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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: '94 Tour 5 Thursday, July 14, 1994
Furitsu Gym Osaka, Osaka Prefecture Japan Region
Maeda vs. Vrij 120 kg Show Bouts add_circle
Bout   Info
Akira Maeda   defeats   Dick Vrij   via Submission, Leg Lock   2:54 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Volk Han   defeats   Hans Nijman   via Submission, Armbar   Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Andrey Kopylov   defeats   Yoshihisa Yamamoto   via Submission, Toe Hold   9:38 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Mitsuya Nagai   defeats   Stefanov Petrov   via Submission, Armbar   10:35 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Georgi Kandelaki   defeats   Rene Rooze   via Decision, Unanimous   5 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Masayuki Naruse   defeats   Yuri Bekichev   via KO/TKO, Palm Strikes   6:18 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Rings Japan: '94 Tour 4 Saturday, June 18, 1994
Ariake Colliseum Tokyo, JP Japan Region
Maeda vs. Han 120 kg Show Bouts add_circle
Bout   Info
Akira Maeda   defeats   Volk Han   via Submission   18:06 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Dick Vrij   defeats   Tariel Bitsadze   via Submission   8:04 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Willie Williams   defeats   Masayuki Naruse   via KO/TKO   10:54 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Mikhail Iliyukhin   defeats   Mitsuya Nagai   via Submission   14:42 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Yoshihisa Yamamoto   defeats   Amiran Bitsadze   via Submission   5:18 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Willie Peeters   defeats   Mikhail Simov   via Submission   0:29 Round 3 of 5, 6:29 Total Bout Page
Willy Wilhelm   defeats   Dmitriy Petkov   via Submission   8:52 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Rings Japan: '94 Tour 3 Tuesday, May 17, 1994
Miyagi Sports Center Tohoku, JP Japan Region
Maeda vs. Williams 120 kg Show Bouts add_circle
Bout   Info
Akira Maeda   defeats   Willie Williams   via Submission   2:38 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Tariel Bitsadze   defeats   Hans Nijman   via Decision   6 Rounds, 18:00 Total Bout Page
Volk Han   defeats   Mitsuya Nagai   via Submission   9:03 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Dick Vrij   defeats   Masayuki Naruse   via KO/TKO   5:16 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
David Khakhaleishvili   defeats   Mikhail Simov   via Submission   5:49 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Yoshihisa Yamamoto   defeats   Sergey Sousserov   via Submission   3:13 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Rings Japan: '94 Tour 2 Saturday, April 23, 1994
Sun Plaza Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture Japan Region
Maeda vs. Oele 120 kg Show Bouts add_circle
Bout   Info
Akira Maeda   defeats   Peter Oele   via Submission   Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Volk Han   defeats   Tariel Bitsadze   via Submission   Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Nikolai Zouev   defeats   Masayuki Naruse   via Submission   Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Yoshihisa Yamamoto   defeats   Sotir Gotchev   via Submission   Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Hans Nijman   defeats   Mitsuya Nagai   via KO/TKO   Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Zaza Tkeshelashvili   defeats   Todor Todorov   via Submission   Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Rings Japan: '94 Tour 1 Saturday, March 19, 1994
Yokohama Arena Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture Japan Region
Maeda vs. Kopylov 120 kg Show Bouts add_circle
Bout   Info
Akira Maeda   defeats   Andrey Kopylov   via KO/TKO, Head Kick   8:51 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Tariel Bitsadze   defeats   Vladimir Klementiev   via Submission   of 1 Bout Page
(Custom Rules)   Volk Han  defeats  Georgi Kandelaki via Submission, Front Choke   of 1 Bout Page
Dick Vrij   defeats   Bart Vale   via KO/TKO   of 1 Bout Page
(Kickboxing)   Rob Van Esdonk  defeats  Lee Klin Kim via KO/TKO   0:29 Round 2 of 5, 3:29 Total Bout Page
Herman Renting   defeats   Todor Todorov   via Submission, Rear Naked Choke   5:03 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Dmitriy Petkov   defeats   Masayuki Naruse   via Submission   10:53 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Yoshihisa Yamamoto   defeats   Oleg Naniev   via KO/TKO, Head Kick   8:04 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Rings Japan: Korakuen Experiment 6 Sunday, February 06, 1994
Korakuen Hall Tokyo, JP Japan Region
Nagai vs. Simov 120 kg Show Bouts add_circle
Bout   Info
Mitsuya Nagai   defeats   Mikhail Simov   via Submission   of 1 Bout Page
Masayuki Naruse   defeats   Joe Difera   via Submission   3:36 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Yoshihisa Yamamoto   defeats   Jerry Flynn   via Submission   17:25 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Eric Edlenbos   defeats   Minoru Tanaka   via Submission   5:39 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Shigeru Yusuke   defeats   Nobuhiro Tsurumaki   via Decision   1 Round, 30:00 Total Bout Page
Rings Japan: Mega Battle '93 (Round 4) Friday, January 21, 1994
Nippon Budokan Tokyo, JP Japan Region
Heavyweight Title Fight Maeda vs. Bitsadze 120 kg Show Bouts add_circle
Bout   Info
Akira Maeda   defeats   Tariel Bitsadze   via Submission   8:57 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Chris Dolman   defeats   Nikolai Zouev   via Submission   7:17 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Dick Vrij   defeats   Mikhail Simov   via Submission   6:40 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
(Kickboxing)   Rob Van Esdonk  defeats  Rene Rooze via Decision, Unanimous   5 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Volk Han   defeats   Yoshihisa Yamamoto   via Submission   Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Bart Vale   defeats   Peter Smit   via Submission   5:12 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Andrey Tourmanidze   defeats   Fred Oosterom   via Submission, Arm Triangle Choke   6:26 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Rings Japan: Battle Shot At Niigata 1 Saturday, December 25, 1993
City Gym Niigata, JP Japan Region
Maeda vs. Nagai 120 kg Show Bouts add_circle
Bout   Info
Akira Maeda   defeats   Mitsuya Nagai   via Submission, Heel Hook   Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Andrey Kopylov   defeats   Pavel Orlov   via Submission, Armlock   11:39 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Masayuki Naruse   defeats   Eric Edlenbos   via Submission, Heel Hook   0:21 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Willie Peeters   defeats   Yoshihisa Yamamoto   via Decision, Points   1 Round, 30:00 Total Bout Page
(Shootboxing)   Bob Schrijber  defeats  Kazuyuki Mori via KO/TKO, Body Kick   0:47 Round 2 of 5, 3:47 Total Bout Page
Koichiro Kimura   defeats   Satoshi Honma   via Decision, Points   1 Round, 30:00 Total Bout Page
Nobuhiro Tsurumaki   defeats   Hiroki Mori   via Decision, Points   1 Round, 30:00 Total Bout Page
Rings Japan: Mega Battle '93 (Round 3) Wednesday, December 08, 1993
Furitsu Gym Osaka, Osaka Prefecture Japan Region
Heavyweight Title Fight Maeda vs. Dolman 120 kg Show Bouts add_circle
Bout   Info
Akira Maeda   defeats   Chris Dolman   via Submission   7:00 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Tariel Bitsadze   defeats   Nikolai Zouev   via KO/TKO   Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Volk Han   defeats   Pavel Orlov   via Submission   12:03 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Dick Vrij   defeats   Yoshihisa Yamamoto   via Submission   7:47 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Georgi Kandelaki   defeats   Zurab Sarsania   via KO/TKO   of 1 Bout Page
Todor Todorov   defeats   Masayuki Naruse   via Submission   13:42 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Zaza Tkeshelashvili   defeats   Hank Newman   via Submission   9:24 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Rings Japan: Mega Battle '93 (Round 2) Thursday, November 18, 1993
Tokyo, JP Japan Region
Heavyweight Title Fight Maeda vs. Renting 120 kg Show Bouts add_circle
Bout   Info
Akira Maeda   defeats   Herman Renting   via N/A   5:54 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Chris Dolman   defeats   Willie Peeters   via N/A   4:30 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Nikolai Zouev   defeats   Volk Han   via N/A   11:31 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Tariel Bitsadze   defeats   Dick Vrij   via KO/TKO   4:48 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Mitsuya Nagai   defeats   Dmitriy Petkov   via N/A   10:54 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Georgi Kandelaki   defeats   Masayuki Naruse   via KO/TKO   7:19 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Oleg Naniev   defeats   Georgiy Galdava   via N/A   10:46 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Rings Japan: Mega Battle '93 (Round 1) Saturday, October 23, 1993
Fukuoka International Center Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture Japan Region
Heavyweight Title Fight Maeda vs. Gotchev 120 kg Show Bouts add_circle
Bout   Info
Akira Maeda   defeats   Sotir Gotchev   via Submission   Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Herman Renting   defeats   Hans Nijman   via Submission   7:58 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Willie Peeters   defeats   Yoshihisa Yamamoto   via KO/TKO   Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Nikolai Zouev   defeats   Andrey Kopylov   via Submission, Toe Hold   19:08 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Volk Han   defeats   Masayuki Naruse   via Submission   8:08 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Tariel Bitsadze   defeats   Peter Oele   via KO/TKO   8:06 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Dick Vrij   defeats   Willie Williams   via Decision, Points   1 Round, 30:00 Total Bout Page
Rings Japan: Korakuen Experiment 5 Friday, September 10, 1993
Korakuen Hall Tokyo, JP Japan Region
Kopylov vs. Nagai 120 kg Show Bouts add_circle
Bout   Info
Andrey Kopylov   defeats   Mitsuya Nagai   via Submission   Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Masayuki Naruse   defeats   Dieusel Berto   via Submission, Achilles Lock   11:25 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
(Muay Thai)   Minoru Shinkai  vs.  Shigeo Imai Ends in a Draw   5 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Yoshihisa Yamamoto   defeats   Nobuhiro Tsurumaki   via KO/TKO, Knees   of 1 Bout Page
Satoshi Honma   defeats   Fumio Akiyama   via KO/TKO, Knees   of 1 Bout Page
Rings Japan: Battle Dimension 5 Saturday, August 21, 1993
Yokohama Arena Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture Japan Region
Han vs. Dolman 120 kg Show Bouts add_circle
Bout   Info
Volk Han   defeats   Chris Dolman   via Submission   6:20 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Willie Williams   defeats   Dick Vrij   via Decision   5 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Tariel Bitsadze   defeats   Hans Nijman   via Submission   0:39 Round 5 of 5, 12:39 Total Bout Page
Nikolai Zouev   defeats   Zaza Tkeshelashvili   via Submission   15:59 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Peter Oele   defeats   Willie Peeters   via KO/TKO   12:01 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Yoshihisa Yamamoto   defeats   Mikhail Simov   via N/A   of 5 Bout Page
Masayuki Naruse   defeats   Levani   via Decision   1 Round, 30:00 Total Bout Page
Rings Japan: Korakuen Experiment 4 Friday, August 06, 1993
Korakuen Hall Tokyo, JP Japan Region
Naruse vs. Dieke 120 kg Show Bouts add_circle
Bout   Info
(Kickboxing)   Jan Lomulder  defeats  Bob Schrijber via Decision, Unanimous   5 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Masayuki Naruse   defeats   Carlos Dieke   via Submission, Kneebar   10:22 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Yoshihisa Yamamoto   defeats   Eric Edlenbos   via Submission, Ezekiel Choke   Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Satoshi Honma   defeats   Yasunori Okuda   via Submission, Heel Hook   2:53 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Rings Japan: Battle Dimension 4 Tuesday, July 13, 1993
Furitsu Gym Osaka, Osaka Prefecture Japan Region
Vrij vs. Han 120 kg Show Bouts add_circle
Bout   Info
Dick Vrij   defeats   Volk Han   via KO/TKO   9:09 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Willie Williams   defeats   Tariel Bitsadze   via Submission   1:35 Round 3 of 5, 7:35 Total Bout Page
Hans Nijman   defeats   Mitsuya Nagai   via KO/TKO   0:33 Round 3 of 5, 6:33 Total Bout Page
Nikolai Zouev   defeats   Todor Todorov   via Submission   9:50 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Masayuki Naruse   defeats   Nobuaki Kakuda   via Submission   1:20 Round 5 of 5, 13:20 Total Bout Page
Yoshihisa Yamamoto   defeats   Georgi Kandelaki   via Decision   5 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Rings Japan: Korakuen Experiment 3 Wednesday, June 09, 1993
Korakuen Hall Tokyo, JP Japan Region
Nagai vs. Nishi 120 kg Show Bouts add_circle
Bout   Info
(Kickboxing)   Bob Schrijber  defeats  Toshiyuki Atokawa via N/A   of 5 Bout Page
Mitsuya Nagai   defeats   Yoshinori Nishi   via N/A   of 1 Bout Page
Masayuki Naruse   defeats   Atsushi Tamaki   via N/A   of 1 Bout Page
Koichiro Kimura   defeats   Hideaki Mikata   via N/A   of 1 Bout Page
Rings Japan: Battle Dimension 3 Saturday, May 29, 1993
Ariake Colliseum Tokyo, JP Japan Region
Han vs. Williams 120 kg Show Bouts add_circle
Bout   Info
Volk Han   defeats   Willie Williams   via Submission, Achilles Lock   11:46 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Chris Dolman   defeats   Mitsuya Nagai   via Submission, Leg Lock   0:40 Round 4 of 6, 9:40 Total Bout Page
Dick Vrij   defeats   Andrey Kopylov   via KO/TKO, Head Kick   7:06 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Willie Peeters   defeats   Nobuaki Kakuda   via Submission, Ezekiel Choke   10:18 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
(Shootboxing)   Georgi Kandelaki  defeats  Mikhail Simov via KO/TKO, Punch   1:34 Round 3 of 5, 7:34 Total Bout Page
Masayuki Naruse   vs.   Yuki Ishikawa   Ends in a Draw   1 Round, 30:00 Total Bout Page
Rings Japan: Korakuen Experiment 2 Friday, April 30, 1993
Korakuen Hall Tokyo, JP Japan Region
Naruse vs. Tamaki 120 kg Show Bouts add_circle
Bout   Info
(Kickboxing)   Adam Watt  defeats  Nobuki Iwashita via KO/TKO   1:56 Round 1 of 5 Bout Page
Masayuki Naruse   defeats   Atsushi Tamaki   via Submission, Scarf Hold   of 1 Bout Page
Yuki Ishikawa   defeats   Koichiro Kimura   via KO/TKO, Eye Injury   of 1 Bout Page
Mitsuya Nagai   defeats   Nobuhiro Tsurumaki   via KO/TKO, Knee   of 1 Bout Page
Rings Japan: Battle Dimension 2 Saturday, April 24, 1993
Bunka Gym Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture Japan Region
Han vs. Nagai 120 kg Show Bouts add_circle
Bout   Info
Volk Han   defeats   Mitsuya Nagai   via Submission, Kimura   16:05 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Bart Vale   defeats   Hans Nijman   via Submission   8:35 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Peter Oele   defeats   Dick Vrij   via Decision   6 Rounds, 18:00 Total Bout Page
Todor Todorov   defeats   Sergey Sousserov   via Submission   11:46 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Ramaz Busariashvili   defeats   Zaza Tkeshelashvili   via Submission, Choke   11:40 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Masayuki Naruse   defeats   Yoshihisa Yamamoto   via KO/TKO, Broken Arm   8:48 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Rings Japan: Battle Dimension 1 Friday, March 05, 1993
Amagasaki Memorial Park JP Japan Region
Han vs. Kopylov 120 kg Show Bouts add_circle
Bout   Info
Volk Han   defeats   Andrey Kopylov   via Submission, Ankle Lock   8:30 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Dick Vrij   defeats   Mitsuya Nagai   via KO/TKO, Punches   4:53 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Willie Peeters   defeats   Sergey Sousserov   via KO/TKO, Head Kick   4:49 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Peter Oele   defeats   Yoshihisa Yamamoto   via KO/TKO, Head Kick   7:56 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Kiril Barbutov   vs.   Sirra Fubicha   Ends in a Draw   6 Rounds, 18:00 Total Bout Page
Nobuaki Kakuda   defeats   Masayuki Naruse   via KO/TKO, Head Kick   13:28 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Rings Japan: Korakuen Experiment 1 Sunday, February 28, 1993
Korakuen Hall Tokyo, JP Japan Region
Nagai vs. Telgen 120 kg Show Bouts add_circle
Bout   Info
(Kickboxing)   Toshiyuki Atokawa  vs.  Naoyuki Taira Ends in a Draw, Unanimous   5 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Mitsuya Nagai   defeats   Sandor Telgen   via Submission, Toe Hold   5:27 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Sergey Sousserov   defeats   Masayuki Naruse   via Submission, Heel Hook   12:35 Round 1 of 1 Bout Page
Rings Saturday, January 25, 1992
Tokyo, JP Japan Region

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