Cyrill Diabate Before the UFC

Send a textCyril Diabate Before the UFC Ep 165Cyril Diabate fought in a time when MMA was NOT legal in his home country of France. Cril Diabate joins the podcast and tells incredible stories of dealing with various mafia's located in Japan, Holland and Russia. Cyril Diabate does NOT shy away from this subject and explains the difference between all of the various factions and how they operate.The information that Cyril Diabate gives us in this episode is exactly what separates us from everyone else.0:00 Podcast intro0:19 Interview start0:31 Transition from Muay Thai to MMA5:18 "Ground and pound" banned in France9:34 Training with Jerome LeBanner11:50 Cyrille Diabate vs MotiHorenstein at Shidokan18:08 Background of Damien and Matthias Riccio22:39 Damien Riccio vs RobinGracie challenge25:46 Cyrille Diabate vs RyutaSakurai at GT 199931:27 Cyrille Diabate vs RickRoufus at ISKA38:27 Issues with Jerome LeBanner41:31 Thoughts on SamySchiavo42:20 Cyrille Diabate vs Rodney Glunder at Rings 44:16 Thoughts on Dutch mafia47:04 Experience with "Dirty"Bob Schrijber51:47 Thoughts on SemmySchilt55:27 Peter Aerts57:13 Experience with ShootBoxing in Japan1:00:23 Meeting GegardMousasi in Japan1:02:51 Russian mafia story1:09:52 Yakuza story1:28:35 Experience with CageWars1:30:04 Cyrille Diabate vs JoshDempsey at CW 11:33:39 Lack of MMA training partners1:34:33 Thoughts on Mo Smith1:35:54 Karl Amoussou1:36:58 Francis Carmont1:38:19 Gerard Gordeau1:39:25 Interview wrap up1:40:04 Closing thoughtsHelping this podcast would mean that you leave a comment and a review of where you listen at Subscribe to the Lytes Out Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdcebSeWpoMqcotWR_1rHnQ Socials: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/lytesoutpodcast/ iTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lytes-out-podcast/id1568575809 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/3q8KsfqrSQSjkdPLkdtNWb Cash App - $mikedavis1231Venmo - Mike-Davis-63ZELLE: [email protected] / ph#: 773-491-5052 Follow the #LOP team on Instagram: Chris - @chrislightsoutlytle Mike - @mikedavis632 Outro song: Power - https://tunetank.com/t/2gji/1458-power#CyrilDiabate #franceMMA #TeamSnake#MMA #UFC #NHB #LytesOutPodcast #LytesOut #MixedMartialArts #ChrisLytle #MMADetective  #MikeDavis #MMAHistory #OldSchoolMMA #FightPodcast #FightTalk #DEEPDIVSupport the show