RINGS King of Kings Tournament 1999

King of Kings Tournament 1999
King of Kings Tournament 1999
Promotion	Fighting Network Rings
Date	October 28, 1999 - February 26, 2000
City	Tokyo and Osaka

The King of Kings Tournament 1999 was a series of three separate mixed martial arts events held by the Fighting Network Rings (RINGS). The tournament took place in both Tokyo and Osaka between October 28, 1999 and February 26, 2000. The tournament was the first of two King of Kings tournaments. The tournament matched up 32 of the best fighters from nine different countries.

Rules

The tournament had two qualifying events: King of Kings 1999 Block A and King of Kings 1999 Block B. The fighters who advance from the qualifying events would compete in the King of Kings 1999 Final. The fights would consist of two five-minute rounds and, as in all RINGS bouts, no striking was allowed to the head of a grounded opponent.^[1]

King of Kings 1999 Block A

The first event of the tournament took place on October 28, 1999 at the Yoyogi National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan.^[2]

Results

King of Kings 1999 Block A Round of 16
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Mikhail Ilyukhin	def.	Brad Kohler	Submission (armbar)	1	2:16
	Dan Henderson	def.	Hiromitsu Kanehara	Decision (majority)	2	5:00
	Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira	def.	Yuriy Kochkine	Technical Submission (armbar)	1	0:40
	Renato Sobral	def.	Lee Hasdell	Decision (unanimous)	2	5:00
King of Kings 1999 Block A Round of 32
	Brad Kohler	def.	Yoshihisa Yamamoto	Submission (smother)	1	1:57
	Mikhail Ilyukhin	def.	Justin McCully	Technical Submission (achilles lock)	1	4:48
	Dan Henderson	def.	Bakouri Gogitidze	Submission (knee to the ribs)	1	2:17
	Hiromitsu Kanehara	def.	Jeremy Horn	Decision (majority)	2	5:00
	Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira	def.	Valentijn Overeem	Technical Submission (keylock)	1	1:51
	Yuriy Kochkine	def.	Alistair Overeem	Decision (majority)	2	5:00
	Renato Sobral	def.	Zaza Tkeshelashvili	Submission (kimura)	2	1:11
	Lee Hasdell	def.	Achmed Labasanov	TKO (kick)	2	3:33

King of Kings 1999 Block B

The second event of the tournament took place on December 22, 1999 at the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium in Osaka, Japan.^[3]

Results

King of Kings 1999 Block B Round of 16
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Kiyoshi Tamura	def.	Borislav Jeliazkov	Submission (rear-naked choke)	2	1:17
	Gilbert Yvel	def.	Tsuyoshi Kosaka	TKO (cut)	1	1:17
	Renzo Gracie	def.	Maurice Smith	Submission (armlock)	1	0:50
	Andrei Kopylov	def.	Ricardo Fyeet	Submission (achilles lock)	1	0:08
King of Kings 1999 Block B Round of 32
	Kiyoshi Tamura	def.	Dave Menne	Decision (unanimous)	2	5:00
	Borislav Jeliazkov	def.	Tim Lajcik	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	2:23
	Tsuyoshi Kosaka	def.	Chris Haseman	Decision (split)	3	5:00	^[a]
	Gilbert Yvel	def.	Tariel Bitsadze	Submission (armbar)	1	2:18
	Renzo Gracie	def.	Wataru Sakata	Submission (armbar)	1	1:25
	Maurice Smith	def.	Branden Lee Hinkle	Decision (majority)	2	5:00
	Ricardo Fyeet	def.	Tyrone Roberts	KO (kick)	2	0:09
	Andrei Kopylov	def.	Leonardo Castello Branco	Submission (kneebar)	1	0:16

^ Declared a draw after two rounds.

King of Kings 1999 Final

The third and final event of the tournament took place on February 26, 2000 at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan.^[4]

Results

Rings King of Kings 1999 Final
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Dan Henderson	def.	Renato Sobral	Decision (majority)	2	5:00	^[a]
	Chris Haseman	def.	Brad Kohler	Submission (kimura)	1	1:11	^[b]
	Renato Sobral	def.	Kiyoshi Tamura	Decision (majority)	2	5:00	^[c]
	Dan Henderson	def.	Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira	Decision (split)	3	5:00	^[d]
	Bobby Hoffman	def.	Zaza Tkeshelashvili	KO (punch)	1	0:34	^[e]
	Kiyoshi Tamura	def.	Renzo Gracie	Decision (unanimous)	2	5:00	^[f]
	Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira	def.	Andrei Kopylov	Decision (majority)	2	5:00	^[g]
	Dan Henderson	def.	Gilbert Yvel	Decision (unanimous)	2	5:00	^[h]
	Renato Sobral	def.	Mikhail Ilyukhin	Submission (armbar)	3	0:40	^[i]