Luis Reis
Encyclopedia
Luis "Dinga" Reis is a Portuguese
Muay Thai
kickboxer
of Cape Verdian
descent fighting out of Lisbon, Portugal for the Olival Gym. He is a K-1 MAX
and It's Showtime
regional champion who has also won medals for Portugal
at amateur
level. His older brother José Reis
is also a respected kickboxer.
championships and several podium finishes at various W.A.K.O
world and European championships, Luis made his K-1
debut in 2004. In a rather bizarre tournament appearance he made it to the semi finals at the MAX event in Lisbon
as an injury replacement only to face his older brother José who showed little brotherly love by promptly stopped him in the second round. Luis had more success at the next regional MAX event across the border in Spain
, stopping his two opponents before losing to home fighter Abrahan Roqueñi in the final.
After his MAX appearances Luis joined the (then) fledging Thai & Kickbox SuperLeague
in 2005 but had little success in his two matches with the promotion losing both by decision. A return to K-1 MAX
in 2006 resulted in a tournament victory in his hometown of Lisbon
although the regional win would not mean a place at that year's K-1 MAX final. He encountered the same issue later that year with the It's Showtime
organization winning their 75MAX tournament in Portugal but failing to be invited to the final to be held in the Netherlands
the following year. In 2009 he won another tournament in his home town, this time winning the W.K.N.
eight man K-1 rules tournament.
Amateur
Portuguese people
The Portuguese are a nation and ethnic group native to the country of Portugal, in the west of the Iberian peninsula of south-west Europe. Their language is Portuguese, and Roman Catholicism is the predominant religion....
Muay Thai
Muay Thai
Muay Thai is a combat sport from Thailand that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques. It is similar to other Indochinese kickboxing systems, namely pradal serey from Cambodia, tomoi from Malaysia, lethwei from Myanmar and muay Lao from Laos...
kickboxer
Kickboxing
Kickboxing refers to a group of martial arts and stand-up combat sports based on kicking and punching, historically developed from karate, Muay Thai and western boxing....
of Cape Verdian
Cape Verde
The Republic of Cape Verde is an island country, spanning an archipelago of 10 islands located in the central Atlantic Ocean, 570 kilometres off the coast of Western Africa...
descent fighting out of Lisbon, Portugal for the Olival Gym. He is a K-1 MAX
K-1
K-1 is a defunct world-wide kickboxing promotion based in Tokyo, Japan founded by Kazuyoshi Ishii, a formerKyokushin karate practitioner. K-1 combines stand up techniques from Muay Thai, Karate, Taekwondo, Savate, San Shou, kickboxing, western-style boxing, and other martial arts...
and It's Showtime
It's Showtime
It's Showtime is a kickboxing and mixed martial arts promotion based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It was founded by Simon Rutz in 1998 and held its first show in 1999. They are known to cross promote their events with K-1 and other European promotions from Italy, Belgium and England...
regional champion who has also won medals for Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
at amateur
Amateur
An amateur is generally considered a person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science, without pay and often without formal training....
level. His older brother José Reis
José Reis (kickboxer)
José 'The Devil's Advocate' Reis is a Portuguese Muay Thai kickboxer of Cape Verdian descent fighting out of Lisbon, Portugal for Olival Gym at either welterweight or super middleweight. He is the 2010 W.F.C.A. Full Contact world champion and a x2 K-1 MAX regional champion who has fought for both...
is also a respected kickboxer.
Biography and career
After a relatively successful amateur career where he had won a number of IberianIberian Peninsula
The Iberian Peninsula , sometimes called Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe and includes the modern-day sovereign states of Spain, Portugal and Andorra, as well as the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar...
championships and several podium finishes at various W.A.K.O
World Kickboxing Association
The World Kickboxing Association is one of the oldest and the largest amateur and professional sanctioning organizations of kickboxing in the world for the sport. Its official name is "World Kickboxing and Karate Association"....
world and European championships, Luis made his K-1
K-1
K-1 is a defunct world-wide kickboxing promotion based in Tokyo, Japan founded by Kazuyoshi Ishii, a formerKyokushin karate practitioner. K-1 combines stand up techniques from Muay Thai, Karate, Taekwondo, Savate, San Shou, kickboxing, western-style boxing, and other martial arts...
debut in 2004. In a rather bizarre tournament appearance he made it to the semi finals at the MAX event in Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...
as an injury replacement only to face his older brother José who showed little brotherly love by promptly stopped him in the second round. Luis had more success at the next regional MAX event across the border in Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, stopping his two opponents before losing to home fighter Abrahan Roqueñi in the final.
After his MAX appearances Luis joined the (then) fledging Thai & Kickbox SuperLeague
Thai & Kickbox SuperLeague
Thai & Kickbox SuperLeague, commonly known as SuperLeague, was a former kickboxing organization that was based in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Austrian businessmen Marcus Bauer and Willi Wokurka in 2003 with the aim to bring together champion fighters from across the world into a single...
in 2005 but had little success in his two matches with the promotion losing both by decision. A return to K-1 MAX
K-1
K-1 is a defunct world-wide kickboxing promotion based in Tokyo, Japan founded by Kazuyoshi Ishii, a formerKyokushin karate practitioner. K-1 combines stand up techniques from Muay Thai, Karate, Taekwondo, Savate, San Shou, kickboxing, western-style boxing, and other martial arts...
in 2006 resulted in a tournament victory in his hometown of Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...
although the regional win would not mean a place at that year's K-1 MAX final. He encountered the same issue later that year with the It's Showtime
It's Showtime
It's Showtime is a kickboxing and mixed martial arts promotion based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It was founded by Simon Rutz in 1998 and held its first show in 1999. They are known to cross promote their events with K-1 and other European promotions from Italy, Belgium and England...
organization winning their 75MAX tournament in Portugal but failing to be invited to the final to be held in the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
the following year. In 2009 he won another tournament in his home town, this time winning the W.K.N.
World Kickboxing Network
The World Kickboxing Network is a professional kick boxing and thai boxing organization and is one of the largest professional sanctioning organizations in the world, represented in more than 100 countries....
eight man K-1 rules tournament.
Titles
Professional- 2009 W.K.N.World Kickboxing NetworkThe World Kickboxing Network is a professional kick boxing and thai boxing organization and is one of the largest professional sanctioning organizations in the world, represented in more than 100 countries....
Grand Prix Portugal K-1 rules tournament -74 kg - 2007 It's Showtime 75MAX Trophy Portugal tournament champion -75 kg
- 2006 K-1 MAX Portugal tournament champion -70 kg
- 2004 K-1 MAX Spain tournament runner up -70 kg
Amateur
- 2006 W.A.K.O. European Championships in Lisbon, PortugalW.A.K.O. European Championships 2006 (Lisbon)W.A.K.O. European Championships 2006 were the joint eighteenth European kickboxing championships held by the W.A.K.O. organization and the second to be held in Portugal and the city of Lisbon...
-71 kg (Full-Contact) - 2004 Iberian Kickboxing Championships
- 2003 W.A.K.O. World Championships in Yalta, Ukraine (Low-Kick)
- 2003 Iberian Kickboxing Championships
- 2002 W.A.K.O. European Championships in Jesolo, ItalyW.A.K.O. European Championships 2002W.A.K.O. European Championships 2002 in Jesolo was the sixteenth European championships to be held by the W.A.K.O.. It was the second championships to be held in Jesolo and the seventh to be held in Italy. W.A.K.O...
-67 kg (Low-Kick) - 2001 W.A.K.O. World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia & MontenegroW.A.K.O. World Championships 2001 (Belgrade)W.A.K.O. World Championships 2001 were the joint thirteenth world kickboxing championships hosted by the W.A.K.O. organization...
-67 kg (Low-Kick) - 2001 Iberian Kickboxing Championships
Professional kickboxing record
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