Diogo Calado (born 17 July 1990) is a Portuguese kickboxer and rapper who began practicing Shito-Ryu Karate at the age of 7.
[3] Calado won his first major title, the ISKA European 77 kg 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.
[6] He snapped the losing streak with a first-round KO of Lofti Talbi, which earned him the ISKA European 75 kg title.
[18][19] In 2017 Diogo fought Brad Riddell for the inaugural Strikers League 77 kg title.
He lost in the first, quarter final round, to the future Enfusion 75 kg champion Endy Semeleer.
He fought on the -81 kg weight category where he defeated Cristiano Zachenttin from Brasil on the 16th finals, Ondrej Malina from Czech Republic on the 8th finals, he passed through the quarter-finals due to a no show from the fighter from Denmark and then lost on points on the semi-finals versus Vasyl Sorokin from Ukraine winning a bronze medal.
He won a silver medal, losing in the final versus Aaron Ortiz from the US on a very controversial decision.
He joined Kwalla Music Portugal team in 2019 and released his first songs during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, going by the name tKD.