2003 in Fighting Network Rings | ||||
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Information | ||||
First date | January 31, 2003 | |||
Last date | November 30, 2003 | |||
Events | ||||
Total events | 7 | |||
Fights | ||||
Total fights | 62 | |||
Chronology | ||||
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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.
# | Event Title | Date | Arena | Location |
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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 [1] was an event held on January 31, 2003 at the Alytus Sports Hall in Alytus, Alytus County, Lithuania.
Main Card | |||||||
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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 [2] was an event held on March 30, 2003 in Utrecht, Holland.
Main Card | |||||||
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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 [3] was an event held on April 5, 2003 in Vilnius, Lithuania.
Main Card | |||||||
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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 [4] was an event held on May 10, 2003 at Night Club "COMBO" in Kaunas, Lithuania.
Main Card | |||||||
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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 [5] was an event held on August 3, 2003 at the Kupeta Bar in Palanga, Lithuania.
Main Card | |||||||
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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 [6] was an event held on September 27, 2003 at Vechtsebanen Sport Hall in Utrecht, Netherlands.
Main Card | |||||||
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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 [7] was an event held on November 30, 2003 in Enschede, Holland.
Main Card | |||||||
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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 |
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