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2001 in Fighting Network Rings
Fighting Network Rings MMA events in 2001
The year 2001 is the seventh year in the history of Fighting Network Rings, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. In 2001 Fighting Network Rings held 15 events beginning with, Rings Holland: Heroes Live Forever.
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| 2001 in Fighting Network Rings | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| First date | January 28, 2001 | |||
| Last date | December 21, 2001 | |||
| Events | ||||
| Total events | 15 | |||
| Fights | ||||
| Total fights | 125 | |||
| Title fights | 2 | |||
| Chronology | ||||
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More information Title fights in 2001, Weight class ...
| Title fights in 2001 | ||||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Event | Notes | |||
| Openweight | Fedor Emelianenko | def. | Renato Sobral | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | Rings: 10th Anniversary | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Middleweight | Ricardo Arona | def. | Gustavo Machado | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 1:29 | Rings: 10th Anniversary | [lower-alpha 2] |
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Rings Holland: Heroes Live Forever[1] was an event held on January 28, 2001, at The Vechtsebanen Sport Hall in Utrecht, Netherlands.
Results
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Joop Kasteel | def. | Yuriy Kochkine | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
| Rodney Glunder | def. | Ricardo Fyeet | Submission (Guillotine Choke) | 2 | 1:04 | ||
| Lee Hasdell | vs. | Sander Thonhauser | No Contest | 1 | 0:00 | ||
| Gilbert Ballantine | def. | Brian Lo-A-Njoe | TKO (Punches and Knee) | 2 | 2:09 | ||
| Antoni Hardonk | def. | Peter Verschuren | TKO (Cut) | 1 | 3:05 | ||
| Remco Pardoel | def. | Marc Emmanuel | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
| Mustafa Azoufri | vs. | Jordi Soederhuizen | Draw | 2 | 5:00 | ||
| Piet van Gammeren | def. | Herman Renting | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
| Nordin Bensellam | def. | Marc van Rooyen | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
| Herman van Tol | def. | Sander MacKilljan | Submission (Keylock) | 1 | 2:08 | ||
| Jerry Mooldijk | def. | Roberto Lukus | DQ (Kicking on the Ground) | 1 | 3:01 | ||
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Rings: King of Kings 2000 Final[2] was an event held on February 24, 2001, at The Ryogoku Kokugikan Sumo Arena in Tokyo, Japan.
Results
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira | def. | Valentijn Overeem | Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke) | 1 | 1:20 | ||
| Renato Sobral | def. | Kiyoshi Tamura | Decision (Majority) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
| Ryushi Yanagisawa | def. | Wataru Sakata | Decision (Split) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
| Valentijn Overeem | def. | Randy Couture | Submission (Guillotine Choke) | 1 | 0:56 | ||
| Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira | def. | Hiromitsu Kanehara | Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) | 2 | 0:27 | ||
| Alistair Overeem | def. | Vladimer Tchanturia | Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) | 1 | 1:06 | ||
| Valentijn Overeem | def. | Yoshihisa Yamamoto | Submission (Armbar) | 1 | 0:45 | ||
| Randy Couture | def. | Tsuyoshi Kosaka | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
| Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira | def. | Magomedkhan Gamzatkhanov | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
| Hiromitsu Kanehara | def. | Dave Menne | TKO (Punches) | 3 | 3:24 | ||
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Rings USA: Battle of Champions[3] was an event held on March 17, 2001, at The Harveys Casino Hotel in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Results
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Jeremy Horn | def. | Griffen Reynaud | Submission (Punches) | 1 | 2:55 | ||
| Jermaine Andre | def. | Masaya Kojima | TKO (Punch) | 1 | 3:29 | ||
| Kerry Schall | def. | John Dixson | Submission (Hammerlock) | 1 | 1:19 | ||
| Chatt Lavender | def. | LaVerne Clark | Submission (Armbar) | 2 | 1:04 | ||
| Matt Hughes | def. | Brett Al-azzawi | Submission (Armbar) | 1 | 3:27 | ||
| Bobby Hoffman | def. | Zane Frazier | Submission (Armbar) | 1 | 1:34 | ||
| Naoyuki Kotani | def. | Curtis Brigham | Submission (Kimura) | 2 | 1:59 | ||
| Rich Franklin | def. | Travis Fulton | TKO (Broken Hand) | 1 | 5:00 | ||
| Joe Doerksen | def. | Scott Ventimiglia | Submission (Armbar) | 1 | 2:33 | ||
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Rings: Battle Genesis Vol. 7[4] was an event held on March 20, 2001, at The Differ Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan.
Results
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Masayuki Naruse | def. | Ricardo Fyeet | Submission (Toe Hold) | 1 | 3:46 | ||
| Takehiro Murahama | def. | Brian Lo-A-Njoe | Submission (Kneebar) | 1 | 4:49 | ||
| Yasuhito Namekawa | def. | Takashi Sonoda | Submission (Armbar) | 1 | 0:43 | ||
| Sokun Koh | def. | Ryuki Ueyama | TKO (Kimura) | 1 | 2:16 | ||
| Naoyuki Taira | def. | Taro Minato | Submission (Armlock) | 1 | 6:37 | ||
| Kazuki Okubo | def. | Motomichi Mori | Decision (Majority) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
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Rings Russia: Russia vs. Bulgaria[5] was an event held on April 6, 2001, at The Yekaterinburg Sports Palace in Yekaterinburg, Russia.
Results
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Magomedkhan Gamzatkhanov | def. | Andrei Kopylov | Decision | 2 | 5:00 | ||
| Bazigit Atajev | def. | Dimitar Doichinov | TKO | 1 | 4:12 | ||
| Emil Kristev | def. | Iouri Bekichev | Decision (1-0 Points) | 1 | 10:00 | ||
| Borislav Jeliazkov | def. | Konstantin Uriadov | Submission (Rear Naked Choke) | 1 | 3:09 | ||
| Mikhail Ilyukhin | def. | Martin Lazarov | Decision (4-0 Points) | 1 | 10:00 | ||
| Fedor Emelianenko | def. | Mihail Apostolov | Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) | 1 | 1:03 | ||
| Eduard Churakov | def. | Valentin Davidov | KO | 1 | 9:20 | ||
| Kestutis Smirnovas | def. | Ruslan Mirzoev | Decision (3-2 Points) | 1 | 10:00 | ||
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Rings: World Title Series 1[6] was an event held on April 20, 2001, at The Yoyogi National Stadium Gym 2 in Yoyogi National Stadium Gym 2.
Results
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Gustavo Machado | def. | Kiyoshi Tamura | Decision (Majority) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
| Bobby Hoffman | def. | Ryushi Yanagisawa | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
| Jeremy Horn | def. | Iouri Bekichev | Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke) | 1 | 0:50 | ||
| Fedor Emelianenko | def. | Kerry Schall | Submission (Armbar) | 1 | 1:47 | ||
| Yasuhito Namekawa | def. | Hiroshi Imamura | Submission (Kneebar) | 1 | 1:48 | ||
| Jiro Wakabayashi | vs. | Naoyuki Kotani | Draw | 3 | 5:00 | ||
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Rings Lithuania: Bushido Rings 2[7] was an event held on May 8, 2001, at The Vilnius Palace of Concerts and Sports in Vilnius, Lithuania.
Results
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Magomedkhan Gamzatkhanov | def. | Zaza Tkeshelashvili | Submission (Armlock) | 1 | 0:00 | ||
| Mikhail Ilyukhin | def. | Kestutis Smirnovas | Submission (Achilles Lock) | 1 | 0:00 | ||
| Andrei Kopylov | def. | Egidijus Valavicius | Decision (4-0 Points) | 2 | 0:00 | ||
| Ricardas Rocevicius | def. | Victor Yerohin | Submission (Achilles Lock) | 2 | 0:00 | ||
| Bazigit Atajev | def. | Rolandas Digrys | Submission (Armbar) | 1 | 0:00 | ||
| Remigijus Kazaciunas | def. | Emil Kristev | TKO | 0 | 0:00 | ||
| Valentin Golubovskij | def. | Iouri Bekichev | Decision (2-0 Points) | 2 | 0:00 | ||
| Jordanas Poskaitis | def. | Arunas Nenartas | Decision | 2 | 0:00 | ||
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Rings Holland: No Guts, No Glory[8] was an event held on June 10, 2001, at The Sport Hall Zuid in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.
Results
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Bob Schrijber | vs. | Bobby Hoffman | Draw | 2 | 5:00 | ||
| Cheick Kongo | def. | Andre Tete | Submission (Heel Hook) | 1 | 3:20 | ||
| Paul Cahoon | def. | Joop Kasteel | KO (Punch) | 2 | 4:00 | ||
| Cyrille Diabate | vs. | Rodney Glunder | Draw | 2 | 5:00 | ||
| Christophe Lardot | vs. | Brian Lo-A-Njoe | Draw | 2 | 5:00 | ||
| Marc Emmanuel | def. | Sander Thonhauser | Submission (Keylock) | 2 | 0:36 | ||
| Remco Pardoel | vs. | Herman van Tol | Draw | 2 | 5:00 | ||
| Dave van der Veen | def. | Edmunds Kirsis | DQ | 1 | 2:47 | ||
| Dave Vader | def. | Fred van Doesburg | KO (Knee) | 1 | 1:12 | ||
| Jordi Soederhuizen | def. | Nordin Bensellam | Submission (Achilles Lock) | 1 | 4:46 | ||
| Jerry Mooldijk | vs. | Arnoud Ritsema | Draw | 2 | 5:00 | ||
| Marc van Rooyen | def. | Michel van der Heijden | KO (Knee) | 1 | 4:46 | ||
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Rings: World Title Series 2[9] was an event held on June 15, 2001, at The Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium in Kanagawa, Japan.
Results
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Ricardo Arona | def. | Hiromitsu Kanehara | Submission (Kneebar) | 2 | 0:53 | ||
| Renato Sobral | def. | Tsuyoshi Kosaka | Decision (Majority) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
| Mikhail Ilyukhin | def. | Borislav Jeliazkov | Submission (Armbar) | 2 | 2:06 | ||
| Chris Haseman | def. | Alexandre Ferreira | Submission (Guillotine Choke) | 1 | 3:03 | ||
| Yasuhito Namekawa | def. | Masutatsu Yano | Submission (Guillotine Choke) | 2 | 0:22 | ||
| Bazigit Atajev | def. | Maynard Marcum | KO (Punch) | 1 | 1:08 | ||
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Rings: 10th Anniversary[10] was an event held on August 11, 2001, at Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan.
Results
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Matt Hughes | def. | Hiromitsu Kanehara | Decision (Majority) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Tsuyoshi Kosaka | def. | Koba Tkeshelashvili | KO (Knee) | 1 | 2:17 | ||
| Middleweight | Ricardo Arona | def. | Gustavo Machado | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 1:29 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Bazigit Atajev | def. | Aaron Brink | KO (Spinning Back Kick) | 1 | 1:09 | ||
| Hirotaka Yokoi | def. | Ricardo Fyeet | Submission (Armbar) | 1 | 2:34 | ||
| Openweight | Fedor Emelianenko | def. | Renato Sobral | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 2] |
| Bobby Hoffman | def. | Mikhail Ilyukhin | TKO (Corner Stoppage) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
| Ricardo Arona | def. | Jeremy Horn | Decision (Majority) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
| Gustavo Machado | def. | Chris Haseman | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
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Rings: Battle Genesis Vol. 8[11] was an event held on September 21, 2001, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.
Results
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Yasuhito Namekawa | def. | Dexter Casey | Submission (Armbar) | 1 | 1:44 | ||
| Genki Sudo | def. | Brian Lo-A-Njoe | Submission (Triangle Choke) | 1 | 2:17 | ||
| Hirotaka Yokoi | def. | Masaya Kojima | Submission (Armlock) | 1 | 2:12 | ||
| Hidetaka Monma | def. | Hiroyuki Ito | Decision (Majority) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Takumi Yano | def. | Goro Kobayashi | Technical Submission (Rear Naked Choke) | 1 | 3:14 | ||
| Naoyuki Kotani | def. | Hideo Tokoro | Decision (Majority) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
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Rings: World Title Series 4[12] was an event held on October 20, 2001, at The Yoyogi National Stadium Gym 2 in Tokyo, Japan.
Results
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Hiromitsu Kanehara | def. | Kelly Jacobs | TKO (Lost Points) | 2 | 1:51 | ||
| Egidijus Valavicius | def. | Yasuhito Namekawa | Towel (Punches) | 1 | 2:18 | ||
| Fedor Emelianenko | def. | Ryushi Yanagisawa | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Curtis Brigham | def. | Kenichi Ogata | Submission (Rear Naked Choke) | 1 | 0:43 | ||
| Chris Haseman | def. | Koba Tkeshelashvili | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Lee Hasdell | def. | Georgi Tonkov | KO (Flying Knee) | 1 | 4:22 | ||
| Hirotaka Yokoi | def. | Ken Orihashi | TKO (Lost Points) | 1 | 3:14 | ||
| Gen Isono | def. | Eriya Matsuda | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
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Rings Lithuania: Bushido Rings 3[13] was an event held on November 10, 2001, at The Vilnius Palace of Concerts and Sports in Vilnius, Lithuania.
Results
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Hirotaka Yokoi | def. | Kestutis Smirnovas | Decision | 2 | 5:00 | ||
| Igor Vovchanchyn | def. | Ricardas Rocevicius | TKO (Leg Kicks) | 2 | 0:00 | ||
| Achmed Labasanov | def. | Mindaugas Kulikauskas | Decision | 2 | 5:00 | ||
| Rokas Stambrauskas | def. | Igor Kovalev | KO | 1 | 0:00 | ||
| Remigijus Kazaciunas | def. | Hiroyuki Ito | Decision | 2 | 5:00 | ||
| Tadeush Cholodinskij | def. | Arsen Bayrambekov | Decision | 2 | 5:00 | ||
| Mindaugas Smirnovas | def. | Mindaugas Laurinaitis | Decision | 2 | 5:00 | ||
| Roman Gaiko | def. | Sigitas Kekstas | Decision | 2 | 5:00 | ||
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Rings Holland: Some Like It Hard[14] was an event held on December 2, 2001, at The Vechtsebanen Sport Hall in Utrecht, Netherlands.
Results
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Rodney Glunder | def. | Paul Cahoon | TKO (Doctor Stoppage) | 3 | 1:53 | ||
| Joop Kasteel | def. | Fatih Kocamis | Submission (Armbar) | 1 | 1:57 | ||
| Stephan Tapilatu | def. | Brian Lo-A-Njoe | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
| Dave Vader | def. | Hans Roovers | KO (Punch) | 1 | 3:58 | ||
| Nordin Bensellam | vs. | Chico Martinez | Draw | 2 | 5:00 | ||
| Andre Tete | def. | Rob van Esdonk | KO (Punch) | 2 | 0:28 | ||
| Gilbert Ballantine | def. | Daan Kooiman | Submission (Guillotine Choke) | 1 | 2:30 | ||
| Cheick Kongo | def. | Dave van der Veen | TKO (Punches) | 2 | 1:25 | ||
| Brian Maulany | def. | Jordi Soederhuizen | KO (Punch) | 1 | 4:00 | ||
| Marc van Rooyen | def. | Franklin Beuk | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
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Rings: World Title Series 5[15] was an event held on December 21, 2001, at The Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium in Kanagawa, Japan.
Results
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Hiromitsu Kanehara | def. | Paul Cahoon | Decision (Split) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Bazigit Atajev | def. | Tsuyoshi Kosaka | Decision (Majority) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Fedor Emelianenko | def. | Lee Hasdell | Submission (Guillotine Choke) | 1 | 4:10 | ||
| Chris Haseman | def. | Egidijus Valavicius | Submission (Armbar) | 1 | 3:08 | ||
| Genki Sudo | def. | Kenichi Yamamoto | Submission (Rear Naked Choke) | 2 | 1:46 | ||
| Tatsuya Maeda | def. | Stephen Gillinder | Submission (Rear Naked Choke) | 2 | 1:42 | ||
| Naoyuki Kotani | def. | Takahito Iida | Submission (Armbar) | 1 | 3:02 | ||
| Hidetaka Monma | def. | Kyosuke Sasaki | Decision (Majority) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
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- "Rings Holland: Heroes Live Forever". Sherdog. Archived from the original on May 13, 2013.
- "Rings: King of Kings 2000 Final". Sherdog. Archived from the original on May 1, 2013.
- "Rings USA: Battle of Champions". Sherdog. Archived from the original on May 14, 2013.
- "Rings: Battle Genesis Vol. 7". Sherdog. Archived from the original on May 13, 2013.
- "Rings Russia: Russia vs. Bulgaria". Sherdog. Archived from the original on May 1, 2013.
- "Rings: World Title Series 1". Sherdog. Archived from the original on May 1, 2013.
- "Rings Lithuania: Bushido Rings 2". Sherdog. Archived from the original on May 12, 2013.
- "Rings Holland: No Guts, No Glory". Sherdog. Archived from the original on September 9, 2013.
- "Rings: World Title Series 2". Sherdog. Archived from the original on May 1, 2013.
- "Rings: 10th Anniversary". Sherdog. Archived from the original on September 1, 2013.
- "Rings: Battle Genesis Vol. 8". Sherdog. Archived from the original on May 14, 2013.
- "Rings: World Title Series 4". Sherdog. Archived from the original on May 1, 2013.
- "Rings Lithuania: Bushido Rings 3". Sherdog. Archived from the original on May 14, 2013.
- "Rings Holland: Some Like It Hard". Sherdog. Archived from the original on September 9, 2013.
- "Rings: World Title Series 5". Sherdog. Archived from the original on January 11, 2014.