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Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese mixed martial artist

Mixed martial arts

Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...

and professional wrestler. He has competed for Rings, WEF

WEF

WEF may refer to:* Water Environment Federation, an organization of engineers and industry related to water use* Weifang Airport, an airport in Shandong Province, China...

, PRIDE Fighting Championships, and HERO'S

HERO'S

Hero's was a Japanese mixed martial arts promotion operated by Fighting and Entertainment Group, the parent entity behind kickboxing organization K-1. Grown from and branched off of K-1's earlier experiments in MMA, including the K-1 Romanex event and various MMA fights on its regular K-1...

. He has fought notable opponents such as Mirko Filipović

Mirko Filipovic

Mirko Filipović is a former Croatian heavyweight kickboxer, mixed martial artist, politician, and law enforcement officer. Filipović was a member of the Croatian Parliament from 2003 through 2007...

, Rickson Gracie

Rickson Gracie

Rickson Gracie is a Brazilian 8th degree black and red belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and a retired mixed martial artist. He is a member of the Gracie family: the son of Hélio Gracie, brother to Rorion and Relson Gracie, and half-brother to Rolker, Royce, Robin and Royler Gracie.-Biography:Rickson...

, Guy Mezger

Guy Mezger

Guy Mezger is a retired American martial artist who competed in professional combat sports ranging from full contact karate, kickboxing, and boxing, but is most recognized as a mixed martial arts fighter . He is associated with Lion's Den Dallas...

, Bob Sapp

Bob Sapp

Robert Malcolm "Bob" Sapp is an American kickboxer, mixed martial artist, professional wrestler, actor, comedian and former professional American football player. Sapp currently has a combined fight record of 21–21–0, mostly fighting in Japan...

and Semmy Schilt

Semmy Schilt

Semmy Schilt , also known as Sem Schilt, is a Dutch Ashihara karateka, kickboxer, mixed martial artist and four time K-1 World GP champion. He is the first and only fighter in K-1 history to win the championship three times in a row, and also shares the record with Ernesto Hoost for most GPs won,...

. He holds wins over Tsuyoshi Kohsaka and Mark Kerr.

Mixed martial arts record

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| Loss
| style="text-align:center;"|14-23-1
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Hidetaka Monma

Hidetaka Monma , is a Japanese mixed martial artist. He started MMA at age of 25, when he joined Wajyutsu Keisyukai A-3 and made his professional debut on September 21, 2001 against Hiroshiji Ito at RINGS Battle Genesis Vol.8...

|Submission (arm-triangle choke)
|Deep: 50th Impact

Deep: 50th Impact

Deep: 50th Impact was a mixed martial arts event promoted by Deep It took place on October 24, 2010 at the JCB Hall in Tokyo, Japan.-Fight card:...

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| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|1:07
|Tokyo, Japan
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| Loss
| style="text-align:center;"|14-22-1
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Lee Tae-Hyun

Lee Tae-Hyun , is a South Korean ssireum wrestler and later mixed martial artist. His ssireum record included 472 wins, the best overall winning record in Korean ssireum competition.-Ssireum:...

Katsuyori Shibata

is a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. In professional wrestling, he is known for his hard hitting offense and his realistic bouts.-New Japan Pro Wrestling :...

|TKO (punches)
|Hero's 8

Hero's 8

Hero's 8 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Hero's promotion on March 12, 2007 at the Nagoya Rainbow Hall in Nagoya, Japan.-Results:...

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| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|0:09
|Nagoya, Japan
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| Loss
| style="text-align:center;"|14-20-1
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Don Frye

Donald Frye is a retired American mixed martial artist, actor, and professional wrestler. Frye rose to fame fighting in early Ultimate Fighting Championship events, winning the UFC 8 and Ultimate Ultimate 96 tournaments...

|Submission (rear-naked choke)
|Hero's 6

Hero's 6

Hero's 6 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Hero's promotion on August 5, 2006 at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan.The quarter-finals of the 2006 Lightweight Grand Prix was held at the event. The opening round had took place at the previous event...

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| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|4:52
|Tokyo, Japan
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|-
| Loss
| style="text-align:center;"|14-19-1
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Kim Min-Soo
|Submission (rear-naked choke)
|Hero's 4

Hero's 4

Hero's 4 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Hero's promotion on March 15, 2006 at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan.Muay Thai kickboxer Ole Laursen made his debut in MMA at the event against Genki Sudo.-Results:...

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| style="text-align:center;"|2
| style="text-align:center;"|1:32
|Tokyo, Japan
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|-
| Loss
| style="text-align:center;"|14-18-1
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Choi Mu-Bae
|Decision (unanimous)
|Pride Bushido 3

PRIDE Bushido 3

Pride Bushido 3 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Pride Fighting Championships. It took place at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan on May 23, 2004. The fight card was highlighted by three fights between Team Gracie and Team Japan....

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| style="text-align:center;"|2
| style="text-align:center;"|5:00
|Yokohama, Japan
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|-
| Loss
| style="text-align:center;"|14-17-1
|

Mirko Filipović

Mirko Filipovic

|TKO (punches)
|Pride Bushido 2

PRIDE Bushido 2

Pride Bushido 2 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Pride Fighting Championships. It took place at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan on February 15, 2004.- Mu Bae Choi vs. Yusuke Imamura:...

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| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|2:12
|Yokohama, Japan
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| Win
| style="text-align:center;"|14-16-1
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Mark Kerr
|TKO (punches)
|Pride 27

PRIDE 27

PRIDE 27: Inferno was a mixed martial arts event held by the PRIDE Fighting Championships. The event took place at the Osaka Castle Hall on February 1st, 2004.- Dan Bobish vs. Igor Vovchanchyn:...

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| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|0:40
|Osaka, Japan
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| Loss
| style="text-align:center;"|13-16-1
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Heath Herring

Heath Herring is an inactive American Heavyweight professional mixed martial artist who attained popularity fighting for PRIDE FC in Japan and most recently fought in the Ultimate Fighting Championship...

|Submission (rear-naked choke)
|Pride Final Conflict 2003

PRIDE Final Conflict 2003

Pride Final Conflict 2003 was a mixed martial arts event held by Pride Fighting Championships. It took place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on November 9, 2003 and had over 67,450 people in the audience. This event was host to the semi-finals and finals of the 2003 Pride Middleweight Grand...

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| style="text-align:center;"|3
| style="text-align:center;"|2:29
|Tokyo, Japan
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|-
| Win
| style="text-align:center;"|13-15-1
|

Alexander Otsuka

, better known by his ring name Alexander Otsuka, is a Japanese mixed martial arts fighter and professional wrestler. He competes in the Light Heavyweight division. He won his last fight at VFX - Vale Tudo Fighters Mexico against Masada Masada on May 27, 2006...

|TKO (leg injury)
|Pride 24

PRIDE 24

Pride 24: Cold Fury 3 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Pride Fighting Championships. It took place at the Marine Messe Fukuoka in Fukuoka, Japan on December 23, 2002.- Daijiro Matsui vs. Kazuki Okubo:...

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| style="text-align:center;"|2
| style="text-align:center;"|5:00
|Fukuoka, Japan
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|-
| Loss
| style="text-align:center;"|12-15-1
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Guy Mezger

|Decision (unanimous)
|Pride 22

PRIDE 22

Pride 22: Beasts From The East 2 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Pride Fighting Championships. It took place at the Nagoya Rainbow Hall in Nagoya, Japan on September 29, 2002.- Michiyoshi Ohara vs. Kevin Randleman:...

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| style="text-align:center;"|3
| style="text-align:center;"|5:00
|Nagoya, Japan
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| Loss
| style="text-align:center;"|12-14-1
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Bob Sapp

|TKO (punches)
|Pride 20

PRIDE 20

Pride 20: Armed and Ready was a mixed martial arts event held by the Pride Fighting Championships. It took place at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan on April 28, 2002.-Results:...

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| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|2:44
|Yokohama, Japan
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|-
| Win
| style="text-align:center;"|12-13-1
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Jan Nortje

Johannes "Jan" Nortje is a South African kickboxer, mixed martial artist, and undefeated pro boxer who has fought for Strikeforce, DREAM, K-1, PRIDE Fighting Championship, and New Japan Pro Wrestling....

|Submission (armbar)
|Pride 18

PRIDE 18

Pride 18: Cold Fury 2 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Pride Fighting Championships. It took place at the Marine Messe Fukuoka in Fukuoka, Japan on December 23, 2001.-Results:...

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| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|1:43
|Fukuoka, Japan
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|-
| Loss
| style="text-align:center;"|11-13-1
|

Assuerio Silva

Assuerio Silva is a Brazilian mixed martial artist and professional boxer, having most recently competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship and Pancrase. He became the Heavyweight King of Pancrase on May 30, 2007, defeating Tatsuya Mizuno.Silva holds a professional fight record of 13–6–01, the...

|TKO (punches)
|Pride 16

PRIDE 16

Pride 16: Beasts From the East was a mixed martial arts event held by the Pride Fighting Championships on September 24, 2001 at the Osaka Castle Hall in Japan. The fight card featured 7 fights that night, including the return of Don Frye to MMA...

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| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|0:11
|Osaka, Japan
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|-
| Loss
| style="text-align:center;"|11-12-1
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Valentijn Overeem

Valentijn Overeem is a Dutch mixed martial artist who competes as a heavyweight. He has previously competed for the PRIDE Fighting Championships, RINGS and Strikeforce...

|Submission (armbar)
|Fighting Network Rings

Fighting Network RINGS

Fighting Network Rings, trademarked as RINGS, is a Japanese combat sport promotion that has lived three distinct periods; puroresu promotion from its inauguration to 1995, mixed martial arts promotion from 1995 to its 2002 disestablishment, and the revived mixed martial arts promotion from 2008 to...

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| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|0:45
|Tokyo, Japan
|Kings of Kings 2000 Tournament quarter-final.
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| Win
| style="text-align:center;"|11-11-1
|

Chris Hasemen
|TKO (strikes)
|Fighting Network Rings

Fighting Network RINGS

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| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|3:51
|Osaka, Japan
|Kings of Kings 2000 Tournament second round.
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| Win
| style="text-align:center;"|10-11-1
|

Ameran Bitsadze
|Submission (armbar)
|Fighting Network Rings

Fighting Network RINGS

Semmy Schilt

|KO (knee and punch)
|Fighting Network Rings

Fighting Network RINGS

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| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|2:54
|Utrecht, Netherlands
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|-
| Loss
| style="text-align:center;"|9-10-1
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Branden Lee Hinkle

Branden Lee Hinkle is an American mixed martial artist. Hinkle has fought in UFC Ultimate Fight Night 5, UFC 57, and has a notable win over the famed Sean Gannon at UFC 55.- Titles :Hinkle has held the following titles:* NCAA DIV II national wrestling champ...

Evansville, Indiana

Evansville is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Indiana and the largest city in Southern Indiana. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 117,429. It is the county seat of Vanderburgh County and the regional hub for both Southwestern Indiana and the...

, USA

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

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|-
| Loss
| style="text-align:center;"|9-9-1
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Jeremy Horn

Jeremy Graham Horn is an American mixed martial artist. He is one of the most experienced fighters in the sport with a professional record of 88–21–5...

|Submission (arm-triangle choke)
|Fighting Network Rings

Fighting Network RINGS

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| style="text-align:center;"|2
| style="text-align:center;"|2:50
|Tokyo, Japan
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|-
| Loss
| style="text-align:center;"|9-8-1
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Brad Kohler

Brad Kohler is an American mixed martal artist who competes in the Heavyweight division.-Career:Kohler's most notable fight occurred at UFC 22 against Steve Judson, where he scored one of the more infamous knockouts in MMA history. 30 seconds into Round 1, Kohler feigned a takedown attempt, only...

|Submission (smother)
|Fighting Network Rings

Fighting Network RINGS

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| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|1:57
|Tokyo, Japan
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|-
| Draw
| style="text-align:center;"|9-7-1
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Kiyoshi Tamura

is a Japanese middleweight professional wrestler and mixed martial artist.Once a student of legendary Pro Wrestler Akira Maeda, Tamura is known for his skill in catch wrestling as well as his ability to deliver exciting and realistic professional wrestling bouts....

|Draw
|Fighting Network Rings

Fighting Network RINGS

Japan

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|-
| Win
| style="text-align:center;"|9-7
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Tsuyoshi Kosaka

is a Japanese retired mixed martial artist. He has competed in notable mixed martial arts promotions like the Ultimate Fighting Championship, RINGS, and Pancrase. He holds notable wins over Kimo Leopoldo, Mario Sperry, Volk Han, Gilbert Yvel and Egan Inoue. He is one of only four fighters to defeat...

|TKO (palm strikes)
|Fighting Network Rings

Fighting Network RINGS

Japan

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|-
| Win
| style="text-align:center;"|8-7
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Joop Kasteel

Joop Kasteel is a former Dutch mixed martial artist. Kasteel made his mixed martial arts debut on 15 June 1996. He is a veteran of the RINGS promotion and as he has fought the majority of his fights for them....

|TKO (palm strikes)
|Fighting Network Rings

Fighting Network RINGS

Japan

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|-
| Win
| style="text-align:center;"|7-7
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Valentijn Overeem

Valentijn Overeem is a Dutch mixed martial artist who competes as a heavyweight. He has previously competed for the PRIDE Fighting Championships, RINGS and Strikeforce...

|Submission (armbar)
|Fighting Network Rings

Fighting Network RINGS

Japan

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|-
| Win
| style="text-align:center;"|6-7
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Andrei Kopylov
|Submission
|Fighting Network Rings

Fighting Network RINGS

Japan

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|-
| Win
| style="text-align:center;"|5-7
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Masayuki Naruse

is a Japanese professional wrestler and Professional mixed martial artist.-Career:Naruse debuted in Fighting Network RINGS in 1992 where he was displayed as a scrappy junior heavyweight willing to take on opponents twice his size. He and other RINGS wrestlers made the transition to mixed martial...

|Submission (armbar)
|Fighting Network Rings

Fighting Network RINGS

Japan

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|-
|Loss
| style="text-align:center;"|4-7
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Japan

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|-
|Loss
| style="text-align:center;"|4-5
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Kiyoshi Tamura

Japan

|Battle Dimensions Tournament 1996 semi-final.
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|Win
| style="text-align:center;"|4-4
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Japan

|Battle Dimensions Tournament 1996 quarter-final.
|-
|Win
| style="text-align:center;"|3-4
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David Khakhaleishvili

David Khakhaleishvili is a retired heavyweight Georgian judoka.He was expected to defend his heavyweight Olympic title at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia in a highly anticipated match against the reigning world champion, David Douillet...

Japan

Ricardo Morais

Ricardo "The Mutant" Morais is a Brazilian former mixed martial artist, who competed in Pride Fighting Championships, Jungle Fight, and Rings - MMA...

|KO (punches)
|Fighting Network Rings

Fighting Network RINGS

Japan

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|-
|Loss
| style="text-align:center;"|2-3
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Akira Maeda

is a retired Japanese professional wrestler, also known as Kwik-kik-Lee for his time on the British Wrestling show World of Sport. He helped develop the shoot-style of professional wrestling during the late 1980s....

Japan

Rickson Gracie

|Technical submission (rear-naked choke)
|Vale Tudo Japan 1995
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| style="text-align:center;"|3
| style="text-align:center;"|3:49
|Tokyo, Japan
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|-
| Win
| style="text-align:center;"|1-1
|

Ruud Ewoldt
|Decision (unanimous)
|Fighting Network Rings

Fighting Network RINGS

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| style="text-align:center;"|3
| style="text-align:center;"|5:00
|Amsterdam, Netherlands
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|-
|Loss
| style="text-align:center;"|0-1
|

Hans Nijman

Hans Nijman is a Dutch former professional mixed martial artist and Wrestler. He competes in the Heavyweight division. He is a RINGS Holland veteran and has also fought for many other top promotions such as Pride FC and It's Showtime.-Fighting Network RINGS:Hans Nijman made his Shootfighting debut...

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

, Japan

Japan

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