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RINGS King Of Kings Tournament 2000
The ''King of Kings Tournament 2000'' was a series of three separate mixed martial arts events held by the Fighting Network Rings (RINGS). The tournament took place in both Tokyo and Osaka between October 9, 2000 and February 24, 2001. The tournament was the second of two King of Kings tournaments. Rules The tournament had two qualifying events: King of Kings 2000 Block A and King of Kings 2000 Block B. The fighters who advance from the qualifying events would compete in the King of Kings 2000 Final. The fights would consist of two five-minute rounds and, as in all RINGS bouts, no striking was allowed to the head of a grounded opponent. Interesting Facts This tournament had many participants who went on to have great success in mixed martial arts. Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira, Randy Couture, Dave Menne, and Fedor Emelianenko all became champions in their respective organizations (PRIDE Fighting Championships and UFC). King of Kings 2000 Block A The first event of the tournament to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borislav Jeliazkov
Borislav Jeliazkov () is a Bulgarian mixed martial artist. He competed in the Heavyweight division. Mixed martial arts record , - , Loss , align=center, 5–6 , Mikhail Ilyukhin , Submission (armbar) , Rings: World Title Series 2 , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 2:06 , Kanagawa, Japan , , - , Win , align=center, 5–5 , Konstantin Uriadov , Submission (rear-naked choke) , Rings Russia: Russia vs. Bulgaria , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 3:09 , Yekaterinburg, Russia , , - , Loss , align=center, 4–5 , Ryushi Yanagisawa , Submission (toe hold) , Rings: King of Kings 2000 Block A , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 3:45 , Tokyo, Japan , , - , Win , align=center, 4–4 , David Safarov , Submission (choke) , Rings Russia: Russia vs. Bulgaria , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 0:00 , Tula, Russia , , - , Win , align=center, 3–4 , Igor Perminov , KO (knee to the body) , Rings Russia: Russia vs. The Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ameran Bitsadze
Ameran Bitsadze is a Georgia mixed martial artist. He competed in the Super Heavyweight division. Mixed martial arts record , - , Loss , align=center, 1-4 , Rokas Stambrauskas , KO , Rings Lithuania: Bushido Rings 5: Shock , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 5:00 , Vilnius, Lithuania , , - , Loss , align=center, 1-3 , Yoshihisa Yamamoto , Submission (armbar) , Rings: King of Kings 2000 Block B , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 4:39 , Osaka, Japan , , - , Win , align=center, 1-2 , Andrey Reznik , TKO , Rings: Russia vs. Georgia , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 2:24 , Tula, Russia , , - , Loss , align=center, 0-2 , Joop Kasteel , Submission (arm triangle choke) , Rings Holland: The King of Rings , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 2:15 , North Holland, Netherlands , , - , Loss , align=center, 0-1 , Yoshihisa Yamamoto , N/A , Rings: Battle Dimensions Tournament 1995 Opening Round , , align=center, 0 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby Hoffman
Bobby "The Truth" Hoffman (born October 28, 1966) is a retired American mixed martial artist who competed in the heavyweight division. He is the former King of the Cage super heavyweight champion as well as the former King of the Cage heavyweight champion. Having made his professional debut in 1998, Hoffman has also formerly competed for the UFC, RINGS, and Jungle Fight. During his career, Hoffman defeated world champions Alistair Overeem and Ricco Rodriguez. Background Hoffman found mixed martial arts, then known as "shootfighting", after being released from jail, spending 92 consecutive days in solitary confinement for assault charges. Hoffman, a talented wrestler and football player, attended Ellsworth Community College and the University of Akron before leaving college a year early to compete in the NFL for the Cleveland Browns. Hoffman spent half of a season with the team before being released. Two days out of jail, Hoffman attended a local fight and after the originally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magomedkhan Gamzatkhanov
Magomedkhan Amanulayevich Gamzatkhanov (; born 15 April 1961), is a Russian retired mixed martial artist, professional wrestler, sambo wrestler and former military officer of Avar descent. Gamzatkhanov is better known by his ringname Volk Han (, ) and is renowned for his technical mastery of sambo. Gamzatkhanov represented Russia on the Russian Fighting Network RINGS team with Fedor Emelianenko, Andrei Kopylov, Nikolai Zouev and Mikhail Ilyukhin. In the early 1990s Han opened his own martial arts academy, which taught a derivative of combat sambo with special emphasis on flying and spinning joint locks and compression locks applied to upper and lower extremities. During his tenure in RINGS, Han was considered the promotion's top foreign star and impacted the popularity of martial art Sambo's popularity in Japan. According to MMA ranking system portal Fight Matrix, Magomedkhan Gamzatkhanov was ranked the #10 Heavyweight of 1997. Sambo career Magomedkhan was born on 15 April 196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Sauer
Thomas Sauer (November 11, 1970 — March 24, 2020) was an American mixed martial artist. A professional competitor from 1998 to 2012, he competed for RINGS and the World Fighting Alliance. Background A native of Cleveland, Sauer moved with his family to Ocala, Florida in 1981 at the age of 11. From a young age, he began wrestling and karate. Mixed martial arts career Early career Having made his debut in 1998, Sauer quickly moved to 3–0 with a win over Jeff Monson before being handed his first professional defeat at the hands of Travis Fulton. After five more wins followed by consecutive defeats to Bobby Hoffman and John Dixson, respectively, Sauer began competing for the RINGS promotion. RINGS Sauer made his RINGS debut on May 20, 2000, winning via first-round submission. After another win followed by a knockout of Valentijn Overeem, Sauer was defeated via doctor stoppage from a cut against Vladimir Matyushenko. Sauer would go 6–5 in his next 11 fights before facing of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiromitsu Kanehara
is a former Japanese mixed martial artist and professional wrestler of Korean descent. A professional MMA competitor from 1998 until 2012, he found success in Fighting Network RINGS, gaining notable victories over Valentijn Overeem, Alexandre Ferreira, former King of the Cage Light Heavyweight Champion Jeremy Horn, former RINGS Light-Heavyweight Champion Masayuki Naruse and former UFC Middleweight Champion Dave Menne. He later competed for PRIDE Fighting Championships, DEEP, Pancrase and K-1 HERO'S to mixed success. Kanehara also once competed in professional kickboxing. Kanehara initially started his career as a professional wrestler and competed mostly in shoot style wrestling with UWF International and its successor Kingdom. He later made appearances for Pro Wrestling Zero1 and Real Japan Pro Wrestling before retiring in 2020. Mixed martial arts career Fighting Network RINGS Kanehara debuted in RINGS with a submission win against Sander Thonhauser and followed it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |