1997 in Fighting Network Rings

The year 1997 is the third year in the history of Fighting Network Rings, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. In 1997 Fighting Network Rings held nine events beginning with, Rings: Battle Dimensions Tournament 1996 Final.

1997 in Fighting Network Rings
Information
First date	January 1, 1997
Last date	December 23, 1997
Events
Total events	9
Fights
Total fights	51
Chronology
1996 in RINGS 1997 in Fighting Network Rings 1998 in RINGS

Events list

Main article: List of Fighting Network Rings events

#	Event Title	Date	Arena	Location
16	Rings: Mega Battle Tournament 1997 Semifinal	December 23, 1997		Japan
15	Rings: Mega Battle Tournament 1997 Semifinal 1	October 25, 1997		Japan
14	Rings: Extension Fighting 7	September 26, 1997		Japan
13	Rings Holland: Utrecht at War	June 29, 1997	Vechtsebanen Sport Hall	Utrecht, Netherlands
12	Rings: Extension Fighting 4	June 21, 1997	Ariake Coliseum	Tokyo, Japan
11	Rings: Extension Fighting 2	April 22, 1997		Japan
10	Rings Holland: The Final Challenge	February 2, 1997	Sport Hall Zuid	Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
9	Rings: Budokan Hall 1997	January 22, 1997	Budokan Hall	Tokyo, Japan
8	Rings: Battle Dimensions Tournament 1996 Final	January 1, 1997

Rings: Battle Dimensions Tournament 1996 Final

Rings: Battle Dimensions Tournament 1996 Final^[1] was an event held on January 1, 1997.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Magomedkhan Gamzatkhanov	def.	Kiyoshi Tamura		0	0:00
	Tariel Bitsadze	def.	Yoshihisa Yamamoto		0	0:00
	Magomedkhan Gamzatkhanov	def.	Tariel Bitsadze		0	0:00
	Kiyoshi Tamura	def.	Yoshihisa Yamamoto		0	0:00
	Tariel Bitsadze	def.	Hans Nijman		0	0:00
	Magomedkhan Gamzatkhanov	def.	Tsuyoshi Kosaka		0	0:00
	Kiyoshi Tamura	def.	Mitsuya Nagai		0	0:00
	Yoshihisa Yamamoto	def.	Bakouri Gogitidze		0	0:00

Rings: Budokan Hall 1997

Rings: Budokan Hall 1997^[2] was an event held on January 22, 1997, at Budokan Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Magomedkhan Gamzatkhanov	def.	Kiyoshi Tamura		0	0:00
	Tariel Bitsadze	def.	Yoshihisa Yamamoto		0	0:00
	Akira Maeda	def.	Maurice Smith		0	0:00
	Nikolai Zouev	def.	Mitsuya Nagai		0	0:00
	Tsuyoshi Kosaka	def.	Mikhail Ilyukhin		0	0:00
	Zaza Tkeshelashvili	def.	Masayuki Naruse		0	0:00
	Wataru Sakata	def.	Sean McCully		0	0:00

Rings Holland: The Final Challenge

Rings Holland: The Final Challenge^[3] was an event held on February 2, 1997, at The Sport Hall Zuid in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Rob Van Esdonk	def.	Dennis Crouweel	TKO (Referee Stoppage from a Broken Nose)	1	2:38
	Pedro Palm	vs.	Dick Vrij	No Contest	1	1:00
	Bob Schrijber	def.	Toon Stelling	TKO (Punches)	1	6:01
	Kiyoshi Tamura	def.	Andre Mannaart	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	1	2:11
	Joop Kasteel	def.	Mitsuya Nagai	KO (Punches)	1	5:12
	Valentijn Overeem	def.	Masayuki Naruse	TKO (Cut)	1	3:58
	Willie Peeters	def.	Sergei Sousserov	KO (Palm Strikes)	1	4:51
	Peter Dijkman	def.	Iouri Bekichev	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	1	2:25
	Hans Nijman	def.	Lee Hasdell	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	1	5:35
	Gilbert Yvel	def.	Rob van Leeuwen	TKO (Corner Stoppage)	1	4:06
	Ron van Gellekom	def.	Jonny van Wanrooy	Decision (Unanimous)	1	10:00

Rings: Extension Fighting 2

Rings: Extension Fighting 2^[4] was an event held on April 22, 1997, in Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Kiyoshi Tamura	def.	Tsuyoshi Kosaka	Submission (Toe Hold)	1	13:57
	Chris Haseman	def.	Alexander Otsuka	TKO (Doctor Stoppage from a Cut)	1	7:03
	Joop Kasteel	def.	Mitsuya Nagai	TKO (Lost Points)	1	6:27
	Yoshihisa Yamamoto	def.	Masayuki Naruse	Submission (Arm Bar)	1	21:20
	Dick Vrij	def.	Tony Halme	TKO (Doctor Stoppage)	1	2:42
	Magomedkhan Gamzatkhanov	def.	Akira Maeda	Submission (Leg Lock)	1	8:47

Rings: Extension Fighting 4

Rings: Extension Fighting 4^[5] was an event held on June 21, 1997, in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Adilson Lima	def.	Alexander Fedorov		1	10:10
	Yuriy Kochkine	vs.	Ricardo Morais	Draw	1	20:00

Rings Holland: Utrecht at War

Rings Holland: Utrecht at War^[6] was an event held on June 29, 1997, in Utrecht, Netherlands.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Toon Stelling	def.	Andre Mannaart	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Valentijn Overeem	def.	Cees Bezems	Submission (Heel Hook)	1	0:49
	Joop Kasteel	def.	Pedro Palm	KO (Palm Strikes)	1	4:17
	Sander Thonhauser	def.	Gerard Benschop	KO (Palm Strikes)	1	3:04
	Sander MacKilljan	def.	Erwin van de Eijnden	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	1	1:46
	Gilbert Yvel	def.	Leon van Dijk	KO (Knee)	1	2:05
	Mario Borzic	def.	Michael Jonker	TKO (Knee)	1	0:00
	Rodney Glunder	def.	Rik de Jager	KO (Knee to the Body)	2	1:10
	Jonny van Wanrooy	def.	Ronny Rivano	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00

Rings: Extension Fighting 7

Rings: Extension Fighting 7^[7] was an event held on September 26, 1997, in Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Kiyoshi Tamura	def.	Magomedkhan Gamzatkhanov	Submission (Arm Bar)	1	12:48
	Akira Maeda	def.	Andrei Kopylov	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	1	8:32
	Frank Shamrock	def.	Tsuyoshi Kosaka	Decision	1	30:00
	Wataru Sakata	def.	Valentijn Overeem	Submission (Ankle Lock)	1	2:16
	Pete Williams	def.	Joop Kasteel	TKO (Knee Injury)	1	8:25
	Yuriy Kochkine	def.	Malcolm Nay	Submission (Achilles Lock)	1	4:33

Rings: Mega Battle Tournament 1997 Semifinal 1

Rings: Mega Battle Tournament 1997 Semifinal^[8] was an event held on October 25, 1997, in Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Dick Vrij	def.	Tariel Bitsadze	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	1	6:07
	Kiyoshi Tamura	def.	Hans Nijman	Submission (Arm Lock)	1	10:34
	Tsuyoshi Kosaka	def.	Borislav Jeliazkov	Decision (Lost Points)	1	0:00
	Mikhail Ilyukhin	def.	Masayuki Naruse	Submission (Ankle Lock)	1	12:28
	Mitsuya Nagai	def.	Chris Haseman	Submission (Heel Hook)	1	9:18
	Joop Kasteel	def.	Lee Hasdell	Submission (Headlock)	1	8:55
	Magomedkhan Gamzatkhanov	def.	Andrei Kopylov	Submission	1	10:52
	Akira Maeda	def.	Nikolai Zouev	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	1	5:17

Rings: Mega Battle Tournament 1997 Semifinal

Rings: Mega Battle Tournament 1997 Semifinal^[9] was an event held on December 23, 1997, in Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Zaza Tkeshelashvili	def.	Ricardo Morais	Decision	1	20:00
	Sean Alvarez	def.	Willie Peeters		1	9:40

See also

• Fighting Network Rings
• List of Fighting Network Rings events