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Mega Battle Tournament 1996: Grand Final


 January 22, 1997 in Tokyo, Japan
Budokan Hall drawing 11,800
  1. Wataru Sakata beat Sean McCulley (19:41) via submission.

  2. Grom Zaza beat Masayuki Naruse (10:120 via submission.

  3. Tsuyoshi Kohsaka beat Mikhail Ilioukhine (10:04) via submission.

  4. Nikolai Zouev beat Mitsuya Nagai (13:01) via submission.

  5. Akira Maeda beat Maurice Smith (5:35) via submission.

  6. Bitsadze Tariel TKO Yoshohisa Yamamoto (6:19) for third place in the Mega Battle Tournament 1996.

  7. Volk Han beat Kiyoshi Tamura (12:36) via submission to win the Mega Battle Tournament 1996.
Tournament Bracketing

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Fighting Extension


 March 28, 1997 in Tokyo, Japan
NK Hall drawing 6,872
  1. Minoru Tanaka KO Todor Todorov (15:49).

  2. Willie Peeters beat Christopher Haseman (6:12) via submission.

  3. Tsuyoshi Kohsaka beat Bitsadze Tariel (8:11) via submission.

  4. Yoshihisa Yamamoto beat Hans Nyman (8:02) via submission.

  5. Akira Maeda beat Kiyoshi Tamura (7:54) via submission.
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Battle Genesis


 April 4, 1997 in Tokyo, Japan
Korakuen Hall drawing 1,888
  1. Sanae Kikuta beat Kaichi Tsuji (8:33) via submission.

  2. Lee Hasdell beat Sean McCulley (3:59) via submission.

  3. Masayuki Naruse TKO Valentijn Overeem (12:05).

  4. Kiyoshi Tamura beat Christopher Haseman (6:52) via submission.

  5. Tsuyoshi Kohsaka beat Yoshihisa Yamamoto (30:00) via decision.
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Fighting Extension II


 April 22, 1997 in Osaka, Japan
Furitsu Gym drawing 4,870
  1. Christopher Haseman beat Sean McCulley via forfeit.

  2. Dick Leon-Vrij TKO Tony Halme (2:40).

  3. Joop Kasteel TKO Mitsuya Nagai (6:27).

  4. Yoshihisa Yamamoto beat Masayuki Naruse (21:20) via submission.

  5. Kiyoshi Tamura beat Tsuyoshi Kohsaka (13:57) via submission.

  6. Christopher Haseman TKO Alexander Otsuka (7:03).

  7. Volk Han beat Akira Maeda (8:47) via submission.
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Fighting Extension III


 May 23, 1997 in Sendai, Japan
Miyagi Sports Center drawing 3,850
  1. Masayuki Naruse beat Willie Peeters (7:22) via submission.

  2. Mitsuya Nagai beat Valentijn Overeem (4:58) via submission.

  3. Yoshihisa Yamamoto beat Herman Renting (3:17) via submission.

  4. Kiyoshi Tamura KO Grom Zaza (8:15).

  5. Volk Han beat Joop Kasteel (5:09) via submission.

  6. Akira Maeda beat Bitsadze Tariel (7:18) vi asubmission.
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Fighting Extension IV


 June 21, 1997 in Tokyo, Japan
Ariake Coliseum drawing 9,188
  1. Wataru Sakata beat Yuri Bekichev (3:54) via submission.

  2. Masayuki Naruse beat Lee Hasdell (12:58) via submission.

  3. Mitsuya Nagai beat Andre Mannart (0:20) via submision.

  4. Ricardo Morais drew Yuri Korchikin (20:00) in a "vale tudo" match.

  5. Adilson Lima TKO Alexander Fedorov (10:10) in a "vale tudo" match.

  6. Yoshihisa Yamamoto beat Maurice Smith (6:00) via submission.

  7. Nikolai Zouev beat Kiyoshi Tamura (10:30).
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Fighting Extension V


 July 22, 1997 in Osaka, Japan
Furitsu Gym drawing 4,500
  1. Tsuyoshi Kohsaka beat Grom Zaza (9:26) via submission.

  2. Christopher Haseman beat Minoru Tanaka (9:07) via submission.

  3. Masayuki Naruse beat Wataru Sakata (5:55) via submission.

  4. Yoshihisa Yamamoto beat Mitsuya Nagai (2:27) via submission.

  5. Akira Maeda beat Hans Nyman (9:04) via submission.

  6. Kiyoshi Tamura TKO Bitsadze Tariel (13:32).
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Fighting Extension VI


 August 13, 1997 in Kagoshima, Japan
Kagoshima Arena drawing 3,380
  1. Mitsuya Nagai beat Mikhail Simov (6:38) vi asubmission.

  2. Wataru Sakata beat Minoru Tanaka (5:03) via submission for third place in the RINGs Light Heavyweight Title Tournament.

  3. Masayuki Naruse TKO Christopher Haseman (14:26) to become first RINGs Light Heavyweight Champ.

  4. Hans Nyman TKO Kiyoshi Tamura (9:03).

  5. Akira Maeda beat Tsuyoshi Kohsaka (9:14) via submission.

  6. Yoshihisa Yamamoto TKO Volk Han (11:30).
Tournament Bracketing

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Fighting Extension VII


 September 26, 1997 in Sapporo, Japan
Nakajima Sports Center drawing 4,820
  1. Yuri Korchikin beat Malcolm Nay (4:33) via submission.

  2. Pete Williams TKO Joop Kasteel (8:25).

  3. Wataru Sakata beat Valentijn Overeem (2:16) via submission..

  4. Frank Shamrock beat Tsuyoshi Kohsaka (30:00) via decision.

  5. Akira Maeda beat Andrei Kopilov (8:32) via submission.

  6. Kiyoshi Tamura beat Volk Han (12:48) via submission.
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Battle Genesis II


 October 14, 1997 in Tokyo, Japan
Korakuen Hall drawing 1,860
  1. Sanae Kikuta beat Minoru Tanaka (2nd - 3:08) via submission.

  2. Alexander Otsuka KO Christopher Haseman (18:10).

  3. Wataru Sakata beat Dominque Deligny (4:02) via submission.

  4. Kiyoshi Tamura beat Elvis Sinosic (10:11) via submission.

  5. Willie Peeters TKO Masayuki Naruse (16:44).
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World Mega Battle Tournament 1997: First Round


 October 25, 1997 in Tokyo, Japan
NK Hall drawing 6,620
  1. Joop Kasteel beat Lee Hasdell (8:55) via submission.

  2. Mikhail Ilioukhine beat Masayuki Naruse (12:28) via submission.

  3. Mitsuya Nagai beat Tsuyoshi Kohsaka (9:19) via submission.

  4. Dick Leon-Virj beat Bitsadze Tariel (6:01) via submission.

  5. Tsuyoshi Kohsaka beat Boris Jeliazkov (30:00) via decision.

  6. Akira Maeda beat Nikolai Zouev (5:17) via submission.

  7. Volk Han beat Andrei Kopilov (10:52) via submission.

  8. Kiyoshi Tamura beat Hans Nyman (10:34) via submission.
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World Mega Battle Tournament 1997: Second Round


 November 20, 1997 in Osaka, Japan
Chuo Gym drawing 5,110
  1. Gilbert Yvel KO Lev Barkala (10:47).

  2. Masayuki Naruse beat Mohammad Yone (5:35) via submission.

  3. Mikhail Ilioukhine beat Tsuyoshi Kohsaka (14:16) via submission.

  4. Akira Maeda beat Mitsuya Nagai (17:00) via submission.

  5. Volk Han beat Dick Leon-Vrij (7:15) via submission.

  6. Kiyoshi Tamura beat Joop Kasteel (6:30) via submission.
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World Mega Battle Tournament 1997: Semi-Finals


 December 23, 1997 in Fukuoka, Japan
International Center drawing 6,800
  1. Tsuyoshi Kohsaka beat Christopher Haseman (11:12) via submission.

  2. RINGs Light Heavyweight Champ Masayuki Naruse beat Wataru Sakata (12:10) via submission.

  3. Sean Alvares beat Willie Peeters (9:40) via submission in a "vale tudo" match.

  4. Grom Zaza beat Ricardo Morais (20:00) via unanimous decision in a "vale tudo" match.

  5. Mikhail Ilioukhine TKO Volk Han (9:36).

  6. Kiyoshi Tamura beat Akira Maeda (6:30) via submission..
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