Dida Diafat

Dida Diafat
Born	Dida Diafat April 24, 1970 (1970-04-24) (age 41) Bab El Oued, Algiers, Algeria
Nationality	Algeria France
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	63-67 kg
Style	Muay Thai
Years active	10 (1988–1998)

Dida Diafat (born April 24, 1970 in Algiers) is an Algerian-French Muay Thai kickboxer who became a world champion in Thai kickboxing or Muay Thai at age 21.^[1] A fictionalised version of his life is depicted in the 2005 movie Chok-Dee, in which he plays himself.^[2]

Biography

At the age of 18, Dida Diafat left the town of Villiers le Bel (Val d'Oise) to join the Muay Thai training camps of Thailand and became 3 years later the first Frenchman to be a Muay Thai world champion. He became the first Thai kickboxing fighter to win a contract with a French television channel - specifically, Canal+ in 1994. Following the release of Chok Dee he retired from kickboxing and decided to pursue a career in acting and in the clothing business.^[2] He had a role in the 2009 horror film Mutants.

Titles and achievements

Titles

• 1991-1998 Competed in 16 World Championships in Muaythai, Kickboxing and won 11 titles

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• 1993 World Muaythai Champion in Paris
• 1992 World Kickboxing Champion in Levallois
• 1991 World Muaythai Champion in Paris Bercy
• 1991 World Muaythai Champion (-63 kg)
• 1989 French Muaythai Champion Class A

Awards

• 1997 "Songh Shaï" vase
• 1995 Best Foot & Fist Fighter of the Year
• 1994 Best Foot & Fist Fighter of the Year
• 1993 Best Foot & Fist Fighter of the Year

Fight Record

Professional Kickboxing record

87 Fights Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time 1994-11-12 Loss Saïmaï World Muaythai Championship Marseilles, France Decision 5 3:00 Lost his World Muay Thai title. 1994 Draw Peter Cunningham Kickboxing Gala in Las Vegas Las Vegas, Nevada Decision draw Fight was for World Kickboxing title. 1994 Win Ramon Dekkers Muay Thai Gala in Paris Paris, France Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 1993-06-00 Win Muangphet Muay Thai Gala in Stade Pierre de Coubertin Paris, France Decision 5 3:00 Wins World Muay Thai title. 1993 Win Ramon Dekkers Muay Thai Gala in Paris Paris, France TKO (Elbow cut) 3 Retains World Muay Thai title. 1993 Loss Noël Van Den Heuvel World Championship TKO (Referee Stoppage) Fight was for World title. 1992 Win Chemiakim Gala in Palais des sports Levallois, France TKO (Gave up) 6 Wins World Kickboxing title. 1991-12-20 Win Darris Gala in Palais des sports de Bercy Paris, France Decision 5 3:00 Wins World Muay Thai title. 1991-06-00 Win Sonnaline Gala in Palais des sports Nanterre, France KO 4 Wins World Muay Thai title (-63 kg). 1991 Loss Kobal World Muaythai Championship Decision 5 3:00 Fight was for World Muay Thai title. 1991 Loss Cantaloni Payakaroon World Muaythai Championship Decision 5 3:00 Fight was for World Muay Thai title. 1990 Loss Fabrice Payen European Muaythai Championship Decision 5 3:00 Fight was for European Muay Thai title. 1990 Loss Daris Soh Tanikul Muaythai Gala in Lyon Lyon, France 1989 Win French Championship Class A, Final France KO 4 Wins French Muay Thai Championship 1989 Class A title. 1988 Loss Stains, France KO Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw/No contest       Notes

See also

• List of male kickboxers
• List of kickboxing organizations

References

1. ^ http://artsetspectacles.nouvelobs.com/p2102/a263035.html
2. ^ ^{a b} "Diafat Bio". muaythaitv.com. http://www.muaythaitv.com/pages/news/news.php?s_id=551. Retrieved 2006-03-01. 

External links

• Official website (French)
• Chok-Dee at the Internet Movie Database
• Mutants at the Internet Movie Database
• 2006 Interview

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Name	Diafat, Dida
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Date of birth	April 24, 1970
Place of birth	Bab El Oued, Alger, Algeria
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