RINGS-Budokan Hall 1997
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RINGS-Budokan Hall 1997 was a mixed martial arts
event held by the RINGS. It took place on January 22, 1997.
Sakata defeated McCully.
Tkeshelashvili defeated Naruse.
Kohsaka defeated Illoukhine.
Zouev defeated Nagai.
Maeda defeated Smith.
Tariel Bitsadze vs. 
Yoshihisa Yamamoto
Tariel Bitsadze defeated Yoshihisa Yamamoto.
Volk Han defeated Kiyoshi Tamura.
Mixed martial arts
Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...
event held by the RINGS. It took place on January 22, 1997.
Wataru SakataWataru Sakatais a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. He has a professional MMA record of 11-13-0 as of December 31, 2003.He started his career in Akira Maeda's Fighting Network RINGS in 1994 after being trained by Animal Hamaguchi. He made the transition to mixed martial arts in the late...
vs. 
Sean McCully
Sakata defeated McCully. Zaza TkeshelashviliZaza TkeshelashviliZaza "Grom" Tkeshelashvili is a Georgian retired Freestyle wrestling Olympic competitor for Georgia in 1996 Olympic Games Atlanta and mixed martial artist. He formerly competed in the Heavyweight division, most of which he fought with Fighting Network RINGS where he was known as Zaza Grom...
vs. Masayuki NaruseMasayuki Naruseis a Japanese professional wrestler and Professional mixed martial artist.-Career:Naruse debuted in Fighting Network RINGS in 1992 where he was displayed as a scrappy junior heavyweight willing to take on opponents twice his size. He and other RINGS wrestlers made the transition to mixed martial...
Tkeshelashvili defeated Naruse.
Mikhail IlloukhineMikhail IlloukhineMikhail Illoukhine is a Russian former mixed martial artist who competed in the light heavyweight division. Mikhail Illoukhine holds notable wins over Igor Vovchanchyn, Tsuyoshi Kohsaka, Volk Han, Masayuki Naruse and Randy Couture...
vs. Tsuyoshi Kohsaka
Kohsaka defeated Illoukhine. Nikolai Zouev vs. 
Mitsuya Nagai
Zouev defeated Nagai. Akira MaedaAkira Maedais a retired Japanese professional wrestler, also known as Kwik-kik-Lee for his time on the British Wrestling show World of Sport. He helped develop the shoot-style of professional wrestling during the late 1980s....
vs. Maurice Smith
Maeda defeated Smith. Tariel Bitsadze vs. Yoshihisa YamamotoTariel Bitsadze defeated Yoshihisa Yamamoto.