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1995 In Fighting Network Rings
The year 1995 is the first year in the history of Fighting Network Rings, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. In 1995 Fighting Network Rings held three events beginning with, ''Rings: Budokan Hall 1995''. Events list Rings: Budokan Hall 1995 Rings: Budokan Hall 1995 was an event held on January 25, 1995, at Budokan Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Results Rings Holland: Free Fight Rings Holland: Free Fight was an event held on February 19, 1995, at Sporthallen Zuid in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. Results Rings: Battle Dimensions Tournament 1995 Opening Round Rings: Battle Dimensions Tournament 1995 Opening Round was an event held on October 21, 1995. Results See also * Fighting Network Rings * List of Fighting Network Rings events This is a list of mixed martial arts events held and scheduled by the Fighting Network Rings, a mixed martial arts and professional wrestling promotion. Past events {, class="sortable ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 In Fighting Network Rings
The year 1996 is the second year in the history of Fighting Network Rings, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. In 1996 Fighting Network Rings held four events beginning with, ''Rings: Budokan Hall 1996''. Events list Rings: Budokan Hall 1996 Rings: Budokan Hall 1996 was an event held on January 24, 1996, at Budokan Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Results Rings Holland: Kings of Martial Arts Rings Holland: Kings of Martial Arts was an event held on February 18, 1996, at Sport Hall Zuid in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. Results Rings: Maelstrom 6 Rings: Maelstrom 6 was an event held on August 24, 1996, in Japan. Results Rings: Battle Dimensions Tournament 1996 Opening Round Rings: Battle Dimensions Tournament 1996 Opening Round was an event held on October 25, 1996. Results See also * Fighting Network Rings * List of Fighting Network Rings events This is a list of mixed martial arts events held and schedu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitsuya Nagai
, better known as , is a Japanese professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist and kickboxer. A professional MMA competitor from 1991 until 2013, he fought the majority of his career in Fighting Network RINGS. Once a student of legendary professional wrestlers Satoru Sayama and Akira Maeda, Nagai holds notable victories over former King of Pancrase Super Heavyweight Champion Tsuyoshi Kosaka, Nobuaki Kakuda, four-time world kickboxing champion Andre Mannaart, Russian sambo champion Mikhail Ilyukhin, RINGS King of Kings 2000 Tournament runner up Valentijn Overeem, ADCC bronze medallist and RINGS Light Heavyweight title contender Chris Haseman, and Pancrase veteran Takaku Fuke. He also fought for K-1 in kickboxing. He later transitioned to traditional puroresu and notably wrestled for Battlarts, New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), where he is a former three time All Asia Tag Team Champion. He currently performs on a part-time ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolai Zouev
Nikolai Nikolayevich Zouev (; 20 May 1958 – 21 May 2022) was a Russian mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist. He competed in the Heavyweight (MMA), Heavyweight division. Career He had a background in sambo (martial art), sambo and freestyle wrestling, starting a rivalry with Volk Han. He debuted on 13 July 1993 at Fighting Network Rings "RINGS BATTLE DIMENSION '93" against Todor Todorov. He spent most of his career in Fighting Network Rings in a variety of fighting codes including professional wrestling, Sambo (martial art), Sambo and Mixed Martial Arts. He had multiple matches against his rival Volk Han and Mitsuya Nagai. He stopped fighting for Fighting Network Rings, RINGS on 21 February 1999 in a loss against Magomedkhan Gamzatkhanov as the promotion was shifting towards only doing mixed martial arts, MMA matches. He became a coach after his retirement, helping to train fighters such as Sergei Kharitonov. Zouev died on May 21, 2022, a day after his 64th birthday, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikhail Ilyukhin
Mikhail Ilyukhin (born November 21, 1966) is a retired Russian mixed martial artist and professional wrestler who competed in the light heavyweight division. He competed in both Fighting Network Rings, and Pride Fighting Championships, and was a prominent member of Russia Top Team, where he trained with the likes of Volk Han, Fedor Emelianenko, and Sergei Kharitonov. At Pride 26, Ilyukhin lost by stoppage to Quinton Jackson. He won his last fight at K-1 – Hero's Lithuania against Jordanas Poskaitis on November 26, 2005. It appears that following the demise of the Russia Top Team Ilyukhin has retired. Career IAFC & RINGS After a successful career in sambo, Ilyukhin debuted in the professional wrestling promotion Rings in 1994, submitting Mitsuya Nagai in his first match. He would become a part of the Rings Russia team, along with Volk Han, Andrei Kopylov and Nikolai Zouev. One year later, he had his first contact in MMA represented Rings Russia in the International Absolute ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zaza Tkeshelashvili
Zaza "Grom" Tkeshelashvili (Georgian language, Georgian: ზაზა ტყეშელაშვილი; born March 19, 1965) is a Georgian retired freestyle wrestling, freestyle wrestler and mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics. As an MMA fighter, he formerly competed in the heavyweight (MMA), heavyweight division, most of which he fought with Fighting Network RINGS where he was known as Zaza Grom. He holds notable wins over Volk Han and Travis Fulton, and has fought Bobby Hoffman and Renato Sobral. His brother Koba Tkeshelashvili is also mixed martial artist and has competed in RINGS. Biography Zaza has been active in wrestling since 1978 as part of the Trudovije reserve center under coach Vano Nikoladze. He was one of eight wrestlers selected for the Georgian Olympic Team in 1996. He beat Daniel Sánchez (wrestler), Daniel Sánchez (Cuba), Dolgorsürengiin Sumyaabazar (Mongolia) and was defeated in the semis by Leri Khabelov (Rus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tariel Bitsadze
Tariel Bitsadze ( ka, ტარიელ ბიწაძე) is a Georgian karateka and mixed martial artist. He competed in the Heavyweight and Super heavyweight division. He is a former RINGS Openweight Champion. Mixed martial arts career A former 1991 World Open Karate Championship finalist who was eliminated by Andy Hug, Bitsadze trained for his mixed martial arts debut in his Fighting Network RINGS's RINGS Georgia team, taking in both editions of the King of Kings tournament. He was pitted against RINGS Holland exponent Gilbert Yvel at the first one, but he was taken down and submitted via armbar, thus being eliminated from the league. Tariel performed better at the next edition, threatening Renato Sobral with a close guillotine choke attempt, but being eventually caught in an armbar again and eliminated. Mixed martial arts record , - , Loss , align=center, 7–6 , Renato Sobral , Submission (armbar) , Rings: King of Kings 2000 Block A , , align=center, 1 , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrei Kopylov
Andrei Kopylov (born July 16, 1965) is a Russian retired sambist, wrestler and mixed martial artist. He competed in the heavyweight division of Fighting Network RINGS. Sambo career Kopylov practised various sports from the age of 17, among them basketball, volleyball and boxing, but he turned to sambo after he was introduced to his girlfriend's father, who was a sambo master. Kopylov started training with the renowned Alexander Fedorov and mastered the grappling in a short time, once even submitting his own teacher in a contest. After three months, he was sent to the national junior championships of 1983, in which he won a silver medal. He also won a bronze medal, and in 1985 he finally gained the gold. In 1986, he reached the finals of the USSR championship, being eliminated at the end by the eventual champion, Rotsyavichusom. However, Kopylov obtained revenge over him by beating him in three minutes at the national champion in 1987, ending himself in second place. In 1991, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronny Rivano
Ronny Rivano is a Dutch mixed martial artist. He competed in the Welterweight division. Mixed martial arts record , - , Loss , align=center , 13-13-3 , Chico Martinez , KO (punches) , Bushido Europe: Rotterdam Rumble , , align=center , 1 , align=center , 1:37 , Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands , , - , Loss , align=center , 13-12-3 , Robbie Nelson , KO (punch) , Rings Holland: One Moment In Time , , align=center , 1 , align=center , 3:01 , Utrecht, Netherlands , , - , Loss , align=center , 13-11-3 , Gilbert Ballantine , KO (punch) , Rings Holland: Saved by the Bell , , align=center , 2 , align=center , 1:20 , Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands , , - , Loss , align=center , 13-10-3 , Musail Alaudinov , Submission (rear-naked choke) , M-1 MFC: Russia vs. the World 3 , , align=center , 1 , align=center , 0:58 , Saint Petersburg, Russia , , - , Win , align=center , 13-9-3 , Stephan Tapilatu , TKO (leg injury) , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Peeters
Willie Peeters (born 26 October 1965) is a Dutch mixed martial artist. He competed in the Heavyweight division. Biography Peeters started his career in Wrestling at the age of ten, training with famed champion Freddy Winters and winning several junior competitions across Europe. At sixteen, he moved to the Oyama Gym in Amsterdam, where he trained Judo under Chris Dolman and Willem Ruska, as well as Kickboxing under Jan Lomulder, and finally Kyokushin Karate, winning a heavyweight championship. In 1991, after talking about his interest in mixed martial arts, Dolman invited him to his team in Fighting Network RINGS in order to compete in both MMA and professional wrestling in Japan. Peeters would develop a rivalry with Wataru Sakata in a long series of shootfighting bouts. Peeters defeated Wataru by TKO on their first fight On 16 November 1995, and they went to fight a rematch on 29 June 1996. During the latter, Sakata released late a toehold, injuring Peeters, who retaliated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wataru Sakata
is a Japanese people, Japanese retired mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist and professional wrestler. A professional MMA competitor from 1994 until 2016, Sakata fought for Fighting Network RINGS, Pride FC, Deep (mixed martial arts), Deep and Rizin Fighting Federation, and holds notable victories over RINGS King of Kings 2000 Tournament runner up Valentijn Overeem, UFC 23 Middleweight Tournament winner Kenichi Yamamoto (mixed martial artist), Kenichi Yamamoto, ADCC Submission Fighting World Championship, ADCC bronze medallist and Fighting_Network_Rings#Championships, RINGS Light Heavyweight title contender Chris Haseman, and National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA All-American and UFC veteran Branden Lee Hinkle. Career A former Kyokushin karateka, Sakata trained in professional wrestling at Animal Hamaguchi's gym and joined Akira Maeda's Fighting Network RINGS immediately after, training in shoot wrestling. Fighting Network RINGS Sakata debuted in RINGS in 1994 again ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsuyoshi Kosaka
is a retired Japanese mixed martial artist, submission grappler and professional wrestler who competed in the Heavyweight division. A professional MMA competitor from 1994 till 2022, he has competed for the UFC, PRIDE Fighting Championships, RIZIN, RINGS, Pancrase, and DEEP. Kosaka is the former King of Pancrase Super Heavyweight Champion. Kosaka is considered to be one of the early pioneers of mixed martial arts and was one of the top ranked Japanese fighters for several years. Known for his grappling skills, Kosaka is trained in Judo and Shoot Wrestling, His "TK guard" position, a precursor to modern butterfly guard, is famous for its efficiency; former UFC champions Frank Shamrock and Maurice Smith have both credited him with having vastly improved their grappling from that particular position. Background Training in judo since highschool, Kosaka competed extensively during his stay at the Senshu University, where he befriended future world judo champion Hidehiko Yosh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herman Renting
Herman Renting (born December 31, 1969) is a Dutch mixed martial artist. He competed in the Heavyweight division. Mixed martial arts record , - , Loss , align=center, 1–3 , Piet van Gammeren , Decision (unanimous) , Rings Holland: Heroes Live Forever , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 5:00 , Utrecht, Netherlands , , - , Loss , align=center, 1–2 , Akira Shoji , Submission (armbar) , Pride 11 - Battle of the Rising Sun , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 3:48 , Osaka, Japan , , - , Win , align=center, 1–1 , David Levicki , Decision (unanimous) , Rings Holland: Free Fight , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 10:00 , Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands , , - , Loss , align=center, 0–1 , David Khakhaleishvili , N/A , Rings: Budokan Hall 1995 , , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0:00 , Tokyo, Japan , See also *List of male mixed martial artists This is a list of notable professional male mixed martial arts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
