2003 in Fighting Network Rings

The year 2003 is the ninth year in the history of Fighting Network Rings, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. In 2003 Fighting Network Rings held 7 events beginning with, Rings Lithuania: Ronin.

2003 in Fighting Network Rings
Information
First date	January 31, 2003
Last date	November 30, 2003
Events
Total events	7
Fights
Total fights	62
Chronology
2002 in RINGS 2003 in Fighting Network Rings 2004 in RINGS

Events list

Main article: List of Fighting Network Rings events

#	Event Title	Date	Arena	Location
84	Rings Holland: I Have a Dream	November 30, 2003		Enschede, Holland
83	Rings Holland: The Untouchables	September 27, 2003	Vechtsebanen Sport Hall	Utrecht, Netherlands
82	Rings Lithuania: Rampage 2	August 3, 2003		Kupeta Bar Palanga, Lithuania
81	Rings Lithuania: Explosion	May 10, 2003	Night Club "COMBO"	Kaunas, Lithuania
80	Rings Lithuania: Bushido Rings 7: Adrenalinas	April 5, 2003		Vilnius, Lithuania
79	Rings Holland: Heroes of the Next Generation	March 30, 2003		Utrecht, Holland
78	Rings Lithuania: Ronin	January 31, 2003	Alytus Sports Hall	Alytus, Alytus County, Lithuania

Rings Lithuania: Ronin

Rings Lithuania: Ronin^[1] was an event held on January 31, 2003, at the Alytus Sports Hall in Alytus, Alytus County, Lithuania.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Ramunas Komas	def.	Rimantas Pukas	Submission (Armbar)	0	0:00
	Nerijus Valiukevicius	def.	Mindaugas Ratkevicius	Decision	2	5:00
	Erikas Petraitis	def.	Mamertas Maciukas	N/A	0	0:00
	Mamertas Maciukas	def.	Ramunas Sorius	N/A	0	0:00
	Erikas Petraitis	def.	Antanas Jazbutis	N/A	0	0:00
	Ramunas Sorius	def.	Adomas Audiskas	N/A	0	0:00
	Mamertas Maciukas	def.	Gediminas Zabotkus	N/A	0	0:00
	Erikas Petraitis	def.	Vaidas Valantinas	N/A	0	0:00
	Antanas Jazbutis	def.	Denisas Archirejevas	N/A	0	0:00

Rings Holland: Heroes of the Next Generation

Rings Holland: Heroes of the Next Generation^[2] was an event held on March 30, 2003, in Utrecht, Holland.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Marc Van Rooyen	def.	Chico Martinez	N/A	3	0:00
	Stefan Klever	def.	Brian Maulany	Submission (Choke)	2	1:43
	Mujdat Deniz	def.	Marco Merodio	Submission (Choke)	1	1:14
	Melvin Rusky	def.	Emir Smajlovic	Decision (1-0 Points)	2	3:00
	Metin Yakut	def.	Sergei Gul	Submission (Choke)	1	4:10
	Milco Voorn	def.	Autimio Antonia	DQ	1	1:48
	Marc Lange	vs.	Hesdey Wolfgang	Draw	2	3:00
	Dave van Heijningen	vs.	Werner van Kesteren	Draw	2	3:00
	Kelly de Jong	def.	Carlo Liauw-Anjie	KO	1	2:54
	Ivo Nijenhuis	def.	Xander Nel	Submission (Armlock)	2	2:31
	Mingoes Pelupessy	vs.	Alex van Suffelen	Draw	2	3:00

Rings Lithuania: Bushido Rings 7: Adrenalinas

Rings Lithuania: Bushido Rings 7: Adrenalinas^[3] was an event held on April 5, 2003, in Vilnius, Lithuania.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Fedor Emelianenko	def.	Egidijus Valavicius	Submission (Kimura)	2	1:13
	Mindaugas Kulikauskas	def.	Tadeush Cholodinskij	Decision	4	3:00
	Mindaugas Smirnovas	vs.	Naoyuki Kotani	Draw	3	3:00
	Antanas Jazbutis	def.	Hideo Tokoro	Decision (1-0 Points)	2	5:00
	Kestutis Smirnovas	def.	Mariusz Ligizynski	Submission (Kimura)	1	2:45
	Pavel Dolgov	def.	Rokas Stambrauskas	Decision	3	3:00
	Petras Markevicius	def.	Valdas Pocevicius	Decision	3	5:00

Rings Lithuania: Explosion

Rings Lithuania: Explosion^[4] was an event held on May 10, 2003, at Night Club "COMBO" in Kaunas, Lithuania.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Kestutis Smirnovas	def.	Kestutis Stankevicius	Decision	0	0:00
	Jordanas Poskaitis	def.	Grazhuydas Smailis	KO	0	0:00
	Grazhuydas Smailis	def.	Povilas Markevicius	Decision	0	0:00
	Povilas Markevicius	def.	Aleksej Dobrov	Submission (Armbar)	0	0:00
	Jordanas Poskaitis	def.	Petras Markevicius	Decision	0	0:00
	Povilas Markevicius	def.	Ernestas Slavickas	Submission (Armbar)	0	0:00
	Grazhuydas Smailis	def.	Igor Sulzhiskij	Submission (Armbar)	0	0:00
	Jordanas Poskaitis	def.	Rolandas Stember	Submission (Choke)	0	0:00
	Rolandas Stember	def.	Darius Vainutis	Decision	0	0:00
	Petras Markevicius	def.	Dainius Krishtopaitis	Submission (Armbar)	0	0:00

Rings Lithuania: Rampage 2

Rings Lithuania: Rampage 2^[5] was an event held on August 3, 2003, at the Kupeta Bar in Palanga, Lithuania.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Regimantas Bakas	def.	Linas Narkevicius	Submission (Armbar)	0	0:00
	Darius Skliaudys	def.	Antanas Jazbutis	Decision	0	0:00
	Valdas Pocevicius	def.	Nerijus Valiukevicius	Submission (Choke)	0	0:00
	Darius Jonyla	def.	Igor Sulzhiskij	N/A	0	0:00
	Ramunas Komas	def.	Dainius Krishtopaitis	Decision	0	0:00
	Raimundas Petrauskas	def.	Darius Vainutis	Decision	0	0:00
	Denisas Archirejevas	def.	Donatas Pechiulis	Submission (Choke)	0	0:00

Rings Holland: The Untouchables

Rings Holland: The Untouchables^[6] was an event held on September 27, 2003, at Vechtsebanen Sport Hall in Utrecht, Netherlands.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Cheick Kongo	def.	Dave Vader	Decision (Unanimous)	3	2:00
	Olaf in 't Veld	def.	Michael Knaap	Decision (Unanimous)	3	2:00
	Stephan Tapilatu	def.	Chico Martinez	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Stefan Klever	def.	Marc van Rooyen	KO (Head Kick)	1	4:42
	Jordan Radev	def.	Nordin Bensellam	Submission (Toe Hold)	3	0:31
	Clarence Thompson	def.	Metin Yakut	TKO (Punches)	2	4:38
	Marco Merodio	def.	Orville Bovenschen	TKO (Punches)	2	0:21
	Mario Borzic	def.	Mujdat Deniz	TKO (Knees and Punches)	1	3:20
	Dave Dalgliesh	def.	Brian Arendsen	KO (Punch)	1	0:07
	Jan Overduin	def.	Paolo van Rooijen	Submission (Armbar)	1	1:36
	Kelly de Jong	vs.	Brian Maulany	Draw	2	5:00

Rings Holland: I Have a Dream

Rings Holland: I Have a Dream^[7] was an event held on November 30, 2003, in Enschede, Holland.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Robbie Nelson	def.	Chico Martinez	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Marc Lange	def.	Danny de Jong	Submission (Armbar)	1	0:00
	Ricardo Turky	def.	Mo Fowzi	DQ	1	0:00
	Vincent Striesenau	def.	Fernando Martinez	Decision (Split)	2	3:00
	Stefan Boere	vs.	Bruno Tongeren	Draw	2	3:00
	Sam Turky	def.	Jeffrey Pedro	Submission (Heel Hook)	1	1:30
	Audy Cijntje	vs.	Tom van den Berkhof	Draw	2	3:00

See also

• Fighting Network Rings
• List of Fighting Network Rings events