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Marc Diakiese Calls Out Sage Northcutt: ‘I Feel The Fight Makes Sense’

Marc Diakiese has his sights set on Sage Northcutt. This past Sunday night, Northcutt defeated Thibault Gouti via unanimous decision at UFC Austin. Northcutt has now won two straight bouts. He’s already got someone lining up to fight him next. Di…

Dan Hooker Submits Marc Diakiese With Picturesque Guillotine

Lightweight fireworks were certain to ensue when hyped striker Marc Diakiese took on New Zealand’s Dan Hooker on the main card of tonight’s (Sat., December 30, 2017) UFC 219 from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Hailing from Congo, the now England-based Diakiese needed a win to rebound from his first MMA loss to Drakkar […]

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Hailing from Congo, the now England-based Diakiese needed a win to rebound from his first MMA loss to Drakkar Klose in his prior fight. After an up-and-down UFC career, his opponent “Hangman” made a successful return to 155 pounds by knocking out veteran Ross Pearson with a highlight reel knee this past June.

The bout began somewhat slowly with Diakiese taking the center of the octagon and Hooker on the outside. Diakiese threw several kicks but nothing of real significance early on. The crowd grew restless as Diakiese avoided the little offense Hooker attempted. A spinning kick missed from “Bonecrusher,” who appeared stifled to a degree. He didn’t take much damage himself, however, and looked for a takedown after grabbing a kick attempt. Hooker defended it and landed a body kick to score a takedown at the tail end of the otherwise uneventful opening frame.

The second frame began with kicks from both fighters, and Diakiese was more aggressive. He scored a looping left hand and Hooker a body kick. Diakiese hit Hooker with a solid uppercut, and Hooker responded with a big shot before seeking a clinch against the cage. The New Zealander controlled the action for a while until Diakiese broke and landed a knee to the body. Hooker got another takedown and looked to take Diakiese’s back. He locked a body triangle, yet couldn’t do much with it as the referee threatened to stand the fight up. Diakiese spun and landed in top guard to close the second round.

Despite a slow opening two rounds, the third frame saw arguably the most action of the UFC 219 main card so far when an exchange unfolded and Diakiese shot a takedown and was immediately locked into a super-tight guillotine to score an impressive finish.

Final Result: Dan Hooker def. Marc Diakiese via R3 submission (guillotine choke, 3:42)

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Dan Hooker Explains Why he is Sticking Around at Lightweight

Claiming that it would take ‘a million bucks’ to see him fight at featherweight again, New Zealand’s Dan Hooker seems content at 155-pounds Hooker’s impressive knockout victory over Ross Pearson in his hometown of Auckland confirmed to him why he is better fighting in the lightweight division: “Let’s just put it this way, it’d take […]

UFC 219 Set To Feature New Artificial Intelligence Glove Sensors

The future has arrived in the UFC. For the first time in MMA history, UFC 219 will feature artificial intelligence sensors in select fighters’ gloves to gather analytics and data to better tell the story of the fight. These sensors will measure punch strength amongst other data, which will be analyzed and interpreted in real-time. […]

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The future has arrived in the UFC.

For the first time in MMA history, UFC 219 will feature artificial intelligence sensors in select fighters’ gloves to gather analytics and data to better tell the story of the fight.

These sensors will measure punch strength amongst other data, which will be analyzed and interpreted in real-time. That information will be added to the broadcast to give fight fans a better sense of what goes on in the cage.

The data will be used to in an effort to improve fighter safety, and a mock sparring session between UFC lightweights Edson Barboza and Marc Diakiese demonstrated the technology at work here.

Mati Kovachi, the co-founder of HEED, the company behind the technology, says the information from that sparring session speaks volumes about what goes on during an MMA fight:

“Those insights are covering entire aspects of the fight between Diakiese and Barboza. They cover their passion, the power of the fight, the resiliency, the strategy. All of those things happen in the octagon.

“Shouldn’t we tell the story of sport that way? Shouldn’t sport be told in real time, with real data, with real information, and with real insights, and the real emotions? We are a company which is trying to revolutionize the way we’re going to (broadcast) sports and live events.”

With every punch, new data will be collected and added to a database, Kovachi said.

This new technology will only be test-run at UFC 219, but could be implemented full time if the test-run proves to be successful.

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UFC 219 Officially Adds Dan Hooker vs. Marc Diakiese

Lightweights Dan Hooker and Marc Diakiese are from different parts of the world, but the two will square off against one another in Las Vegas at UFC 219. Hooker (14-7), from New Zealand, has posted a 4-3 record since signing with the UFC. That includes a win over Ross Pearson this past June that earned […]

Drakkar Klose Nabs Split Decision Over Marc Diakiese

Marc Diakiese (12-1) suffered his first loss courtesy of Drakkar Klose (8-0-1). A leg kick from Klose opened up the contest. He ducked a punch and scored a takedown. Diakiese got back to his feet with his back pressed against the fence. Diakiese got a takedown of his own. He took his opponent down again. […]

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Marc Diakiese (12-1) suffered his first loss courtesy of Drakkar Klose (8-0-1).

A leg kick from Klose opened up the contest. He ducked a punch and scored a takedown. Diakiese got back to his feet with his back pressed against the fence. Diakiese got a takedown of his own. He took his opponent down again. Klose got up, but Diakiese held on .

The two scrambled on the ground and Diakiese gained control in the clinch. They broke off and Diakiese went down from a leg kick. Klose landed knees to the body. Diakiese wound up in top control until the horn sounded.

Diakiese fought off a takedown and the two returned to the center of the Octagon. He was taken down off a kick, but he got back up quickly. Time was called when Diakiese kneed Klose below the belt. Time resumed and the two engaged in a clinch. Diakiese threw a jumping knee and thwarted a takedown attempt. Diakiese had trouble staying on his feet, but he wasn’t rocked.

A switch kick connected for Diakiese at the start of the final round. Diakiese held onto his opponent near the fence and went for a head kick on the break. Klose went for a takedown and Diakiese dropped down for a guillotine choke. Nothing doing and they separated. The final horn sounded with both men in the clinch.

Klose earned a split decision victory and was amped up after the bout.

Final Result: Drakkar Klose def. Marc Diakiese via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

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