{"id":130720,"date":"2025-05-09T13:38:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T13:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/modibo-diakite-the-silent-king-of-the-mma\/"},"modified":"2025-05-09T13:38:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T13:38:17","slug":"modibo-diakite-the-silent-king-of-the-mma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/modibo-diakite-the-silent-king-of-the-mma\/","title":{"rendered":"Modibo Diakit\u00e9, the &#8220;Silent King&#8221; of the MMA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"article__media\"> <picture class=\"article__media\"><source srcset=\" https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/04\/14\/0\/0\/5616\/3744\/556\/0\/75\/0\/05b6b4f_sirius-fs-upload-1-12jcovvcrjrs-1744620259154-iconsport-252235-0008.jpg 556w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/04\/14\/0\/0\/5616\/3744\/600\/0\/75\/0\/05b6b4f_sirius-fs-upload-1-12jcovvcrjrs-1744620259154-iconsport-252235-0008.jpg 600w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/04\/14\/0\/0\/5616\/3744\/664\/0\/75\/0\/05b6b4f_sirius-fs-upload-1-12jcovvcrjrs-1744620259154-iconsport-252235-0008.jpg 664w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/04\/14\/0\/0\/5616\/3744\/700\/0\/75\/0\/05b6b4f_sirius-fs-upload-1-12jcovvcrjrs-1744620259154-iconsport-252235-0008.jpg 700w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/04\/14\/0\/0\/5616\/3744\/800\/0\/75\/0\/05b6b4f_sirius-fs-upload-1-12jcovvcrjrs-1744620259154-iconsport-252235-0008.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1024px) 556px, 100vw\" alt=\"Modibo Diakit\u00e9 vainqueur du combat contre le N\u00e9erlandais Samuel Hovsepyan, \u00e0 l\u2019ARES 29, la ligue fran\u00e7aise de MMA, \u00e0 l\u2019Adidas Arena, le 14\u00a0f\u00e9vrier 2025,\u00a0\u00e0 Paris. \" width=\"664\" height=\"443\"><\/source><\/picture> <noscript> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/04\/14\/0\/0\/5616\/3744\/664\/0\/75\/0\/05b6b4f_sirius-fs-upload-1-12jcovvcrjrs-1744620259154-iconsport-252235-0008.jpg\" alt=\"Modibo Diakit\u00e9 winner of the fight against the Dutch Samuel Hovsepyan, at ARES 29, the French League of MMA, at Adidas Arena, on February 14, 2025, in Paris. \"\/> <\/noscript><figcaption class=\"article__legend\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Modibo Diakit\u00e9 winner of the fight against the Dutch Samuel Hovsepyan, at ARES 29, the French League of MMA, at Adidas Arena, on February 14, 2025, in Paris.  <span class=\"article__credit\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Alexis Goudeau\/Icon Sport<\/span>  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph  \">From the electric atmosphere of the Adidas Arena to Paris, supporters who screaming his name, commandments of the referee, Modibo Diakit\u00e9 heard only a wave buzzing on Friday, February 14, when, after three rounds in the center of the multipurpose room, he beat his opponent by unanimous decision during his first professional fight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph  \">Born in S\u00e8vres (Hauts-de-Seine) twenty-two years ago, the young man comes, this winter evening, having made a nickname: &#8220;Silent King&#8221;. Modibo is the first hearing fighter to enter and overcome in the cage of a professional fight of MMA (mixed martial arts). At the dawn of his career, to all those who crossed it and who believed that his handicap was an obstacle to his ambitions, <em>&#8220;&#8221; <\/em>[il]<em>  watch that<\/em>[\u2019il]<em>  little<\/em>[t]<em>  do it &#8220;<\/em>he said, tight fists and jovial smile. But the path was long.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph  \">Silence weighed heavily during the first years of Modibo&#8217;s childhood. Son of a handler father and a mother assistant mother, both from Mali, he is schooling at 3 years old in a nursery school in Ville-d&#8217;Avray (Hauts-de-Seine). In classrooms as in the playground, Modibo must already fight to assert himself. <em>&#8220;With the hearing, it was horrible<\/em>he recalls. <em>Everyone was talking to me, and I didn&#8217;t understand anything. \u00bb\u00bb<\/em> Behind the gates<strong> <\/strong>From the school, the boy crosses several years of isolation before joining, in primary, the Gustave-Baguer Institute, in Asni\u00e8res (Hauts-de-Seine), specializing in the schooling of hearing deficients.<\/p>\n<p class=\"reading-mode-only \"><strong>You have 78.26% of this article to read. The rest is reserved for subscribers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\">Tm-En-1<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Modibo Diakit\u00e9 winner of the fight against the Dutch Samuel Hovsepyan, at ARES 29, the French League of MMA, at Adidas Arena, on February 14, 2025, in Paris. 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