World Mega Battle Tournament 1998: Grand Final
January 23, 1999 in Tokyo, Japan
Budokan Hall drawing 10,500
- Yasuhito Namekawa beat Lee Hasdell (20:00) via points.
- Willie Peeters TKO Kenichi Yamamoto (13:45).
- Wataru Sakata beat Dave van der Veen (2:41) via submission.
- Volk Han beat Hiromitsu Kanehara (13:32) via submission.
- Tsuyoshi Kohsaka beat Kiyoshi Tamura (9:42) via submission.
- Team Georgia (Bitsadze Tariel, Grom Zaza, Bitsadze Ameran) beat Team Netherlands (Hans Nyman, Dick Leon-Vrij, & Joop Kasteel) to win the Mega Battle Tournament 1998. Zaza TKO Vrij (1:22). Kasteel beat Zaza (3:32) via submission. Kasteel beat Ameran (2:46) via submission. Tariel KO Kasteel (1:30) . Tariel KO Nyman (2:50).
 Tournament Bracketing
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Final Capture
February 21, 1999 in Yokohama, Japan
Yokohama Arena drawing 17,048 ($2,479,000)
- Yasuhito Namekawa beat Ryuki Ueyama (20:00) via points.
- Yoshihisa Yamamoto beat Andrei Kopilov (6:55) via submission.
- Volk Han beat Nikolia Zouev (1st - 4:49) via submission.
- Sean Alvarez beat Wataru Sakata (20:00) via decision in a "vale tudo" match.
- Ricardo Morias beat Hiromitsu Kanehara (20:00) via decision in a "vale tudo" match.
- Kiyoshi Tamura beat Valentijn Overeem (6:08) via submission.
- Alexander Karelin beat Akira Maeda (2nd) via points.
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Rise
March 22, 1999 in Tokyo, Japan
NK Hall drawing 4,502
- Christopher Haseman beat Yasuhito Namekawa (7:42) via submission.
- Boris Jeliazkov beat Wataru Sakata (8:28) via submission.
- Masayuki Naruse beat Dave van der Veen (7:36) via submisson.
- Yoshihisa Yamamoto beat Valentijn Overeem (2:40) via submission.
- Mikhail Ilioukhine beat Randy Couture (7:43) via submission.
- Kiyoshi Tamura beat Hiromitsu Kanehara (20:14) via submission.
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Rise II
April 23, 1999 in Osaka, Japan
Furitsu Gym drawing 3,870
- Lee Hasdell beat Ryuki Ueyama (4:18) via DQ.
- Grom Zaza TKO Sander Thonhauser (4:02).
- Christopher Haseman beat Masayuki Naruse (13:18) via submission.
- Yoshihisa Yamamoto KO Joop Kasteel (7:32).
- Gilbert Yvel TKO Tsuyoshi Kohsaka (19:58).
- Kiyoshi Tamura drew Frank Shamrock (20:00).
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Rise III
May 22, 1999 in Tokyo, Japan
Ariake Coliseum drawing 6,820
- Yasuhito Namekawa beat Sara Umer (3:09) via submission.
- Valentijn Overeem TKO Hiromitsu Kanehara (4:35).
- Volk Han beat Masayuki Naruse (7:46) via submission.
- Mikhail Ilioukhine beat Joop Kasteel (9:40) via submission.
- Yoshihisa Yamamoto KO Tsuyoshi Kohsaka (15:41).
- Kiyoshi Tamura beat Bitsaze Tariel (9:19) via submission to win the RINGS Openweight Title.
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Cancelled: June 19, 1999 in Nagoya, Japan
Rise IV
June 24, 1999 in Tokyo, Japan
Korakuan Hall drawing 2,020
- Ryuki Ueyama beat Willie Peeters (18:05) via DQ.
- Yasuhito Namekawa beat Minoru Toyonaga (9:51) via submission.
- Wataru Sakata beat Boris Jeliazkov (6:49) via submission.
- Hiromitsu Kanehara beat Masayuki Naruse (30:00) via points.
- Grom Zaza beat Volk Han (30:00) via points.
- Joop Kasteel beat Bitsadze Tariel (6:01) via submission.
- Kiyoshi Tamura beat Yoshihisa Yamamoto (20:00) via decision.
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Cancelled: July 23 in Osaka, Japan
Rise V
August 19, 1999 in Yokohama, Japan
Bunka Gym drawing 4,670
- Ryuki Ueyama beat Yasuhito Namekawa (20:00) via points.
- Christopher Haseman beat Willie Peeters (3:13) via submission.
- Lee Hasdell beat Ricardo Fyeet (15:01) via submission.
- Hiromitsu Kanehara beat Wataru Sakata (20:00) via points.
- Tsuyoshi Kohsaka TKO Gilbert Yvel (8:17).
- RINGs Openweight Champ Kiyoshi Tamura beat Joop Kasteel (12:17) via submission.
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Battle Genesis V
September 15, 1999 in Tokyo, Japan
Korakuen Hall drawing 2,000
- Ryuki Ueyama drew Lloyd Berg (20:00).
- Lee Hasdell drew Satoshi Honma (20:00).
- Ricardo Fyeet KO Mick Cutagar (3:30).
- Wataru Sakata beat Yasuhito Namekawa (5:33) via submission.
- Yoshihisa Yamamoto TKO Valentijn Overeem (3:55).
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Rise VI: King of Kings 1999 Block A
October 28, 1999 in Tokyo, Japan
Yoyogi Gym II drawing 4,520
- Lee Hasdell KO Achmed Labasanov (2nd - 3:33).
- Renato Babalu beat Grom Zaza (2nd - 2:11) via submission.
- Yuri Korchikin beat Alistair Overeem (2nd) via split decision.
- Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira beat Valentijn Overeem (1st - 1:51) via submission.
- Hiromitsu Kanehara beat Jeremy Horn (2nd) via split decision.
- Dan Henderson KO Gogitidze Bakouri (1st - 2:17).
- Mikhail Ilioukhine beat Justin McCulley (1st - 4:48) via submission.
- Brad Kohler beat Yoshihisa Yamamoto (1st - 1:57) via submission.
- Renato Babalu beat Lee Hasdell (2nd) via unanimous decision.
- Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira beat Yuri Korchikin (1st - 0:40) via submission.
- Dan Henderson beat Hiromitsu Kanehara (2nd) via split decision.
- Mikhail Ilioukhine beat Brad Kohler (1st - 2:16) via submission.
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Rise VII: King of Kings 1999: Block B
December 22, 1999 in Osaka, Japan
Furitsu Gym drawing 5,100
- Andrei Kopilov beat Leonardo Castello Branco (1st - 0:16) via submission.
- Ricardo Fyeet KO Tyrone Roberts (2nd - 0:09).
- Maurice Smith beat Brandon Lee Hinckle (2nd) via split decision.
- Renzo Grace beat Wataru Sakata (1st - 1:25) via submission.
- Gilbert Yvel beat Bitsadze Tariel (1st - 2:18) via submission.
- Tsuyoshi Kohsaka beat Christopher Haseman (3rd) via split decision.
- Boris Jeliazkov beat Tim Lajcik (1st - 2:23) via submission.
- Kiyoshi Tamura beat Dave Menne (2nd) via unanimous decision.
- Andrei Kopilov beat Ricardo Fyeet (1st - 0:08) via submission.
- Renzo Grace beat Maurice Smith (1st - 0:50) via submission.
- Gilbert Yvel TKO Tsuyoshi Kohsaka (1st - 1:17).
- Kiyoshi Tamura beat Boris Jeliazkov (2nd - 1:17) via submission.
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