Luís "Dinga" Reis (born 1 October 1980) is a
Portuguese Muay Thai
Muay Thai ( th, มวยไทย, , ), sometimes referred to as Thai boxing, is a combat sport that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques. This discipline is known as the "art of eight limbs", as it is characterised ...
kickboxer
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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
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level. His older brother
José Reis is also a respected kickboxer.
Biography and career
After a relatively successful amateur career where he had won a number of
Iberian championships and several podium finishes at various
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world and European championships, Luis made his
K-1
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debut in 2004. In a rather bizarre tournament appearance he made it to the semi-finals at the MAX event in
Lisbon
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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) fledgling 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
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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 World Kickboxing Network (W.K.N.) eight man K-1 rules tournament.
On December 15, 2012, he lost to the eventual tournament winner
Karim Ghajji on points in the semi-finals of the WKN 75 kg Full Contact European Grand Prix at ''Full Night 6'' in Agde, France.
He lost to Bakari Tounkara on points at ''FK-ONE'' in Paris, France, on April 20, 2013.
Titles
Professional
*2009 W.K.N. 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, Portugal -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, Italy -67 kg (Low-Kick)
*2001
W.A.K.O. World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro -67 kg (Low-Kick)
*2001 Iberian Kickboxing Championships
Professional kickboxing record
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Paris, France , , Decision , , 3, , 3:00
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Estoril, Portugal
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Denis Schneidmiller
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S-Cup Europe 2008
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, 2007-09-23 , , Win , , align=left, Ricardo Fernandes , ,
It's Showtime 75MAX Trophy Portugal, Final , ,
Vilamoura, Portugal
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Vilamoura, Portugal
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Vilamoura, Portugal
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Abraham Roqueñi
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Abraham Roqueñi
Abraham Roqueñi Iglesias (born April 16, 1978) is a Spanish welterweight kickboxer. He was the K-1 MAX Spain 2004 tournament winner, and is a former ISKA, WAKO and WFCA world champion. He holds notable wins over Gago Drago, Luis Reis, Andy Sou ...
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K-1 MAX Portugal 2004
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See also
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List of K-1 events
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List of It's Showtime events
This is a list of events held and scheduled by the It's Showtime, a kickboxing and mixed martial arts organization based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The list consists of all the official It's Showtime events. The first event, It's Showtime - It's ...
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List of K-1 champions
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List of It's Showtime champions
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List of male kickboxers
References
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1980 births
Living people
Portuguese male kickboxers
Cape Verdean male kickboxers
Middleweight kickboxers
Welterweight kickboxers
Portuguese people of Cape Verdean descent