Diogo Calado

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Diogo Calado
Born (1990-07-17) 17 July 1990 (age 31)
Cascais, Portugal
Nickname(s)KingD, tKD
NationalityPortuguese
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Weight75 kg (165 lb; 11 st 11 lb)
DivisionSuper Middleweight
StyleMuay Thai
StanceSouthpaw
Fighting out ofLisbon, Portugal
TeamDinaMite Team[2]
TrainerDina Pedro
Years active2008 - present
Kickboxing record
Total54
Wins37
By knockout11
Losses16
By knockout5
No contests1
Other information
SpouseMaria Lobo
Websitehttps://www.instagram.com/the.king.d/

Diogo Calado (born 17 July 1990) is a Portuguese kickboxer and Rapper who began practicing Shito-Ryu Karate at the age of 7. He is now a full-time Muay Thai kickboxer fighter, who has been professionally competing since 2008.

He is a former Enfusion -75 kg World champion.[3]

He has most recently signed a contract with the World Lethwei Championship.[4]

He joined Kwalla Music Portugal team in 2019 and released his first songs during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, going by the name tKD.

Kickboxing career[]

Calado won his first major title, the ISKA European 77kg belt, in 2012, with a first-round TKO of Mike Clarke.

Diogo Calado challenged for the WBC Muaythai World Light Heavyweight title, which was at the time vacant. Calado lost to Cheick Sidibé by second-round TKO due to a cut on his eyebrow.[5]

Calado went on a two-fight losing streak during his next fights. He first lost a decision to Yodsanklai Fairtex,[6] followed by a decision loss to Panom Topkingboxing.[7] He snapped the losing streak with a first-round KO of Lofti Talbi, which earned him the ISKA European 75kg title.[8]

He fought Jiang Chunpeng at Kunlun Fight 22,[9] winning the fight by a third-round KO. After winning a decision against Sameer Siraj, he fought Yohan Lidon,[10] who defeated Calado in a very controversial split decision.[11]

Calado began a five-fight winning streak with a third-round TKO win over Raphaël Llodra to win the Enfusion 75kg Championship.[12] He next won the WBC Muaythai European title with a decision win over Kamel Mezatni.[13] He then fought during Kunlun Fight 41, where he won a decision against Parviz Abdullayev. At Enfusion 40, he won a decision against Jose Bello.[14]

Calado next took part in the Kunlun Fight 47 Tournament. In the quarter finals, Diogo won a decision against Alim Nabiev. In the semi finals, he fought Zhang Yang and lost a decision.[15] Afterwards, he fought the future WBC Muaythai Super Middleweight champion Hamza Ngoto and lost by unanimous decision.[16]

He fought the Albanian kickboxer Shkodran Veseli during the IFN II. Calado won the fight by a unanimous decision.[17][18]

He made his first title defense against Aziz Kallah. He won the fight by a unanimous decision.[19][20]

In 2017 Diogo fought Brad Riddell for the inaugural Strikers League 77 kg title. Calado won the fight by a unanimous decision.[21]

Calado made his second Enfusion title defense during Enfusion 54, when he faced Berat Aliu. Calado won the fight by a fourth round head kick KO.[22]

Diogo Calado lost a unanimous decision to Arthit Hanchana during Kunlun Fight 66, in the quarter final round of the Kunlun Fight 75 kg tournament.

He participated in the eight man Enfusion Abu Dhabi tournament. He lost in the first, quarter final round, to the future Enfusion 75 kg champion Endy Semeleer.[23][24]

Diogo faced Karim Ghajji during Capital Fight 3.[25] The fight went into a fourth round, where Calado won a decision.[26][27]

Calado fought in the 72.5 kg tournament during Enfusion 72 tournament. He defeated Edye Ruiz in the semi final by decision, and Nayanesh Ayman by decision in the finals.[28][29][30]

He participated in the Enfusion Al Shiraa 72.5 kg World Grand Prix.[31] In the quarter finals he faced Zhu Baotong and won a unanimous decision. He then fought Superbon Banchamek in the tournament semi finals and lost a unanimous decision.[32][33][34]

Diogo Calado fought Maximo Suarez during Enfusion 81 in Tenerife. He won the fight by a first round knockout.[35]

Calado fought Davide Armanini during the May 2019 Oktagon event. Calado lost the fight by KO.[36][37]

Championships and accomplishments[]

  • Enfusion
    • 2015 Enfusion 75 kg World Championship (Two successful title defenses)
    • 2017 Enfusion 75 kg Tournament Winner
    • 2018 Enfusion Al Shiraa 72.5 kg World Grand Prix Runner-up
  • Kunlun Fight
    • 2016 2016 Kunlun Fight 75 kg Tournament Semi-finalist
  • Strikers League
    • 2017 Strikers League 77 kg World Championship

Fight record[]

Professional Lethwei record
37 Wins (11 (T)KO's), 16 Losses, 0 Draw, 1 No Contest
Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time
2019-5-25 Loss Italy Oktagon Monza, Italy KO 1 0:27
2019-3-30 Win Spain Maximo Suarez Enfusion 81 Tenerife, Spain KO 1
2018-12-7 Loss Thailand Superbon Banchamek Enfusion 77, Tournament Finals Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2018-12-7 Win China Zhu Baotong Enfusion 76, Tournament Semi Finals Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2018-10-6 Win Spain Nayanesh Ayman Enfusion 72, Tournament Final Madrid, Spain Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
Wins the 72.5kg qualifying tournament to Abu Dhabi.
2018-10-6 Win Spain Edye Ruiz Enfusion 72, Tournament Semi Final Madrid, Spain Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2018-5-5 Win France Karim Ghajji Capital Fights 3 Paris, France Decision (Unanimous) 4 3:00
2017-12-8 Loss Netherlands Endy Semeleer Enfusion 58 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates KO 3
2017-11-5 Loss Thailand Arthit Hanchana Kunlun Fight 66, Tournament Quarter-Finals Wuhan, China Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2017-10-7 Win Germany Berat Aliu Enfusion 54 Ludwigsburg, Germany KO (Head kick) 4
Defends the Enfusion 75 kg title.
2017-5-27 Win New Zealand Brad Riddell Strikers League Carcavelos, Portugal Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
Wins the Strikers League 77 kg title.
2017-3-24 Win Morocco Aziz Kallah Enfusion 48 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00
Defends the Enfusion 75 kg title.
2017-2-25 Win Albania Shkodran Veseli Illyrian Fight Night II Winterthur, Switzerland Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00
2016-11-19 Loss France Hamza Ngoto Fight Night Radikal Gold Charleville-Mézières, France Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2016-7-10 Loss China Zhang Yang Kunlun Fight 47, Tournament Semi Finals Nanjing, China Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2016-7-10 Win Azerbaijan Alim Nabiev Kunlun Fight 47, Tournament Quarter Finals Nanjing, China Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2016-6-4 Win Spain Jose Bello Enfusion 40 Gran Canaria, Spain Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2016-4-8 Win Azerbaijan Parviz Abdullayev Kunlun Fight 41 Nanjing, China Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2015-12-12 Win France Kamel Mezatni Diamond League Lisbon, Portugal Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00
Wins the WBC Muaythai European 72.5 kg title.
2015-12-12 Win France Raphaël Llodra Enfusion 33 Martigny, Switzerland TKO (3 Knockdowns) 3
Wins the Enfusion 75kg World title.
2015-6-12 Loss France Yohan Lidon Strike Fight Lyon, France Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2015-5-9 Win Sweden Sameer Siraj Muay Thai Arena 6 Göteborg, Sweden Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2015-4-12 Win China Chunpeng Jiang Kunlun Fight 22 Hunan, China KO 3
2015-2-28 Loss Thailand Saiyok Pumpanmuang Ring War Sesto San Giovanni, Italy TKO (Cut) 2
For the WMO 72.5 kg title.
2014-11-15 Win France Lotfi Talbi Memorial Jorge Martins - La Nuit des Champions Martigny, Switzerland KO 1
Wins the ISKA 75 kg title.
2014-7-6 Loss Thailand Panom Topkingboxing Max Muay Thai Pattaya, Thailand Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2014-4-6 Loss Thailand Yodsanklai Fairtex Thai Fight Sattahip, Thailand Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2014-2-22 Win Spain Ruben Lee La Noche Del Luchador 2 Torre de Benagalbón, Spain Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2014-2-1 Loss France Cheick Sidibé Grande Soirée de la Boxe Tours, France TKO (Cut) 2
For the WBC Muaythai World title.
2013-11-16 Win Netherlands Mohamed Sariri Memorial Jorge Martins 9 Martigny, Switzerland KO 4
2013-9-28 Win Thailand Jaochalam Chatnakanok Chitalada Showdown V Tampere, Finland KO 4
2013-6-1 Win Portugal Nino Evora Casino Estoril Lisbon, Portugal Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00
2013-4-13 Win Portugal Nino Evora K-1 World Max Elimination Loures, Portugal Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2012-11-17 Loss Spain Carlos La Loba Muay Thai Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain TKO 4
2012-10-20 Win United Kingdom Mike Clarke Xtreme Combat Leeds, United Kingdom TKO 1
Wins the ISKA European 77 kg title.
2011-11-27 Win Portugal Paulo Telmo WMC Fight Night 2 São Domingos de Rana, Portugal Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2011-10-8 Win Portugal Pedro Fula WMC Fight Night São Domingos de Rana, Portugal TKO 3
2011-7-23 Win Portugal Francisco Matos Will 2 Fight Lisbon, Portugal KO 3
2011-5-21 Win Portugal Ricardo Madeira Will 2 Fight Lisbon, Portugal KO 1
2010-3-27 Loss Switzerland Shemsi Beqiri WKA World Championship Geneva, Switzerland Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00
For the WKA World 72.5 kg title.
2008-12-6 Loss Spain Abraham Roqueni Campeonato Del Mundo De Kick Boxing Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

See also[]

References[]

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