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Fighting Network RINGS

Fighting Network RINGS
  • Name: Fighting Network RINGS
  • Headquarters: Japan
  • Acronyms: RINGS
  • Ownership: Akira Maeda
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RINGS Events

Rings Japan: Battle Genesis 4 Saturday, June 20, 1998
New Korakuen Hall Tokyo, JP Japan Region
Rings Holland: Who's The Boss? Sunday, June 07, 1998
Vechtsebanen Sports Hall Utrecht, NL Europe Western Region
Yvel vs. Overeem 265 lbs Show Bouts add_circle
Bout   Info
Gilbert Yvel   defeats   Valentijn Overeem   via KO/TKO, Shoulder Injury   0:38 Round 1 of 2 Bout Page
George Torchinava   defeats   Joe Akano   via Submission, Ankle Injury   0:25 Round 1 of 2 Bout Page
Joop Kasteel   defeats   Herman Van Tol   via KO/TKO, Body Kick   0:58 Round 2 of 2, 5:58 Total Bout Page
Lee Hasdell   defeats   Dave van der Veen   via KO/TKO, Palm Strike   4:48 Round 2 of 2, 9:48 Total Bout Page
Hans Nijman   defeats   Victor Kruger   via KO/TKO, Head Kick   0:10 Round 2 of 2, 5:10 Total Bout Page
Wouter Bakker   defeats   Jonny van Wanrooy   via Submission, Keylock   0:34 Round 1 of 2 Bout Page
Jeffrey vant Schip   defeats   Andrew Keja   via Submission, Guillotine Choke   1:28 Round 1 of 2 Bout Page
Hans Frugte   defeats   Harry De Bruin   via Disqualificaton, Illegal Punches   Round 1 of 2 Bout Page
Mario Borzic   defeats   Fred van Doesburg   via Decision, Unanimous   2 Rounds, 10:00 Total Bout Page
Mustafa Azoufri   defeats   Rinie van Brakel   via Submission, Heel Hook   0:12 Round 2 of 2, 5:12 Total Bout Page
Rings Australia: No Rules 1 Sunday, June 07, 1998
Alexandra Hills Hotel Brisbane, QLD Australia & New Zealand Region
Bond vs. Lawler 265 lbs Show Bouts add_circle
Bout   Info
Daniel Bond   defeats   Dean Lawler   via Submission   3:35 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Chris Haseman   defeats   Kenichi Yamamoto   via Submission   5:35 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Ryan Harvey   defeats   Dominique Deligny   via Submission   11:20 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Leigh Brein   vs.   Sam Koch   Ends in a Draw   1 Round, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Paul Coonan   defeats   Shaun Price   via Decision   1 Round, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Barney Cook   defeats   Steve Farnell   via N/A   3:07 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Colin Turnbull   defeats   Maynard Marcum   via Submission   5:40 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Shiro Tenma   defeats   Kevin Thompson   via Submission   4:05 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Nakajima Sports Center Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture Japan Region
Tamura vs. Bitsadze 120 kg Show Bouts add_circle
Bout   Info
Tariel Bitsadze   defeats   Kiyoshi Tamura   via KO/TKO, Head Kick   3:39 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Tsuyoshi Kosaka   defeats   Volk Han   via Submission   10:10 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Mikhail Iliyukhin   defeats   Masayuki Naruse   via Submission, Toe Hold   13:52 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Zaza Tkeshelashvili   defeats   Joop Kasteel   via Submission, Leg Lock   5:54 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Kenichi Yamamoto   defeats   Chris Haseman   via Submission, Choke   12:39 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Hiromitsu Kanehara   defeats   Lee Hasdell   via Decision, Unanimous   1 Round, 30:00 Total Bout Page
Rings Russia: Russia vs. The World 1 Saturday, April 25, 1998
Ekaterinburg Sports Palace Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast Russia Region
Maeda vs. Zouev 265 lbs Show Bouts add_circle
Bout   Info
Akira Maeda   defeats   Nikolai Zouev   via Submission, Choke   Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Volk Han   defeats   Dick Vrij   via Submission, Rear Naked Choke   Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Mikhail Iliyukhin   defeats   Chris Haseman   via Submission, Achilles Lock   Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Andrey Kopylov   defeats   Malcolm Nie   via Submission, Armbar   Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Vladimir Klementiev   defeats   Hans Nijman   via KO/TKO, Punches   Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Yuri Kochkine   defeats   Joop Kasteel   via Submission, Choke   Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Bob Schrijber   defeats   Yuri Bekichev   via KO/TKO, Punches   3:01 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Hiromitsu Kanehara   defeats   Todor Todorov   via Submission, Arm Lock   Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Masayuki Naruse   defeats   Ochilov   via Submission, Leg Lock   Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Georgi Kandelaki   defeats   Mikhail Shimov   via KO/TKO, Knee Injury   Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Rings Japan: Fighting Integration 2 Thursday, April 16, 1998
Furitsu Gym Osaka, Osaka Prefecture Japan Region
Han vs. Maeda 120 kg Show Bouts add_circle
Bout   Info
Volk Han   defeats   Akira Maeda   via Submission, Armbar   5:43 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Valentijn Overeem   defeats   Kiyoshi Tamura   via KO/TKO, Kneebar   3:56 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Tsuyoshi Kosaka   defeats   Joop Kasteel   via Submission, Achilles Lock   7:49 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Masayuki Naruse   defeats   Andrey Kopylov   via Submission, Choke   7:19 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Bakouri Gogitidze   defeats   Wataru Sakata   via Submission, Achilles Lock   8:44 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Hiromitsu Kanehara   defeats   Sander Thonhauser   via Submission, Achilles Lock   6:26 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Rings Japan: Fighting Integration 1 Saturday, March 28, 1998
New Korakuen Hall Tokyo, JP Japan Region
Tamura vs. Vrij 120 kg Show Bouts add_circle
Bout   Info
Kiyoshi Tamura   defeats   Dick Vrij   via Submission, Armbar   7:20 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Tsuyoshi Kosaka   defeats   Nikolai Zouev   via Submission, Kneebar   10:20 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Mikhail Iliyukhin   defeats   Hiromitsu Kanehara   via Submission, Achilles Lock   Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Masayuki Naruse   defeats   Sander Thonhauser   via Submission   of 1 Bout Page
Bob Gilstrap   defeats   Zaza Tkeshelashvili   via Decision   1 Round, 30:00 Total Bout Page
Valentijn Overeem   defeats   Kenichi Yamamoto   via KO/TKO, Knee   6:39 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Rings Japan: Battle Genesis 3 Tuesday, March 03, 1998
New Korakuen Hall Tokyo, JP Japan Region
Tamura vs. Sousserov 120 kg Show Bouts add_circle
Bout   Info
Kiyoshi Tamura   defeats   Sergey Sousserov   via N/A   9:27 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Masayuki Naruse   defeats   Troy Ittensohn   via N/A   of 1 Bout Page
Alexander Otsuka   defeats   Wataru Sakata   via N/A   of 1 Bout Page
Chris Haseman   defeats   Minoru Tanaka   via N/A   of 1 Bout Page
Akihiro Gono   defeats   Tatsuya Kurahashi   via N/A   Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Rings Holland Sunday, February 08, 1998
Amsterdam, NH Europe Western Region
Rings Wednesday, January 21, 1998
Rings Tuesday, December 23, 1997
Rings Saturday, October 25, 1997
Rings Japan: Battle Genesis 2 Tuesday, October 14, 1997
New Korakuen Hall Tokyo, JP Japan Region
Peeters vs. Naruse 120 kg Show Bouts add_circle
Bout   Info
Willie Peeters   defeats   Masayuki Naruse   via KO/TKO   16:44 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Kiyoshi Tamura   defeats   Elvis Sinosic   via Submission   10:11 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Wataru Sakata   defeats   Dominique Deligny   via Submission   4:02 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Sanae Kikuta   defeats   Minoru Tanaka   via Submission   3:08 Round 2 of 5, 8:08 Total Bout Page
Alexander Otsuka   defeats   Chris Haseman   via KO/TKO   18:10 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Rings Japan: Fighting Extension 7 Friday, September 26, 1997
Nakajima Sports Center Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture Japan Region
Tamura vs. Han 120 kg Show Bouts add_circle
Bout   Info
Kiyoshi Tamura   defeats   Volk Han   via Submission, Armbar   12:48 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Akira Maeda   defeats   Andrey Kopylov   via Submission, Rear Naked Choke   8:32 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Frank Shamrock   defeats   Tsuyoshi Kosaka   via Decision   1 Round, 30:00 Total Bout Page
Wataru Sakata   defeats   Valentijn Overeem   via Submission, Ankle Lock   2:16 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Pete Williams   defeats   Joop Kasteel   via KO/TKO, Exhaustion   8:25 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Yuri Kochkine   defeats   Malcolm Nay   via Submission, Achilles Lock   4:33 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Rings Japan: Fighting Extension 6 Wednesday, August 13, 1997
Kagoshima Arena Kagoshima, JP Japan Region
Yamamoto vs. Han 120 kg Show Bouts add_circle
Bout   Info
Yoshihisa Yamamoto   defeats   Volk Han   via KO/TKO, Head Kick   11:30 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Akira Maeda   defeats   Tsuyoshi Kosaka   via Submission, Front Choke   9:14 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Masayuki Naruse   defeats   Chris Haseman   via KO/TKO, Palm Strikes   14:26 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Wataru Sakata   defeats   Minoru Tanaka   via Submission, Front Choke   5:03 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Hans Nijman   defeats   Kiyoshi Tamura   via KO/TKO   9:03 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Mitsuya Nagai   defeats   Mikhail Simov   via Submission, Kneebar   6:38 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Rings Japan: Fighting Extension 5 Tuesday, July 22, 1997
Furitsu Gym Osaka, Osaka Prefecture Japan Region
Tamura vs. Bitsadze 120 kg Show Bouts add_circle
Bout   Info
Kiyoshi Tamura   defeats   Tariel Bitsadze   via Submission, Choke   13:32 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Akira Maeda   defeats   Hans Nijman   via Submission, Front Choke   9:04 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Yoshihisa Yamamoto   defeats   Mitsuya Nagai   via Submission   2:27 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Tsuyoshi Kosaka   defeats   Zaza Tkeshelashvili   via Submission   9:26 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Masayuki Naruse   defeats   Wataru Sakata   via Submission, Choke   5:55 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Chris Haseman   defeats   Minoru Tanaka   via Submission, Wristlock   9:07 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Rings Holland Sunday, June 29, 1997
Utrecht, UT Europe Western Region
Rings Japan: Fighting Extension 4 Saturday, June 21, 1997
Ariake Coliseum Tokyo, JP Japan Region
Zouev vs. Tamura 120 kg Show Bouts add_circle
Bout   Info
Nikolai Zouev   defeats   Kiyoshi Tamura   via Submission   10:30 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Yoshihisa Yamamoto   defeats   Maurice Smith   via Submission, Armbar   6:00 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Adilson Jorge De Lima   defeats   Alexander Fedorov   via KO/TKO, Corner Stoppage   10:10 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Ricardo Morais   vs.   Yuri Kochkine   Ends in a Draw   1 Round, 20:00 Total Bout Page
Mitsuya Nagai   defeats   Andre Mannaart   via Submission, Heel Hook   0:20 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Masayuki Naruse   defeats   Lee Hasdell   via Submission   12:58 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Wataru Sakata   defeats   Yuri Bekichev   via Submission   3:54 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Rings Japan: Fighting Extension 3 Friday, May 23, 1997
Miyagi Sports Center Tohoku, JP Japan Region
Maeda vs. Bitsadze 120 kg Show Bouts add_circle
Bout   Info
Akira Maeda   defeats   Tariel Bitsadze   via Submission   7:18 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Volk Han   defeats   Joop Kasteel   via Submission   5:09 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Kiyoshi Tamura   defeats   Zaza Tkeshelashvili   via KO/TKO   8:15 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Yoshihisa Yamamoto   defeats   Herman Renting   via Submission   3:17 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Mitsuya Nagai   defeats   Valentijn Overeem   via Submission   4:58 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Masayuki Naruse   defeats   Willie Peeters   via Submission   7:22 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Rings Japan: Fighting Extension 2 Tuesday, April 22, 1997
Furitsu Gym Osaka, Osaka Prefecture Japan Region
Han vs. Maeda 120 kg Show Bouts add_circle
Bout   Info
Volk Han   defeats   Akira Maeda   via Submission, Leg Lock   8:47 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Kiyoshi Tamura   defeats   Tsuyoshi Kosaka   via Submission, Toe Hold   13:57 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Yoshihisa Yamamoto   defeats   Masayuki Naruse   via Submission, Armbar   21:20 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Joop Kasteel   defeats   Mitsuya Nagai   via KO/TKO, Palm Strikes   6:27 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Dick Vrij   defeats   Tony Halme   via KO/TKO, Eye Injury   2:42 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Chris Haseman   defeats   Alexander Otsuka   via KO/TKO, Cut   7:03 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Rings Japan: Battle Genesis 1 Friday, April 04, 1997
New Korakuen Hall Tokyo, JP Japan Region
Kosaka vs. Yamamoto 120 kg Show Bouts add_circle
Bout   Info
Tsuyoshi Kosaka   defeats   Yoshihisa Yamamoto   via Decision   1 Round, 30:00 Total Bout Page
Kiyoshi Tamura   defeats   Chris Haseman   via Submission, Arm Triangle Choke   6:52 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Masayuki Naruse   defeats   Valentijn Overeem   via KO/TKO, Spinning Back Fist   12:05 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Lee Hasdell   defeats   Sean McCully   via Submission, Front Choke   3:59 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Sanae Kikuta   defeats   Kaichi Tsuji   via Submission, Armbar   8:33 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Rings Japan: Fighting Extension 1 Friday, March 28, 1997
New Korakuen Hall Tokyo, JP Japan Region
Maeda vs. Tamura 120 kg Show Bouts add_circle
Bout   Info
Akira Maeda   defeats   Kiyoshi Tamura   via Submission   7:54 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Yoshihisa Yamamoto   defeats   Hans Nijman   via Submission, Armbar   8:02 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Tsuyoshi Kosaka   defeats   Tariel Bitsadze   via Submission   8:11 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Willie Peeters   defeats   Chris Haseman   via Submission, Rear Naked Choke   6:12 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Minoru Tanaka   defeats   Todor Todorov   via KO/TKO, Head Kick   15:49 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Rings Holland Sunday, February 02, 1997
Amsterdam, NH Europe Western Region
Rings Japan: Mega Battle '96 (Round 4) Wednesday, January 22, 1997
Budokan Hall Tokyo, JP Japan Region
Heavyweight Title Fight Tamura vs. Han 120 kg Show Bouts add_circle
Bout   Info
Volk Han   defeats   Kiyoshi Tamura   via Submission   12:36 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Tariel Bitsadze   defeats   Yoshihisa Yamamoto   via KO/TKO   6:19 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Akira Maeda   defeats   Maurice Smith   via Submission   5:35 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Nikolai Zouev   defeats   Mitsuya Nagai   via Submission   13:01 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Tsuyoshi Kosaka   defeats   Mikhail Iliyukhin   via Submission   10:04 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Zaza Tkeshelashvili   defeats   Masayuki Naruse   via Submission   10:12 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Wataru Sakata   defeats   Sean McCully   via Submission   19:41 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Rings Japan: Mega Battle '96 (Round 3) Thursday, December 19, 1996
Fukuoka International Center Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture Japan Region
Maeda vs. Klementiev 120 kg Show Bouts add_circle
Bout   Info
Akira Maeda   defeats   Vladimir Klementiev   via Submission   3:17 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Volk Han   defeats   Tariel Bitsadze   via Submission   6:17 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Kiyoshi Tamura   defeats   Yoshihisa Yamamoto   via Submission   9:49 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Maurice Smith   defeats   Amiran Bitsadze   via Submission   4:54 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Hans Nijman   defeats   Tsuyoshi Kosaka   via KO/TKO   9:24 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Bakouri Gogitidze   defeats   Mitsuya Nagai   via Submission   8:59 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Masayuki Naruse   defeats   Dick Vrij   via KO/TKO   6:01 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page

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