning the fight in the 1st round via TKO.
Diabaté's last fight was a 1st-round submission loss to Ilir Latifi at UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Manuwa at age 40 on March 8, 2014. He retired on a 2-fight losing streak.
He has fought eight times in the UFC, and has a record of 4 wins and 4 losses in the promotion.
Some of Cyrille Diabaté's best fights have been against Luiz Cané, Chad Griggs, Yasuhito Namekawa, Steve Cantwell, Tom DeBlass, Lodune Sincaid and Bob Schrijber.
Diabaté has 10 losses on his MMA record.
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
30  | Mar 8, 2014 40 years, 5 months 19-10-1 (14) | 30 years, 7 months 7-3 (5) | UFC | LHW | 1 | SUB | LOSS Ninja choke |
29  | Feb 16, 2013 39 years, 4 months 19-9-1 (14) | 32 years, 11 months 12-0 (12) | UFC | LHW | 1 | TKO | LOSS Retirement |
28  | Nov 17, 2012 39 years, 1 months 19-8-1 (14) | 34 years, 6 months 11-2 (11) | UFC | LHW | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke |
27  | Apr 14, 2012 38 years, 6 months 18-8-1 (13) | 29 years, 11 months 7-0 (4) | UFC | LHW | 3 | MD | WIN |
26  | Nov 5, 2011 38 years 17-8-1 (13) | 39 years, 1 months 11-6 (11) | UFC | LHW | 2 | SUB | LOSS Rear-naked choke |
25  | Mar 3, 2011 37 years, 4 months 17-7-1 (13) | 24 years, 6 months 7-3 (6) | UFC | LHW | 3 | UD | WIN |
24  | Oct 16, 2010 37 years 16-7-1 (13) | 23 years, 9 months 9-1 (8) | UFC | LHW | 2 | SUB | LOSS Rear-naked choke |
23  | May 29, 2010 36 years, 7 months 16-6-1 (13) | 29 years, 1 months 11-2 (10) | UFC | LHW | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches |
22 | Dec 3, 2009 36 years, 1 months 15-6-1 (12) | Rob Smith | LHW | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | |
21 | Oct 24, 2009 36 years 14-6-1 (11) | Marcus Hicks | LHW | 1 | SUB | WIN Armbar | |
20  | Jan 22, 2009 35 years, 3 months 13-6-1 (10) | 35 years, 8 months 14-6 (13) | LHW | 2 | TKO | WIN Doctor stoppage | |
19 | Aug 15, 2008 34 years, 10 months 12-6-1 (9) | Jaime Fletcher | LHW | 3 | UD | WIN | |
18 | Apr 21, 2007 33 years, 6 months 11-6-1 (9) | Ryan Robinson | LHW | 1 | SUB | WIN Armbar | |
17  | Sep 10, 2006 32 years, 11 months 10-6-1 (8) | 24 years, 9 months 12-2 (11) | Pride | LHW | 1 | TKO | LOSS Stomps |
16  | Jul 30, 2006 32 years, 9 months 10-5-1 (8) | 31 years, 9 months 22-15-3 (16) | LHW | 2 | KO | WIN Flying knee | |
15 | Apr 11, 2006 32 years, 6 months 9-5-1 (7) | 31 years, 5 months 21-14-3 (15) | DEEP | LHW | 2 | KO | WIN Punches |
14 | Mar 4, 2006 32 years, 4 months 8-5-1 (6) | Takahiro Oba | LHW | 2 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | |
13 | Nov 19, 2005 32 years, 1 months 7-5-1 (5) | Mu Jin-Na | LHW | 1 | KO | WIN Head kick and punches | |
12 | Jul 2, 2005 31 years, 8 months 6-5-1 (4) | Fábio Piamonte | LHW | 1 | SUB | LOSS Arm-triangle choke | |
11  | Nov 27, 2004 31 years, 1 months 6-4-1 (4) | 29 years, 2 months 25-6 (14) | LHW | 1 | SUB | LOSS Guillotine choke | |
10 | Oct 9, 2004 31 years 6-3-1 (4) | Arman Gambaryan | M-1 | MD | 3 | UD | LOSS |
9 | Feb 22, 2004 30 years, 4 months 6-2-1 (4) | Rodney Glunder | LHW | 2 | UD | LOSS | |
8 | Jul 13, 2003 29 years, 9 months 6-1-1 (4) | James Žikic | 3 | UD | WIN | ||
7 | Mar 16, 2003 29 years, 5 months 5-1-1 (4) | Dave Vader | 1 | SUB | WIN Triangle choke | ||
6  | Oct 13, 2002 29 years 4-1-1 (3) | 37 years, 7 months 19-12-1 (19) | 2 | UD | WIN | ||
5 | May 15, 2002 28 years, 7 months 3-1-1 (3) | Matt Frye | 1 | KO | WIN Punches | ||
4 | Feb 23, 2002 28 years, 4 months 2-1-1 (2) | Josh Dempsey | 2 | UD | LOSS | ||
3 | Jun 10, 2001 27 years, 8 months 2-0-1 (2) | Rodney Glunder | Rings | 2 | UD | DRAW | |
2 | Mar 18, 2000 26 years, 5 months 2-0 (2) | Andre Juskevicius | 1 | KO | WIN Punches | ||
1  | Mar 20, 1999 25 years, 5 months 1-0 (1) | 27 years, 6 months 3-2-1 (2) | 2 | TKO | WIN Punches |
