UFC 114: Luis Arthur Cane Versus Cyrile Diabate Reported

By: Fighters.com Staff Posted On: February 13, 2010 at 11:37pm

Former top ten ranked UFC light heavyweight “Banha” Luis Arthur Cane (8-2) of Brazil and 6’6″ French UFC newcomer “Snake” Cyrille Diabate (15-6-1) will matchup at UFC 114 in Las Vegas May 29, according to an MMA Fighting report.

Diabate signed a four-fight deal with the UFC, according to MMA Junkie. He’s bounced around promotions across the globe and had a four-fight losing streak in 2004 and 2005. But, Diabate enters the Octagon on a five-fight winning streak, though against mediocre competition and lower. Most recently, Diabate tapped out Robert Smith (0-1) in a rear naked choke at Gladiator Challenge in Lemoore, California last December.

Cane enters the fight off of a rise-halting knockout loss to seventh-ranked “Minotoro” Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (17-3).