2002 in Fighting Network Rings

The year 2002 is the eighth year in the history of Fighting Network Rings, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. In 2002 Fighting Network Rings held 7 events beginning with, Rings: World Title Series Grand Final.

2002 in Fighting Network Rings
Information
First date	February 15, 2002
Last date	December 14, 2002
Events
Total events	7
Fights
Total fights	65
Chronology
2001 in RINGS 2002 in Fighting Network Rings 2003 in RINGS

Events list

Main article: List of Fighting Network Rings events

#	Event Title	Date	Arena	Location
77	Rings Lithuania: Bushido Rings 6: Dynamite	December 14, 2002		Kaunas, Lithuania
76	Rings Holland: One Moment In Time	December 1, 2002	Vechtsebanen Sport Hall	Utrecht, Netherlands
75	Rings Lithuania: Bushido Rings 5: Shock	November 9, 2002	Vilnius Palace of Concerts and Sports	Vilnius, Lithuania
74	Rings Lithuania: Rampage	August 2, 2002		Palanga Beach Palanga, Lithuania
73	Rings Holland: Saved by the Bell	June 2, 2002	Sport Hall Zuid	Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
72	Rings Lithuania: Bushido Rings 4	May 4, 2002	Kaunas Sport Hall	Kaunas, Lithuania
71	Rings: World Title Series Grand Final	February 15, 2002	Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium	Kanagawa, Japan

Rings: World Title Series Grand Final

Rings: World Title Series Grand Final^[1] was an event held on February 15, 2002 at The Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium in Kanagawa, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Fedor Emelianenko	def.	Chris Haseman	TKO (Punches)	1	2:50
	Hiromitsu Kanehara	vs.	Mikhail Ilyukhin	Draw	3	5:00
	Sam Nest	def.	Yasuhito Namekawa	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	2	4:53
	Hirotaka Yokoi	def.	Katsuhisa Fujii	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Masutatsu Yano	def.	Hiroyuki Ito	Decision (Majority)	3	5:00
	Naoyuki Kotani	def.	Yoshinobu Ota	Technical Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	1:41
	Takumi Yano	def.	Hidehiko Matsumoto	Decision (Lost Points)	3	5:00

Rings Lithuania: Bushido Rings 4

Rings: World Title Series 5^[2] was an event held on May 4, 2002 at The Kaunas Sport Hall in Kaunas, Lithuania.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Kestutis Smirnovas	def.	Pavel Dolgov	Decision	2	5:00
	Mindaugas Kulikauskas	vs.	Roman Sukoterin	Draw	3	5:00
	Vygandas Grazhys	def.	Petras Markevicius	Decision	3	5:00
	Mindaugas Smirnovas	def.	Alexey Saninkov	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Regimantas Bakas	def.	Gela Getsadze	Submission (Armbar)	1	4:28
	Darius Jonyla	def.	Valdas Stankevicius	TKO	2	1:23
	Aurimas Motejunas	def.	Kestutis Salkauskas	KO	1	4:33
	Valdas Pocevicius	def.	Valerij Matvejev	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	1	2:34
	Rimantas Pukas	def.	Remigijus Ziausys	Decision	3	5:00

Rings Holland: Saved by the Bell

Rings Holland: Saved by the Bell^[3] was an event held on June 2, 2002 at The Sport Hall Zuid in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Rodney Glunder	def.	Cheick Kongo	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Gilbert Ballantine	def.	Ronny Rivano	KO (Punch)	2	1:20
	Dave Vader	def.	Sander MacKilljan	Submission (Keylock)	2	4:02
	Melvin Manhoef	def.	Paul Cahoon	TKO (Corner Stoppage)	2	2:07
	Brian Maulany	def.	Issam el Driny	TKO (Corner Stoppage)	1	3:18
	Hans Roovers	def.	Hans Vos	KO (Punch)	1	1:53
	Michael Knaap	def.	Patrick de Witte	KO (Flying Knee)	1	3:23
	Ijsbrand Schaap	def.	Chico Martinez	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	1	3:38
	Samir Bourekba	def.	Rob van Leeuwen	KO (Knee)	2	3:02
	Marc van Rooyen	def.	Melvin Geutskens	Submission (Forearm Choke)	2	2:11

Rings Lithuania: Rampage

Rings Lithuania: Rampage^[4] was an event held on August 2, 2002 in Palanga Beach Palanga, Lithuania.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Regimantas Bakas	def.	Edvardas Kulbekinas	N/A	0	0:00
	Rimantas Pukas	def.	Remigijus Ziausys	Decision (Points)	0	0:00
	Grazhuydas Smailis	def.	Linas Narkevicius	Submission	0	0:00
	Jordanas Poskaitis	def.	Marius Vaitkus	Submission	0	0:00
	Mindaugas Smirnovas	vs.	Oleg Menshov	Draw	0	0:00
	Arunas Nenartas	def.	Egidijus Petrushkevicius	KO	0	0:00
	Valdas Pocevicius	def.	Andrius Krishtopaitis	Decision (Points)	0	0:00

Rings Lithuania: Bushido Rings 5: Shock

Rings Lithuania: Bushido Rings 5: Shock^[5] was an event held on November 9, 2002 at The Vilnius Palace of Concerts and Sports in Vilnius, Lithuania.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Rokas Stambrauskas	def.	Ameran Bitsadze	KO	1	5:00
	Bazigit Atajev	def.	Kestutis Arbocius	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	2	2:58
	Egidijus Valavicius	def.	Krzysztof Gerke	TKO	1	5:00
	Takayuki Okochi	def.	Mindaugas Smirnovas	Submission (Triangle Choke)	1	3:22
	Jordanas Poskaitis	def.	Jessy Santini	Submission (Armbar)	5	0:17
	Kestutis Smirnovas	def.	Vladimir Smantster	Submission (Armbar)	1	0:00
	Mindaugas Kulikauskas	def.	Yuriy Kochkine	TKO	1	2:46
	Valentin Golubovskij	def.	Aleksandr Gergert	Submission (Armbar)	1	3:07
	Tadeush Cholodinskij	def.	Vygandas Grazhys	TKO	1	4:40
	Valdas Pocevicius	def.	Andrius Krishtopaitis	Decision	0	5:00

Rings Holland: One Moment In Time

Rings Holland: One Moment In Time^[6] was an event held on December 1, 2002 at The Vechtsebanen Sport Hall in Utrecht, Netherlands.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Rodney Glunder	def.	Tommy Sauer	TKO (Doctor Stoppage)	2	3:52
	Joop Kasteel	def.	Dave Vader	Submission (Scarf Hold)	1	4:07
	Robbie Nelson	def.	Ronny Rivano	KO (Punch)	1	3:01
	Sahin Yakut	def.	Gilbert Ballantine	TKO (Doctor Stoppage)	1	0:51
	Marco Mulder	def.	Bayram Tanner	TKO (Punches)	2	3:03
	Andre Tete	def.	Dave Dalgliesh	TKO (Retirement)	2	2:50
	Milco Voorn	def.	Hans Roovers	TKO (Exhaustion)	2	1:17
	Evert Fyeet	def.	Brian Maulany	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Chico Martinez	def.	Anil Dubar	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Michael Knaap	def.	Nathan Schouteren	TKO (Kick to the Body)	2	0:50
	Stefan Klever	def.	Vincent Striesenau	KO (Punch)	1	0:09

Rings Lithuania: Bushido Rings 6: Dynamite

Rings Lithuania: Bushido Rings 6: Dynamite^[7] was an event held on December 14, 2002 in Kaunas, Lithuania.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Mindaugas Kulikauskas	def.	Rokas Stambrauskas	KO	0	0:00
	Kestutis Arbocius	def.	Pavel Dolgov	KO	0	0:00
	Kestutis Smirnovas	def.	Darius Jonyla	Submission (Armbar)	0	0:00
	Jordanas Poskaitis	def.	Mariusz Ligizynski	Submission (Armbar)	0	0:00
	Vidmantas Tatarunas	def.	Rimas Vyshniauskas	Decision (Points)	0	0:00
	Tadeush Cholodinskij	def.	Saulius Seskevicius	KO	0	0:00
	Petras Markevicius	def.	Alexandr Pavluchenko	Submission (Armbar)	0	0:00
	Valentin Siouljine	def.	Valdas Pocevicius	Decision (Points)	0	0:00
	Regimantas Bakas	def.	Linas Narkevicius	Submission (Armbar)	0	0:00
	Rolandas Stember	vs.	Rimantas Pukas	Draw	0	0:00
	Vladimir Yushko	vs.	Andrius Krishtopaitis	No Contest (Leg Injury)	1	0:00

See also

• Fighting Network Rings
• List of Fighting Network Rings events