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

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 Algerian and 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. He had a role in the 2009 horror film Mutants.

Titles and achievements

Titles

Awards

Fight Record

! style=background:white colspan=9 |For the ISKA Oriental rules World Light-welterweight (-64.5kg) title. ! style=background:white colspan=9 |For World Muay Thai title. ! style=background:white colspan=9 |Lost his World Muay Thai title. ! style=background:white colspan=9 |Defends ISKA Oriental rules Light Welterweight World title. ! style=background:white colspan=9 |Wins ISKA Oriental rules Light Welterweight World title. ! style=background:white colspan=9 |Defends Muay Thai World title. ! style=background:white colspan=9 |Loses the ISKA Oriental rules Light Welterweight World title. ! style=background:white colspan=9 |Wins the ISKA Oriental rules Light Welterweight World title. ! style=background:white colspan=9 |Wins Muay Thai World title. ! style=background:white colspan=9 |For the ISKA Oriental rules and WKA World Light-welterweight title. ! style=background:white colspan=9 |Wins Kickboxing World title. ! style=background:white colspan=9 |Retains Muay Thai World title. ! style=background:white colspan=9 |Wins World Muay Thai title (-63 kg). ! style=background:white colspan=9 |Fight was for World Muay Thai title. ! style=background:white colspan=9 |For WMTC World 140 lbs title. ! style=background:white colspan=9 |Fight was for European Muay Thai title. ! style=background:white colspan=9 |Wins French Muay Thai Championship 1989 Class A title.