| King of Kings Tournament 1999 | |
|---|---|
| Information | |
| Promotion | Fighting Network Rings |
| Date | October 28, 1999 - February 26, 2000 |
| City | Tokyo and Osaka |
The King of Kings Tournament 1999 was a series of three separate mixed martial arts events held by the Fighting Network Rings (RINGS). The tournament took place in both Tokyo and Osaka between October 28, 1999 and February 26, 2000. The tournament was the first of two King of Kings tournaments. The tournament matched up 32 of the best fighters from nine different countries.
The tournament had two qualifying events: King of Kings 1999 Block A and King of Kings 1999 Block B. The fighters who advance from the qualifying events would compete in the King of Kings 1999 Final. The fights would consist of two five-minute rounds and, as in all RINGS bouts, no striking was allowed to the head of a grounded opponent. [1]
The first event of the tournament took place on October 28, 1999 at the Yoyogi National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan. [2]
| King of Kings 1999 Block A Round of 16 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Mikhail Ilyukhin | def. | Brad Kohler | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 2:16 | ||
| Dan Henderson | def. | Hiromitsu Kanehara | Decision (majority) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
| Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira | def. | Yuriy Kochkine | Technical Submission (armbar) | 1 | 0:40 | ||
| Renato Sobral | def. | Lee Hasdell | Decision (unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
| King of Kings 1999 Block A Round of 32 | |||||||
| Brad Kohler | def. | Yoshihisa Yamamoto | Submission (smother) | 1 | 1:57 | ||
| Mikhail Ilyukhin | def. | Justin McCully | Technical Submission (achilles lock) | 1 | 4:48 | ||
| Dan Henderson | def. | Bakouri Gogitidze | Submission (knee to the ribs) | 1 | 2:17 | ||
| Hiromitsu Kanehara | def. | Jeremy Horn | Decision (majority) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
| Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira | def. | Valentijn Overeem | Technical Submission (keylock) | 1 | 1:51 | ||
| Yuriy Kochkine | def. | Alistair Overeem | Decision (majority) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
| Renato Sobral | def. | Zaza Tkeshelashvili | Submission (kimura) | 2 | 1:11 | ||
| Lee Hasdell | def. | Achmed Labasanov | TKO (kick) | 2 | 3:33 | ||
The second event of the tournament took place on December 22, 1999 at the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium in Osaka, Japan. [3]
| King of Kings 1999 Block B Round of 16 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Kiyoshi Tamura | def. | Borislav Jeliazkov | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 1:17 | ||
| Gilbert Yvel | def. | Tsuyoshi Kosaka | TKO (cut) | 1 | 1:17 | ||
| Renzo Gracie | def. | Maurice Smith | Submission (armlock) | 1 | 0:50 | ||
| Andrei Kopylov | def. | Ricardo Fyeet | Submission (achilles lock) | 1 | 0:08 | ||
| King of Kings 1999 Block B Round of 32 | |||||||
| Kiyoshi Tamura | def. | Dave Menne | Decision (unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
| Borislav Jeliazkov | def. | Tim Lajcik | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 2:23 | ||
| Tsuyoshi Kosaka | def. | Chris Haseman | Decision (split) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 1] | |
| Gilbert Yvel | def. | Tariel Bitsadze | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 2:18 | ||
| Renzo Gracie | def. | Wataru Sakata | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 1:25 | ||
| Maurice Smith | def. | Branden Lee Hinkle | Decision (majority) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
| Ricardo Fyeet | def. | Tyrone Roberts | KO (kick) | 2 | 0:09 | ||
| Andrei Kopylov | def. | Leonardo Castello Branco | Submission (kneebar) | 1 | 0:16 | ||
The third and final event of the tournament took place on February 26, 2000 at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan. [4]
| Rings King of Kings 1999 Final | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Dan Henderson | def. | Renato Sobral | Decision (majority) | 2 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 1] | |
| Chris Haseman | def. | Brad Kohler | Submission (kimura) | 1 | 1:11 | [lower-alpha 2] | |
| Renato Sobral | def. | Kiyoshi Tamura | Decision (majority) | 2 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 3] | |
| Dan Henderson | def. | Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira | Decision (split) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 4] | |
| Bobby Hoffman | def. | Zaza Tkeshelashvili | KO (punch) | 1 | 0:34 | [lower-alpha 5] | |
| Kiyoshi Tamura | def. | Renzo Gracie | Decision (unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 6] | |
| Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira | def. | Andrei Kopylov | Decision (majority) | 2 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 7] | |
| Dan Henderson | def. | Gilbert Yvel | Decision (unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 8] | |
| Renato Sobral | def. | Mikhail Ilyukhin | Submission (armbar) | 3 | 0:40 | [lower-alpha 9] | |
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