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King of Kings 2000: Grand Final


 February 24, 2001 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 10,260
  1. Hiromitsu Kanehara KO Dave Menne (3rd - 3:24).

  2. Antonio Rodrigo Noguiera beat Volk Han (2nd) via unanimous decision.

  3. Randy Couture beat Tsuyoshi Kohsaka (2nd) via unanimous decision.

  4. Valentijn Overeem beat Yoshihisa Yamamoto (1st - 1:45) via submission.

  5. Alistair Overeem beat Vladimir Tchanturia (1st - 1:06) via submission.

  6. Antonio Rodrigo Noguiera beat Hiromitsu Kanehara (2nd - 0:27) via submission.

  7. Valentijn Overeem beat Randy Couture (1st - 0:56) via submission.

  8. Ryushi Yanagisawa beat Wataru Sakata (2nd) via split decision.

  9. Renato Babalu beat Kiyoshi Tamura (2nd) via split decision.

  10. Antonio Rodrigo Noguiera beat Valentijn Overeem (1st - 1:20) via submission to win the King of Kings Tournament 2000.
Tournament Bracketing

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Battle Genesis VII


 March 20, 2001 in Toyko, Japan
Differ Ariake drawing 1,360
  1. Kazuki Okubo beat Motomichi Mori (2nd) via split decision.

  2. Naoyuki Taira beat Taro Minato (1st - 6:37) via submission.

  3. Sokon Kou TKO Ryuki Ueyama (1st - 2:06).

  4. Yasuhito Namekawa beat Takashi Sonoda (1st - 0:43) via submission.

  5. Takehiro Murahama beat Brian Lo-A-Njoe (1st - 4:49) via submission.

  6. Masayuki Naruse beat Ricardo Fyeet (1st - 3:46) via submission.
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10th Anniversary World Title Series


 April 20, 2001 in Tokyo, Japan
Yoyogi Gym drawing 3,670
  1. Jiro Wakabayashi drew Naoyuki Kotani (3rd).

  2. Yasuhito Namekawa beat Wataru Imamura (1st - 1:48) via submission..

  3. Fedor Emelianenko beat Kerry Schall (1st - 1:47) via submission..

  4. Jeremy Horn beat Yuri Bekichev (1st - 0:50) via submission.

  5. Bobby Hoffman beat Ryushi Yanagisawa (2nd) via unanimous decision.

  6. Gustavo Ximu beat Kiyoshi Tamura (2nd) via split decision.
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10th Anniversary World Title Series II


 June 15, 2001 in Yokohama, Japan
Bunka Gym drawing 3,500
  1. Volk Atajev KO Maynard Marcum (1st - 1:08).

  2. Yasuhito Namekawa beat Masutatsu Yano (2nd - 0:22) via submission.

  3. Christopher Haseman beat Alexander Cacareco (1st - 1:54) via submission.

  4. Mikhail Ilioukhine beat Boris Jeliazkov (2nd - 2:06) via submission.

  5. Renato Babalu beat Tsuyoshi Kohsaka (2nd) via split decision.

  6. Ricardo Arona beat Hiromitsu Kanehara (2nd - 0:53) via submission..
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10th Anniversary World Title Series III


 August 11, 2001 in Tokyo, Japan
Ariake Coliseum drawing 4,000
  1. Gustavo Ximu beat Christopher Haseman (2nd) via unanimous decision.

  2. Ricardo Arona beat Jeremy Horn (2nd) via split decision.

  3. Bobby Hoffman TKO Mikhail Ilioukhine (2nd).

  4. Fedor Emelianenko beat Renato Babalu (2nd) via unanimous decision.

  5. Volk Han drew Yoshiaki Fujiwara (10:00).

  6. Hirotaka Yokoi beat Ricardo Fyeet (1st - 2:34) via submission.

  7. Volk Atajev KO Aaron Brink (1st - 1:09).

  8. Ricardo Arona KO Gustavo Ximu (1st - 1:29) to become the first RINGS Middleweight Champ.

  9. Fedor Emelianenko beat Bobby Hoffman via forfeit to win the vacant RINGs Openweight Title.

  10. Tsuyoshi Kohsaka KO Grom Koba (1st - 2:17).

  11. Matt Hughes beat Hiromitsu Kanehara (3rd) via split decision.
Middleweight Tournament Bracketing

Openweight Tournament Bracketing

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Battle Genesis VIII


 September 21, 2001 in Tokyo, Japan
Korakuen Hall drawing ???
  1. Naoyuki Kotani beat Hideo Tokoro (3rd) via split decision.

  2. Takumi Yano beat Goro Kobayashi (1st - 3:14) via submission.

  3. Hidetaka Monma beat Hiroyuki Ito (3rd) via split decision.

  4. Hirotaka Yokoi beat Masaya Kojima (1st - 2:12) via submission.

  5. Genki Sudo beat Brian Lo-A-Njoe (1st - 2:17) via submission.

  6. Yasuhito Namekawa beat Dexter Casey (1st - 1:44) via submission.
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2001 World Title Series
Absolute Class Tournament: First Round


 October 20, 2001 in Tokyo, Japan
Yoyogi Gym drawing ???
  1. Gen Isono beat Eriya Matsuda (2nd) via unanimous decision.

  2. Hirotaka Yokoi TKO Ken Orihashi (1st - 3:14).

  3. Lee Hasdell KO Georgi Tonkov (1st - 4:22).

  4. Christopher Haseman beat Grom Koba (3rd) via unanimous.

  5. Curtis Brigham beat Kenichi Ogata (1st - 0:43) via submission.

  6. Fedor Emelianenko beat Ryushi Yanagisawa (3rd) via unanimous.

  7. Egidijus Valavicius TKO Yasuhito Namekawa (1st - 2:18).

  8. Hiromitsu Kanehara TKO Kelly Jacobs (2nd - 1:51).
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2001 World Title Series
Absolute Class Tournament: Semi-Finals


 December 21, 2001 in Yokohama, Japan
Cultural Gym drawing ???
  1. Hidetaka Monma beat Kyosuke Sasaki (2nd) via split decision.

  2. Naoyuki Kotani beat Takahito Iida (1st - 3:02) via submission.

  3. Tatsuya Maeda beat Stephen Gillinder (2nd - 1:42) via submission.

  4. Genki Sudo beat Kenichi Yamamoto (2nd - 1:46) via submission.

  5. Christopher Haseman beat Egidijus Valavicius (1st - 3:08) via submission.

  6. Fedor Emelianenko beat Lee Hasdell (1st - 4:10) via submission.

  7. Volk Atajev beat Tsuyoshi Kohsaka (3rd) via split decision.

  8. Hiromitsu Kanehara beat Paul Cahoon (3rd) via split decision.
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