And how about Rings KOK?

[Zhoozhitsu]

World Mega-Battle Open Tournament 2000
King of Kings - A Block
October 9, 2000 * Yoyogi National Gymnastic II *, Tokyo.

1st Match
Borissov Mikhail (Russian Sambo Federation) vs Roberto "Spider" Traven (Brazil/Alliance Team) Traven

2nd Match
Dave Menne (Miletich Martial Arts Center) vs Wataru Sakata (RINGS Japan)Menne

3rd Match
Suren Balachinskiy (Russian Sambo Federation) vs Valentijn Overeem (RINGS Holland)who cares

4th Match
Bistadze Tariel (RINGS Georgia) vs Renato Babalu (RINGS Brazil)pfffft Babalu all the way

5th Match
Randy Couture (U.S.A) vs Jeremy Horn (RINGS USA)Couture

6th MMatch
Ryushi Yanagisawa (Japan/Team Dragon) vs Borislav Jeliazkov (RINGS Bulgaria)Boris Jackoff

7th Match
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (Brazil/Brazilian Top Team) vs Labazanov Arhmed (RINGS Russia)Ar who? Noguiera

8th Match
Brad Kohler (RINGS USA) vs Kiyoshi Tamura (RINGS Japan)Butterbean is going down. Tamura

[Rabbit]

Results are in.

Big matches are:

RINGS King of Kings block A results

10/09/00 9:58 am CST

Round 1:

Roberto Traven def. Mikhail Borissov by decision

Dave Menne def. Wataru Sakata by decision

Valentijn Overeem def. Suren Balachinskiy by TKO

Renato Babalu def. Bistadze Tariel by arm bar

Randy Couture def. Jeremy Horn by decision

Ryushi Yanagisawa def. Borislav Jeliazkov by leg lock

Rodrigo Nogueira def. Labazanov Arhmed by arm bar

Kiyoshi Tamura def. Grom Zaza by decision

Round 2:

Dave Menne def. Roberto Traven by decision

Valentijn Overeem def. Renato Babalu by leg lock

Randy Couture def. Ryushi Yanagisawa by decision

Rodrigo Nogueira def. Kiyoshi Tamura by arm bar

Menne, Overeem, Couture, and Nogueira advance to the 8-man King of Kings tournament finals to be held early in 2001.

From jhedges at http://www.ufighting.com

Apparently you should care about Overeem.

[EJ]

Biggest surprise to me is Overeem sub win over Babalu.
The dude trains hard and is becoming quite a sub threat to the unwary.

[Zhoozhitsu]

Tell me about it EJ. Babalu is well suited for Rings rules. He's big, strong, skillful and doesn't tire out easily. Must've been a fluke leglock or something.

[McLeod]

Overeem is a major upset winner... good for him. glad to see people improving drasticaly.
I'd really like to know more about Menne beating Traven via decision and Couture over Horn. I really thought Horn could pull that off. decisions are often VERY VERY VERY shady over in Rings.
VERY

But I'm glad Minatuar is doing well.
he should be undefeated in NHB.

[Zhoozhitsu]

And how about Nogueira armbarring Tamura in 2:29???? Tamura who beat Renzo Gracie?

This sounds like an awesome event!

[fil]

RINGS KOK turnament is intresting since it seems almost impossiable to predict. Unique rules, plus alot of little known international fighters, questionable judges decisons and an open weight class make it very different from any other event.

Any idea who will be in the B bracket?

My guess Hoffman, Volk Han and Kohsaka (they need another big japaneese name on the card since Tamura lost).

[Mr. Miyagi]

I think that Couture is THE MAN. A lot of people don't consider him a top fighter because of his unprepared sloppy loss to Enson, but man, Couture is great. He's a little like Don Frye, solid around the board. He would destroy Enson in a rematch. He seems like a great guy and is damn exciting to watch.