1999 in Fighting Network Rings

The year 1999 is the fifth year in the history of Fighting Network Rings, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. In 1999 Fighting Network Rings held 12 events beginning with, Rings Holland: Judgement Day.

1999 in Fighting Network Rings
Information
First date	February 7, 1999
Last date	December 22, 1999
Events
Total events	12
Fights
Total fights	97
Title fights	1
Chronology
1998 in RINGS 1999 in Fighting Network Rings 2000 in RINGS

Title fights

Title fights in 1999
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Event	Notes
Openweight	Kiyoshi Tamura	def.	Tariel Bitsadze (c)	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	9:19	Rings: Rise 3rd	[a]

1. For The Fighting Network Rings Openweight Championship.

Events list

Main article: List of Fighting Network Rings events

#	Event Title	Date	Arena	Location
37	Rings: King of Kings 1999 Block B	December 22, 1999	Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium	Osaka, Japan
36	Rings: King of Kings 1999 Block A	October 28, 1999	Yoyogi National Stadium Gym 2	Tokyo, Japan
35	Rings: Rings Georgia	October 8, 1999		Georgia
34	Rings: Rise 5th	August 19, 1999		Japan
33	Rings: Rise 4th	June 24, 1999		Japan
32	Rings Holland: The Kings of the Magic Ring	June 20, 1999	Vechtsebanen Sport Hall	Utrecht, Netherlands
31	Rings: Rise 3rd	May 22, 1999		Japan
30	Rings: Rise 2nd	April 23, 1999		Japan
29	Rings: Rise 1st	March 20, 1999		Japan
28	Rings Australia: NR 3	March 7, 1999	Alexandra Hills Hotel	Australia
27	Rings: Final Capture	February 21, 1999		Japan
26	Rings Holland: Judgement Day	February 7, 1999	Sport Hall Zuid	Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Rings Holland: Judgement Day

Rings Holland: Judgement Day^[1] was an event held on February 7, 1999, at The Sport Hall Zuid in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Dick Vrij	def.	Zane Frazier	KO (Punch)	1	2:34
	Gilbert Yvel	def.	Big Mo T	KO (Flying Knee)	1	1:59
	Joop Kasteel	def.	Henk Kuipers	KO (Palm Strikes)	1	0:52
	Ricardo Fyeet	def.	Tjerk Vermanen	TKO (Elbow Injury)	1	1:10
	Richard Plug	def.	Gerard van Wijk	Submission (Scarf Hold Armlock)	2	1:01
	Jerrel Venetiaan	def.	Dave van der Veen	TKO (Punches)	2	2:40
	Sander Thonhauser	def.	Joe Akano	TKO (Punches)	2	0:00
	Brian Lo-A-Njoe	vs.	Alfred Neef	Draw	3	3:00
	Rick Rootlieb	def.	Adrian Wild	Submission (Kneebar)	1	1:55
	Jeffrey Heijm	vs.	Youssef Akhnikh	Draw	3	3:00

Rings: Final Capture

Rings: Final Capture^[2] was an event held on February 21, 1999, in Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Alexander Karelin	def.	Akira Maeda	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Kiyoshi Tamura	def.	Valentijn Overeem	Submission (Arm Bar)	1	6:08
	Ricardo Morais	def.	Hiromitsu Kanehara	Decision	5	5:00
	Sean Alvarez	def.	Wataru Sakata	Decision	3	5:00
	Magomedkhan Gamzatkhanov	def.	Nikolai Zouev	Submission	1	4:49
	Yoshihisa Yamamoto	def.	Andrei Kopylov	Submission	1	6:55
	Yasuhito Namekawa	def.	Ryuki Ueyama	Decision	3	5:00

Rings Australia: NR 3

Rings Australia: NR 3^[3] was an event held on March 7, 1999, at The Alexandra Hills Hotel in Australia.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Chris Haseman	def.	Dick Vrij	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	1	5:17
	Mick Cutajar	def.	Al Reynish	KO	1	4:02
	Ryuki Ueyama	def.	Dennis Kefalinos	Submission (Knee Bar)	1	4:40
	Tim Thomas	vs.	Brad Aird	Draw	1	10:00
	Maynard Marcum	def.	Kevin Carey	Decision	1	10:00
	Hans Nijman	def.	Danny Higgins	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	1	5:46
	D Man	vs.	Cam Herbert	Draw	1	10:00
	Joe Perry	vs.	Stuart Ashby	Draw	1	10:00
	Corey Lang	def.	Kevin Thompson	Decision	1	10:00
	Barney Cook	def.	Shaun Price	TKO	1	7:11

Rings: Rise 1st

Rings: Rise 1st^[4] was an event held on March 20, 1999, in Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Kiyoshi Tamura	def.	Hiromitsu Kanehara	Submission (Armbar)	3	0:14
	Mikhail Ilyukhin	def.	Randy Couture	Submission (Kimura)	1	7:43
	Yoshihisa Yamamoto	def.	Valentijn Overeem	Submission (Armbar)	1	2:40
	Masayuki Naruse	def.	Dave van der Veen	Submission (Achilles Lock)	1	7:36
	Borislav Jeliazkov	def.	Wataru Sakata	Submission (Scarf Hold)	1	8:28
	Chris Haseman	def.	Yasuhito Namekawa	Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke)	1	7:42

Rings: Rise 2nd

Rings: Rise 2nd^[5] was an event held on April 23, 1999, in Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Frank Shamrock	vs.	Kiyoshi Tamura	Draw	1	20:00
	Gilbert Yvel	def.	Tsuyoshi Kosaka	TKO (Doctor Stoppage)	1	14:58
	Yoshihisa Yamamoto	def.	Joop Kasteel	TKO (Palm Strikes)	1	7:32
	Chris Haseman	def.	Masayuki Naruse	Submission (Kimura)	1	8:18
	Zaza Tkeshelashvili	def.	Sander Thonhauser	TKO (5 Lost Points)	1	4:02
	Lee Hasdell	def.	Ryuki Ueyama	DQ (Eye Gouging)	1	4:18

Rings: Rise 3rd

Rings: Rise 3rd^[6] was an event held on May 22, 1999, in Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Openweight	Kiyoshi Tamura	def.	Tariel Bitsadze (c)	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	9:19	[a]
	Yoshihisa Yamamoto	def.	Tsuyoshi Kosaka	TKO (Palm Strikes)	3	0:41
	Mikhail Ilyukhin	def.	Joop Kasteel	Submission (Achilles Lock)	1	9:40
	Magomedkhan Gamzatkhanov	def.	Masayuki Naruse	Submission (Armbar)	1	4:26
	Valentijn Overeem	def.	Hiromitsu Kanehara	TKO (Corner Stoppage)	1	4:35
	Yasuhito Namekawa	def.	Sara Umer	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	3:09

1. For The Fighting Network Rings Openweight Championship.

Rings Holland: The Kings of the Magic Ring

Rings Holland: The Kings of the Magic Ring^[7] was an event held on June 20, 1999, at The Vechtsebanen Sport Hall in Utrecht, Netherlands.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Gilbert Yvel	def.	Semmy Schilt	KO (Punches)	2	4:45
	Rodney Glunder	vs.	Melvin Manhoef	Draw	2	5:00
	Big Mo T	def.	Sander MacKilljan	KO (Punch)	1	1:39
	Ricardo Fyeet	NC.	Jerrel Venetiaan	No Contest	1	1:08
	Piet van Gammeren	def.	Peter Verschuren	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
	Dave Scott	def.	Gerard van Wijk	KO (Punch)	1	2:01
	Renaldo Rijkhoff	def.	Rick Holshuizen	KO (Punch)	2	1:12
	Richard Plug	def.	Rick Rootlieb	Submission (Smother)	2	2:22
	Jeffrey Heijm	def.	Rogier van Eck	Submission (Armbar)	2	2:57
	Arie Maigret	def.	Marcus Hapi	KO (Punch)	2	0:54

Rings: Rise 4th

Rings: Rise 4th^[8] was an event held on June 24, 1999, in Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Kiyoshi Tamura	vs.	Yoshihisa Yamamoto	Draw	3	5:00
	Joop Kasteel	def.	Tariel Bitsadze	Submission (Keylock)	1	6:01
	Zaza Tkeshelashvili	def.	Magomedkhan Gamzatkhanov	Decision (Unanimous)	3	10:00
	Hiromitsu Kanehara	def.	Masayuki Naruse	Decision (Unanimous)	3	10:00
	Wataru Sakata	def.	Borislav Jeliazkov	Submission (Armbar)	1	6:49
	Yasuhito Namekawa	def.	Minoru Toyonaga	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	1	9:51
	Ryuki Ueyama	def.	Willie Peeters	TKO (Lost Points)	3	3:05

Rings: Rise 5th

Rings: Rise 5th^[9] was an event held on August 19, 1999, in Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Kiyoshi Tamura	def.	Joop Kasteel	Submission (Armbar)	2	2:17
	Tsuyoshi Kosaka	def.	Gilbert Yvel	Technical Decision (Lost Points)	1	8:17
	Hiromitsu Kanehara	def.	Wataru Sakata	Decision (Lost Points)	3	5:00
	Lee Hasdell	def.	Ricardo Fyeet	Submission (Toe Hold)	2	5:01
	Chris Haseman	def.	Willie Peeters	Submission (Kneebar)	1	3:13
	Ryuki Ueyama	def.	Yasuhito Namekawa	Decision (Lost Points)	3	5:00

Rings: Rings Georgia

Rings: Rings Georgia^[10] was an event held on October 8, 1999, in Georgia.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Bakouri Gogitidze	def.	Mikhail Ilyukhin	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	1	5:07
	Tskhadaze Zaouri	def.	Dimitre Petkov	KO	1	3:21
	Zaza Tkeshelashvili	def.	Magomedkhan Gamzatkhanov	KO	1	7:08
	Tariel Bitsadze	def.	Joop Kasteel	TKO	1	4:11
	Koba Tkeshelashvili	def.	Yasuhito Namekawa	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	1	6:15

Rings: King of Kings 1999 Block A

Main article: RINGS King of Kings Tournament 1999

Rings: King of Kings 1999 Block A^[11] was an event held on October 28, 1999, at The Yoyogi National Stadium Gym 2 in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

King of Kings 1999 Block A Round of 16
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Mikhail Ilyukhin	def.	Brad Kohler	Submission (armbar)	1	2:16
	Dan Henderson	def.	Hiromitsu Kanehara	Decision (majority)	2	5:00
	Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira	def.	Yuriy Kochkine	Technical Submission (armbar)	1	0:40
	Renato Sobral	def.	Lee Hasdell	Decision (unanimous)	2	5:00
King of Kings 1999 Block A Round of 32
	Brad Kohler	def.	Yoshihisa Yamamoto	Submission (smother)	1	1:57
	Mikhail Ilyukhin	def.	Justin McCully	Technical Submission (achilles lock)	1	4:48
	Dan Henderson	def.	Bakouri Gogitidze	Submission (knee to the ribs)	1	2:17
	Hiromitsu Kanehara	def.	Jeremy Horn	Decision (majority)	2	5:00
	Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira	def.	Valentijn Overeem	Technical Submission (keylock)	1	1:51
	Yuriy Kochkine	def.	Alistair Overeem	Decision (majority)	2	5:00
	Renato Sobral	def.	Zaza Tkeshelashvili	Submission (kimura)	2	1:11
	Lee Hasdell	def.	Achmed Labasanov	TKO (kick)	2	3:33

Rings: King of Kings 1999 Block B

Main article: RINGS King of Kings Tournament 1999

Rings: King of Kings 1999 Block B^[12] was an event held on December 22, 1999, at The Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium in Osaka, Japan.

Results

King of Kings 1999 Block B Round of 16
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Kiyoshi Tamura	def.	Borislav Jeliazkov	Submission (rear-naked choke)	2	1:17
	Gilbert Yvel	def.	Tsuyoshi Kosaka	TKO (cut)	1	1:17
	Renzo Gracie	def.	Maurice Smith	Submission (armlock)	1	0:50
	Andrei Kopylov	def.	Ricardo Fyeet	Submission (achilles lock)	1	0:08
King of Kings 1999 Block B Round of 32
	Kiyoshi Tamura	def.	Dave Menne	Decision (unanimous)	2	5:00
	Borislav Jeliazkov	def.	Tim Lajcik	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	2:23
	Tsuyoshi Kosaka	def.	Chris Haseman	Decision (split)	3	5:00	[a]
	Gilbert Yvel	def.	Tariel Bitsadze	Submission (armbar)	1	2:18
	Renzo Gracie	def.	Wataru Sakata	Submission (armbar)	1	1:25
	Maurice Smith	def.	Branden Lee Hinkle	Decision (majority)	2	5:00
	Ricardo Fyeet	def.	Tyrone Roberts	KO (kick)	2	0:09
	Andrei Kopylov	def.	Leonardo Castello Branco	Submission (kneebar)	1	0:16

1. Declared a draw after two rounds.

See also

• Fighting Network Rings
• List of Fighting Network Rings events