Djibril Diakite vs Michael Lemelle (02-04-2024) Full Fight
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00:00 When I say break, take a step back, but remember, protect yourself at all times.
00:05 Watch your low blows, your headbutts.
00:07 If there's a knockdown, stand in the corner to the neutral corner.
00:10 That's going the farthest away.
00:12 Obey my command, touch gloves, back to your corners.
00:29 Round one.
00:31 Scheduled for six, our final bout of the evening.
00:34 Jabril Diakite in the red.
00:37 Michael Lammel in the black.
00:40 Mark Ames, Albert Hainsworth, we have ringside here at the Troubadour Nashville, Tennessee.
00:44 One thing I'm just seeing right now, with Lammel, with his ring experience,
00:51 he was starting to cut off the ring before any punches were thrown.
00:54 This would be a good test for Diakite as he's going right after Lammel.
01:01 He rocked him back into the corner.
01:06 Lammel has been stopped four times in his 16 losses,
01:11 but those are to the upper echelon opponents he's fought.
01:14 Guys like Elijah Garcia, Mari Jones, those type of fighters,
01:18 guys who are known prospects.
01:21 Alex Espando is a 2-0 fighter.
01:24 His last fight he fought a draw with 3-0 Mauricio King February 3rd in Arkansas.
01:30 Michael Lammel.
01:32 Lammel told me he's a model in his day life.
01:38 Nice, what kind of model?
01:40 Just a model.
01:42 All right.
01:44 I like his ring experience.
01:47 He's cutting off the ring.
01:52 That's the one thing, Diakite is definitely throwing all power punches.
01:59 He's definitely landing some, which is great to see.
02:03 Diakite started boxing at the age of 16.
02:06 He said he just needed an outlet.
02:08 He only had one amateur fight and he lost it.
02:10 Really?
02:11 He turned pro.
02:13 I asked him, "You had one amateur fight.
02:15 Why didn't you turn pro?"
02:17 Especially, it's a loss.
02:19 He just didn't like the amateur style.
02:22 I get it.
02:23 I hear a lot of guys that say that.
02:28 I can understand that.
02:30 Again, it would have helped him a little bit experience learning the ring.
02:36 He boxed out the famed Gleason's Gym, trained by Hassan Wasalla.
02:43 Left to the body from LaMel.
02:45 I think you see that Diakite is still young in the ring.
02:51 He has power.
02:55 That's what you need.
02:56 Once he really learns to box, because he's having LaMel cut off the ring from him when he wants to.
03:03 There's a jab from LaMel.
03:06 Again, I think this is going to be a great experience for him.
03:10 I'm pleased he's in there with a 22 fight veteran.
03:16 Diakite coming off a first round stoppage over Dylan Schimel.
03:20 December 16th in Charlotte, North Carolina.
03:22 We are closing in on the end of one.
03:24 Scheduled for six, our final bout of the evening.
03:26 Diakite and LaMel.
03:29 [BELL RINGS]
03:40 [MUSIC]
04:00 Diakite, he can see it.
04:04 He's young.
04:05 He's not tired.
04:06 I think he learns how to really learn the ring.
04:13 I think this is going to be a good lesson for him.
04:16 He throws hard.
04:19 He throws and flurries.
04:21 Once he gets it down, I think he can be successful.
04:27 He's throwing nice punches when he's throwing them, like the short inside and the long outs.
04:32 [BELL RINGS]
04:33 Round two is scheduled for six.
04:35 Jabril Diakite and Michael LaMel finishing up our night.
04:40 Country Box 15.
04:41 We'll be back here for Country Box 16 on Tuesday, May the 7th.
04:51 Diakite has some hard punches, and he's landing.
04:55 There's a right hand and a left to the body, and down goes LaMel.
05:01 LaMel is hurt.
05:02 I don't know if he's going to get back up.
05:09 This fight is over.
05:11 No way.
05:12 Did he reach 10?
05:14 That had to be--
05:15 He got 9 1/2.
05:16 No, that was actually 9 7/8.
05:20 See if Diakite, who's got basically more than two minutes to end this fight--
05:25 [INTERPOSING VOICES]
05:33 I don't think the count between 8 and 9 was the same between 9 and 10.
05:41 I did 1,001, 1,002.
05:45 He may have done 1,001, then I think maybe he switched to Mississippi for 9 and 10.
05:59 Michael LaMel seems to have shaken everything off.
06:03 He's holding the back of his head for a moment while he was down.
06:06 Tries to land a jab on Jabril Diakite.
06:17 Body shots from Diakite.
06:23 He doesn't get shaken up with anything right now.
06:31 When he's inside, he has power, because Diakite--
06:35 Very interesting.
06:36 He came out very fast in round two, got the knockdown,
06:40 and has kind of settled back into boxing for the rest of the round.
06:45 It seems like he's wanting to get some more experience.
06:50 And this is the type of fight where you can get that,
06:52 facing this 22-fight Southpaw guy who's been in there with some very touted prospects.
06:58 Like you said, Elijah Garcia, who's one of the top in the middleweight division,
07:02 Ari Jones, who's promoted by Devin Haney.
07:07 There's a right and a left hook from Diakite.
07:14 LaMel tells me he'll fight anybody.
07:19 He's fighting a young, awkward guy.
07:23 I wouldn't say, like, awkward, but he has power.
07:26 Just missed with the counter uppercut did Jabril Diakite.
07:31 Come the end of round two, scheduled for six.
07:33 Final bout of the evening here on Country Box 15.
07:36 [music]
07:47 I thought we just missed that.
07:50 I mean, the power, I wanted to see what LaMel was talking about,
07:54 like acting like he got hit in the back of the head.
07:57 I think he got hit in the head for sure, like multiple times.
08:05 Diakite definitely has some great power, and he has that power close up.
08:13 Normally guys with longer arms, it would be harder to fight inside,
08:19 but I think he did a great job.
08:41 Round three.
08:52 Between Jabril Diakite and Michael LaMel.
08:58 Ooh.
09:03 Yeah.
09:09 Every Diakite landed punch, it snaps your head back.
09:15 It's absolutely something to see.
09:22 Jab from LaMel, counter right from Diakite.
09:28 Switching it up.
09:34 A right hand from Jabril Diakite from Queens, New York.
09:39 Trains out of Brooklyn.
09:40 The famed Gleason's Gym.
09:42 I'd love to know what his arm length is.
09:49 Because LaMel might think he's not in range, and he's in range.
09:56 Jab from Diakite drives LaMel back into the ropes.
09:59 Good right hand and a left hook.
10:05 Ducks under a right hook does Jabril Diakite in the red trunks.
10:27 Yeah, we can see both eyes welted under the eyes of LaMel.
10:34 Swelling under both eyes at the corners.
10:41 Diakite is definitely messing up his daytime career for LaMel.
10:47 Well, Diakite, tell me, he likes to draw.
10:51 Actually, Diakite does work. He does some stuff in the community.
10:58 I mean, if you look at him, he's a fitness instructor in the community, he told me.
11:03 If you look at him, he, like, I don't know, he, like, his confidence in the ring, he's more than 24 years old.
11:14 He's very poised in there.
11:17 Yeah, absolutely.
11:18 He did get too overzealous after the knockdown in round two.
11:22 Nice right hand on the inside as LaMel came in by Diakite.
11:26 LaMel trying now to crowd Diakite.
11:31 He type in the inside.
11:32 Round three, schedule for six.
11:34 Diakite and LaMel.
11:47 Yeah, definitely got some nice welts under his eyes.
11:54 LaMel.
12:03 And the thing is, like, we think, I mean, I personally think that Diakite could finish LaMel if he really wanted to, because he has the energy.
12:20 He's not, he's not tired.
12:22 I think he's really trying to get the ring experience.
12:27 Get the rounds in.
12:29 Yeah.
12:33 To be a young guy at 24 with, this is his eighth fight?
12:38 You know?
12:39 Again, especially against a southpaw, a guy who's a veteran in there.
12:42 Yeah.
12:44 A guy who, I guess at this point, he feels that is not much of a threat to him, because he really hasn't turned up the gas except for the beginning of round two.
12:54 Left hook from Diakite.
12:57 And a right.
12:59 And then he'll let off the gas.
13:05 LaMel has no knockouts in his 22 fights.
13:13 Which includes three wins, three draws.
13:18 LaMel misses with the left.
13:20 Lands a little right hook on the inside.
13:28 LaMel told me he likes to work out in his spare time and play on social media.
13:33 I guess that's what a lot of people do these days, huh?
13:38 Yeah, absolutely.
13:40 Hey, you can make a job out of it, I guess, you know?
13:43 Plenty of people who do.
13:46 Still don't quite understand that part, but.
13:57 Yeah, it looked like he'll -- what?
14:02 Boom.
14:03 Nice right hook from Jabril Diakite.
14:10 Like he's not even really -- I mean, I feel like he's toying a little bit with LaMel.
14:20 Because he has the power, and every time he's pretty much hit LaMel, it's hurt him.
14:30 I mean, just to be a 24-year-old, this is his eighth fight, you know.
14:38 Hey, he just wants to learn some things.
14:41 You know, get some punches in, but not really finish the guy.
14:48 Yeah, nice body shot and right to the head did Jabril Diakite.
14:58 Nice left from LaMel.
14:59 See, that's what LaMel's been doing.
15:01 He's just landing it off to keep Diakite honest in there.
15:07 Double it up, back, double it up, jab.
15:10 Every time you get the switch, you're like that.
15:12 Catch him square.
15:15 Catch him square, he fouls.
15:19 Like how's --
15:21 Ooh, good right hand and a left hook from Diakite.
15:26 Has LaMel been finished?
15:28 He's been stopped four times in his 16 losses.
15:31 Okay.
15:36 Somewhat durable.
15:39 Adorable for the most part.
15:41 Adorable or durable?
15:43 Durable.
15:46 I think that might be that Philly accent.
15:50 I've been down here enough for the last year plus,
15:54 I think I'm acquiring a little bit of a Southern drawl.
15:58 Hey, let me hear you say y'all.
16:02 Y'all?
16:03 Y'all.
16:04 Y'all.
16:05 No, not y'all, y'all.
16:07 Y'all.
16:08 How y'all doing?
16:09 How about you all?
16:10 No, how y'all doing?
16:12 Y'all.
16:13 Not y'all.
16:14 It's getting late at night, you can tell.
16:19 We got a good fighter.
16:21 We got a young, you know, patient fighter,
16:27 which I mean it's impressive to see.
16:30 I'd love to see him here more at Country Box because I think he
16:36 definitely needs some TV time.
16:43 He could be a little star.
16:46 He's very powerful.
16:48 I would just imagine if he literally just turned on the gas
16:54 and had somebody that could stand in front of him,
16:58 what he would be like.
17:00 Round number five, scheduled for six.
17:04 The penultimate round of the evening.
17:13 It's the two main events.
17:16 Live up to their billing.
17:18 Very competitive fights.
17:20 One ended in a draw, one ended in a fifth round stoppage after
17:25 Ryan Shaw could not continue due to problems with his eye.
17:38 We've got great music by Kinsey Rose who will be performing one
17:44 more set after the main event.
17:47 So hopefully everyone can stick around to watch that.
17:49 I'm wowed by her performances tonight.
17:55 Yeah, I mean a lot.
17:58 Just like our famous Dolly Parton who lives here in Nashville as
18:02 well that everybody knows.
18:06 She sang those songs extremely well.
18:09 And for you to pull off Dolly here in Nashville is impressive.
18:28 Straight left and a counter right from Diakite.
18:34 When did Diakite start fighting?
18:37 He told me he started boxing at the age of 16.
18:40 Wow.
18:43 Eight years, yeah.
18:45 Just said he needed an outlet and could have kept him out of
18:50 trouble, which it has.
18:51 He's a very articulate young man.
18:53 I spoke to him before the fight.
18:55 He likes to draw.
19:00 Misses with the left hook.
19:02 I'd love to get him back here.
19:05 Well, he was supposed to fight on our March fight.
19:09 I guess the fight fell through the last day or so.
19:12 He's right back here.
19:14 So I could see Jabril Diakite a couple times here on Country Box.
19:23 Hopefully get him up to a solid record as a right-handed lands by
19:27 Diakite.
19:31 See him in some significant fights.
19:36 Left from Lebel.
19:38 He misses with a follow-up shot.
19:43 End of round five.
19:45 Scheduled for six.
19:46 Jabril Diakite taking on Michael Lebel.
19:56 You know, I wouldn't be surprised just watching him and how he's
20:02 playing, preparing himself.
20:05 I could see him come out this sixth round and just release an onslaught.
20:16 Or he could just want to go the distance.
20:19 I mean, all his fights have ended with a knockout.
20:26 So I could definitely see him.
20:28 He's not tired at all.
20:29 No, not at all.
20:30 Like I said, he's well ahead.
20:35 He's up.
20:36 He's won all five rounds pretty comfortably.
20:39 Got the knockdown in round two.
20:44 I think instead of just having the -- you know,
20:48 I think he probably wanted to continue his knockout streak.
21:01 Let's see if I'm right here.
21:05 Round six.
21:07 I think someone has forgot to turn off the music.
21:20 Hey, it's country box.
21:30 Music gets shut off.
21:33 It's a catchy theme song, though.
21:37 I hum it around Philadelphia.
21:39 I hum the song.
21:41 It's going to start picking up.
21:46 There's a right hook.
21:48 Here comes Michael Lebel trying to make one last stand here in round six.
22:01 Lebel and Diakite.
22:17 Diakite misses with a jab.
22:21 That's one of his rare misses.
22:35 Jab from Diakite.
22:36 Tries to follow up with a right just over the head of Michael Lebel.
22:40 Coming in on 80 seconds left in this fight.
22:45 Country box 15.
22:48 Maybe we'll take it a distance.
22:51 Lebel gets in a little left.
22:55 Diakite pushing a right hand.
23:04 There's a right hook and down goes Lebel.
23:30 They called it a slip, didn't they?
23:32 They didn't even call that a knockdown.
23:34 They call that a slip.
23:36 That was definitely a punch.
23:38 I didn't see a count being administered 20 seconds ago.
23:40 Diakite lends a good right hand.
23:43 That was definitely a punch.
23:48 That kind of pushed him down.
23:53 He's going to -- interesting.
23:57 He's like, "Come on."
24:00 He wants to slug it out.
24:02 End of the sixth and final round.
24:04 Final round of the evening here of country box 15.
24:09 I think what it looks like, I don't think Diakite wanted to finish him out.
24:14 It seemed like there was respect for his guy, which is awesome to see from Lebel.
24:23 From Diakite to respecting Lebel.
24:29 Actually, it looks like a little bit now that Diakite can be a little bit worn.
24:38 I mean, a little more tired breathing a little bit harder than I've seen him do.
24:47 We had a good night of boxing, like we said before.
24:52 Kiara Diatouri wins the unanimous decision over Kara McLachlan.
24:57 Back in the broadcast booth, I'm Mark Ames.
24:59 That's Albert Hainsworth, the two-time NFL All-Pro.
25:03 Vladislav Slarenko, KO three over Deion Ronnie Hale.
25:09 Second consecutive draw between Eric Arellano and Rafael Carolina.
25:14 Our main event saw Andre Donovan score the upset victory.
25:17 TKO end of round five over Ryan Shaw.
25:20 What's going to stick out to you as we end this evening?
25:24 Well, of course, all the fights were amazing.
25:28 They're all different and all different dynamics.
25:33 But, you know, with our two stars, the faces of Country Box with Arellano and Shaw,
25:42 those are definitely sad to see, especially on my part, because they are like good friends.
25:48 I see them as children.
25:52 So I want to see those guys just bounce back, get better, and just let it go.
26:02 Well, to get the final decision tonight, let's go up to ring announcer Mr. J.T. Conway.
26:12 All right, folks.
26:13 In our last fight of the night, we have a final decision.
26:16 Let's face the camera right there.
26:17 Let's hear it for both fighters.
26:21 All right.
26:23 We're not on it.
26:24 First off, Judge David Hudson scores the fight 60-53, red.
26:33 Judge Terry Hogan scores the fight 57-56, blue.
26:41 And Judge Jacob Nevin scores the fight 59-54 for your winner,
26:49 from Queens, New York, Jabril "The Messenger" Diakite.
26:57 Albert and Mark, take it away.
26:59 Well, that was the right guy.