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Mega Battle Tournament 1995: Grand Final


 January 24, 1996 in Tokyo, Japan
Budokan Hall drawing 12,683
  1. Mikhail Ilioukhine beat Wataru Sakata (10:44) via submission.

  2. Christopher Haseman beat Willie Peeters (4:40) via submision.

  3. Vladimir Klementiev TKO Gogitidze Bakouri (8:20).

  4. Mitsuya Nagai beat Tony Halme (8:58) via submission.

  5. Tsuyoshi Kohsaka beat Maurice Smith (2:28) via submission.

  6. Bitsadze Tariel KO Dennis Raven (3:01).

  7. Hans Nyman TKO Volk Han (6:49) for third place in the Mega Battle Tournament 1995.

  8. Akira Madea beat Yoshihisa Yamamoto (17:59) via submission to win the Mega Battle Tournament 1995.
Tournament Bracketing

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Maelstrom


 March 25, 1996 in Niigata, Japan
City Gym drawing 3,128
  1. Yuri Bekichev KO Emil Krastev (7:38).

  2. Wataru Sakata beat Christopher Haseman (3:31) via submission.

  3. Mitsuya Nagai KO Mikhail Ilioukhine (11:24).

  4. Tsuyoshi Kohsaka beat Hans Nyman (9:030 via submisison.

  5. Volk Han beat Dick Leon-Vrij (6:36) via submission.

  6. Yoshihisa Yamamoto beat Bitsadze Tariel (7:54) via submission.
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Maelstrom II


 April 26, 1996 in Osaka, Japan
Furitsu Gym drawing 3,358
  1. Michael Stam beat Jacob Hamilton (6:00) via submission.

  2. Todor Todorov beat Wataru Sakata (6:50) via submission.

  3. Mitsuya Nagai beat Glenn Brown (0:40) via submission.

  4. Bitsadze Tariel KO Willie Williams (9:54).

  5. Maurice Smith KO Dick Leon-Vrij (4:10).

  6. Nikolai Zouev beat Volk Han (13:06) via submission.

  7. Yoshihisa Yamamoto beat Tsuyoshi Kohsaka (13:04) via submission.
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Maelstrom IV


 June 29, 1996 in Tokyo, Japan
NK Hall drawing 6,700
  1. Willie Peeters KO Wataru Sakata (10:08).

  2. Masayuki Naruse KO Todor Todorov (8:36).

  3. Bitsadze Ameran KO Dennis Raven (4:21).

  4. Kiyoshi Tamura beat Dick Leon-Vrij (3:41) via submission.

  5. Tsuyoshi Kohsaka beat Jacob Hamilton (5:10) via submission.

  6. Volk Han beat Mitsuya Nagai (11:47) via submission.

  7. Yoshihisa Yamamoto beat Maurice Smith (30:00) via decision.
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Maelstrom V


 July 16, 1996 in Osaka, Japan
Furitsu Gym drawing 4,080
  1. Wataru Sakata beat Valentijn Overeem (6:42) via submission.

  2. Masayuki Naruse beat Sergei Sousserov (12:48) via submission.

  3. Kiyoshi Tamura beat Willie Peeters (10:47) via submission.

  4. Dick Leon-Vrij KO Christopher Haseman (3:08).

  5. Bitsadze Tariel KO Joop Kasteel (7:47).

  6. Volk Han TKO Tsuyoshi Kohsaka (11:23).

  7. Hans Nyman TKO Yoshihisa Yamamoto (2:35).
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Maelstrom VI


 August 24, 1996 in Tokyo, Japan
Ariake Coliseum drawing 9,000
  1. Willie Peeters beat Wataru Sakata (18:31) via submission.

  2. Masayuki Naruse beat Egan Inoue (11:51) via DQ.

  3. Walter Schnaubelt beat Vladimir Klementiev (5th) via decision in a "kyokushin karate" match.

  4. Mitsuya Nagai beat Dick Leon-Vrij (6:16) via submission.

  5. Kiyoshi Tamura beat Maurice Smith (10:58) via submission in a "vale tudo" match.

  6. Adilson Lima beat Mikhail Ilioukhine (24:52) via submission in a "vale tudo" match.

  7. Volk Han beat Tsuyoshi Kohsaka (13:52) via submission.

  8. Ricardo Morias TKO Yoshihisa Yamamoto (0:46) in a "vale tudo" match.
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Maelstrom VII


 September 25, 1996 in Sapporo, Japan
Nakajima Sports Center drawing 3,853
  1. Peter Dijkman TKO Wataru Sakata (5:26).

  2. Christopher Haseman KO Masayuki Naruse (9:12).

  3. Mitsuya Nagai KO Tsuyoshi Kohsaka (11:05).

  4. Bitsadze Tariel KO Hans Nyman (5:19).

  5. Volk Han beat Kiyoshi Tamura (10:32) via submission.

  6. Andrei Kopilov beat Yoshihisa Yamamoto (12:33) via submission.
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Mega Battle Tournament 1996: First Round


 October 25, 1996 in Nagoya, Japan
Aichi Gym drawing 4,896
  1. Gogitidze Bakouri beat Todor Todorov (8:09) via submission.

  2. Tsuyoshi Kohsaka beat Dick Leon-Vrij (5:35) via submission.

  3. Kiyoshi Tamura beat Mikhail Ilioukhine (14:40) via submission.

  4. Mitsuya Nagai beat Willie Peeters (9:36) via submission.

  5. Bitsadze Tariel TKO Nikolai Zouev (5:34).

  6. Volk Han beat Masayuki Naruse (10:24) via submission.

  7. Yoshihisa Yamamoto beat David Khakhaleshvili (2:24) via submission.

  8. Akira Maeda beat Andrei Kopilov (4:54) via submission.
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Mega Battle Tournament 1996: Second Round


 November 22, 1996 in Osaka, Japan
Castle Hall drawing 7,880
  1. Nikolai Zouev beat Wataru Sakata (10:01) via submission.

  2. Dick Leon-Vrij TKO Masayuki Naruse (6:16).

  3. Yoshihisa Yamamoto beat Gogitidze Bakouri (4:52) via submission.

  4. Bitsadze Tariel KO Hans Nyman (10:11).

  5. Kiyoshi Tamura beat Mitsuya Nagai (6:13) via submission.

  6. Volk Han beat Tsuyoshi Kohsaka (10:27) via submission.

  7. Akira Maeda beat Yoshiaki Fujiwara (10:55) via submission.
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Mega Battle Tournament 1996: Semi-Finals


 December 19, 1996 in Fukuoka, Japan
International Center drawing 5,680
  1. Masayuki Naruse KO Dick Leon-Vrij (6:01).

  2. Gogitidze Bakouri beat Mitsuya Nagai (8:59) via submission.

  3. Hans Nyman KO Tsuyoshi Kohsaka (9:24).

  4. Maurice Smith beat Bitsadze Ameran (4:54) via submission.

  5. Volk Han beat Bitsadze Tariel (6:17) via submission.

  6. Kiyoshi Tamura beat Yoshihisa Yamamoto (9:49) via submission..

  7. Akira Madea beat Vladimir Klementiev (3:17) via submission.
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