José 'The Devil's Advocate' Reis (born 30 June 1977) is a Portuguese

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of Cape Verdean descent fighting out of

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for Olival Gym at either

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. 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 the K-1 MAX and SuperLeague organizations. His younger brother, Luis Reis, is also a successful kickboxer.

Biography and career

In his early years José had a successful spell as an amateur winning three Iberian championships and a gold medal in the I.M.T.F. European championships as well as a number of bronze medals in various W.A.K.O. and I.M.T.F. European/world championships. In 2002 he won his first professional title at the K-1 Spain MAX 2002, where he defeated Ante Bilić in the final of the eight man tournament. In 2004 he won his second K-1 MAX tournament, this time in held in Portugal, defeating his own brother Luis in the semi-finals. Despite winning another regional tournament José would not be given the chance to qualify for the K-1 MAX final. In 2005 he signed up with the recently created SuperLeague organization and he had ten fights within the organization between 2005 and 2006, winning four and losing six. His highlight was a runner up position at the SuperLeague Elimination 2006 tournament losing to

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in the final. After the SuperLeague organizations demise at the end of 2006 José won the W.F.C.A. European title and had a spell with the Steko's Fight Night and KlasH promotions, losing out to

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in a fight for the W.K.A. world title. He also returned to amateur action in 2007, picking up a bronze medal and then a silver the following year at the W.A.K.O. European championships. In 2010 he had his most recent success, defeating

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via controversial decision to claim the W.F.C.A. world title.

Titles

Professional *2010 World Full Contact Association (W.F.C.A.) K-1 Rules World champion -72.5 kg *2007 Kings of Kickboxing Karlsruhe runner up -75 kg *2007 W.F.C.A. Thai-boxing European champion -75 kg *2006 Super League Elimination tournament runner up -73 kg *2004 K-1 MAX Portugal tournament champion -70 kg *2002 K-1 Spain MAX tournament champion -70 kg Amateur *2008 W.A.K.O. European Championships in Porto, Portugal -75 kg (K-1 Rules) *2007 W.A.K.O. World Championships in Serbia, Belgrade -75 kg (K-1 Rules) *2002 I.A.M.T.F. Muay Thai European Championships in Caldas da Rainha, Portugal -71 kg *2002 Iberian Championships *2001 I.A.M.T.F Muay Thai World Championships in Bangkok, Thailand -69 kg *2001 W.A.K.O. World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro -71 kg (Low Kick) *2001 Iberian Championships *2000 W.A.K.O. European Championships in Moscow, Russia *2000 Iberian Championships

Professional Kickboxing Record

Amateur Kickboxing Record

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