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| 5 | [[caption-width-right:300:Building Fighter's Network Throughout the World]] |
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| 7 | ->''"RINGS is always modest about their fighters' non-pro competitions including the credentials of several Olympic athletes but it is well-known that they are all real world class elite athletes which gives them a lot of credibility."'' |
| 8 | -->-- '''Dave Meltzer''' about RINGS at ''Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter'', February 17, 1997. |
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| 10 | %%One quote is enough. Others can go on the "Quotes" page. |
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| 12 | !!As a whole |
| 13 | * ActionSurvivor: Even if you see RINGS representatives losing MMA fights, you will be hard-pressed to find any of them getting actually finished (unless you are watching Valentijn Overeem or Wrestling/YoshihisaYamamoto, that is). The most technical, like Kohsaka, Han and Kopylov, were almost impossible to submit or KO. |
| 14 | * AuthorAppeal: As stated by Dave Meltzer above, RINGS brought in a lot of [[BadassOnPaper real world class elite athletes]] which gave them a lot of credibility as a combat sport. Their success in the ring was a mixed bag, with some like RINGS Russia's Fedor Emelianenko (who was a world medalist in combat sambo) dominated the promotion in his short time there, while others like RINGS Russia's Suren Balachinsky (who actually beat Fedor in sambo competition twice) had one fight in RINGS, lost it and left right after. |
| 15 | * BadassCrew: Its fighters did significantly well with the MMA format against world-class opponents in the King of Kings tournaments, while Pancrase and UWF-i mostly failed at doing the same in UFC and PRIDE aside from individual exceptions. |
| 16 | * BushidoIndex: For some reason RINGS Lithuania events always had the words Bushido as part of their sub-headings. |
| 17 | * ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Their logo was [[RedIsHeroic dark red]], like Wrestling/AkiraMaeda's colour motif. However, they were also known for their blue ring mat. |
| 18 | ** The first four RINGS stables had colour coded tracksuits, black for the Japanese, green for the Dutch, orange for the Russians, and purple for the Georgians. When RINGS Bulgaria was established, they switched the colors around a bit, the Japanese switched to blue, the Dutch became purple, Russia became red, Georgia became black, and Bulgaria got aqua then later green. They eventually abandoned the concept when the other stables came in. |
| 19 | * CoolCrown: Winners of the Battle Dimensions Tournament were rewarded with a Golden Chaplet/Laurel Wreath. |
| 20 | * CosmopolitanCouncil: One that featured representatives of each branch: Wrestling/AkiraMaeda from Japan, Chris Dolman from Holland, Vladimir Pagodin from Russia, Nodar Ekvtimishvili from Georgia, Nikola Zahariev from Bulgaria, Chris Haseman from Australia, Lee Hasdell from England, Monte Cox from USA, Donatas Simanaitis from Lithuania, and some unspecified others. |
| 21 | * DangerousForbiddenTechnique: Ground-and-pound and any type of striking to a grounded opponent due to Maeda feeling that it not safe. Technically punches to the body on the ground was allowed, just not at full force until the KOK rules. |
| 22 | * DarkerAndEdgier: While LighterAndSofter compared to other MMA rules due to banning ground-and-pound, RINGS used a ruleset called "King of Kings" rules (usually shortened to "RINGS KOK" rules) that during its last years where they allowed fingerless gloves for head punches (they were also allowed to forgo gloves and stick to the shootfighting palm strikes to the face limit) and shin guards were no longer mandatory. |
| 23 | * EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first RINGS shows promoted their matches based on the 4 elements such as Fire Bout, Water Bout, Earth Bout, and Air Bout, [[ElementNumberSix as well as]] [[BizarroElements other bizzare elements]] like Universe Bout, Aqua Bout, Thunder Bout, Astral Bout, and Breathe Bout before dropping them in mid-1992. |
| 24 | ** RINGS was notorious for banning ground-and-pound and any type of striking to a grounded opponent, but before the first rules changes it still used the rules established in Newborn which didn’t say anything about doing so. Early RINGS matches had several of the Dutch fighters use it to their advantage. |
| 25 | ** They also once allowed limited elbow strikes, provided they put on elbow pads. |
| 26 | * FactionMotto: Unofficial, but Wrestling/AkiraMaeda frequently stated, "Sekai saikyo no otoko wa RINGS ga kimeru rashii!" ("RINGS will declare the strongest man in the world!") |
| 27 | * FollowTheLeader: Like Pancrase, RINGS created a special ruleset in the late 1990s, which they dubbed "Vale Tudo rules" which was basically the UFC's rules in the mid-1990s. |
| 28 | * GlassCannon: A glaring problem among the fighters in RINGS Holland, with a few exceptions, is despite having either excellent striking or submission offense or even both, was their laughably weak submission defense and they usually reached for the ropes in a panic when a hold was locked on them. Granted they weren’t the only fighters with this problem in RINGS, but most of the ones that were around since the beginning never seemed to improve that part of their game. |
| 29 | * GuestFighter: Aside from the RINGS branches, the promotion also used fighters from other gyms and organisations like Seidokaikan, Submission Arts Wrestling, Shootboxing, Wajutsu Keishukai, and many others. |
| 30 | * GratuitousEnglish: Newborn’s Kick, Submission & Suplex wording on their logo was changed to Kick, Jointhold & Suplex, which was featured on the old RINGS Japan tracksuits. |
| 31 | * HandwrapsOfAwesome: For some reason, fighters were allowed to wear them here while the other promotions never used them. The most notable examples were wore by RINGS Holland guys like Dick Vrij. |
| 32 | * InsistentTerminology: Called their kickboxing matches, “Glove Matches”. |
| 33 | * LetsGetDangerous: Their staff looked more like the cast of a martial arts manga, with big UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} bullies, crazy UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}} technicians, hairy karatekas and inscrutable Japanese wrestlers, but they were arguably the widest MMA talent pool among the UWF offshoots. |
| 34 | * MightyWhitey: Like Pancrase, RINGS is well known for their foreign talent and some of them dominated the promotion like the guys from RINGS Holland, RINGS Russia, Dan Henderson from America, etc. |
| 35 | * MinoredInAssKicking: Wrestling/VolkHan and RINGS also helped establish the Japan Command Sambo Federation. It closed down with RINGS in 2002, but came back in 2012 when Maeda launched The Outsider. RINGS also sponsored the World Sambo Championships held in Tokyo in 1996. |
| 36 | * TheMissingFaction: RINGS Korea, it only had one member when it was formed in 1994 and quickly disappeared after that member's one appearance in RINGS Japan. It was briefly resurrected in 2005, but disappeared almost as quickly. |
| 37 | ** There was also the short-lived RINGS Oregon dojo run by former Shooto fighter Takashi Nishizawa before RINGS USA became a thing. They only had one representative fighter in Michael Stam, who didn’t have much success. |
| 38 | * MultinationalTeam: Had the most diverse cast out of all the U-System. |
| 39 | * PartyOfRepresentatives: RINGS was divided in branches from all around the world. RINGS' system was largely much inspired by organizations such as the Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance and UsefulNotes/FIFAWorldCup, and featured fighters from different countries organized into stables. We had RINGS Japan (a small team of native shoot wrestlers), RINGS Holland (a clan of Dutch kickboxers and freefighters from the Jon Bluming lineage), RINGS Russia (an union of UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}} (and a few UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}) champions from the former USSR, with a later addition of a small team of Russian Kyokushin fighters), RINGS Georgia (random wrestling and other martial arts champions from Georgia), RINGS Bulgaria ([[AlternateCompanyEquivalent similar structure to RINGS Georgia]]), RINGS Korea (solely represented by UsefulNotes/{{Taekwondo}} champion Kim Lee Klin and notably got shut down after his one fight in RINGS), RINGS Australia (jiu-jitsu students under Mark and Chris Haseman), RINGS UK (a sort of grassroots movement among martial arts gyms headed by Lee Hasdell), RINGS USA (fighters under Miletich Fighting Systems and others managed by Monte Cox), RINGS Brazil (young bloods from future legendary MMA teams), RINGS Lithuania (a collection of various martial arts clubs under Donatas Simanaitis), RINGS France (a small team of fighters from Cyrille Diabaté's French Konnection and his Snake Team school) and some other minor branches.v |
| 40 | * PowerTrio: Between RINGS Bulgaria, Georgia, and Russia. Their fighters often cornered each other in their matches. May have something to do with their countries being all part of the former Soviet Union and spoke similar languages, and some fans even refer to their relation as “RINGS Soviet Union”, which is kind of a MythologyGag since RINGS Russia was originally called RINGS Soviet since Wrestling/VolkHan’s first match was just before the dissolution of the Soviet Union. |
| 41 | * RagtagBunchOfMisfits: They were formed by fighters and martial artists who had barely a clue about pro wrestling, which can be noted in the overall quality of the matches, but there were some very gifted people among them. |
| 42 | * RedBoxingGloves: In the mid-90s, aside from the kickboxing bouts, fighters could opt to fight with these in the shoot style matches. Guys like Tony Halme and Maurice Smith were notable examples. |
| 43 | * SomeCallMeTim: Some of the fighters, usually from RINGS Russia and Georgia, get this treatment since some of their names can range from OverlyLongName to TheUnpronounceable. They usually use an [[AnimalMotifs animal name]] or [[ThemeNaming a storm themed name]] in their their own language, though they were a few with an OddNameOut. The most famous examples are Wrestling/VolkHan and Grom Zaza. |
| 44 | * SpecialGuest: Chris Dolman's master Jon Bluming would appear on several RINGS Holland shows. |
| 45 | ** Chris Haseman's father Mark Haseman and his students would appear on the RINGS Australia shows to present Tohkon Ryu Ju Jitsu demonstrations as half-time entertainment. |
| 46 | ** For Wrestling/AkiraMaeda's retirement show, his trainers Wrestling/YoshiakiFujiwara, Wrestling/AntonioInoki, and Kotetsu Yamamoto, his UWF peers Wrestling/NobuhikoTakada and Kazuo Yamazaki, his New Japan peers Junji Hirata (aka Super Strong Machine) and Animal Hamaguchi (who came before for his student, Wrestling/WataruSakata’s debut), his old opponent Don Nakaya Nielson, and [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg for some reason]] Wrestling/GenichiroTenryu. |
| 47 | * SpinOff: The official one is RINGS: The Outsider, that was made for Maeda's later students. Unofficial ones include Wrestling/KiyoshiTamura's U-FILE and the MMA promotion HERO'S. |
| 48 | * ThugDojo: RINGS Holland had a lot of guys that liked to play dirty in their fights. It was pretty much advertised as part of their charm in Japan. |
| 49 | * TournamentArc: Held the most well known tournaments out of all the U-System, the yearly Mega Battle Tournaments that evolved into the King of Kings Tournaments, the Light Heavyweight, Middleweight and Openweight Championship Tournaments to crown the first champions of the promotion, the two RINGS USA Tournaments, and finally the Absolute Class Tournament of 2001. |
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| 51 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 52 | |
| 53 | [[folder:RINGS Australia]] |
| 54 | See Characters/UniversalWrestlingFederationRINGSAustralia |
| 55 | [[/folder]] |
| 56 | |
| 57 | [[folder:RINGS Brazil]] |
| 58 | !!Academia Alliance |
| 59 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/academia_alliance.jpg]] |
| 60 | [[caption-width-right:350:THE Most Successful BJJ Team Ever]] |
| 61 | !!!Leonardo Castello Branco |
| 62 | * AffectionateNickname: "Leo". |
| 63 | * TheApprentice: To BJJ master Fernando Guimaraes, Romero "Jacaré" Cavalcanti, Alexandre “Gigi” Paiva, Fabio and Fernando Gurgel. |
| 64 | * BadassTeacher: Has his own school; Academia Victory Rua Conde de Baependi and was one of the leading figures in the creation of the Brasa Jiu-Jitsu Team. |
| 65 | * {{Determinator}}: Fought Igor Vovchanchyn to a 35 minute draw. |
| 66 | * GuestFighter: From Academia Alliance. |
| 67 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu: A 1999 world champion with a silver medal in 1996. He also trained in Luta Livre under Roberto Leitao and at Ruas Vale Tudo for MMA. |
| 68 | * OneHitKill: Suffered one at the hands of Wrestling/AndreiKopylov. |
| 69 | * ShockingDefeatLegacy: His defeat at the hands of Wrestling/AndreiKopylov in 16 seconds is the most well known thing about him. |
| 70 | |
| 71 | !!!Fábio Gurgel |
| 72 | * TheApprentice: To Romero "Jacaré" Cavalcanti and was his first black belt. He also trained under Carlson Gracie Sr for his Vale Tudo and MMA fights. |
| 73 | * AuthorityEqualsAssKicking: Is the President of the Professional League of Jiu-Jitsu. |
| 74 | * BadassFamily / BashBrothers: His older brother Fernando Gurgel is also a BJJ black belt, competitor, and coach. |
| 75 | * BadassTeacher: Was a co-founder of Academia Alliance, head of his branch in Sao Paulo, and a good fighter himself. |
| 76 | * BigLittleBrother: Was a lot bigger than his older brother Fernando, who is nicknamed “Magrão”, which means lanky, or tall and skinny. |
| 77 | * EliteFour: With Romero “Jacaré” Cavalcanti, Alexandre Paiva, and his brother Fernando Gurgel as the founders of Academia Alliance. |
| 78 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu: Was a black belt since he was 19 and is now a 6th degree black belt with a Brazilian national, a Pan American, 3 European and 4 World Championships under his belt. |
| 79 | * TheNicknamer: Gave Fernando Pontes his nickname; “Margarida”. |
| 80 | * NonActionGuy: Didn’t compete in RINGS, he was a cornerman for his fighters from Academia Alliance. |
| 81 | * RedBaron: "The General", "The Unmerciful". |
| 82 | * TheWorfEffect: Was worfed by Jerry Bohlander at UFC 11 and Mark Kerr at World Vale Tudo Championship 3. |
| 83 | |
| 84 | !!!Roberto Traven |
| 85 | * ADayInTheLimelight: His major achievement in MMA was winning the IAFC 2 Day 1 Tournament. |
| 86 | * TheApprentice: To Romero "Jacaré" Cavalcanti, Alexandre “Gigi” Paiva, Fabio and Fernando Gurgel. |
| 87 | * CoolTeacher: Has his own BJJ team and academy. |
| 88 | * CurbStompBattle: Won his fights in the IAFC 2 show in less than 3 minutes each. |
| 89 | * GuestFighter: From Academia Alliance. |
| 90 | * HeroKiller: Beat Hayato Sakurai for the 1999 ADCC Absolute Division Championship and has beaten John Machado and Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira at the 1998 and 1999 World Jiu-Jitsu Championships (Mundials) +100 kg division respectively. |
| 91 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu: A 6th degree black belt, national, world and world master champion as well as the 1999 ADCC Absolute Division Champion. He also trained in Luta Livre under Roberto Leitao and at Ruas Vale Tudo for MMA. |
| 92 | * RedBaron: "Spider". |
| 93 | * TheWorfEffect: Got armbared by Frank Mir at UFC 34 in about a minute into the fight and also got KO'ed by Elvis Sinosic and John Salter. He also got outscored by Jeff Monson in the semifinals of the 1999 ADCC +99kg Division tournament, beaten by Mario Sperry in their ADCC Super Fight, crushed by Tom Erickson in the first round of the 2001 ADCC +99kg tournament, beaten by Mario Cruz in first round of the 2001 ADCC Absolute Division tournament, and got triangled by Jefferson Moura in the 2003 World Jiu-Jitsu Championships (Mundials) -94 kg Division semifinals. |
| 94 | |
| 95 | !!Brazilian Top Team |
| 96 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/btt.jpg]] |
| 97 | [[caption-width-right:350:The Creontes of Carlson Gracie]] |
| 98 | !!!Ricardo Arona |
| 99 | -->''"When I arrived at Carlson Gracie's gym at 16 years old, I already wanted to fight in MMA, and one of my specialties was taking my opponent down, striking him and hurting him from that position. This was cut from MMA when I went to fight in Japan. In the UFC, you can use the cage, which is perfect for me, because once you have your opponent in the corner, there's no escape; it's excellent to use to get the takedown. Once on the ground, it's perfect for striking; it's fatal. With those rules, I guess the referee will have to stop a lot of my fights quickly, because my great strong point is striking from above, from any position. The third factor I see is that anyone in the ring who gets tired in five minutes is in the wrong place. I'm accustomed to fighting one 10-minute round and two five-minute rounds. In the UFC, it's three five-minute rounds, which is like child's play for me. I'm flying in and out with that time. I wouldn't even stop to wipe my forehead. The UFC rules were made for me -- no doubt about it."'' |
| 100 | -->-- Ricardo Arona, on how he would do in UFC, even though he ended up retiring and never fighting there. |
| 101 | |
| 102 | * TheAce: He is undefeated in submission wrestling with 13-0 and has never lost a point in a match. |
| 103 | * TheApprentice: To Carlson Gracie. |
| 104 | * BloodKnight: If only RINGS had allowed ground-and-pound, he would have had a lot of fun. |
| 105 | * BoringButPractical: His style was based around holding down and controlling his opponent. Only when the rules allowed him to rain punches the thing got more exciting. |
| 106 | * CombatPragmatist: Famously raked Wrestling/KazushiSakuraba's cuts in an attempt to deepen them to get a cheap win by stoppage. While not exactly illegal, it was considered a very low life technique. |
| 107 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: Won his RINGS debut against aging UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}} champion Wrestling/AndreiKopylov by unanimous decision after controlling him positionally for most of the match and once threw Kopylov like a rag doll with a double leg takedown. |
| 108 | * GuestFighter: From Brazilian Top Team. |
| 109 | * HeroicBuild: Ripped to the bones. |
| 110 | * HeroKiller: He went to defeat both Wrestling/KazushiSakuraba and Wanderlei Silva, both considered as invincible and heroes to their respective people, in PRIDE. Also beat Mark Kerr, Tito Ortiz, Jeff Monson, Vitor Belfort, and Jean Jacques Machado in ADCC as well as Wrestling/AndreiKopylov, Jeremy Horn, Gustavo Machado, Dan Henderson, Guy Mezger, and Alistar Overeem in MMA (Wrestling/HiromitsuKanehara in both). |
| 111 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu: A three time ADCC gold medalist. He also knows UsefulNotes/{{Karate}}, UsefulNotes/{{Judo}} and a bit of UsefulNotes/{{Capoeira}}. |
| 112 | * NiceJobBreakingItHero: Back in 2000's ADCC, Arona was involved in an illegal slap fest with Karimula Barkalaev, Abu Dhabi's UsefulNotes/{{Judo}} and UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}} instructor, it was rumoured that the incident got the latter disqualified, but the video of their match shows that they calmed down and continued the match. However, the incident supposedly got completely off hands when the Sheik in charge, who was a personal fan of Arona, was offended by this and ordered his security men to pull Barkalaev away after the match. The poor guy supposedly spent a week in jail, locked up and blindfolded, until they could stuff him on a plane and send him to his country. Even worse, there is a rumor in Brazil which says that the guards were actually readying to shoot Karimula in the head and Arona himself had to plead them to spare him. These statements were never verified, but what is certain is that Karimula said he would never return to Abu Dhabi, as his presence was no longer pleasing to the Sheikh. |
| 113 | * RedBaron: "The Brazilian Tiger", "The Brazilian Volcano", "Jujutsu Oji" ("The Prince of Jiu-Jitsu"), "Hijo no Newaza O" ("The Heartless King of Groundfighting"). |
| 114 | * UnskilledButStrong: Subverted - he was strong ''and'' skilled, both in high quantities, which gave him a huge advantage over the average ADCC player. |
| 115 | * TheWorfEffect: His lost to Quinton "Rampage" Jackson by powerbomb and his KO lose to Mauricio "Shogun" Rua. |
| 116 | * WorfHadTheFlu: He claims he suffered from a dengue hemorrhagic fever going into his fight against Sokoudjou at PRIDE 34 and because of it, he was knocked out by Sokoudjou in just under 2 minutes. |
| 117 | |
| 118 | !!!Carlos Barreto |
| 119 | -->''"Your opinion of Carlos Barreto's career will vary wildly based on how deeply you look into his record. He was by no means unsuccessful, sporting nine years of competition, a dominant record in his prime and two championships, but he's another of those fighters that couldn't get it done on the main stage despite having all of the tools. He was a BJJ black belt under Bolao Souza, he'd been practicing muay thai since his youth, and at 6'4" he was a bonafide heavyweight and far more well-rounded than most of his competition, but his regional success never translated to the spotlight: When the cameras weren't watching he destroyed Pedro Otavio and Kevin Randleman and even knocked out a young Ben Rothwell, but his only victory on the national circuit was a skin-of-his-teeth corner stoppage against Tra Telligman. He fought until just shy of his 37th birthday and retired when his leg imploded twenty-five seconds into a fight. None of this downplays his legacy--he was a historically important fighter and one of the first well-rounded heavyweights, and has an enormous amount to be proud of. It's just one of those cases where you wonder if, had he been born a decade later, had access to different training, had circumstances been just a touch different, he could have been a star."'' |
| 120 | -->-- A profile of Barreto from a VideoGame/FireProWrestling user [=CarlCX=] from https://steamcommunity.com |
| 121 | |
| 122 | * TheApprentice: To Sergio “Bolão” Souza and Carlson Gracie. |
| 123 | * AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: The co-founder and head fighter and coach of Team Black House (Casa Preta) before his retirement. He also first founded the Tough Brothers team when he separated from Carlson Gracie |
| 124 | * CombatCommentator / CombatReferee: He has played these roles after he retired from fighting. |
| 125 | * GuestFighter: From Brazilian Top Team. |
| 126 | * HeroKiller: Has beaten guys like Mikhail Ilyukhin, John Dixson, Geza Kalman, Kevin Randleman, Paul Varelans, Branden Lee Hinkle, Gary Myers, Tra Telligman, Bobby Hoffman, Ben Rothwell, etc. |
| 127 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu: A 5th degree black belt, won a world championship as a brown belt. He also knows UsefulNotes/MuayThai. |
| 128 | * RedBaron: "Carlão", "Kumo Otoko" ("Spider Man"). |
| 129 | * ScaryBlackMan |
| 130 | * UrExample: Was the first man to wear a blue gi/kimono at an official BJJ event. |
| 131 | * TheWorfEffect: Lost his first match in the 2000 King of Kings Tournament to Chris Haseman. He also lost by unanimous decision to Dave Beneteau at UFC 15, Ian Freeman at HOOKnSHOOT Kings 1, and Alexander Emelianenko at the M-1 MFC: Middleweight GP. He also lost by split decision to Igor Vovchanchyn, got KO'ed by Gilbert Yvel, and TKO'ed by Vladimir Matyushenko. |
| 132 | |
| 133 | !!!Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira |
| 134 | -->''"Minotauro is a very logical fighter. He thinks very deeply about what he is doing. He does an explosive move, and thinks, then does an explosive move again, and thinks, and then he waits calmly for his opponent to make a mistake."'' |
| 135 | -->-- Ricardo Arona |
| 136 | |
| 137 | * AlwaysIdenticalTwins: With his brother Antônio Rogério "Minotouro" Nogueira. The way to tell them apart is that Little Nog is lighter in weight and shorter in height, and by the presence of a scar on Big Nog's lower back. |
| 138 | * TheApprentice: To Luiz Carlos Dórea, Ricardo de la Riva, Guilherme Assad, Murilo Bustamante, Ricardo Libório, Mário Sperry and Luis Roberto Duarte. |
| 139 | * BadassFamily: His brother Antônio Rogério "Minotouro" Nogueira is a 3rd degree BJJ black belt and MMA fighter in his own right. |
| 140 | * BashBrothers: With his twin brother Antônio Rogério "Minotouro" Nogueira. They were known in Japan as "Rio no Kansetsu Sōseiji" ("Rio’s Joint Twins") And "Saikyō Jūjutsu Tsuinzu"("The Strongest Jiu-Jitsu Twins"). |
| 141 | * DefeatMeansFriendship: After losing to Dan Henderson at the finals of King of Kings Tournament 1999 in a controversial decision, Dan sent a pack of beers to his dresser. |
| 142 | * GuestFighter: From Brazilian Top Team. |
| 143 | * HeroKiller: He trampled everybody in RINGS: Overeem, Han, Tamura, Kanehara, and almost Kohsaka. |
| 144 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: With Anderson Silva. |
| 145 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu: And also UsefulNotes/{{Judo}} and boxing. |
| 146 | * MadeOfIron: The guy was just indestructible. Not only he got powerbombed and piledriven by Wrestling/BobSapp without flinching a bit, but he was also driven over by a truck at age 10 and healed after seven months in which doctors believed he would die sooner or later. |
| 147 | * RedBaron: "Minotauro", "Jiu-Jitsu Magician", "Rio no Shizuma nu Taiyo" ("The Sun which Sets in Rio de Janeiro"), "Sen no Waza o Motsu Otoko" ("The Man of A Thousand Holds"). |
| 148 | |
| 149 | !!Renzo Gracie Combat Team |
| 150 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/renzo_gracie_jiu_jitsu.PNG]] |
| 151 | [[caption-width-right:350:Impossible Is Nothing]] |
| 152 | !!!Sean Alvarez |
| 153 | * TheApprentice: To Nelson Monteiro and Renzo Gracie. |
| 154 | * BigApplesauce: Is from New York City. |
| 155 | * EarlyBirdCameo: Fought Yoji Anjo at The U-Japan Super Fighting '96 before his fights in RINGS in 1997 and 1999. |
| 156 | * {{Expy}}: He seems to have one strangely in Ricardo Arona, as both have very noticeable [[HeroicBuild Heroic Build's]], and while Sean is a 3 time silver medalist in the ADCC, Ricardo is a 3 time gold medalist in the ADCC. |
| 157 | * GuestFighter: From Renzo Gracie Combat Team. |
| 158 | * HeroKiller: Beat Yoji Anjo, Willie Peeters, and Wrestling/WataruSakata. |
| 159 | * HeroicBuild: Look at him. |
| 160 | * HiddenDepths: Worked in real estate development in Mexico after he retired from fighting. |
| 161 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu: A world champion, Pan American champion and a 3 time silver medalist in the ADCC championships. |
| 162 | * RedBaron: "The Poker Brat". |
| 163 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: RINGS spelt his name as Sean Alvares. |
| 164 | * TheWorfEffect: Was KO'd by Oleg Taktarov in less than a minute. He also got KO'ed by Eric Pele and TKO'ed by Wesley Correira. |
| 165 | |
| 166 | !!!Renzo Gracie |
| 167 | -->''"A boxer is like a lion, the greatest predator on land, but you throw him in the shark tank and he's just another meal."'' |
| 168 | |
| 169 | * AlwaysSomeoneBetter: He was defeated by Wrestling/KazushiSakuraba in an MMA match and years later with a more beaten down Sakuraba in a Metamoris match he could only get a draw against him. |
| 170 | * TheApprentice: To Carlos Gracie Jr. |
| 171 | * AuthorityEqualsAssKicking: His name is on the team name. |
| 172 | * BadassFamily: To MMA fans his family name says it all. |
| 173 | * BadassTeacher: Owns his own school, the Renzo Gracie Academy, and has trained names like Matt Serra, Ricardo Almeida, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Georges St-Pierre, Chris Weidman, Frankie Edgar, Roy Nelson, Gunnar Nelson, Joe D'Arce, etc. |
| 174 | * BashBrothers: With his brothers Ralph and Ryan. |
| 175 | * {{Bouncer}}: Was a bouncer at a whorehouse in the Amazon at the ImprobableAge of 14. |
| 176 | * BullyingADragon: His first opponent at the World Combat Championship, Dutch judoka Ben Spijkers, taunted Renzo in the press conference and pranked him in his hotel room the previous night. Renzo would choke him out and after the bout, he intentionally stepped on Spijkers's head as he walked away as an act of revenge for the pranking, an act Renzo later apologized for. |
| 177 | * CoolVersusAwesome: His exhibition grappling match at Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2000 with Wrestling/AntonioInoki. |
| 178 | * DramaticDislocation: Got his arm dislocated in his fight with Wrestling/KazushiSakuraba. |
| 179 | * DrugsAreBad: He claimed to have been drugged by PRIDE promoters before his fight with Sanae Kikuta to explain his poor performance in that fight. |
| 180 | * GracefulLoser: Even after getting his arm dislocated, Renzo took the mic after the match and declared Sakuraba was the better man. Similarly, years later Gracie called Sakuraba "his hero" and remembered their match as "one of the biggest lessons he learned in his life". |
| 181 | * GuestFighter: From Renzo Gracie Combat Team. |
| 182 | * HeroKiller: Has defeated guys like Oleg Taktarov, Sanae Kikuta, Wrestling/AlexanderOtsuka, Wrestling/WataruSakata, Maurice Smith and Carlos Newton. His win over Frank Shamrock was fortuitous because Frank got disqualified by kneeing Renzo on the ground. |
| 183 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu: His family basically remade old school UsefulNotes/{{Judo}} into UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu, he himself a 6th degree black belt. He is also a black belt in UsefulNotes/{{Judo}} and also had training in boxing, UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} and amateur wrestling. |
| 184 | * JackOfAllStats: Is described as the most all rounded MMA fighter in the Gracie family. |
| 185 | * {{Keet}}: Is described as being this, especially when compared to his brothers and cousins. |
| 186 | * NiceGuy: Described as the nicest of his generation of Gracie cousins. |
| 187 | ** BewareOfTheNiceOnes: He will still kick your ass if your manage to piss him off. |
| 188 | * NiceJobBreakingItHero: Though not really his fault, he fought against Luta Livre fighter Eugenio Tadeu at the Pentagon Combat event, during which audience members pushed their way through security staff and grabbed the very cage, screaming insults to the fighters and even attacking them through the netting whenever they came near. The situation exploded when Renzo fought back one of his attackers, causing a massive brawl to erupt among the over 400 spectators. Audience members threw chairs and seats to each other, the lights were turned off, and gunshots were heard. The event caused mixed martial arts to be banned in Rio de Janeiro for ten years. |
| 189 | * RedBaron: "Shinka-kei no Gracie Jiu-Jitsu" ("The Evolution of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu") |
| 190 | * ScrewedByTheNetwork: Has claimed this against the Pride promoters. |
| 191 | ** His claim of being drugged by them before his fight with Sanae Kikuta. |
| 192 | ** His decision lost against Shungo Oyama, which he believes he lost the decision only because he spat on Oyama, which he did because Oyama had taunted him all throughout the bout. |
| 193 | ** He also disputed his split decision loss to Carlos Newton in Pride, but he later got his revenge via split decision in a rematch in the International Fight League promotion, though in an interesting twist he felt Newton was the winner of that bout. |
| 194 | * SiblingYinYang: With his brothers Ralph and Ryan, they were both quick-tempered and at times just mean-spirited, Renzo on the other hand was described as quick to laugh, friendly, and an indefatigable bundle of energy. |
| 195 | * TheWorfEffect: Lost to Dan Henderson by knockout in just under two minutes. |
| 196 | |
| 197 | !!!Adilson Lima |
| 198 | * AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Beaten twice by Igor Vovchanchyn on the same night. |
| 199 | * TheApprentice: To Geny Rebello, Carlos Gracie Jr, Carlos Rollyson, and Renzo Gracie. |
| 200 | * BadassFamily: His wife Ursula Lima is also a BJJ black belt. |
| 201 | * BadassTeacher: Founder of Pitbull Clube de Jiu Jitsu & MMA in Teresópolis, Brazil where he trained world champion BJJ stylists and MMA fighters. |
| 202 | * GameBreakingInjury: His vale-tudo career was stopped short when a motorcycle accident almost ripped one of Adilson’s feet off. His foot was reattached but Lima could never compete inside a cage again. |
| 203 | * GuestFighter: From the Renzo Gracie Combat Team. |
| 204 | * HandicappedBadass: After his injury above he continued competing in BJJ competitions with the aid of a foot support. |
| 205 | * HeroKiller: Beat Mikhail Ilyukhin, Wrestling/YoshihisaYamamoto, and Alexander Fedorov. |
| 206 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu: A Brazilian, European and World champion. |
| 207 | * RedBaron: "Bitta". Adilson earned the name as a toddler. His family owned goats, which are called “cabra” or “cabrita” in Portuguese. When Adilson was an infant, he couldn’t say “cabrita” properly, shortening it to “bita” (bitta). His brothers found it so funny, they started calling him Bita and from their the name was how he became recognized. |
| 208 | |
| 209 | !!!Ricardo Morais |
| 210 | --->''"Ricardo Morais is not an inexperienced or unaccomplished fighter. The 6'8" teacher-proclaimed Mutant trained BJJ under Renzo Gracie before starting his MMA career, which began in the first Absolute Fighting Championship Tournament--which, to be clear, was one of those insane, old-school barely-any-rules bareknuckle vale tudo tournaments where you fight five times in one night and Igor Vovchanchyn lost because someone was trying to gouge one of his eyes out with their chin. Morais won the tournament by choking out the guy who did it. He had enough succes to make it to Pride with an 8-1-1 record as an accomplished, dangerous heavyweight prospect. Then he got ragdolled by Mark Coleman, outgrappled by Tsuyoshi Kohsaka, and in the only thing anyone now remembers him for, knocked completely cold by Aleks Emelianenko in about fifteen seconds. No matter what else happens in your fighting career, if you get knocked stone dead on an international broadcast and don't pay it back to someone else, that's probably what will define you. Sorry, Ricardo. If it's any consolation, you still look terrifying."'' |
| 211 | -->-- A profile of Morais from a VideoGame/FireProWrestling user [=CarlCX=] from https://steamcommunity.com |
| 212 | |
| 213 | * TheApprentice: To Carlson and Renzo Gracie, Luiz Alves, Carlos Barreto, and Wallid Ismail. |
| 214 | * CarpetOfVirility |
| 215 | * CoolTeacher: His profession when he wasn’t fighting. |
| 216 | * DavidVersusGoliath: Against Mikhail Ilyukhin at the finals of the Absolute Fighting Championship tournament and his fight with Wrestling/HiromitsuKanehara where Morais was Goliath. Unlike most examples, Morais won those fights. |
| 217 | * TheGiant: 6ft 8 and about 270 ibs of Brazilian mass. |
| 218 | * GuestFighter: From Renzo Gracie Combat Team. |
| 219 | * HeroKiller: Has defeated names like Mikhail Ilyukhin, Wrestling/HiromitsuKanehara, Chris Haseman in the ADCC championships, and Wrestling/YoshihisaYamamoto. |
| 220 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu: As well as boxing and UsefulNotes/MuayThai. |
| 221 | * MightyGlacier: Big, strong, tough, but slow moving. |
| 222 | * NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: He and Mikhail Ilyukhin gave some to each other. |
| 223 | * ThePigPen: Morais was infamous for not bathing for days before a fight so that he would nauseate his opponents in grappling exchanges with his miasma. |
| 224 | * RedBaron: "The Mutant", "The Monster", "The Spear Chucker", "Jiū-Jitsu Kaijū" ("Jiu-Jitsu Monster"), "Ricardon" (at New Japan: Ultimate Crush 2003). |
| 225 | * UnstoppableForceMeetsImmovableObject: He faced Grom Zaza in a vale tudo fight and lost the decision. |
| 226 | * TheWorfEffect: Lost to Alexander Emelianenko by KO in 15 seconds. |
| 227 | |
| 228 | !!Ruas Vale Tudo & Academia Budokan |
| 229 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ruas_vale_tudo.PNG]] |
| 230 | [[caption-width-right:350:They Own The Streets]] |
| 231 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/academia_budokan.PNG]] |
| 232 | [[caption-width-right:350:The Luta Livre Budokan]] |
| 233 | !!!Carlos Clayton |
| 234 | * AlliterativeName |
| 235 | * TheApprentice: To Roberto Leitao, Roberto Leitao Filho, Joao Ricardo, Marco Ruas, and Murilo Bustamante. |
| 236 | * CoolTeacher: Has his own MMA gym and team, Clayton Mangueira Team. |
| 237 | * GuestFighter: From Ruas Vale Tudo. |
| 238 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Luta Livre]]: A 5th degree black belt and also trained in Ruas Vale Tudo, he also trained in UsefulNotes/MuayThai, UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu, and was a Brazilian freestyle wrestling champion and later trained with Brazilian Top Team. |
| 239 | * StoutStrength: 6ft 3 and about 300 pounds. |
| 240 | * RedBaron: "Mangueira". |
| 241 | * TheWorfEffect: Was worfed by Wrestling/AndreiKopylov in less than a minute. |
| 242 | |
| 243 | !!!Alexandre Ferreira |
| 244 | -->''"I want to be the champion. I don't want to know who (to fight), I just want to know when."'' |
| 245 | |
| 246 | * TheApprentice: To Roberto Leitao, Roberto Leitao Filho, Joao Ricardo, Hugo Duarte, Marco Ruas, Roberto “Gordo” Correa, Murilo Bustamante, and Rudimar Fedrigo. |
| 247 | * CoolTeacher: Has his own MMA gym and team, Alexandre Cacareco Team. |
| 248 | * GuestFighter: From Ruas Vale Tudo. |
| 249 | * HeartbrokenBadass: Retired from fighting after losing family and friends in the January 2011 Brazilian floods and mudslides, resulting in him being in "no condition to train or fight." |
| 250 | * HeroKiller: Beat guys like Rodney Glunder, Heath Herring, Bob Schrijber, and Branden Lee Hinkle. |
| 251 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Luta Livre]]: A 7th degree black belt under Hugo Duarte and also trained in Ruas Vale Tudo. He also learned a bit of UsefulNotes/{{Capoeira}}, is a black belt in UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu, trained in freestyle wrestling, learned UsefulNotes/MuayThai at the Chute Boxe Academy and later trained with Brazilian Top Team and the Gracie Barra Combat Team. |
| 252 | * RedBaron: "Cacareco". |
| 253 | * TheWorfEffect: Was submitted by both Wrestling/HiromitsuKanehara and Chris Haseman. |
| 254 | |
| 255 | !!!Roberto Leitão |
| 256 | -->''"He always said people might like fighting, but no one loves it more than him. And that’s true, he would always bring shorts with him everywhere he went. He was always ready in case he met someone and they were close to a gym. And if the other guy said he didn’t have shorts, he’d have a spare one so there would be no excuses. He loved training."'' |
| 257 | -->-- Pedro Rizzo |
| 258 | |
| 259 | * AlternateCompanyEquivalent: Arguably to Wrestling/YoshiakiFujiwara as they are both considered the highest authority in their respective UsefulNotes/CatchWrestling-based styles in their countries. They both also have artistic hobbies. |
| 260 | * TheApprentice: To Agenor Moreira Sampaio aka Mestre Sinhozinho, Euclydes "Tatu" Hatem and to judokas Takeo Yano and Kengo Katayawa. |
| 261 | * BadassFamily: His son Roberto Leitao Filho (basically another way of writing Jr.) is a Luta Livre practitioner and coach and an Olympic level freestyle wrestler. |
| 262 | * BadassTeacher: The most prolific trainer in Luta Livre. Every serious practitioner today has trained with him at some point in their lives. |
| 263 | * BloodKnight: See the quote above. |
| 264 | * CoolOldGuy: More than 80 years old and still spars with people at least a few decades younger than him and wipes the floor with them. |
| 265 | * CoolTeacher: Was a university professor and also writes about martial arts and grappling. |
| 266 | * EarlyBirdCameo: Was in Marco Ruas’ corner for his UFC 7 fights. |
| 267 | * GeniusBruiser: Holds a degree in mechanical engineering. |
| 268 | * HiddenDepths: His hobby is abstract painting. |
| 269 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Luta Livre]]: A 10th dan black belt. He was originally trained in UsefulNotes/{{Judo}} and is a 4th dan black belt. He also trained in UsefulNotes/{{Capoeira}}. |
| 270 | * OldMaster: The highest authority in Luta Livre today and was also fundamental in developing Brazil’s freestyle wrestling scene. |
| 271 | * NonActionGuy: Never fought in MMA, he was mostly a coach and cornerman. |
| 272 | |
| 273 | !!!Roberto Leitão Filho |
| 274 | * AffectionateNickname: Is called "Beto" to not confuse him for his father. |
| 275 | * TheApprentice: To his father Roberto Leitao and Marco Ruas. |
| 276 | * AuthorityEqualsAssKicking: Is the superintendent of the Confederação Brasileira de Wrestling (Brazilian Confederation of Associated Wrestling) |
| 277 | * BadassFamily: Is the son of Luta Livre grandmaster Roberto Leitao. |
| 278 | * CoolTeacher: Was a head coach for Ruas Vale Tudo and a long time coach of the Brazilian freestyle wrestling national teams. |
| 279 | * HeAlsoDid: Was in Marco Ruas’ video instructional videos by Panther Productions. |
| 280 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Luta Livre]]: An 8th dan black belt. He also trained in Ruas Vale Tudo and was a Brazilian and South American Greco-Roman and Freestyle wrestling champion and Pan-American medalist, being one of the first to represent Brazil in international tournaments, the world championships, and most notably competed in 1988 and 1992 Olympics. He also competed in Brazilian Trials for the 2000 ADCC. |
| 281 | * NonActionGuy: Never fought in MMA, he was mostly a coach and cornerman. |
| 282 | |
| 283 | !!!Gustavo Machado |
| 284 | * TheApprentice: To Roberto Leitao, Roberto Leitao Filho, Joao Ricardo, Marco Ruas, and Roberto “Gordo” Correa. |
| 285 | * BadassTeacher: Has his own MMA school, Gustavo Ximu Vale Tudo. |
| 286 | * GuestFighter: From Ruas Vale Tudo. |
| 287 | * HeroKiller: He has beaten guys like Wrestling/WataruSakata, Chris Haseman, KEI Yamamiya, Allan Goes and Wrestling/KiyoshiTamura. |
| 288 | * ICanStillFight: He protested his KO loss to Ricardo Arona, claiming he was only knocked down but not out. |
| 289 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Luta Livre]]: Learned at the Luta Livre Budokan Academy and at Ruas Vale Tudo. He is also a UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu 3rd degree black belt and trained at the Gracie Barra Combat Team and also trained in UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}, UsefulNotes/{{Capoeira}}, and is a Brazilian national champion in boxing and UsefulNotes/MuayThai. |
| 290 | * RedBaron: "Ximu". |
| 291 | * UnrelatedBrothers: He is not a member of the Machado jiu-jitsu family, as his full name is Gustavo Machado da Silva. Some sites list him as Gustavo Ximu to further avoid confusion. |
| 292 | * TheWorfEffect: Was TKO'ed by Ricardo Arona by leg kicks and punches. |
| 293 | |
| 294 | !!!João Ricardo |
| 295 | * TheApprentice: One of the first students of Roberto Leitao. |
| 296 | * BadassTeacher: Co-founded the Luta Livre Academia Budokan, the most famous Luta Livre school in the world. His students include Marco Ruas, Luis Alvez, Renato Sobral, Gustavo Machado, Carlos Clayton, Alexandre Ferreira, Johil de Oliveira, Pedro Ovatio, Pedro Rizzo, Alexandre Nogueira, Hugo Duarte, Ebenezer Fontes Braga, Evangelista Santos, among many others. |
| 297 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: With Hilbernon de Oliveira, the father of Johil de Oliveira. |
| 298 | * IKnowKarate: Was originally a Shotokan karateka with a black belt before he switched to Luta Livre, he is now a 9th degree black belt, the second highest rank in the art. |
| 299 | * NonActionGuy: Was only a cornerman for his fighters in RINGS. |
| 300 | * OldMaster: Is considered a Luta Livre grandmaster. |
| 301 | |
| 302 | !!!Marco Ruas |
| 303 | -->''"If they try to punch me and kick me, I throw them to the ground. If they try to throw me to the ground, I'll punch and kick."'' |
| 304 | |
| 305 | * AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Was beaten twice by Maurice Smith. |
| 306 | * TheApprentice: One of the last students of Euclydes Hatem. He also trained under Fausto Brunocilla, Carlos Brunocilla, Roberto Leitao, Joao Ricardo, Oswaldo Alves, Flavio Molina, Luiz Alves, Woo Jae Lee, and Mestre Camisa. |
| 307 | * AuthorityEqualsAssKicking: His name is on the team name. |
| 308 | * BadassFamily: His cousin Vinícius Ruas is a judoka and trained Marco in judo. |
| 309 | * BadassTeacher: Trained guys like Pedro Rizzo, Renato Babalu and Gustavo Ximu among many others. |
| 310 | * CarpetOfVirility |
| 311 | * DavidVersusGoliath: Was outweighed by all his opponents at UFC 7. His first, Larry Cureton outweighed him by 40 pounds, his second, Remco Pardoel outweighed him by 50 pounds, and his third, Paul Varelans outweighed him by 120 pounds. |
| 312 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: His dominant victories at UFC 7. |
| 313 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Luta Livre]]: An 8th dan black belt and the man who brought it to the spotlight in his UFC appearances. He also trained in UsefulNotes/{{Capoeira}}, UsefulNotes/MuayThai, is a 3rd dan black belt in UsefulNotes/{{Judo}} and a 1st dan black belt in UsefulNotes/{{Taekwondo}}, and is a Rio state boxing, and Greco-Roman wrestling champion. He also has an honorary UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu black belt under Joe Moreira. |
| 314 | * JackOfAllStats: One of the first complete fighters in MMA and is credited with popularizing cross-training in martial arts for MMA. |
| 315 | * NonActionGuy: He never actually fought or even appeared at a RINGS event. He just negotiated with Maeda to bring in his fighters. |
| 316 | * OddFriendship: With Joe Moreira. |
| 317 | * OverlyLongName: His full name is Marco Antônio de Lima Ruas. |
| 318 | * RedBaron: "The King of The Streets", "Dan'nochūnodan" ("Man Among Men"). |
| 319 | * ScrewedByTheNetwork: Believes he got screw out of the decision win against Oleg Taktarov at the 1995 Ultimate Ultimate. He states that he got his revenge against Oleg at the World Vale Tudo Championships which ended in a draw, but was clearly the more dominanting fighter, [[WorthyOpponent though he shook hands with Oleg after the fight]]. |
| 320 | * StartMyOwn: Created Ruas Vale Tudo, a fighting system that combined the elements of all the martial arts he trained in. |
| 321 | * UnknownRival: Has been calling for a fight with Rickson Gracie for years and even says he would come out of retirement for a chance to fight him. Rickson, of course just ignores him. |
| 322 | * TheWorfEffect: His fights with Maurice Smith and Wrestling/AlexanderOtsuka. |
| 323 | * WorfHadTheFlu: After his upset loss to Wrestling/AlexanderOtsuka, it was later revealed that Ruas fought under medication for hepatitis and a knee injury. |
| 324 | |
| 325 | !!!Renato Sobral |
| 326 | -->''"I’ve been taking head shots since I was 11 years old."'' |
| 327 | |
| 328 | * AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Was beaten twice by Dan Henderson and Chuck Lidell. |
| 329 | * TheApprentice: To Roberto Leitao, Roberto Leitao Filho, Luiz Alves, Joao Ricardo, Marco Ruas, and Roberto “Gordo” Correa. |
| 330 | * BadassTeacher: Head Instructor of Babalu's Iron Gym Cerritos. |
| 331 | * CharlesAtlasSuperpower: A very strong fighter and once ''threw'' Mikhail Ilyukhin out of the ring with little effort. |
| 332 | * GuestFighter: From Ruas Vale Tudo. |
| 333 | * HeroKiller: The guy was unstoppable, beating everybody at both King of Kings tournaments until he faced respectively Dan Henderson and Valentijn Overeem. He also defeated both Wrestling/KiyoshiTamura and Wrestling/TsuyoshiKohsaka via majority decision, as well as Wrestling/HiromitsuKanehara by unanimous decision. |
| 334 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Luta Livre]]: Trained at Ruas Vale Tudo and the Luta Livre Budokan Academy. He also knew Freestyle wrestling and UsefulNotes/MuayThai and was a champion in both, with him being a former member of the Brazilian Freestyle Wrestling National Team, is a 2nd degree black belt in UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu and trained with the Gracie Barra Combat Team. |
| 335 | * TheOneWhoWearsShoes: Wore shoes in RINGS, despite his background where he would be used to fighting without them. |
| 336 | * RedBaron: "Babalu", which is almost more famous than his actual last name. Apparently, his nickname comes from a brand of bubblegum he likes. |
| 337 | * UnstoppableForceMeetsImmovableObject: His fight with Tariel Bitsadze, which he won by armbar. |
| 338 | [[/folder]] |
| 339 | |
| 340 | [[folder:RINGS Bulgaria]] |
| 341 | !!Appeared in RINGS Japan |
| 342 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rings_fighting_network.JPG]] |
| 343 | [[caption-width-right:350:Unity Makes Strength]] |
| 344 | !!!Kiril Barbutov |
| 345 | * TheApprentice: To Yancho Patrikov. |
| 346 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Freestyle Wrestling]]: A 1987 national champion, competed in the 1992 Olympics, has participated in two World Cups, and won two bronze and a silver medals at the European Championships. He also trained in UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}} and was a 1992 world champion. |
| 347 | * {{Jobber}} |
| 348 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: His name is sometimes spelled as Kalil Valvitov. |
| 349 | * TheUnpronounceable |
| 350 | |
| 351 | !!!Alben Belinski |
| 352 | * BoxingBattler: A former professional boxer. |
| 353 | * DefeatingTheUndefeatable: His only loss in boxing was against Vitali Klitchko. |
| 354 | * HiddenDepths: Is a professional astrologist and healer. He was also a Bulgarian national skiing champion. |
| 355 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Boxing]]: And was a European and world champion in UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}. |
| 356 | * RealMenLoveJesus: Is a methodist. |
| 357 | * RedBaron: "Jedy" ("Poison"). |
| 358 | * TheUnpronounceable |
| 359 | |
| 360 | !!!Valentin Davidov |
| 361 | * BoxingBattler: Fought with boxing gloves on when possible. |
| 362 | * CoolTeacher: President and boxing coach for Boks Klub Akademik. |
| 363 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Boxing]]: A 10 time national champion, a two time Strandzha Cup champion, placed fifth in the 1993 World Amateur Boxing Championships, placed sixth in the 1994 European Championships, and also trained in UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}. |
| 364 | * {{Jobber}} |
| 365 | |
| 366 | !!!Sotir Gotchev |
| 367 | -->''"In Bulgaria I’m number 1 in freestyle wrestling. I’ll also prove that I’m number 1 in Rings."'' |
| 368 | |
| 369 | * EightiesHair: Quite close to a full mullet. |
| 370 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Freestyle Wrestling]]: A three time Bulgarian national champion, placed third in the 1988 European championships and was an alternate of the 1992 Olympic team. He also trained in UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}} and competed in amateur SumoWrestling. |
| 371 | * RedBaron: "Maboroshi no Gorin Daihyō" ("Phantom Olympic Representative"). |
| 372 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: Gotchev or Gochev? His name also gets spelt as Sotel Kachiev for some reason and his first name is also spelt as Satir. |
| 373 | * SuplexFinisher: Favoured using an assortment of suplexes, takedowns, throws and slams. He is probably best known for being able to legitimately do ''overhead'' belly-to-belly suplexes without cooperation. |
| 374 | * UnskilledButStrong: A pure wrestler with little skills in anything else. His throws and suplexes was excellent though. |
| 375 | |
| 376 | !!!Borislav Jeliazkov |
| 377 | -->''"Jeliazkov knows nothing but wrestling, but he's very good at it, so his match could go either way."'' |
| 378 | -->-- Dave Meltzer |
| 379 | |
| 380 | * DoNotCallMePaul: For some reason he is also known as Bobi Manekena in his hometown of Sofia, Bulgaria. |
| 381 | * IKnowKarate: A two time Bulgarian national champion, was part of the Bulgarian national team, and won international tournaments in Greece, Germany, and Macedonia. |
| 382 | * MrFanservice: Was the resident good looking kid of RINGS Bulgaria. |
| 383 | * PowerTrio: Was part of the Bulgarian team along with Dimitar Petkov and Todor Todorov for the World Mega Battle Tournament of 1998. |
| 384 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: His name is sometimes spelt as Borislav Zhelyazkov. |
| 385 | * TheUnpronounceable |
| 386 | * UnskilledButStrong: A wrestler with rather basic submission skills. |
| 387 | * UrExample: Was the first Bulgarian to officially fight in MMA. |
| 388 | |
| 389 | !!!Emil Krastev |
| 390 | * ADayInTheLimelight: TKO’ed Wrestling/WataruSakata during the RINGS Mega Battle Tournament Semi Finals. |
| 391 | * BoxingBattler: He fought with boxing gloves in RINGS when possible. |
| 392 | * CoolTeacher: Is now a UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} coach and owes a sports club called Vitalika. |
| 393 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Boxing]]: A national champion and represented Bulgaria in the 2000 Olympics in the light heavyweight division and was also an European UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} Champion. He also trained in UsefulNotes/{{Taekwondo}}. |
| 394 | * {{Jobber}} |
| 395 | * SpectacularSpinning: Threw out several spinning heel kicks in his match with Wrestling/WataruSakata. |
| 396 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: His name is also spelt as Kristev or Krŭstev. |
| 397 | |
| 398 | !!!Krassen Krastev |
| 399 | * AlliterativeName |
| 400 | * AuthorityEqualsAssKicking: Is the President of the Bulgarian Confederation of UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} and UsefulNotes/MuayThai. |
| 401 | * BoxingBattler: Fought with boxing gloves. |
| 402 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Boxing]]: He was also a UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} champion. |
| 403 | * {{Jobber}} |
| 404 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: His name is also spelt as Krasin Krŭstev, Krasen Krassev, and Krasen Krastsev. |
| 405 | |
| 406 | !!!Tsvetan Pavlov |
| 407 | * CarpetOfVirility: Had an impressive amount of chest hair. |
| 408 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}}: As well as UsefulNotes/{{Judo}} and was a junior national champion in both. |
| 409 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: His name was spelt as Cvetan Pavlov in RINGS. |
| 410 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Was the first RINGS Bulgaria fighter to debut and disappeared after only one match. |
| 411 | |
| 412 | !!!Dimitŭr Petkov |
| 413 | -->''"Petkov, who is 6-3, 334, and looked like a monster next to Yamamoto, overpowered him, hit a belly-to-belly (real rare to see suplexes in RINGS nowadays) and got a necklock submission in 3:32. This left a "tired" giant against 206-pound Kanehara. As a story it was good since Kanehara looked like a well-conditioned mini against a Gulliver-like monster who was blown up."'' |
| 414 | -->-- Dave Meltzer |
| 415 | |
| 416 | * AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: The head fighter of the RINGS Bulgaria team. |
| 417 | * TheBigGuy: Was the heaviest of the Bulgarian fighters and for a time the heaviest RINGS fighter. |
| 418 | * CarpetOfVirility |
| 419 | * ColourCodedForYourConvenience: Usually wore a pale green wrestling singlet. |
| 420 | * EmbarrassingNickname: Ryogaku Wada called him "Peto-chan". |
| 421 | * GlassCannon: Had very poor stamina. |
| 422 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Greco-Roman Wrestling]]: A Bulgarian national champion in 1977 with a silver medal in 1976, a 3 time national bronze medalist in freestyle and trained with the RINGS Japan guys in shoot and UsefulNotes/CatchWrestling. He also later competed in SumoWrestling. |
| 423 | * LeotardOfPower: An amateur wrestling one. |
| 424 | * MightyGlacier: Big, heavy and strong, but so slow. |
| 425 | * PowerTrio: Was part of the Bulgarian team along with Todor Todorov and Borislav Jeliazkov for the World Mega Battle Tournament of 1998. |
| 426 | * RealSongThemeTune: Used "Desert Island" by Cacophony. |
| 427 | * RedBaron: "Burugaria no Manmosu" ("Bulgarian Mammoth"). |
| 428 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: His name is also spelled as Dimitar, Dimitri or Dimitre. His surname has also been spelt as Petokov. |
| 429 | * StoutStrength |
| 430 | * SuplexFinisher: His main offense were throws and suplexes. |
| 431 | * TopHeavyGuy: Had this physique. |
| 432 | * UnskilledButStrong: Relied on his wrestling experience, size and strength as he didn’t really have much else. |
| 433 | |
| 434 | !!!Stefanov Petrov |
| 435 | * ICouldaBeenAContender: He was strong enough to throw Wrestling/MitsuyaNagai around, had ineffective but spirited striking and was a decent grappler though he needed more polish to be successful. Unfortunately he only had one match in RINGS, so we will never know how far he could have gone. |
| 436 | * IKnowKarate: A multiple time national and international medalist in UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}. He also trained in UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}} and was a junior wrestling champion. |
| 437 | * {{Jobber}}: Had only one match in RINGS against Wrestling/MitsuyaNagai, which he lost. |
| 438 | * SpectacularSpinning: Threw spinning backfists and kicks in his fight with Wrestling/MitsuyaNagai. |
| 439 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: His name is sometimes listed as Stepepanov Petrov. It is believed that his real name is Stefan Petrov. |
| 440 | * StoutStrength: 5ft 10, heavy build, and threw Wrestling/MitsuyaNagai around like a rag doll. |
| 441 | * UnskilledButStrong: Due to inexperience mostly. |
| 442 | |
| 443 | !!!Svilen Rusinov |
| 444 | * AuthorityEqualsAssKicking: Was the captain of the Olympic Bulgarian boxing team. He was also a deputy mayor of his hometown of Teteven. |
| 445 | * BoxingBattler: Fought with boxing gloves when possible. |
| 446 | * CarpetOfVirility |
| 447 | * HeroKiller: Has a victory over Vitali Klitschko in his amateur days. |
| 448 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Boxing]]: A Bulgarian amateur boxing national champion, was a multiple time medalist at the European and World Championships as well the World Cup, was a bronze medalist at the 1992 Olympics in the superheavyweight division and also competed in 1988 Olympics. He later had one professional boxing match which he won. |
| 449 | * RealNameAsAnAlias: Was sometimes introduced with his middle name Aldinov instead of his first name. |
| 450 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: Rusinov or Roussinov? |
| 451 | |
| 452 | !!!Mihail Simov |
| 453 | * BoxingBattler: Fought with boxing gloves when possible. |
| 454 | * CarpetOfVirility |
| 455 | * CoolTeacher: Owns a sports club called RONDIYA - SPORT and is a very prominent UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} and boxing coach in Bulgaria. |
| 456 | * ExpansionPackPast: He was also a member of SOBT, a special forces unit. |
| 457 | * IKnowKarate: As well as boxing and was a UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} national and European champion and bronze medalist at the world championships. He also trained a bit in amateur wrestling. |
| 458 | * {{Jobber}} |
| 459 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: He is also listed as Mikhail Simov. |
| 460 | |
| 461 | !!!Todor Todorov |
| 462 | -->''"Sambo is second to none!"'' |
| 463 | |
| 464 | * EightiesHair: A mullet. He did tie it up in a ponytail On occasion. |
| 465 | * AlliterativeName |
| 466 | * CoolTeacher: Is now a coach of Sports Club Lokomotiv Sofia Sambo - Judo. |
| 467 | * HiddenDepths: Founded "Flights and Adventures" in 2013. It "adventures" such as paragliding, kayaking, horseback riding, and biking. He has also participated in horse riding competitions. |
| 468 | * IKnowKarate: A multiple time Bulgarian national champion in UsefulNotes/{{Judo}} and UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}} and also won gold and bronze medals at the 1992 European and World Sambo Championships respectively. He has also trained in amateur wrestling and later learned UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu. |
| 469 | * LeotardOfPower: An amateur wrestling one. |
| 470 | * PowerTrio: Was part of the Bulgarian team along with Dimitar Petkov and Borislav Jeliazkov for the World Mega Battle Tournament of 1998. |
| 471 | |
| 472 | !!!Georgi Tonkov |
| 473 | -->''"The opponent of Lee was Georgi Tonkov who is an active international class judoist from Bulgaria. RINGS Bulgaria places their hopes on the judo giant, it is rumored that they want to feature him as an ace of RINGS Bulgaria and to provide their own show in Bulgaria."'' |
| 474 | -->-- Yoshi@Rising Flame, from a SFUK Submission Fighting UK forum dated 30th October 2001 |
| 475 | |
| 476 | * AlternateCompanyEquivalent: To RINGS Georgia's David Khakhaleishvili as they were both stocky and successful judokas and sambists on the international level, were brought to RINGS to give their respective branches much needed star power and had very short runs in RINGS. They have faced each other in UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}} competition with [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter Khakhaleishvili coming out on top]]. Both of them arguably had another one in RINGS Russia’s Suren Balachinsky. |
| 477 | * BrilliantButLazy: Many consider him one of the most talented Bulgarian judoka and sambist ever along with Georgi Georgiev, but they also noted that he trained much less than others but was physically very gifted from a very young age. |
| 478 | * ICouldaBeenAContender: Was brought into RINGS as his UsefulNotes/{{Judo}} and UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}} credentials would have made him [[BadassOnPaper the most decorated fighter in RINGS Bulgaria]] and was rumored that his expected success would eventually lead to a RINGS show in Bulgaria, but he did poorly in his fight with Lee Hasdell and left right after that fight. |
| 479 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}: Represented Bulgaria in the European, International, and World Championships and was a two time national champion in 2001 and 2002 with a silver in 2005. He also trained in UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}} and was a 9 time national champion, represented Bulgaria in the European Championships, winning gold in 1999 and 2001, bronze in 2000 and also won bronze medals at the 1996, 1999, and 2002 World Sambo Championships with silver medals in 1995, 2000, and 2003. |
| 480 | * StoutStrength: Was nearly 300 pounds. |
| 481 | |
| 482 | !!!Georgi Tsvetkov |
| 483 | * {{Acrofatic}}: Put on some weight after he retired from active sambo competition, though he busted out short cartwheels in his fight with Roberto Traven to escape being grabbed. |
| 484 | * AlternateCompanyEquivalent: Is one to RINGS Russia's Alexander Fedorov. Both were veteran UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}} world champions that became trainers for their respective stables and both threw themselves at UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu fighters and champions that were a lot younger and more experienced in MMA in their sole fights in RINGS. |
| 485 | * BadassTeacher: Was a trainer for RINGS Bulgaria. |
| 486 | * ChallengeSeeker: Threw himself at Roberto Traven in the latter's debut in RINGS and even led him to a majority decision win. To give some clarity, Tzvetkov was ''44'' years old and retired for many years and went in without gloves while Traven was 32 years old, a two time world champion in BJJ, the 1999 ADCC Absolute Division Champion with wins over John Machado, Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira, and Hayato Sakurai to win those championships and also won a Russian MMA tournament in 1997 by [[CurbStompBattle running through his opponents in less than 3 minutes each]]. |
| 487 | * CoolOldGuy: Definitely, though a RetiredBadass by his time in RINGS. |
| 488 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}}: Was the first Bulgarian to win a World Championship in 1982 and also won bronze in the 1979 world championships, with another bronze at the 1982 European championships and a 4 time national champion. He is also a 6 time national UsefulNotes/{{Judo}} champion and trained in Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestling. |
| 489 | * OldMaster: A legendary Bulgarian sambist and judoka since the 1970s and a trainer in retirement. |
| 490 | * TheSneakyGuy: Avoided and slipped out of all of Traven’s attempts at takedowns and grappling, despite not knowing if he could take Traven in stand-up striking, especially since he didn’t wear gloves for the fight. |
| 491 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: For some reason in English his name was spelt as Gueorguiev Tzvetkov or Georgiev Tsvetkov. |
| 492 | * TheUnpronounceable |
| 493 | * WrestlerInAllOfUs: Attempted a front dropkick near the end of his fight with Roberto Traven. |
| 494 | |
| 495 | !!Others |
| 496 | !!!Mikhail Apostolov |
| 497 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}}: A Bulgarian national champion, a 2004, 2005 and 2006 European bronze medalist and also won silver at the 2004 and 2005 World Sambo Championships. He also knew UsefulNotes/{{Judo}} and was a national champion and medalist. |
| 498 | * {{Jobber}}: Had one fight in RINGS against Fedor Emelianenko. |
| 499 | |
| 500 | !!!Bozhidar Boyadzhiev |
| 501 | * TheApprentice: To Petar Kasabov. |
| 502 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Freestyle Wrestling]]: A national champion, a Youth World Champion and medalist, two-time Olympian, and a member of Levski Sofia Wrestling Club in Sofia. |
| 503 | * {{Jobber}} |
| 504 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: Is listed as Kozhedar Baladiev on MMA sites |
| 505 | |
| 506 | !!!Veselin Bozhinov |
| 507 | * CarpetOfVirility |
| 508 | * CoolTeacher: Is now a MMA coach. |
| 509 | * IKnowKarate: A Kyokushin black belt and three time national champion, he was also a two time army UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} champion, a three time national champion and two time national championship runner-up. He also trained in UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}} and was a bronze medalist at the 2007 European Championships and also won bronze at the 2008 World TreX-Games. |
| 510 | * {{Jobber}} |
| 511 | * RedBaron: "The Elephant". |
| 512 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: His name is written as Vasilin Bazhirov on MMA sites. |
| 513 | |
| 514 | !!!Dimitŭr Doĭchinov |
| 515 | * AlliterativeName |
| 516 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}: As well as UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}}. |
| 517 | * {{Jobber}} |
| 518 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: His name is also spelt as Dimitar Doichinov. |
| 519 | |
| 520 | !!!Dian Hristov |
| 521 | * CoolTeacher: Is a UsefulNotes/{{Judo}} coach for Sports Club Judo "CSKA" and Sports Club "Olympic Hopes". |
| 522 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}: A national champion of Bulgaria and winner of international tournaments in Greece and Turkey. He also trained in UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}}. |
| 523 | * {{Jobber}} |
| 524 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: His name is also spelt as Deyan Khristov. |
| 525 | |
| 526 | !!!Aleksander Ivanov |
| 527 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Boxing]]: A national champion and won international tournaments in Turkey, Italy and Canada. |
| 528 | * {{Jobber}} |
| 529 | * StoutStrength: Fought in the superheavyweight division in boxing. |
| 530 | |
| 531 | !!!Martin Lazarov |
| 532 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Freestyle Wrestling]]: A national champion, part of the national team, and a 1997 European Youth silver medalist. |
| 533 | %%* {{Jobber}} |
| 534 | * LeotardOfPower: Wore an amateur wrestling one in his fight with Mikhail Ilyukhin. |
| 535 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: Lazarov or Lazarev? |
| 536 | |
| 537 | !!!Georgi Nikolov |
| 538 | %%* [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Judo}} |
| 539 | |
| 540 | !!!Stoyan Saladinov |
| 541 | %%* AlliterativeName |
| 542 | %%* TheApprentice: To Nikola Zahariev. |
| 543 | * BadassTeacher: Trained Bulgarian Commandos, "Spetsializiran Otryad Za Borba S Terorizma" ("Specialized Anti-Terrorism Task Force") and is also a MMA trainer to many Bulgarians like Blagoi Ivanov, Rossen Dimitrov, Marco Kossev, Kamen Georgiev, Tihomir Blagovestov, Nikola Dipchikov, Martin Marinkov and many others. |
| 544 | * FriendToAllChildren: Is a advocate for "Detsa Sreshtu Drogata" ("Children Against Drugs"). |
| 545 | * GeniusBruiser: Has a doctorate in Pedagogical Sciences |
| 546 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}: As well as UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}}, freestyle wrestling, and UsefulNotes/{{Karate}} and was a multiple time national champion in all of them. |
| 547 | * RealMenLoveJesus: Is a christian. |
| 548 | * UrExample: Is considered the father of combat sambo in Bulgaria. |
| 549 | |
| 550 | !!!Tsvetko Tsvetkov |
| 551 | * AlliterativeName |
| 552 | * AxCrazy: Suffers from paranoid schizophrenia and was put in jail for strangling his own mother. |
| 553 | * BeardOfEvil |
| 554 | * {{Bouncer}}: Worked as a security guard when he was not fighting. |
| 555 | * CarpetOfVirility |
| 556 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}: A multiple time national champion in this and UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}} with two silver medals in 1999 and 2000 and a bronze in 1997 in the European sambo championships, and bronze medals at the 1995 and 2001 world sambo championships. |
| 557 | * {{Jobber}}: Had one MMA fight in RINGS against Wrestling/VolkHan. |
| 558 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: His name is also spelt as Cvetko Cvetkov. |
| 559 | * TheUnpronounceable |
| 560 | |
| 561 | !!!Nikola Zahariev |
| 562 | -->''"Mr. Zahariev was incredible organizer, speaker and very daring person. He always has something to show and something to teach us, his students."'' |
| 563 | -->-- Stoyan Saladinov |
| 564 | |
| 565 | * AuthorityEqualsAssKicking: Is an honorary vice chairman of the World Sambo Federation and a longtime vice-head of the sambo division of the CSKA (Central Sports Club of the Army) in Sofia, Bulgaria. |
| 566 | * BadassTeacher: Was the head trainer of RINGS Bulgaria. |
| 567 | * CoolOldGuy: Definitely, he was born on 15 May ''1938''. |
| 568 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}}: As well as amateur wrestling. |
| 569 | * NonActionGuy: Was the manager of RINGS Bulgaria and didn't compete there. |
| 570 | * OldMaster: A long time Bulgarian sambo coach and was an amateur wrestling coach since 1971, a few years before he even learned UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}}. |
| 571 | * OldSoldier: Was a Colonel in the Bulgarian Armed Forces. |
| 572 | [[/folder]] |
| 573 | |
| 574 | [[folder:RINGS France]] |
| 575 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/snake_team_1.jpg]] |
| 576 | [[caption-width-right:350:School of the Super Strikers]] |
| 577 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/french_konnection.jpg]] |
| 578 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[Film/TheProfessional The Professionals]]]] |
| 579 | !!!Cyrille Diabaté |
| 580 | * AuthorityEqualsAssKicking: The head fighter of Snake Team, the French Konnection and RINGS France. |
| 581 | * {{Bouncer}}: Before his fighting career. |
| 582 | * CoolTeacher: He owns a gym, Snake Team. He was also frequently seen as a striking coach for Team Henderson in season 9 of The Ultimate Fighter. |
| 583 | * FrenchJerk |
| 584 | * TheGiant: Standing 6’6” tall and sporting an 81.5” reach. |
| 585 | * GuestFighter: Had one fight in RINGS against Rodney Glunder. |
| 586 | * IKnowKarate: Shidokan UsefulNotes/{{Karate}} and also trained in savate and UsefulNotes/MuayThai. He also trained with Team Quest and American UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} Academy for MMA and grappling. |
| 587 | * RedBaron: "The Snake", "Hiza Keri Orochi" ("Knee Strike Serpent"). |
| 588 | |
| 589 | !!!Marc Emmanuel |
| 590 | * TheApprentice: To Bas Boon. |
| 591 | * IKnowKarate: Knew UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu and also trained in UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} at Team Boon. |
| 592 | * RedBaron: "Manu". |
| 593 | * StoutStrength: Was about 300 ibs. |
| 594 | |
| 595 | !!!Christophe Lardot |
| 596 | * TheApprentice: To Cyrille Diabaté. |
| 597 | * FrenchJerk |
| 598 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} |
| 599 | |
| 600 | !!!Cheick Ouedraogo |
| 601 | * BadassFamily: He is a cousin of rugby star Fulgence Ouedraogo, the French back-rower. |
| 602 | * CombatPragmatist: Has intentionally fouled in his matches to get the upper hand. |
| 603 | * CoolTeacher: Has his own gym, Kongo Smashin' Club. |
| 604 | * FrenchJerk / ScaryBlackMan: Born to a Burkinabé father and a Congolese mother in Paris, France. |
| 605 | * HeroKiller: Has victories over Hans Njman, Joop Kasteel, and Mirko Filipović. |
| 606 | * IKnowKarate: A black belt in UsefulNotes/{{Karate}} and UsefulNotes/{{Kendo}}. He later learned UsefulNotes/MuayThai, UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}, Savate and Greco-Roman wrestling at age of 16. At age 19, he studied Pencak Silat Setia Hati Terate and was coached by Charles Joussot and Franck Ropers, men who brought silat to France. He later trained for MMA under Shooto veteran Daniel Quoniam. |
| 607 | * RedBaron: "Kongo" which is most well known than his real surname, "The African Gladiator", "The French Sensation". |
| 608 | [[/folder]] |
| 609 | |
| 610 | [[folder:RINGS Georgia]] |
| 611 | !!Appeared in RINGS Japan |
| 612 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rings_fighting_network_1.JPG]] |
| 613 | [[caption-width-right:350:Strength Is In Unity]] |
| 614 | !!!Amiran Bitsadze |
| 615 | * AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Once had a match in RINGS against Tariel to determine who was the better fighter. Tariel won of course. |
| 616 | * TheApprentice: To Shokei Matsui. |
| 617 | * BashBrothers: With Tariel. |
| 618 | * BattleStrip: In the 1998 Mega Battle Tournament Finals against Joop Van Kasteel, where he started in his gi top but took it off after a rope escape. |
| 619 | * BigLittleBrother: Downplayed as while his Tariel weighed more than him, Amiran was actually taller. |
| 620 | * CarpetOfVirility: Not as much as his brother though. |
| 621 | * TheGiant: Was slightly taller than his brother who was about 6ft 7 and was himself almost 300 pounds. |
| 622 | * IKnowKarate: From the Kyokushin kind like his brother. A 1991 Georgian national champion, competed in the 1999 World Championships, but was taken out by Brazilian karateka Glaude Feitosa and also competed in the 2003 Championships, but didn’t past his first match. |
| 623 | * {{Jobber}}: Despite his size and striking prowess, he rarely won any of his RINGS matches. |
| 624 | * PowerTrio: Was part of the Georgian team along with Tariel and Grom Zaza for the World Mega Battle Tournament of 1998. Team Georgia won that tournament. |
| 625 | * RealSongThemeTune: Used "Scoff" by Music/{{Nirvana}}. |
| 626 | * SpectacularSpinning: Another thing he shared with his brother was his use of spinning kicks. He was however lighter and a lot more agile that his brother and could do [[{{Acrofatic}} jumping spinning kicks]] with ease, multiple times in a match. |
| 627 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: Is it Ameran or Amiran? |
| 628 | * TagAlongKid: Was in RINGS mostly for being Tariel's younger brother. Which is odd considering he appeared before Tariel debuted. |
| 629 | * TheUnpronounceable: Like his brother. |
| 630 | * WalkingShirtlessScene: Inverted. For some reason he usually wore either his gi top or a singlet with his gi pants instead of going shirtless like the other karatekas. |
| 631 | |
| 632 | !!!Tariel Bitsadze |
| 633 | -->''"The way he uses his physical build is outstanding. He is built like a [[HumongousMecha giant robot.]]"'' |
| 634 | -->-- Wrestling/AkiraMaeda |
| 635 | |
| 636 | * {{Acrofatic}}: Capable of pulling off axe kicks, spinning kicks and on rare occasions; jumping spinning kicks despite his size. |
| 637 | * AlternateCompanyEquivalent: Was probably one to Pancrase’s Semmy Schilt, another giant karateka that caused trouble for other fighters due to his size and striking power. |
| 638 | * TheApprentice: To Shokei Matsui. |
| 639 | * AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Was the head of the RINGS Georgia team. He is also the head of the Georgian branch of the International Karate Organization Kyokushinkaikan. |
| 640 | * BashBrothers: With Amiran. |
| 641 | * TheBigGuy: Was the heaviest of the Georgian fighters. |
| 642 | * CarpetOfVirility: Chest and shoulders. |
| 643 | * ColossusClimb: Due to his size, he could grab the ropes from nearly anywhere to escape submissions and provided a lot of problems to opponents who couldn’t take him down. |
| 644 | * CoolTeacher: Is now a Kyokushin UsefulNotes/{{Karate}} instructor. |
| 645 | * {{Expy}}: With his gi pants, CarpetOfVirility, and UsefulNotes/{{Karate}} expertise, he looks basically like a bigger version of Creator/ChuckNorris's character in Creator/BruceLee's Film/WayOfTheDragon. |
| 646 | * TheGiant: 6ft 7 and over 300 pounds of Georgian mass. |
| 647 | * GlassCannon: A stamina one. |
| 648 | * HiddenDepths: According to Chris Haseman, Tariel was not your typical one-dimensional striker and knew how to choke for real. In an unrelated note, Tariel also has the Georgian record in shot put. |
| 649 | * IKnowKarate: From the Kyokushin kind. One defeat to the legendary Andy Hug took him away from the world championship in 1991. He also participated in the 1995 and 1999, but had to quit in the former due to a hand injury and was eliminated by Aleksandr Pitchkunov in the latter, both of them at the fourth round. He also competed in the 2007 Championships but didn’t past his first match. |
| 650 | * MightyGlacier: Slow but hard hitting. |
| 651 | * OldSoldier: Quite literally: he fought in the Georgian Civil War. |
| 652 | * PowerTrio: Was the captain of the Georgian team along with his brother Amiran and Grom Zaza for the World Mega Battle Tournament of 1998. Team Georgia won that tournament. |
| 653 | * RealSongThemeTune: "In Yer Face (Facially Yours Remix)" by 808 State. |
| 654 | * RedBaron: "Tsuyoshi Kobushi" ("Strong Fist"), "Karate Sanmyaku" ("Karate Mountain"), "Giant Robo". |
| 655 | * ShoutOut: Maeda’s description of Tariel is possibly one to Manga/GiantRobo. |
| 656 | * SpectacularSpinning: Favored spinning kicks (high, low, and even jumping), despite his size. |
| 657 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: RINGS sometimes spelt his first name as Tarieli. |
| 658 | * StoutStrength: Had a huge waist. |
| 659 | * TheUnpronounceable: Good luck trying to spell his surname. |
| 660 | * UnstoppableForceMeetsImmovableObject: His matches with Dick Vrij, Joop Kasteel, Gilbert Yvel and Renato Sobral. |
| 661 | |
| 662 | !!!Ramaz Buzariashvili |
| 663 | * AuthorityEqualsAssKicking: Was the original head fighter of RINGS Georgia. |
| 664 | * ChildSoldiers: He was in his 20s when he debuted in RINGS but he was part of the Georgian Armed Forces in his teens when Georgia was still part of the USSR. |
| 665 | * ICouldaBeenAContender: Was considered the best of the Georgian fighters, before Tariel Bitsadze and Grom Zaza caught up anyway. He even debuted against Wrestling/AkiraMaeda. Unfortunately his run in RINGS was cut short due to an unspecified injury, so we’ll never know what his full potential could have looked like. |
| 666 | * GameBreakingInjury: Injuries cut his RINGS career short before they went into full shoots. |
| 667 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Chidaoba]]: Is considered a master and champion of this Georgian jacket wrestling style. He also knew UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}} and was six time Georgian national champion and a 1986 USSR champion (possibly, it is unclear if it is actually him or another guy with the same surname), and also trained in Greco-Roman and Freestyle Wrestling with a Soviet Union Junior Championship in freestyle. |
| 668 | * RealSongThemeTune: Used "Black Masquerade" by Ritchie Blackmore's Music/{{Rainbow}}. |
| 669 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: Ramaz or Ramazi? Also Buzariashvili or Busariashvili? Also some sites list him as Ramaji Buzoriashivilli for some reason. |
| 670 | * UnskilledButStrong: Not a great striker and nor that good of a submission technician, but he was a high level wrestler and could even takedown and throw guys like Chris Dolman and easily threw around Wrestling/VolkHan in a friendly chidaoda sparring session (though Han first easily twisted him up in a friendly UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}} sparring session). |
| 671 | * TheUnpronounceable: Yep. |
| 672 | |
| 673 | !!!Vladimer Chanturia |
| 674 | * BoxingBattler: Wore gloves in RINGS |
| 675 | * CoolTeacher: Is a boxing coach for the national team. |
| 676 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Boxing]]: A bronze medalist in the 2000 Olympics, winner of international tournaments in Dagestan, Bulgaria, and Azerbaijan, was a bronze medalist at the Military World Games, and also won silver at the 1998 European Cup. He was also a professional boxer and won a national heavyweight championship. He also has some experience in UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}} and amateur wrestling. |
| 677 | * {{Jobber}}: Lost to a young Alistair Overeem in his only match for RINGS. |
| 678 | * RedBaron: "Midnight Train". |
| 679 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: His name is also spelt as Vladimir Tchanturia. |
| 680 | * TheUnpronounceable: Indeed. |
| 681 | |
| 682 | !!!Levan Ebanoidze |
| 683 | * CarpetOfVirility |
| 684 | * CoolTeacher: Is now a sumo coach. His most famous student is Levan Tsaguria, sumo name "Kokkai Futoshi", the first professional Georgian sumo wrestler. |
| 685 | * HiddenDepths: He founded the LG SUMO Construction Company. |
| 686 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] SumoWrestling: The first Georgian to win an European and world championship. He also knew freestyle wrestling and chidaoba and was a European and USSR Youth champion in freestyle. |
| 687 | * RedBaron: "Tigr" (Georgian spelling of "Tiger"). |
| 688 | * StoutStrength: A Georgian sumo wrestler. |
| 689 | * TheUnpronounceable: Which is why he was introduced as Tigr Levani. |
| 690 | * UnskilledButStrong: A typical RINGS Georgia wrestler who is good at throws and takedowns but not much else. |
| 691 | |
| 692 | !!!Bakur Gogitidze |
| 693 | * AuthorityEqualsAssKicking: Was a former President of the Georgian Wrestling Federation from 2004 to 2005. It was more of case of {{Cincinnatus}} as he was the previous vice-president when the previous president Gocha Dzasokhov was elected Chairman of the Central Council of the Dynamo Sports and Fitness Society. |
| 694 | * BrattyHalfPint: Subverted, he was the shortest and youngest regular fighter in his stable, but he never caused any problems while he was in RINGS. |
| 695 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Greco-Roman Wrestling]]: Was a 1989 USSR Youth champion, a 1993 World Junior Champion, won a silver medal at the 1994 World Championships, placed sixth in the 1996 and 1997 European Championships, and competed in the 100kg division at the 1996 Olympics. He also trained in a bit of boxing under Georgi Kandelaki. |
| 696 | * LeotardOfPower: Wore an amateur wrestling one on occasion, he mostly wore short tights in RINGS. |
| 697 | * PintSizedPowerhouse: Was notably the shortest guy in his stable, but that didn't stop him from deadlift suplexing some of the bigger and heavier guys he faced. |
| 698 | * RealSongThemeTune: Used "Dead Peoples Lives" by Jesus Jones. |
| 699 | * RedBaron: "Suplex Man". |
| 700 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: RINGS spelled his name as Bakouri Gogitidze. |
| 701 | * SuplexFinisher: Had an affinity for suplexes and slams. |
| 702 | * TheUnpronounceable: No doubt. |
| 703 | * UnskilledButStrong: Continued the RINGS Georgia tradition of its wrestlers being incredible with throws, suplexes, and takedowns but almost nothing else. He was however strong enough to choke out Mikhail Ilyukhin. |
| 704 | |
| 705 | !!!Georgi Kandelaki |
| 706 | -->''"In amateur boxing, I’ve won the world championship. I want to showcase my capabilities in the professional ring as well."'' |
| 707 | |
| 708 | * TheApprentice: To Zurab Gunia and Tarash Kandelaki. |
| 709 | * AuthorityEqualsAssKicking: Founded the Georgian Professional Boxing Association and became its president. He was also the president of the Georgian Amateur Boxing Association from 2002 to 2006. |
| 710 | * BadassFamily: His father Tarash Kandelaki is also a boxer and introduced Georgi to the sport. |
| 711 | * BoxingBattler: Always fought with boxing gloves whenever he could. |
| 712 | * CoolTeacher: Is now a boxing coach. |
| 713 | * EyeScream: Retired from boxing after an eye injury. |
| 714 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Boxing]]: Represented Georgia at the 1996 Olympic Games, claimed a World Amateur title in 1997 (the first of his people to so do) with a silver medal in 1993, won the 1992 Junior World Championships, won an European amateur championship in 1993, and held the World Boxing Union Heavyweight title in 2002 through to 2003 as a professional boxer and retired unbeaten after 24 fights as a pro (though he did not meet a serious opponent). |
| 715 | * RealSongThemeTune: Used "Ready or Not" by Europe. |
| 716 | * RedBaron: "Ringusu de Bokushingu suru Otoko" ("RINGS Boxing Man"). |
| 717 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: Kandelaki or Keandelaki? Also Georgi or Giorgi? RINGS also spelt his first name as Gueorgui. |
| 718 | * TeenGenius: Was 18 when he debuted in RINGS. |
| 719 | * TheUnpronounceable: Sure. |
| 720 | |
| 721 | !!!David Khakhaleishvili |
| 722 | -->''"In 1996, Russian Judo competitor, David Khakhaleichvili was the defending Olympic Heaveyweight Champ and the favorite to win the Gold in Atlanta. He was told by an official that he was to weigh in (why would a heavyweight have to weigh in?) and given an address to go to. It turned out that he was sent to the wrong building, didn't make the weigh in and was refused the chance to compete. He had to sit in the stands and watch - Screwed!"'' |
| 723 | -->-- [[Wrestling/AllenCoage "Bad News" Allen Coage]] |
| 724 | |
| 725 | * BadassFamily: His son, Rostomi is also an accomplished judoka. |
| 726 | * CoolTeacher: Became a UsefulNotes/{{Judo}} and sambo trainer after he retired. One of his students is professional sumo wrestler Gagamaru Masaru (real name: Teimuraz Jugheli), who trained under Khakhaleishvili in judo and sambo before he took up sumo. |
| 727 | * HeroKiller: Defeated Wrestling/NaoyaOgawa for his Olympic gold medal. |
| 728 | * ICouldaBeenAContender: Was brought into RINGS to give RINGS Georgia a sort of [[TheAce ace figure]], but he didn't do as well as expected and left RINGS after a few matches. |
| 729 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}: An accomplished judoka representing Georgia, with medals in the USSR, European, and World Championships, and won the Olympic gold medal in the +95kg division in 1992 representing the unified Olympic team and is considered the first official Georgian Olympic gold medalist. He even did a Judo exhibition with Bakur Gogitidze in his debut for RINGS. He is also a 2 time UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}} world champion. |
| 730 | * TheRival: With Wrestling/NaoyaOgawa in UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}. They battled on the mats multiple times, with Ogaya besting Khakhaleishvili for the gold at the 1991 World Championships and Khakhaleishvili besting Ogaya for the gold at the 1992 Olympics. |
| 731 | * ScrewedByTheNetwork: He didn't compete at the 1996 Olympics because he was told by an official that he had to weigh in and was given an address to go to. It turned out that he was sent to the wrong building, didn't make the weigh in and was disqualified. |
| 732 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: David or Davit? |
| 733 | * StoutStrength: Had a wide waist. |
| 734 | * TheUnpronounceable: Noticing a pattern yet? |
| 735 | |
| 736 | !!!Siera Khvitcha |
| 737 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Greco-Roman Wrestling]]: A 1989 European Youth Champion. He also received some basic UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}} training under Wrestling/VolkHan, who was in his corner during his sole RINGS match. |
| 738 | * {{Jobber}}: Had only one match in RINGS against Kiril Barbutov that ended in a draw. |
| 739 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: His name is sometimes spelled as Sirra Fubicha. |
| 740 | * TheUnpronounceable: Yes. |
| 741 | * WrestlerInAllOfUs: Pulled off a flying headscissors takedown in his match against Kiril Barbutov. |
| 742 | |
| 743 | !!!Koba Kupatadze |
| 744 | * AlliterativeName |
| 745 | * CarpetOfVirility |
| 746 | * {{Determinator}}: In a match with Herman Renting, he got suplexed on his head and got a cut on his head drawing blood. Instead of forfeiting, he continued to fight for about 7 minutes before tapping out to a leg lock. |
| 747 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}}: A bronze medalist at 1992 European Championships. He also trained in UsefulNotes/{{Judo}} and amateur wrestling. |
| 748 | * RedBaron: "Shtorm" ("Storm"). |
| 749 | * StoutStrength |
| 750 | * TheUnpronounceable: Was never introduced with his surname. |
| 751 | * UnskilledButStrong: Was more of a thrower than a submission seeker. |
| 752 | |
| 753 | !!!Zurab Sarsania |
| 754 | * BoxingBattler: Fought with boxing gloves on. |
| 755 | * DownerEnding: Died in September 1994, he was only 21. |
| 756 | * HeroKiller: Has a victory over Ukrainian heavyweight boxing ace Wladimir Klitschko in his amateur days. |
| 757 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Boxing]]: A 2 time USSR champion, an European championship silver medalist, a world championship medalist and part of the Georgian national team. |
| 758 | * StoutStrength: Competed as a super heavyweight class in boxing. |
| 759 | * TheUnpronounceable: Surprisingly averted. |
| 760 | |
| 761 | !!!Tengiz Tedoradze |
| 762 | * AlliterativeName |
| 763 | * TheApprentice: To Djoni Rehviašvili. |
| 764 | * CarpetOfVirility |
| 765 | * CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Easily threw around Koichiro Kimura in his debut, though he lost by submission. From deadlifting him into suplexes multiple times, to escaping a submission attempt by ''military pressing'' Koichiro off him. |
| 766 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Greco-Roman Wrestling]]: A bronze medalist in the European and world championships. He also trained in UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}}. |
| 767 | * OddNameOut: Didn’t get a nickname in RINGS, they just shortened his last and put it in front of his first name. |
| 768 | * RedBaron: "Gladiator". |
| 769 | * TheUnpronounceable: Was for some reason introduced as Ted Tenguiz. |
| 770 | * UnskilledButStrong: A typical RINGS Georgia wrestler. |
| 771 | |
| 772 | !!!Koba Tkeshelashvili |
| 773 | * TheApprentice: To Vano Nikoladze. |
| 774 | * AuthorityEqualsAssKicking: Is the president of the Georgian Pankration, Grappling & MMA Federation. |
| 775 | * BashBrothers: With Zaza. |
| 776 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Freestyle Wrestling]]: Like his brother. |
| 777 | * OneSteveLimit: Averted, since he shares his first name with Shtorm Koba. |
| 778 | * RammingAlwaysWorks: Deconstructed, he drove in for a double leg takedown on Tsuyoshi Kosaka, only to get knees in the face for KO loss. |
| 779 | * RealMenWearPink: Wore pink shorts in his fight with Wrestling/TsuyoshiKohsaka. |
| 780 | * RedBaron: "Grom" like his brother. |
| 781 | * TagAlongKid: He was in RINGS basically for being Zaza's brother. |
| 782 | * TheUnpronounceable: Like his brother he is better known as Grom Koba or Koba Grom. |
| 783 | |
| 784 | !!!Zaza Tkeshelashvili |
| 785 | -->''"Zaza, a former Olympic wrestler, took Morais, a 6-8, muscular 265 pounder down at the bell and mainly controlled him in boring fashion, throwing a few punches here and there. The crowd was chanting for Zaza since Morais could never get control. Morais got one brief reversal, but Zaza reversed back almost immediately. Morais had the guard on most of the way and really this match could have been a draw, although the crowd was so into seeing Zaza on top and chanting for him that it was a unanimous decision."'' |
| 786 | -->-- Dave Meltzer |
| 787 | |
| 788 | * TheAce: Was arguably the best fighter of RINGS Georgia as he was athletic, strong, and unlike most of his countrymen learned eventually and could submit people. |
| 789 | * AlternateCompanyEquivalent: Arguably to Victor Zangiev. |
| 790 | * TheApprentice: To Vano Nikoladze. |
| 791 | * AuthorityEqualsAssKicking: Is a member of the Presidium of the Georgian Wrestling Federation. |
| 792 | * BashBrothers: With Koba. |
| 793 | * BoringButPractical: His fight with Ricardo Morais saw him takedown and pin Morais on his back for most of the fight. Though it may count more as MundaneMadeAwesome due to their size and weight difference. |
| 794 | * CoolTeacher: Works now as a physical education teacher. |
| 795 | * ExpansionPackPast: Before his RINGS career, he worked as part of the Georgian Security Police Department, most notably as a bodyguard for Eduard Shevardnadze before he became the second president of Georgia. |
| 796 | * GeniusBruiser: Aside from wrestler and fighter, Zaza is also a fully qualified veterinarian. |
| 797 | * ICanStillFight: Lost to Bobby Hoffman by KO, but he protested the decision as he was only knocked down and still conscious when the referee stopped the fight. |
| 798 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Freestyle Wrestling]]: Was a member of the Georgian Olympic team, competed in the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, was a 1986 European Champion, a World Cup winner and a 4 time Soviet Champion. He also learned UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}} to learn about leg locks and even had a sambo exhibition on one of the RINGS shows with Tomoyuki Horigome. He also knows a traditional Georgian jacket folk wrestling style called chidaoba. |
| 799 | * TheParagon: Similar to Wrestling/VolkHan, he was probably the best fighter of RINGS Georgia and was their only member who was fit and athletic and not pintoresquely overweighted. |
| 800 | * PowerTrio: Was part of the Georgian team along with Amiran and Tariel Bitsadze for the World Mega Battle Tournament of 1998. Team Georgia won that tournament. |
| 801 | * RealSongThemeTune: "Kurski Funk" by Paul Winter & Friends. |
| 802 | * RedBaron: "Grom" ("Thunder"). |
| 803 | * SilverFox: Had silver hair. |
| 804 | * TheUnpronounceable: Which is why most of sites list him as Grom Zaza or Zaza Grom. |
| 805 | * UnskilledButStrong: He was mostly a wrestler, but his takedowns were fearsome, and [[TookALevelInBadass he later put effort in learning about leglocks]]. |
| 806 | * UnstoppableForceMeetsImmovableObject: He faced Brazilian giant Ricardo Morais in a vale tudo fight and won the decision and avenged Mikhail Ilyukhin and Wrestling/YoshihisaYamamoto’s losses to Morais (as well as Yuri Kochkine’s brutal draw against him). |
| 807 | |
| 808 | !!!Andrei Turmanidze |
| 809 | * CoolTeacher: Was the former head coach of the Georgian National Freestyle Wrestling team. |
| 810 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Freestyle Wrestling]]: Competed in the 1996 Olympics and was part of the Georgian Freestyle wrestling team. He is also a 1987 European Champion, won silver medals in the 1989 and 1991 World Cup and placed 4th in the 1993 and 1995 World Championships. |
| 811 | * LeotardOfPower: Wore a blue amateur wrestling one against Fred Oosterom. |
| 812 | * OddNameOut: Is the only renamed fighter to be renamed with a common first name rather than an animal or storm themed name, though Andrei does mean either warrior, brave or manly. |
| 813 | * OneSteveLimit: Apparently his real name is Zaza Turmanidze, he was renamed in RINGS so people wouldn't confused him for Grom Zaza. |
| 814 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: He name was sometimes listed as Andre Tourminadze. |
| 815 | * TheUnpronounceable: So much so that he is sometimes introduced as Andre Ruminezei for some reason. |
| 816 | * UnskilledButStrong: Typical RINGS Georgia wrestler. |
| 817 | |
| 818 | !!Others |
| 819 | !!!Vepcho Bardanashvili |
| 820 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Amateur Wrestling]] |
| 821 | * {{Jobber}} |
| 822 | * TheUnpronounceable: Indubitably. |
| 823 | |
| 824 | !!!Nodar Ekvtimishvili |
| 825 | * TheApprentice: To Guram Papitashvili. |
| 826 | * AuthorityEqualsAssKicking: He the former president of the Georgian Sambo Federation from 1991 to 2004. |
| 827 | * BadassTeacher: Was the head trainer for RINGS Georgia. |
| 828 | * CoolOldGuy: He's in his 70s now. |
| 829 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}}: A USSR Championship silver medalist in 1974. He also trained in UsefulNotes/{{Judo}} and amateur wrestling. |
| 830 | * NonActionGuy: Was the manager of RINGS Georgia. |
| 831 | * OldMaster: A long time UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}} coach for the Georgian national teams. |
| 832 | * TheUnpronounceable: Another one. |
| 833 | |
| 834 | !!!Gega Gegeshidze |
| 835 | * AlliterativeName |
| 836 | * AuthorityEqualsAssKicking: Is the current president of the Georgian Wrestling Federation. |
| 837 | * {{Bouncer}}: Used to work as a bodyguard for the Georgian interior minister. |
| 838 | * DoNotCallMePaul: It is said his real name first name is Tamaz. |
| 839 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Greco-Roman Wrestling]]: Part of the Georgian national team. |
| 840 | |
| 841 | !!!Levon Lagvilava |
| 842 | * AlliterativeName |
| 843 | * {{Bouncer}}: Works at a nightclub in France as a chief security guard. |
| 844 | * GameBreakingInjury: Retired from fighting due to injury of the cervical vertebrae. |
| 845 | * IKnowKarate: A Kyokushin black belt and also trained in amateur wrestling. |
| 846 | * {{Jobber}} |
| 847 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: Levon or Levan? |
| 848 | |
| 849 | !!!Ilya Tlashadze |
| 850 | * CoolTeacher: Is a boxing coach for the national team. |
| 851 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Boxing]]: A former professional boxer. He also placed third in the 1994 Amateur Boxing Junior World Championships. |
| 852 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: His name is sometimes listed as Ilja or Ilia. |
| 853 | * TheUnpronounceable: Right. |
| 854 | [[/folder]] |
| 855 | |
| 856 | [[folder:RINGS Holland]] |
| 857 | See Characters/UniversalWrestlingFederationRINGSHolland |
| 858 | [[/folder]] |
| 859 | |
| 860 | [[folder:RINGS Japan]] |
| 861 | !!Official Fight Team |
| 862 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rings_japan_1.jpg]] |
| 863 | [[caption-width-right:350:The Forefathers of Maeda-ism]] |
| 864 | !!!Hiroyuki Ito |
| 865 | * TheApprentice: To Wrestling/TsuyoshiKohsaka, Wrestling/AkiraMaeda, and Carley Gracie. |
| 866 | * ColourCodedForYourConvenience: Usually wore black trunks with The Alliance-Square gym logo, along with black knee and shin pads and boots. |
| 867 | * IKnowKarate: Seidokaikan UsefulNotes/{{Karate}} and also trained in Japanese and later UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu at the Carley Gracie Academy. He later trained as part of The Alliance after RINGS closed. |
| 868 | * OvershadowedByAwesome: Joined RINGS in 2001 and never got off the ground before the promotion folded down. |
| 869 | * RedBaron: "Kuroi Pantsu no Ganko-sha" ("Black Pants Stubborn Guy"), "Saigo no Ringusu Japan" ("The Last of RINGS Japan"). |
| 870 | |
| 871 | !!!Wrestling/TsuyoshiKohsaka |
| 872 | |
| 873 | !!!Wrestling/MitsuyaNagai |
| 874 | |
| 875 | !!!Yasuhito Namekawa |
| 876 | -->''"Namekawa's career started on the undercard of early, worked-shoot RINGS events, but his crisp, technical grappling translated well to legitimate shootfights--to a point. Namekawa went 4-8 in his first two years of professional (real) fighting within RINGS, some of which can be blamed on particularly stiff competition that included larger, more experienced fighters like Chris Haseman, Willie Peeters, Alistair Overeem, Lee Hasdell and even the old wolf Volk Han himself. It was an entirely familiar career trajectory for fighters transitioning from shoot-style wrestling, and when RINGS sent Namekawa to America as a part of their RINGS USA initiative, it was more as a warm body than a competitor. And, somehow, that's where Namekawa turned his career around. As said, in his first two years Namekawa had gone 4-8: In the following four he went 10-4-1, including a shocking chokeout of rising star Falaniko Vitale and a hard-fought decision loss against Wallid Ismail, one of the best grapplers in the world. By 2004 he'd reversed his losing record and risen to 14-12-1, and Pride, in its big Bushido expansion period, was interested. They also wanted to test him: His first fight with the organization, at Pride: Bushido 2, would be a rematch with the Lithuanian prospect Egidijus Valavicius, who'd notched one of those aforementioned four losses in Namekawa's belt by beating him so soundly that his corner threw in the towel in just 2:18. Pride wanted Namekawa, but they wanted him to prove he belonged. Somewhat shockingly, he did. Valavicius immediately backed Namekawa into a turnbuckle with punches, Namekawa shot for a takedown, the two scrambled and Namekawa abruptly jumped on a guillotine choke, the same one he'd finished five other men with in his career. Valavicius struggled, punched, strained so hard his mouthpiece popped out of his mouth, and ultimately tapped out just 65 seconds into the fight. It was the best moment of Namekawa's career--after its troubled beginning, after his journey back to a winning record, he'd avenged the worst loss of his career on the biggest stage he'd ever seen with his favorite maneuver. It was the best introduction a fighter could possibly ask for."'' |
| 877 | -->-- A profile of Namekawa from a VideoGame/FireProWrestling user [=CarlCX=] from https://steamcommunity.com |
| 878 | |
| 879 | * TheApprentice: To Animal Hamaguchi and Wrestling/AkiraMaeda. |
| 880 | * BlueIsHeroic: Mostly wore dark blue gear in RINGS. |
| 881 | * EarlyBirdCameo: Participated in the first amateur RINGS event before officially joining the team. He also trained at the UWFI and Pancrase dojos before he joined RINGS. |
| 882 | * {{Expy}}: Shares a lot with Wrestling/WataruSakata, RINGS career-wise. Both were Animal Hamaguchi trainees before their RINGS careers, were Wrestling/AkiraMaeda fans, had rivals in RINGS in the form of Willie Peeters for Sakata and Lee Hasdell for Namekawa (both of their opponents were also considered the GateGuardian during certain periods in RINGS, Willie in the first half and Lee in the second half), and were two of the most improved shooters by the end of RINGS. |
| 883 | * HiddenDepths: Is a UsefulNotes/{{Judo}} therapist, a treatment method that exclusively treats external injuries related to bones and joints. |
| 884 | * IKnowKarate: Trained Amateur Wrestling at the Animal Hamaguchi gym. |
| 885 | * {{Jobber}}: Mostly in 2000 as he failed to pick up a single win in the first half of that year. |
| 886 | * OvershadowedByAwesome: Joined RINGS in 1998 and never got off the ground before the promotion folded down. |
| 887 | * PromotedFanBoy: Was a Wrestling/AkiraMaeda fan boy. |
| 888 | * RedBaron: "Sasurai no Nekketsu Fighter" ("The HotBlooded Wandering Fighter"), "Maeda Akira Saigo no Manadeshi" ("Akira Maeda's Last Beloved Disciple"). |
| 889 | * TheRival: Had a trilogy of fights against Lee Hasdell. |
| 890 | * RugbyIsSlaughter: Played in high school. |
| 891 | * TookALevelInBadass: Like Wrestling/WataruSakata, he was one of the most improved shooters by the end of RINGS. |
| 892 | |
| 893 | !!!Wrestling/MasayukiNaruse |
| 894 | |
| 895 | !!!Wrestling/WataruSakata |
| 896 | |
| 897 | !!!Yukihiro Takenami |
| 898 | -->''"Well, I’ll just fight like I normally do in my street fights. If I think of this as a match, I’ll get nervous. I’ll just do what I normally do with the intention of winning."'' |
| 899 | |
| 900 | * TheApprentice: To Shogo Tanaka and Wrestling/AkiraMaeda. |
| 901 | * ArchEnemy: His opponents in RINGS were karatekas Nobuaki Kakuta and Willie Williams. |
| 902 | * BrattyHalfPint: Was quite short, possibly the shortest member of the stable and once acted disrespectful to Nobuaki Kakuta before their match. |
| 903 | * BullyingADragon: Disrespected Nobuaki Kakuta before their bout and got TKO'ed for his trouble. |
| 904 | * GracefulLoser: Despite the disrespect he showed earlier and the beating he took for it, he still shook Kakuta's hand when he offered it after the bout. |
| 905 | * TheIdiotFromOsaka: From Naniwa. |
| 906 | * IKnowKarate: A Kyokushin practitioner, as well as shoot and UsefulNotes/CatchWrestling. |
| 907 | * {{Jobber}}: Had a very short run in RINGS lasting less than a year and lost every match he was in. |
| 908 | * MyFriendsAndZoidberg: Is not a well known member part of the RINGS Japan. |
| 909 | * RedBaron: "Naniwa no Kenkaya" ("The Brawler of Naniwa"). |
| 910 | |
| 911 | !!!Wrestling/YoshihisaYamamoto |
| 912 | |
| 913 | !!Debutants that competed in Amateur RINGS |
| 914 | !!!Nobu Hayashi |
| 915 | -->''"Just like Chakuriki spirit, "going forward, and forward"."'' |
| 916 | |
| 917 | * TheApprentice: To Katsuaki Satō, Wrestling/AkiraMaeda, and Thom Harinck. |
| 918 | * CoolTeacher: Is the head coach of Dojo Chakuriki Japan. |
| 919 | * {{Determinator}}: Was diagnosed with acute leukemia in 2009 and while he successfully treated it in 2010, he has experienced relapses but has overcome them. |
| 920 | * DoNotCallMePaul: His first name is actually Nobuki. |
| 921 | * IKnowKarate: A Satō Juku practitioner since high school. He later trained in UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} at the Chakuriki Dojo in Holland and also has a background in UsefulNotes/{{Kendo}}. |
| 922 | * RedBaron: "Gyaku Yunyū Faitā"("Reimport Fighter"). |
| 923 | |
| 924 | !!!Tomoki Kanuka |
| 925 | * TheApprentice: To Yuki Nakai and Animal Hamaguchi. |
| 926 | * CoolTeacher: Former head instructor of Paraestra Iwate, Kuji, and Mutsu. He now has his own gym called LAZOONA Academy. |
| 927 | * EarlyBirdCameo: Debuted in RINGS and was an amateur RINGS 80kg class champion in 1998, but spent most of his MMA career in Shooto. |
| 928 | * GuestFighter: Represented Grappling Universal with he appeared in RINGS. |
| 929 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu: Trained at Paraestra Tokyo and is a black belt, as well as shoot wrestling. He also trained in Greco-Roman wrestling at the Animal Hamaguchi Dojo and also knows UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}} and won the 2003 Aomori Prefecture Sambo Championships in the 82kg class. He also placed third in 2007 Pancrase Pro-Am UsefulNotes/CatchWrestling tournament in the under 100kg class and was the runner-up in the 2009 All Japan Combat Wrestling Championships in the 80kg class. |
| 930 | |
| 931 | !!!Naoyuki Kotani |
| 932 | * AlwaysSomeoneBetter: To Hideo Tokoro. |
| 933 | * TheApprentice: To Yasutaka Kato and Yukinori Haruhara. |
| 934 | * ArchEnemy: Similar to Mikhail Ilyukhin, he had a weird tendency to lose to former UFC fighters. |
| 935 | * BadassFamily: His brother Hiroki is also an MMA fighter. |
| 936 | * BashBrothers: With his brother Hiroki. |
| 937 | * CoolTeacher: A MMA teacher at the Rodeo Style gym. |
| 938 | * EliteFour: Was part of the "ZST Shi Kyōdai" ("ZST Four Brothers"). |
| 939 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}: And also trained at Rodeo Style gym in UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu, boxing and UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}. He was also the 8th Amateur Rings 70kg class champion in 2000. |
| 940 | * RedBaron: "ZST Ace", "AKIBA Fantasista". |
| 941 | |
| 942 | !!!Kaichi Tsuji |
| 943 | * ADayInTheLimeLight: Had a victory over Akira Shoji in the first round of Lumax Cup Tournament of J '97 Heavyweight Division. |
| 944 | * CoolTeacher: Former head instructor of G-Free. |
| 945 | * EarlyBirdCameo: Competed in the Lumax Cup Tournament of J '97 Heavyweight Division and fought a few fights in amateur and professional RINGS before his start in Shooto. |
| 946 | * IKnowKarate: As well as shoot wrestling and was the 7th amateur Shooto heavyweight champion. |
| 947 | |
| 948 | !!Debutants from U-File Camp |
| 949 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/u_file_camp_1_7.jpg]] |
| 950 | [[caption-width-right:350:Fight Training With Style]] |
| 951 | !!!Goro Kobayashi |
| 952 | * TheApprentice: To Wrestling/KiyoshiTamura, Makoto Ohe, and Masaru Gokita. |
| 953 | * CoolTeacher: Was a coach at U-FILE Camp. |
| 954 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu: Trained at Gokita gym as well as UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}}, but originally learned shoot wrestling at the U-FILE Camp. |
| 955 | |
| 956 | !!!Eriya Matsuda |
| 957 | * TheApprentice: To Wrestling/KiyoshiTamura, Makoto Ohe, Yukio Sakaguchi, and Kensaku Maeda. |
| 958 | * CoolTeacher: Is the MMA and personal fitness trainer at the Typhoon Club Fight Fitness Gym. |
| 959 | * EarlyBirdCameo: Had his first amateur and pro fights in RINGS, he later became a regular Pancrase fighter. |
| 960 | * IKnowKarate: Won 2nd place at the 1996 All Okinawa UsefulNotes/{{Karate}} Championships, also trained in Kyokushin and UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}, later trained at U-FILE Camp and was a 80kg champion at the 7th amateur RINGS tournament in 1999 and then Sakaguchi Dojo for MMA and also trained at Dragon Dojo for UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}. |
| 961 | |
| 962 | !!!Tashihiro Nishiuchi |
| 963 | * TheApprentice: To Wrestling/KiyoshiTamura and Makoto Ohe. |
| 964 | * CoolTeacher: Was a coach at U-FILE Camp. |
| 965 | * EarlyBirdCameo: Competed and won 2nd place at a Kingdom Ehrgeiz amateur middleweight tournament before his RINGS debut. |
| 966 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}: A 1st dan black belt, he later trained in UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu at Nova Uniao Japan. He also trained at U-FILE Camp and also has a background in Shorinji Kempo. |
| 967 | * RedBaron: "Akai" ("Red"), "Tatakau Shinagawa Shōji" ("Fighting Shinagawa Shoji"). |
| 968 | |
| 969 | !!!Kazuki Okubo |
| 970 | -->''"Okubo was something of an enhancement talent for U-STYLE: A solid technical grappler, but not particularly successful enough to stand out from the pack. He mostly put over other wrestlers, most notably the organization's owner Kiyoshi Tamura, and split his time evenly between wresling and mixed martial arts. He didn't fare much better at all there, either. Okubo was a can crusher, as in a five-year, sixteen-fight career, his only victories came against 0-0 fighters, most of whom would fight only rarely afterward--in fact, the combined record of his opponents at the end of their careers was 10-18, which becomes more damning when you add that 8 of those wins came from one opponent, Ryuichi Murata, who was solely a judoka with no MMA experience or training when he fought Okubo. He had two Pride appearances--a Pride 24 decision loss to Daijiro Matsui and a Pride: Bushido 8 battle with the aforementioned Murata--and was notably for being a tough man to stop. That didn't make it past the Japanese circuit, though: When he left the country to fight for the Mix-Fight group he took three quick, violent losses, including a Kurt Pellegrino slam TKO and one of Jeremy Horn's very rare knockouts, and after a decision loss to one-time WEC title challenger Hiromitsu Miura, he called it a day. Okubo retired from MMA at 7-9. He still makes sporadic pro-wrestling appearances, but for the most part he works in the gym. It's probably a better fit."'' |
| 971 | -->-- A profile of Okubo from a VideoGame/FireProWrestling user [=CarlCX=] from https://steamcommunity.com |
| 972 | |
| 973 | * TheApprentice: To Wrestling/KiyoshiTamura and Makoto Ohe. |
| 974 | * CoolTeacher: The head instructor at U-FILE CAMP Omori and U-FILE CAMP Chofu. |
| 975 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}: Before training at U-FILE Camp. |
| 976 | * StartMyOwn: Ganko Pro Wrestling, a small shoot-style promotion that ran monthly shows at the Nishi-Chofu Combat arena. |
| 977 | |
| 978 | !!!Kyosuke Sasaki |
| 979 | -->''"Today's entrant is Kyosuke Sasaki, another of the original U-STYLE shoot-wrestling rebels--the runner-up of the U-STYLE tournament to crown a challenger worthy of facing Kiyoshi Tamura, the man who founded the company, who proceeded to defeat the winner, then challenge Sasaki and go over him too. (Here's a spoiler for the entire history of wrestling: Nine times out of ten, the person who signs the checks is going over.) Sasaki was one of the rare cases who fought in MMA before he became a professional wrestler, participating over in RINGS and DEEP before parlaying his real martial training into the performance of wrestling. You would think, with the core of his skills being real rather than performative, he would have considerably more success on the fighting circuit than his U-STYLE peers. Unfortunately for his fighting career, he was even less successful than most of them. Sasaki was tough--he was only stopped twice in 14 fights, both at the hands of British kickboxing champions--but he also only won three fights. Some part of that can be blamed on stiff competition, as in his career he tangled with the likes of Yushin Okami, Seichi Ikemoto, Eiji Mitsuoka and Jutaro Nakao, but he floundered against rookies, too. He was a talented defensive fighter, but was never able to mount offense in turn. After amassing a record of 3-7-4, he cut his losses and returned to a fulltime wrestling schedule as part of Japan's independent scene, where he's still performing as Hitamaru Sasaki. Everyone wanted to be Sakuraba, Fujita or Tamura, in the end. Unfortunately, most of them wound up as cross-sport midcarders."'' |
| 980 | -->-- A profile of Sasaki from a VideoGame/FireProWrestling user [=CarlCX=] from https://steamcommunity.com |
| 981 | |
| 982 | * TheApprentice: To Wrestling/KiyoshiTamura and Makoto Ohe. |
| 983 | * CoolTeacher: Was a coach at U-FILE Camp. |
| 984 | * EarlyBirdCameo: Had a grappling match in Pancrase before he debuted in RINGS. |
| 985 | * IKnowKarate: Knew UsefulNotes/{{Judo}} before his training at U-File Camp. |
| 986 | |
| 987 | !!Debutants from Power of Dream |
| 988 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/power_of_dream.PNG]] |
| 989 | [[caption-width-right:350:Live The Dream]] |
| 990 | !!!Ken Orihashi |
| 991 | -->''"Orihashi was a heavyweight student at the Power of Dream gym, an early Japanese MMA academy founded by RINGS, Pride and UFC veteran Kenichi Yamamoto. POD was nver an enormously successful gym, but it put together a few well-rounded fighters, most notably DEEP standout Tomoya Miyashita, who was on his way to a title before he was claimed by cancer at the tragically young age of 30. Orihashi, for his part, was not one of those well-roudned fighters. Despite having some wrestling skills, he was a puncher, and was not content with his fights unless punching was heavily involved. At 5'10" and 250 pounds, Orihashi was a stout, reckless brawler. It showed in his results. Of his final 8-7 record, seven wins were [=TKOs=] anchored by his hands and six losses were [=TKOs=] incurred as the price for his style, and only three fights in total made it past one round. The first six fights of Orihashi's career happened on two nights-- a pair of single-day tournaments with the Tokyo-based Titan FIghting Championship--and none lasted longer than 93 seconds. He failed to capture either tournament, and wouldn't win another fight for three and a half years afterward. But that's the life of a brawler. He did it unrepentantly and he succeeded more often than he failed: That's all you can ask of the brawling journeyman. It's a shame his one Pride appearance has been lost."'' |
| 992 | -->-- A profile of Orihashi from a VideoGame/FireProWrestling user [=CarlCX=] from https://steamcommunity.com |
| 993 | |
| 994 | * TheApprentice: To Kenichi Yamamoto. |
| 995 | * GoodOldFisticuffs: Despite his wrestling background he preferred to brawl and punch his way through fights. |
| 996 | * IKnowKarate: Knew Amateur Wrestling before his training at Power of Dream gym. |
| 997 | * {{Jobber}} |
| 998 | * StoutStrength: 5'10" and 250 pounds in his prime. |
| 999 | |
| 1000 | !!!Hideo Tokoro |
| 1001 | -->''"The way he was marketed in K-1, it was always tempting to dismiss Hideo Tokoro as a gimmick. A good-looking Japanese kid who worked as a janitor, lived in a tiny apartment, and bathed in a sink while fighting to make it as a mixed martial artist for the tiny ZST promotion, there's no doubt Tokoro was a compelling story."'' |
| 1002 | -->-- Tokoro's profile in the book, The MMA Encyclopedia. |
| 1003 | |
| 1004 | * AlmightyJanitor: He is a former janitor in real life. |
| 1005 | * TheApprentice: To Kenichi Yamamoto from his Power of Dream gym. |
| 1006 | * CoolTeacher: Has his own gym now, Reversal Gym Musashi Kosugi Tokoro Plus. |
| 1007 | * EliteFour: Was part of the "ZST Shi Kyōdai" ("ZST Four Brothers"). |
| 1008 | * HeroKiller: Has victories against Alexandre Pequeno, Royler Gracie, Masakazu Imanari, and Rumina Sato. |
| 1009 | * IKnowKarate: Learned Shoot Wrestling Under Kenichi Yamamoto who also trained him in UsefulNotes/MuayThai. He also has a black belt in UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu and is said to have also trained in Koppo. |
| 1010 | * PoorMansSubstitute: To Wrestling/KazushiSakuraba as he was seen as another Gracie hunter has a draw against Royce Gracie, a victory against Royler Gracie and loss against Kron Gracie. |
| 1011 | * RagsToRiches: A downplayed example, but he was a janitor and bathing in a sink before his fighting career. |
| 1012 | * RedBaron: "Little Wrestling/VolkHan", "Ringu no Majutsu-shi" ("The Magician of the Ring"), "The Human Octopus", "Gyakkyō Faitā" ("Adversity Fighter"), "Tatakau Furītā ("Fighting Freeter"), "Cinderella Boy", "Tatakau Sutōkā" ("Fight Stalker"). |
| 1013 | * SpectacularSpinning: Is fond of using spinning backfists and heel kicks. |
| 1014 | * TechnicianVersusPerformer: Mostly a performer, his style is described as "breakneck paced" and "exciting" as he works at high-speed on the ground and takes all risks with bold submission attempts, often leaving himself open to counterattacks in order to seek a chance to win. |
| 1015 | |
| 1016 | !!Japan Command Sambo Federation & Debutants from SK Absolute |
| 1017 | !!!Yoshikazu Endo |
| 1018 | * TheApprentice: To Wrestling/VolkHan. |
| 1019 | * GuestFighter: Appeared once in RINGS for a exhibition UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}} match with Tomoyuki Horigome. |
| 1020 | * IKnowKarate: Showcased UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}} in an exhibition with Tomoyuki Horigome. |
| 1021 | |
| 1022 | !!!Akihiro Gono |
| 1023 | -->''"1-2-1-2-3-4! Bounce with me, bounce with me, bounce with me BOUNCE!!"'' |
| 1024 | |
| 1025 | * AffectionateParody: His "DJ GOZMA" persona, a parody of Japanese pop star DJ OZMA which he plays at his entrances. |
| 1026 | * AfroAsskicker: Wears an afro wig as the mentioned parody. |
| 1027 | * TheApprentice: To Tenshin Matsumoto, Kazuyoshi Ishii, Sanae Kikuta and André "Benkei" Vinícius Aurnheimer. |
| 1028 | * BigEntrance: Complete with dancers, fabulous attires and pop music. |
| 1029 | * BrattyHalfPint: Debuted in RINGS at 18 years old. |
| 1030 | * ButForMeItWasTuesday: His opinion about his victory over Crosley Gracie, which admittedly would have been bigger business had it happened years before. |
| 1031 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: You have to be some serious one to enter an arena doing what Gono does. |
| 1032 | * ConfusionFu: Though not in a flashy way, his fighting style is quite unpredictable and full of dodges, counters and strikes from weird angles. He claims he copied it from pro boxer James Toney. |
| 1033 | * CostumePorn: Started the trend in PRIDE. |
| 1034 | * DancingIsSeriousBusiness |
| 1035 | * {{Determinator}}: Had liver cancer when he was 1, underwent major surgery in a situation where the survival rate at that time was almost 0% and his survival was thought of as a miracle (surgical traces remained on the right abdomen). Overcoming such a physical handicap, he sees his success in mixed martial arts as a symbol of strength. |
| 1036 | * EarlyBirdCameo: Originally debuted in RINGS but switched to Shooto after the 1994 Lumax cup. |
| 1037 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}}: A command sambo representative and also knew Seidokaikan UsefulNotes/{{Karate}} and is a former All Japan UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} Federation Heavyweight champion. |
| 1038 | * MinoredInAssKicking: Aside from MMA and the Lumax Cups, he has competed in ShinBuKan (All-Japan Combatives) in 1994 and 1995, as well as Daido-Juku in 1996, grappled at the ADCC, kickboxed for the Krush promotion and even participated in one of Shootboxing's world championship tournaments. |
| 1039 | * NerdGlasses: Wore them in the early 90s. |
| 1040 | * RedBaron: "The Japanese Sensation", "Grabaka no Kayaku Ko" ("Grabaka's Powder Keg"), "The Magic Man", "DJ GOZMA", "Nankōfuraku no Biggumausu" ("Impregnable Big Mouth"), "Sōgō Kakutōgi no Mōshigo" ("Child of Mixed Martial Arts"). |
| 1041 | * ShoutOut: He sometimes puts "ROY JONES JR" characters at the front of his trunks as he is a fan. In the rear he puts "LIGHTS OUT" which is the nickname of pro boxer James Toney. |
| 1042 | * StoneWall: He copied pro boxer James Toney's "Old School" or "Throwback" style of boxing, consisting of his head and shoulder rolls (used to avoid punches), his ability to fight off the ropes, his slick body movements, and his infighting for his own use. He uses this to match other fighters in UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} and the stand up fighting in MMA fights and he calls it "Jakusha no Senryaku" ("Strategy of the Weak"). |
| 1043 | * TheUnfavourite: To Dana White because he really hated Gono's elaborate entrances and told Gono not to do them in the UFC, though Gono responded by coming up with entirely new ones. |
| 1044 | |
| 1045 | !!!Tomoyuki Horigome |
| 1046 | * TheApprentice: To Victor Koga and Ichiro Hatta. |
| 1047 | * AuthorityEqualsAssKicking: Was the first Chairman of the Japan Command Sambo Federation until it shut down with RINGS. He is now the honourary chairman since its revival in 2012. He was also the president of the Fédération Internationale de SAMBO from 1997 to 2005. |
| 1048 | * GuestFighter: Was in RINGS for sambo exhibitions with Grom Zaza and Yoshikazu Endo. |
| 1049 | * HeAlsoDid: He provided the commentary to Wrestling/VolkHan's Command Sambo instructional tape. |
| 1050 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}}: Sport and Command Sambo. He also trained in UsefulNotes/{{Judo}} and amateur wrestling. |
| 1051 | * NomDeGuerre: Was introduced in RINGS as Hori Yone. |
| 1052 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: Is listed as Tomoyuki Horimai according to FIAS for some reason. |
| 1053 | |
| 1054 | !!!Tatsuya Kurahashi |
| 1055 | * TheApprentice: To Shunji Yamada. |
| 1056 | * GuestFighter: From Yamada Sports Club. |
| 1057 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}}: As well as UsefulNotes/{{Judo}} and amateur wrestling. |
| 1058 | * {{Jobber}} |
| 1059 | |
| 1060 | !!!Hidehiko Matsumoto |
| 1061 | * TheApprentice: To Yōsuke Yamamoto, Noriaki Kiguchi and Tenshin Matsumoto (no relation). |
| 1062 | * CoolTeacher: Chairman of the Coach Commission of the Japan SAMBO Federation and has an instructional video on sambo. |
| 1063 | * GuestFighter: From the Japan SAMBO Federation. |
| 1064 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}}: A 1999 All Japan champion and multiple time medalist with ''12'' consecutive appearances, and was a silver medalist in 2000 and 2002 World Sambo Championships and a bronze medalist at the 2008 in 62kg class and trained in Command Sambo with SK Absolute. He is also a 5th dan black belt in UsefulNotes/{{Judo}} and trained in Combat Wrestling at the Kiguchi Dojo. |
| 1065 | * {{Jobber}} |
| 1066 | * TheRival: With Jiro Wakabayashi at the All Japan Sambo Championships. |
| 1067 | |
| 1068 | !!!Tenshin Matsumoto |
| 1069 | * TheApprentice: To Wrestling/VolkHan. |
| 1070 | * AuthorityEqualsAssKicking: It the current president of the Japan Command Sambo Federation. He was also fought as the head fighter of his SK Absolute team in promotions like Pancrase and ZST. |
| 1071 | * BadassTeacher: Founded SK Absolute, a command UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}}-MMA team and gym with branches in Japan, Russia, Korea, and Bulgaria. |
| 1072 | * HeAlsoDid: Was an event producer for Sengoku Raiden Championships (or World Victory Road). He is also part of the Ganryujima promotion's executive committee. |
| 1073 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}}: Trained in Command Sambo under Wrestling/VolkHan. |
| 1074 | |
| 1075 | !!!Motomichi Mori |
| 1076 | * AlliterativeName |
| 1077 | * TheApprentice: To Tenshin Matsumoto. |
| 1078 | * GuestFighter: From SK Absolute. |
| 1079 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}}: Trained at SK Absolute, he is also a UsefulNotes/{{Judo}} 2nd dan black belt, a UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu purple belt, was a two-time Combat Wrestling runner-up in the 76kg class, trained in UsefulNotes/MuayThai and also competed in an amateur RINGS event in the 80kg class. |
| 1080 | * {{Jobber}} |
| 1081 | |
| 1082 | !!!Jiro Wakabayashi |
| 1083 | * TheApprentice: To Tenshin Matsumoto and Yuki Nakai. |
| 1084 | * BashBrothers: He is the brother of Taro Wakabayashi. |
| 1085 | * GuestFighter: From SK Absolute. |
| 1086 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}}: A multiple time All Japan Champion. He later trained in UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu and shoot wrestling at Paraestra Tokyo. |
| 1087 | * {{Jobber}} |
| 1088 | * TheRival: With Hidehiko Matsumoto, at the All Japan Sambo Championships. |
| 1089 | |
| 1090 | !!RINGS Staff |
| 1091 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rings_japan_5.jpg]] |
| 1092 | [[caption-width-right:350:The Forefathers of ZST]] |
| 1093 | !!!Takuya Futaesaku |
| 1094 | * HeAlsoDid: He invented a striking bag which is a thin cylinder on a chain for fast kicking, punching, and avoiding simulated strikes called the “KO Bag.” It allows one to move around more freely than a standard, large heavy bag. |
| 1095 | * IKnowKarate: A Kyokushin and Yoshukai black belt and even became an instructor when he was a high school student. |
| 1096 | * InsistentTerminology: He uses the term "Fightology" to encompass his medical research on Fighting sports. |
| 1097 | * TheMedic: Was a ring doctor near the end of RINGS and also at K-1 and other MMA promotions. He is also recognized as music tour doctor, Supporting Prince family, George Clinton & P-funk, Tower Of Power, Candy Dulfer, and more top artists. His book about Prince,"Words Of Prince" is also best seller in Japan. |
| 1098 | * RedBaron: "Dr. F". |
| 1099 | |
| 1100 | !!!Kōki Hioki |
| 1101 | * NonActionGuy: Was part of the RINGS management staff. |
| 1102 | * StartMyOwn: Founded ZST. |
| 1103 | |
| 1104 | !!!Kōji Iwasaki |
| 1105 | * AuthorityEqualsAssKicking: Is the Kancho of Musokan Kobushi Shindo Karate. |
| 1106 | * BadassTeacher: Was one of Wrestling/AkiraMaeda’s UsefulNotes/{{Karate}} teachers. |
| 1107 | * IKnowKarate |
| 1108 | * NonActionGuy: Didn’t fight in RINGS. |
| 1109 | * SpecialGuest: Was only featured in RINGS once in a segment showing his dojo and training students. |
| 1110 | |
| 1111 | !!!Akiho Jirōmaru |
| 1112 | * CombatCommentator: A RINGS commentator. |
| 1113 | * TheManBehindTheMan: Was considered the brains of early RINGS and a matchmaker. |
| 1114 | * NonActionGuy |
| 1115 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Left RINGS since he wanted more shoots on the cards, which Maeda disagreed to. |
| 1116 | |
| 1117 | !!!Hideyuki Kumakubo |
| 1118 | * CombatCommentator: A RINGS commentator. |
| 1119 | * {{Magazines}}: He worked for Gong Kakutogi magazine. |
| 1120 | * NonActionGuy |
| 1121 | |
| 1122 | !!!Koji Kuroda |
| 1123 | * AlliterativeName |
| 1124 | * NonActionGuy: Was the RINGS Representative Director. |
| 1125 | |
| 1126 | !!!Zuishō Kuwata |
| 1127 | * TheManBehindTheMan: Was the Director of WOWOW (formerly the JSB - Japan Satellite Broadcasting) during RINGS life. |
| 1128 | * NonActionGuy |
| 1129 | |
| 1130 | !!!Kentarō Ogawa |
| 1131 | * NonActionGuy |
| 1132 | * UnclePennybags: Is the head of Zensho Holdings, a Japanese holding company which owns several restaurant chains in Japan with its largest being Sukiya with serves gyūdon (rice bowls with beef). They were a major sponsor for RINGS. |
| 1133 | |
| 1134 | !!!Akira Ōta |
| 1135 | * AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Strangely not in wrestling but in UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}. He once went to a national judo competition and saw Yasuhiro Yamashita (who was in the same age group as Ōta) dominate the competition. Ōta quit judo afterwards and changed to amateur wrestling as he felt he could never beat Yamashita. |
| 1136 | * CombatCommentator: Has provided commentary for Inoki Genome Federation. |
| 1137 | * CoolTeacher: In 2003, he became Assistant Professor of Waseda University Sports Science Division, then became a full professor in 2011. He is also a MMA trainer and has his own team and was also Wrestling/KendoKashin's amateur wrestling coach. |
| 1138 | * {{Determinator}}: Went into the finals of the 90kg freestyle wrestling division of the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games with broken ribs. |
| 1139 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Amateur Wrestling]]: A two time Olympic freestyle wrestling lightheavyweight silver medalist. He is also an Asian Wrestling Championships gold and bronze medalist in 1981 and 1992 respectively, as well as an Asian Games bronze medalist in 1982. He also trained a bit in UsefulNotes/{{Judo}} in his junior highschool days. |
| 1140 | * NonActionGuy: In RINGS, he was a special advisor only. |
| 1141 | * UrExample: The first Japanese Olympic freestyle wrestler to medal at the 90kg division. |
| 1142 | |
| 1143 | !!!Misako Sadaie |
| 1144 | * [[NonActionGuy Non-Action Girl]] |
| 1145 | * TeamMom: Was an interpreter and caretaker for the gaijin athletes since the beginning of RINGS. The RINGS Holland guys affectionately called her "Mama". |
| 1146 | |
| 1147 | !!!Sōichi Shibata |
| 1148 | * AlliterativeName |
| 1149 | * CombatCommentator: Has commentated for RINGS, UWF-I, Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling, Big Mouth LOUD, etc. |
| 1150 | * HiddenDepths: He has a hobby of collecting ties and is self-proclaimed a tie critic. He also has a law degree. |
| 1151 | * NonActionGuy |
| 1152 | |
| 1153 | !!!Katsuyuki Shinohara |
| 1154 | * NonActionGuy: Was the Honourary Chairman of RINGS and also worked on the RINGS title belts. |
| 1155 | |
| 1156 | !!!Keiji Shiozaki |
| 1157 | * CombatReferee: Was the referee for the Rickson Gracie vs Wrestling/MasakatsuFunaki fight and has also refereed for RINGS, PRIDE, Inoki Bom Ba Ye, and DEEP. |
| 1158 | * DyeHard: Was recognizable for his bleached blond hair. |
| 1159 | * HiddenDepths: He now runs a ramen shop. |
| 1160 | * PornStache |
| 1161 | |
| 1162 | !!!Kenichi Takayagi |
| 1163 | * CombatCommentator: A prolific commentator, he has worked for RINGS, ZST, U-Style, Wrestling/FMW, Wrestling/MichinokuProWrestling, etc. |
| 1164 | * HammyHerald / LargeHamAnnouncer: Was an announcer for a WOWOW boxing show called "Excite Match". |
| 1165 | * NonActionGuy |
| 1166 | |
| 1167 | !!!Shōgo Tanaka |
| 1168 | * BadassTeacher: Was one of Wrestling/AkiraMaeda's UsefulNotes/{{Karate}} masters. |
| 1169 | * CombatCommentator: Did commentary for RINGS. |
| 1170 | * CombatReferee: Has served as one in RINGS for their kickboxing matches. |
| 1171 | * HeAlsoDid: He co-wrote Wrestling/AkiraMaeda's autobiography, Power Of Dream. |
| 1172 | * IKnowKarate: A Kyokushin black belt. He also trained in boxing and was a representative of the Eddie Townsend Gym. |
| 1173 | * LongHairedPrettyBoy: Had long hair and was fairly attractive. |
| 1174 | * NonActionGuy: Never fought in RINGS. |
| 1175 | |
| 1176 | !!!Sadaharu Tanikawa |
| 1177 | * CombatCommentator: Was one for RINGS from its launch to November 1993. He also commentated for PRIDE, K-1, Battlarts, HERO’S, DREAM, etc. |
| 1178 | * TheManBehindTheMan: Was the president of Fighting and Entertainment Group which was responsible for producing PRIDE HERO’S and DREAM. He was also CEO of K-1 from 2003 to 2012 and is now a promoter for the Ganryujima promotion. |
| 1179 | * NonActionGuy: He was a martial arts critic and editor-in-chief of a martial arts magazines for many years, but he has no real experience in martial arts. For that reason, a lot of his comments and analysis is from slightly to completely wrong. He is however quite athletic and has competed in handball in high school, UsefulNotes/AmericanFootball in college and competed in the Tokyo Marathon in 2009 and completed in 6 hours, 12 minutes and 50 seconds. |
| 1180 | * StartMyOwn: Co-founded WRESTLE-1 (the 2005 version, not the one run by Wrestling/KeijiMutoh) with Fumihiko Uwai. |
| 1181 | |
| 1182 | !!!Yutaka Tokita |
| 1183 | -->''"I will do my best to try to eliminate the pain as soon as possible."'' |
| 1184 | |
| 1185 | * TheMedic: Was a medical trainer for RINGS since 1996. He is now the third director of the Tokita Hari-Kyu Osteopathic Clinic. |
| 1186 | |
| 1187 | !!!Motoko Uchida |
| 1188 | * [[NonActionGuy Non-Action Girl]]: Was not a fighter. |
| 1189 | * TheSmurfettePrinciple: Was the only female of the RINGS and PRIDE PR staff. |
| 1190 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Left RINGS after she was assaulted by Wrestling/AkiraMaeda, who punched her and reportedly broke her ribs. They also divorced afterwards. |
| 1191 | * SexySecretary: Was a secretary to Wrestling/AkiraMaeda and apparently was once married to him. |
| 1192 | |
| 1193 | !!!Jō Uehara |
| 1194 | |
| 1195 | * JapaneseRanguage: His nickname. |
| 1196 | * NonActionGuy: Was not a fighter. |
| 1197 | * SlaveToPR: Was RINGS' Director of Public Relations. He had the same job in ZST. |
| 1198 | |
| 1199 | !!!Taro Wakabayashi |
| 1200 | * BashBrothers: With Jiro. |
| 1201 | * TheChessmaster: Was a matchmaker for RINGS and an event coordinator with K-1 before his time in Shooto. In Shooto, he was a matchmaker, referee, judge, and went on to become the driving force behind its comprehensive amateur system. |
| 1202 | * CombatReferee: In Shooto. |
| 1203 | * HiddenDepths: Worked for Japanese advertising company Dentsu Tec before going to RINGS. |
| 1204 | * NonActionGuy |
| 1205 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Left RINGS since he wanted more shoots on the cards, which Maeda disagreed to. |
| 1206 | * StartMyOwn: Co-founded the Paraestra gym network with Yuki Nakai. |
| 1207 | * WhiteCollarCrime: Had at one point "unofficial autocratic control over" over Shooto's finances and allegedly committed financial fraud which lead to the Shooto Tax Scandal in 2011. |
| 1208 | [[/folder]] |
| 1209 | |
| 1210 | [[folder:RINGS Korea]] |
| 1211 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rings_japan_3.jpg]] |
| 1212 | [[caption-width-right:350:Benefit Broadly The Human World]] |
| 1213 | !!!Kim Lee Klin |
| 1214 | * TheApprentice: To Wrestling/AkiraMaeda. |
| 1215 | * CoolTeacher: In 1998, he would go on to open one of the first shoot wrestling academies in South Korea. |
| 1216 | * GuestFighter: Only had one appearance in RINGS in a UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} match against Rob Esdonk. |
| 1217 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Taekwondo}}: A 5th dan black belt and junior national champion of the sport. He was also a Korean heavyweight UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} champion and a 6th dan black belt in hapkido. |
| 1218 | * UniqueEnemy: Was the only RINGS Korea representative when RINGS Japan was still in business and only appeared on one show. |
| 1219 | |
| 1220 | !!!Kim Min-soo |
| 1221 | * TheApprentice: To Wrestling/AkiraMaeda. |
| 1222 | * CombatCommentator: Had brief stints as color commentator for Japanese and Korean mixed martial arts and professional wrestling events. |
| 1223 | * CoolTeacher: Is the head UsefulNotes/{{Judo}} head coach for Korean Top Team. |
| 1224 | * GlassCannon: Had a notable glass jaw with most of his losses in MMA by knockout, though for some reason he had better defense in actual UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} bouts. |
| 1225 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}: A heavyweight Olympic silver medalist at the 1996 Atlanta Games and is a 4th dan black belt. He also trained in UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}. |
| 1226 | * {{Jobber}} |
| 1227 | * MinoredInAssKicking: While his MMA career was mostly filled with losses, he has a UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} record of 4 wins and 1 loss. |
| 1228 | * RedBaron: "Mr Shark". |
| 1229 | |
| 1230 | !!!Song Sung-il |
| 1231 | * ICouldaBeenAContender: Was contacted by Wrestling/AkiraMaeda to be the first RINGS Korea representative in 1994. Then he got terminal cancer and died before he could debut. |
| 1232 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Greco-Roman Wrestling]]: Represented South Korea in the 1992 Summer Olympics at Barcelona in the 100kg division. He was also an Asian Games gold medalist in 1994 and also won gold medals at the 1992 and 1993 Asian Championships. |
| 1233 | [[/folder]] |
| 1234 | |
| 1235 | [[folder:RINGS Lithuania]] |
| 1236 | See Characters/UniversalWrestlingFederationRINGSLithuania |
| 1237 | [[/folder]] |
| 1238 | |
| 1239 | [[folder:RINGS Russia]] |
| 1240 | See Characters/UniversalWrestlingFederationRINGSRussia |
| 1241 | [[/folder]] |
| 1242 | |
| 1243 | [[folder:RINGS UK]] |
| 1244 | See Characters/UniversalWrestlingFederationRINGSUnitedKingdom |
| 1245 | [[/folder]] |
| 1246 | |
| 1247 | [[folder:RINGS USA]] |
| 1248 | See Characters/UniversalWrestlingFederationRINGSUnitedStatesOfAmerica |
| 1249 | [[/folder]] |
| 1250 | |
| 1251 | [[folder:Others]] |
| 1252 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rings_others.JPG]] |
| 1253 | [[caption-width-right:350:WOWOW]] |
| 1254 | !!!Fumio Akiyama |
| 1255 | * TheApprentice: To Hidetaka Aso. |
| 1256 | * CanonImmigrant / GuestFighter: From Submission Arts Wrestling. |
| 1257 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Submission Arts Wrestling]]: Competed in events before coming to RINGS. |
| 1258 | |
| 1259 | !!!Toshiyuki Atokawa |
| 1260 | * TheApprentice: To Kazuyoshi Ishii. |
| 1261 | * CombatReferee: Served as one for K-1. |
| 1262 | * DoNotCallMePaul: His real name is Satoshi Shinkawa. |
| 1263 | * GuestFighter: From the Seidokaikan organization. |
| 1264 | * TheIdiotFromOsaka |
| 1265 | * IKnowKarate: A Seidokaikan UsefulNotes/{{Karate}} black belt. |
| 1266 | * UrExample: The only Japanese to participate in the 4 classes of K-1 (K-1, K-2, K-2 PLUS, and K-3). |
| 1267 | |
| 1268 | !!!Laurent Bonafoux |
| 1269 | * AuthorityEqualsAssKicking: Head fighter and coach of Sausset Fight Team and French Top Team. |
| 1270 | * CoolTeacher: Is a MMA instructor at Club GP Sports. |
| 1271 | * FrenchJerk |
| 1272 | * GuestFighter: Fought at a RINGS UK event. |
| 1273 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: As well as UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu, luta livre, and Pankido, a sort of mixed martial art created in France in the 1980s by Patrick Lombardo. |
| 1274 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: His name is sometimes spelt as Laurent Bonnafoux. |
| 1275 | |
| 1276 | !!!Tomotsugu Fujiwara |
| 1277 | * TheApprentice: To Yoshinori Nishi. |
| 1278 | * GuestFighter: From Wajutsu Keishukai. |
| 1279 | * IKnowKarate: Trained at the Daidōjuku-based Wajutsu Keishukai. |
| 1280 | * {{Jobber}} |
| 1281 | |
| 1282 | !!!Ciro Gallo |
| 1283 | * TheApprentice: To his Thai trainer Mungsarin, Nigel Howlett and Matt Skelton. |
| 1284 | * AuthorityEqualsAssKicking: Is the technical director of Campania IMTE / WMC / IFMA. |
| 1285 | * {{Bouncer}}: A worked as a bodyguard, one of his clients was Al Fayhed, the head of the HARRODS London. |
| 1286 | * CharlesAtlasSuperpower: A holder of about 5 Guinness World Records based on several feats of strength like running 10km with a 100kg item on his shoulders in 1 hour and 58 minutes in 2007, , had a Harley Davidson of 400kg pass by on his stomach twice in 1997, had a 7500kg truck pass by on his stomach once, having 37 concrete blocks with a total weight of 519.8lbs (235.8kg) placed on his chest and broken with a 14lb sledgehammer while he lay on a bed of nails in 2002, and broke 500 reinforced concrete tiles split with the right hand, the right tibia and his head in 1 minute and 5 seconds in 2001. |
| 1287 | * CoolTeacher: A UsefulNotes/MuayThai trainer with his own gym, Gallos Camp International of Muay Thai. |
| 1288 | * GuestFighter: Only fought at a few RINGS UK events. |
| 1289 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/MuayThai: A former European and world champion. He also trained in UsefulNotes/WingChun under Carlo Gaetano Mazzacano. |
| 1290 | * RambunctiousItalian |
| 1291 | * StoutStrength: A hefty dude, with feats of strength in the Guinness World Records. |
| 1292 | |
| 1293 | !!!Gela Getsadze |
| 1294 | * AlliterativeName |
| 1295 | * GuestFighter: From the Byellorussian Pankration Federation. |
| 1296 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Pankration]] |
| 1297 | * {{Jobber}} |
| 1298 | * TheMedic: Is a surgeon in Belarus. |
| 1299 | * RedBaron: "Surgeon". |
| 1300 | |
| 1301 | !!!Tony Halme |
| 1302 | * {{Bouncer}}: Has worked as one in Finland. |
| 1303 | * BoxingBattler: Fought in RINGS with boxing gloves when possible. Surprisingly, he did try to get submissions despite the difficulty in his match with Wrestling/MitsuyaNagai. |
| 1304 | * CharlesAtlasSuperPower: Started power training and weightlifting at his late teens when he enjoyed watching his brothers training, who were in the Finnish national team. |
| 1305 | * CoolVersusAwesome: His matches with Dick Vrij were intended to be this as the "Battle of the Fighting Cyborgs". |
| 1306 | * CoolTeacher: Trained Mick Tierney. |
| 1307 | * {{Expy}}: Sort of one to Dick Vrij, as they were both fair haired, muscle bound, strikers with limited skills in the other aspects of fighting, and both had the nickname of "Fighting Cyborg". |
| 1308 | * GeniusBruiser: Became a politician after he retired from fighting and wrestling. |
| 1309 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Boxing]]: Was a professional boxing champion in Finland. He also had some rudimentary grappling training from Wrestling/GeneLeBell and Gokor Chivichyan. |
| 1310 | * {{Jobber}}: Was a victim of Dick Vrij, [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter three times]]. |
| 1311 | * MightyGlacier: Slow, but hit like a truck. |
| 1312 | * OneHitKill: In one match with Tariel Bitsadze, Halme was behind on points and almost lost the bout, then in the final round he managed to get a hit on Tariel that knocked him down and out giving Halme the win. |
| 1313 | * PrecisionFStrike: Yelled "What the Fuck!" in his match with Tariel Bitsadze after Tariel punched him in the back when he was trying to get back up. |
| 1314 | * RedBaron: "Viikinki" ("The Viking") "Kakutō Saibōgu" ("Fighting Cyborg"), Gyakusatsu Viking ("Genocide Viking"), "The Hellraiser from Helsinki". |
| 1315 | * StoutStrength / TopHeavyGuy: Thanks to his power and weightlifting training. |
| 1316 | * UrExample: The first fighter from the Nordic countries to ever compete in the UsefulNotes/UltimateFightingChampionship. |
| 1317 | * WrestlerInAllOfUs: Trained by Masa Saito, Wrestling/BradRheingans and Verne Gagne. He has wrestled for the Catch Wrestling Association (CWA), NJPW and Wrestling/WWE under the ring name Ludvig Borga. Also aside from his boxing, he used [[SuplexFinisher suplexes]] in his RINGS matches when he could afford to. |
| 1318 | |
| 1319 | !!!Animal Hamaguchi |
| 1320 | * AlliterativeName: His real name is Heigo Hamaguchi. |
| 1321 | * AmazinglyEmbarrassingParent: He can be considered one for his spirited cheering for his daughter Kyoko whenever she competes at the Olympics. |
| 1322 | * TheApprentice: To Isao Yoshihara, Rusher Kimura, Wrestling/KarlGotch, and Wrestling/BillyRobinson. |
| 1323 | * FinishingMove: Spinning Samoan Drop. |
| 1324 | * TheIdiotFromOsaka: Not actually from the region but he spend a lot of his childhood in Sakai City. |
| 1325 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/CatchWrestling: Contrary to popular belief, Hamaguchi was not a former amateur wrestling star, he originally was into UsefulNotes/{{Bodybuilding}} before he got into wrestling and based his freestyle wrestling teaching in his dojo from his experience in catch-as-catch-can. |
| 1326 | * LeotardOfPower: His choice of wrestling attire. |
| 1327 | * PintSizedPowerhouse: So considered too small to be a main event wrestler, but he is a tough old dude. |
| 1328 | * RedBaron: "Tosho" ("The Brave Leader"), "Kiai" ("Spirit"), "Kirikomi Taicho" ("The Sharp-Slicing Commander"). |
| 1329 | * {{Retired|Badass}} BadassTeacher: Opened his own wrestling dojo and trained many wrestlers including Wrestling/SatoshiKojima, Wrestling/YoshihiroTajiri, Wrestling/ShinjiroOtani and Sho Funaki. He also trains freestyle wrestlers. |
| 1330 | * SpecialGuest: Appeared in RINGS for Wrestling/AkiraMaeda’s retirement. |
| 1331 | * WrestlingFamily: His daughter Kyoko who is an Olympic freestyle wrestler. |
| 1332 | |
| 1333 | !!!Allen Harris |
| 1334 | * GuestFighter: Had only one fight in RINGS Holland. |
| 1335 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu: As well as UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}, and aikijutsu. |
| 1336 | * {{Jobber}} |
| 1337 | * HeroicBuild |
| 1338 | * NerdGlasses: Wears them when not fighting. |
| 1339 | |
| 1340 | !!!Kazunori Hase |
| 1341 | -->''"Large, strong, gentle..."'' |
| 1342 | |
| 1343 | * AuthorityEqualsAssKicking: Head of the International Toudo Association. |
| 1344 | * BadassTeacher: Head of the Toudokai Dojo. |
| 1345 | * GuestFighter: Had only one appearance in RINGS against Kazuo Tachi in a "UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}" match. |
| 1346 | * IKnowKarate: As well as Kempo, UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}, and UsefulNotes/MuayThai. |
| 1347 | * StartMyOwn: Created Toudokai UsefulNotes/{{Karate}}. |
| 1348 | |
| 1349 | !!!Junji Hirata/Super Strong Machine |
| 1350 | * BashBrothers: With Wrestling/ShinyaHashimoto. |
| 1351 | * CoolMask: As Super Strong Machine. |
| 1352 | * {{Expy}}: In 1986, the Wrestling/{{WWE}} introduced a stable of wrestlers called The Machines featuring "The Giant Machine" (Wrestling/AndreTheGiant), "Big Machine" ([[Wrestling/TheBlackjacks Blackjack Mulligan]]), and "Super Machine" ([[Wrestling/{{Demolition}} Bill Eadie]]) based on the Super Strong Machine gimmick. They were also based on Hirata’s earlier attempt in 1984 to make his own "Machines" stable with Korean wrestler Yang Seung-hi and veteran Yasu Fuji as Strong Machine #2 and Strong Machine #3 respectively, but this version of the stable did not have the exposure or push of their American counterparts. |
| 1353 | * FakeNationality: His gimmick as Sonny Two Rivers was a Native American like Wahoo McDaniel. |
| 1354 | * FinishingMove: Majin Fusha Gatame (Hammerlock Suplex) |
| 1355 | * IHaveManyNames: Went by his own name, Super Strong Machine and Black Strong Machine. |
| 1356 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}: And UsefulNotes/{{Bodybuilding}}. |
| 1357 | * NonActionGuy: Did not compete for RINGS. |
| 1358 | * PowerStable: Seigigun. |
| 1359 | * RedBaron: "Kokoro Yasashiki Buraikan" ("The Kind-Hearted Ruffian"), "Senritsu no Satsujin Majin" ("Horror Murder Genie"), "Aogigun no Meisanbo" ("The Strategist of Blue Justice Army"), "Kikai no Naka no Kikai" ("Machine from Machine"). |
| 1360 | * {{Retired|Badass}} BadassTeacher: He now works as a trainer at the NJPW dojo. |
| 1361 | * RingOldies: Hirata was still an active wrestler into his 50s. |
| 1362 | * SpecialGuest: Was present for Wrestling/AkiraMaeda’s retirement. |
| 1363 | |
| 1364 | !!!Konno Hiroshi |
| 1365 | * TheApprentice: To Hidetaka Aso. |
| 1366 | * CanonImmigrant / GuestFighter: From Submission Arts Wrestling. |
| 1367 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Submission Arts Wrestling]]: Competed in events before his submission grappling exhibition with Takahashi Makoto. |
| 1368 | |
| 1369 | !!!Hideki Hosaka |
| 1370 | * AlliterativeName |
| 1371 | * TheApprentice: To Hidetaka Aso. |
| 1372 | * EarlyBirdCameo: His one time appearance in RINGS is this as it was before his time working for Wrestling International New Generations (W*ING), Pro Wrestling Crusaders (PWC), Wrestling/{{FMW}}, Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling, Wrestling/ProWrestlingZero1, Battlarts, Wrestling Marvelous Future, Team Vader, Ice Ribbon, etc. |
| 1373 | * CanonImmigrant / GuestFighter: From Submission Arts Wrestling. |
| 1374 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Amateur Wrestling]]: In his scholastic years and enrolled at Submission Arts Wrestling in May 1990. |
| 1375 | * LegacyCharacter: Wrestled as Mr Pogo in tribute to his mentor, the original Mr. Pogo for the resurrected FMW. |
| 1376 | |
| 1377 | !!!Minoki Ichihara |
| 1378 | -->''"I fight only for what is inside me."'' |
| 1379 | |
| 1380 | * TheApprentice: To Takashi Azuma. |
| 1381 | * GoodOldFisticuffs: A powerful puncher. |
| 1382 | * GuestFighter: From the Daido Juku organization. |
| 1383 | * HiddenDepths: Retired and now runs a creperie. |
| 1384 | * IKnowKarate: And UsefulNotes/{{Judo}} and was a Daidōjuku heavyweight and openweight tournament champion. |
| 1385 | * MinoredInAssKicking: Once fought and won a Lethwei fight by KO. He also fought and won against kickboxers like Peter Smit and Jan Lomulder at [[BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame their own game]]. |
| 1386 | * PintSizedPowerhouse: 5ft 6 and one of the best Daido Juku fighters of his time. |
| 1387 | * RedBaron: "Hammer Punch", "Hokuto no Hōkō" ("The Roar of Hokuto"). |
| 1388 | * ShockingDefeatLegacy: He is most well known for his defeat at the hands of Royce Gracie at UFC 2. |
| 1389 | * UrExample: Was the first Japanese fighter in the UFC. |
| 1390 | |
| 1391 | !!!Takahito Iida |
| 1392 | * TheApprentice: To Yoshinori Nishi. |
| 1393 | * EarlyBirdCameo: Fought in one fight for RINGS before going to Pancrase. |
| 1394 | * GuestFighter: From Wajutsu Keishukai. |
| 1395 | * IKnowKarate: Trained at the Daidōjuku-based Wajutsu Keishukai. |
| 1396 | * {{Jobber}}: In RINGS and Pancrase. |
| 1397 | |
| 1398 | !!!Shigeo Imai |
| 1399 | * GuestFighter: Had only one appearance in RINGS in a All Japan Kickboxing Federation rules match against Minoru Shinkai. |
| 1400 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} |
| 1401 | |
| 1402 | !!!Wataru Imamura |
| 1403 | * TheApprentice: To Yoshinori Nishi |
| 1404 | * GuestFighter: From Wajutsu Keishukai. |
| 1405 | * IKnowKarate: Trained at the Daidōjuku-based Wajutsu Keishukai. |
| 1406 | |
| 1407 | !!!Kazuyoshi Ishii |
| 1408 | * TheApprentice: Under UsefulNotes/{{Karate}} master Hideyuki Ashihara. |
| 1409 | * AscendedFanBoy: Was inspired by a Creator/SonnyChiba film to pursue Kyokushin UsefulNotes/{{Karate}}. |
| 1410 | * AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: In 1981, Kazuyoshi Ishii established the International Practical Karate Federation Seidokaikan (later World Seidokaikan and became the Kancho (Grandmaster) of Seidokaikan. In 1983, Ishii became the first Chairman of the newly formed All Japan Budo Promotion Association. |
| 1411 | * CoolTeacher: First opened a Kyokushin dojo when he was 16. He has trained Seidokaikan karatekas including Takeo Nakayama, Nobuaki Kakuda, Masaaki Satake, Toshiyuki Atokawa, Toshiyuki Yanagisawa, Akio Mori (Musashi), Arne Soldwedel, Andy Hug, Adam Watt, Michael Thompson, Sam Greco, Takeru Yokawa, Kin Taiei, etc. |
| 1412 | * IKnowKarate: A Kyokushin and Ashihara UsefulNotes/{{Karate}} black belt. |
| 1413 | * NonActionGuy: Never fought in RINGS, but was a cornerman for his fighters. |
| 1414 | * StartMyOwn: Founded the Seidokaikan style of UsefulNotes/{{Karate}} and the UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} promotion K-1. |
| 1415 | |
| 1416 | !!!Gen Isono |
| 1417 | * TheApprentice: To Yoshinori Nishi. |
| 1418 | * GuestFighter: From Wajutsu Keishukai. |
| 1419 | * IKnowKarate: Trained at the Daidōjuku-based Wajutsu Keishukai. |
| 1420 | |
| 1421 | !!!Nobuki Iwashita |
| 1422 | * TheApprentice: To Yoji Shimizu. |
| 1423 | * CanonImmigrant / GuestFighter: From the Shootboxing organization. |
| 1424 | * CoolTeacher: Is now a trainer at Ryusei Juku Cannon Ball Gym. |
| 1425 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Shootboxing]]: Trained at Ryusei Juku Cannon Ball Gym. |
| 1426 | * RedBaron: "King Kong". |
| 1427 | * UrExample: Was the first shootboxing eagleweight (super heavyweight in current shootboxing weight divisions) champion. |
| 1428 | |
| 1429 | !!!Nobuaki Kakuda |
| 1430 | -->''"Competition is the destruction of the body and the building of a strong soul."'' |
| 1431 | |
| 1432 | * TheApprentice: To Kazuyoshi Ishii. |
| 1433 | * AscendedFanBoy: He is a fan of Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar and named his son Kenshiro and daughter Yuria after those characters and even got to voice a character in the prequel anime series Manga/FistOfTheBlueSky. |
| 1434 | * AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: In 2003, as a result of prosecutorial objections of K-1, founder Kazuyoshi Ishii departed and Kakuda became a co-owner of the organization. In addition, he served as executive producer and Chairman of the Committee. He is also Vice-chairman of the Seidokaikan Organization. He was also the captain of his university's karate club. |
| 1435 | * {{Bouncer}}: Was once a bouncer in a Nara public bath mostly to keep {{Yakuza}} out from scaring the bathers with their tattoos. |
| 1436 | * CharlesAtlasSuperpower: In 2001, he broke the Guinness world record in breaking baseball bats with his shin within one minute with 27 bats. In 2002, [[TookALevelInBadass he broke it again with 33 bats]]. On 12 February 2009, he broke it yet again with 54 bats. His record was eventually beaten by German martial artist Kerim Duygu, who managed to break 65 bats in 2017. |
| 1437 | * CombatReferee: In K-1. |
| 1438 | * CoolOldGuy: Was the oldest guy competing in K-1 events. |
| 1439 | * CoolTeacher: Once had his own dojo, but went bankrupt after 2 years. He is also a licensed High School English teacher. |
| 1440 | * CounterAttack: Is primarily a defensive fighter, his style and technique having been molded by his career in karate. Able to absorb a lot of punishment, his plan of action has been to wait for an opening before attacking with high precision. This approach has especially advantaged him over inexperienced fighters who mistake his defensiveness for weakness and consequently fail to anticipate the counterattack. |
| 1441 | * TheFriendNobodyLikes: Masaaki Satake stated that apparently no one from Kakuda's generation at the Seidokaikan dojo likes him. |
| 1442 | * GoodOldFisticuffs: His KO wins in UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} usually come from his punches, though he is no slouch in the kicking department. |
| 1443 | * GuestFighter: From the Seidokaikan organization. |
| 1444 | * HoldUpYourScore: Also served as a kickboxing judge. |
| 1445 | * HiddenDepths: He is a talented dancer with speciality in tango and rumba, he won the 2006 Japanese edition of Series/DancingWithTheStars. He also can sing, he even narrated and sung the ending theme (Muscle Beat) to Manga/{{Kinnikuman}} Nisei Movie 1. |
| 1446 | * TheIdiotFromOsaka: From the city of Sakai. |
| 1447 | * IKnowKarate: A 6th dan Seidokaikan style black belt and also had training in Kyokushin. He is also a 2nd dan black belt in Shorinji kempo. |
| 1448 | * KidsAreCruel: Was once beaten up by either 6 or 7 kids for apparently no reason at the age of 10, this is what motivated him into the martial arts. |
| 1449 | * {{Omniglot}}: Besides Japanese, he is fluent in English (even taught it at high school level) French, and has some knowledge of Thai and Korean. |
| 1450 | * OneHitKill: His first punch knockout win over American mixed martial artist Mavrick at 0:56 seconds in the K-1 Fields Europe GP 2005. |
| 1451 | * PintSizedPowerhouse: Was one of the shortest K-1 competitors at 5ft 9. |
| 1452 | * RedBaron: "The Bushido Bulldozer", |
| 1453 | "Ai to Namida to Kandō no Naniwa Otoko" ("Naniwa Man of Love, Tears, & Emotion"). |
| 1454 | * ReligiousBruiser: While his actual beliefs are not well known, he is superstitious, believing in ghosts and spirits and possessing a variety of charms, including a stone from the emperor's grave. |
| 1455 | * TheScrappy: Not as a fighter, but as a referee, particularly when refereeing Wrestling/BobSapp fights. He even got banned from refereeing in United States, as everybody could see he was there clearly to protect Sapp and nothing more. |
| 1456 | * TheWorfEffect: The only guy to lose to Wrestling/{{Akebono}} in UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}. He often played the role of K-1’s gatekeeper by testing the organization’s new or junior fighters. |
| 1457 | |
| 1458 | !!!Aziz Karaoglu |
| 1459 | * TheApprentice: To Daniel D'Dane. |
| 1460 | * CoolTeacher: Head coach at the Alpha Team Fight Club in Düsseldorf. |
| 1461 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Boxing]]: Is a WBC Mediterranean Junior Heavyweight champion. He also trained in UsefulNotes/MuayThai and is a Luta Livre black belt. |
| 1462 | |
| 1463 | !!!Koichiro Kimura |
| 1464 | -->''"I’m not particularly concerned about there not being rules. The lack of rules is a rule itself."'' |
| 1465 | |
| 1466 | * AlliterativeName |
| 1467 | * TheApprentice: To Hidetaka Aso. He also trained under Yuichi Watanabe for Vale Tudo Japan 1995. |
| 1468 | * CanonImmigrant / GuestFighter: From Submission Arts Wrestling. |
| 1469 | * CombatReferee: Served as one in Smackgirl. |
| 1470 | * GracefulLoser: After his lose to Rickson Gracie, he said he felt honored to have even been in the same ring with him. |
| 1471 | * HopeSpot: When Todd Hays dropped out of Vale Tudo Japan due to injury, Koichiro avenged his lose with a win over Wayne Emons to go on to face Rickson Gracie. |
| 1472 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Submission Arts Wrestling]]: Competed in events before coming to RINGS and Vale Tudo Japan 1995. He also said to had trained in Greco-Roman wrestling before his SAW training. He also once competed in a Daido Juku event. |
| 1473 | * LeotardOfPower: Wore a Submission Arts Wrestling designed one in RINGS. |
| 1474 | * ShockingDefeatLegacy: He is best known for losing to Todd Hays & Rickson Gracie in the Vale Tude Japan 1995. |
| 1475 | * StartMyOwn: Founded a number of women's MMA promotions like Smackgirl, AX and the women's division of Shooto; G-Shooto, which gave rise to MMA fighters like Megumi Fujii. |
| 1476 | * TenderTears: As shown in the Choke documentary, he cried these after his losses to Todd Hays and Rickson Gracie. |
| 1477 | * TheWorfEffect: Lose to Todd Hays, an American bobsledder and kickboxer by submission in the first round of Vale Tudo Japan 1995. |
| 1478 | * {{Yakuza}}: Played one in the film Ryū ga Gotoku Gekijōban (Yakuza: Like a Dragon in English). |
| 1479 | |
| 1480 | !!!Sokun Koh |
| 1481 | -->''"Koh was one of the early standout students of the Wajyutsu Keisyukai school of fighting, where he was mentored by Yoshinori Nishi, an apprentice of Masahiko Kimura himself, the man who planted the seed that would one day sprout into the sport of MMA by traveling to Brazil and defeating Helio Gracie. Wajyutsu Keisyukai was one of the first schools to transition from traditional martial arts into MMA, shifting from its judo/karate background into a full-fledged vale tudo academy. It was overshadowed by the Takada Dojo, Krazy Bee and other high-profile schools, but it turned out a number of extremely tough, important fighters, including Kotetsu Boku, Eiji Mitsuoka, Daiju Takase, Roxanne Modafferi, Keita Nakamura, Caol Uno, Yushin Okami and Mr. Pride himself, Akira Shoji. At the height of its power, it was a murderer's row of talent. Sokun Koh was one of the first people to show the world how good its fighters could be. He made his debut in Fighting Network RINGS, handling and defeating veteran grappler Ryuki Ueyama, before coming to America for a pair of fights in King of the Cage with a close loss to future UFC vet Floyd Sword and a close win over Sean Gray. When Pride started their regional Pride: The Best series they reached out to the Wajyutsu Keisyukai for fighters and Koh was one of the first they volunteered. He immediately made good on his potential, fighting notoriously tough journeyman Amir Rahnavardi at Pride: The Best Vol. 1 and violently knocking him out, then returning at Vol. 2 in a battle against "Dirty" Bob Schrijber, a champion kickboxer with eight times the experience and a forty-pound weight advantage--and he still went toe to toe and punch for punch with him, and scraped out a split decision victory. Koh was a promising prospect within the early MMA community. Japanese fighters at higher weight classes were already a rare breed, and virtually all of them were grapplers or professional wrestlers with only minimal standup ability: Koh's smooth striking, well-rounded game and outright grit made him an exciting fighter to watch, and with a solid team around him, a 2-0 record in Pride and a 4-1 record overall, people were eager to see what was next for him. The answer, as it turned out, was retirement. Sokun Koh never fought again. I've tried to find any information on why Koh left the game or what he did afterwards, and I've come up with absolutely nothing. The man pulled an Andy Dufresne. It's a shame: He had all the tools to be a star, and the Japanese MMA boom was just a year away. Whatever he left the sport for, I hope he's happy and healthy."'' |
| 1482 | -->-- A profile of Koh from a VideoGame/FireProWrestling user [=CarlCX=] from https://steamcommunity.com |
| 1483 | |
| 1484 | * AllChinesePeopleKnowKungFu: Is ethnically Taiwanese. |
| 1485 | * TheApprentice: To Yoshinori Nishi. |
| 1486 | * GuestFighter: From Wajutsu Keishukai. |
| 1487 | * ICouldaBeenAContender: Sort of, he was a decent fighter with a record of 4 wins and 1 loss, who retired just before the Japanese MMA boom and the peak of PRIDE. He is considered one of the biggest what-ifs in the sport by those that know of him. |
| 1488 | * IKnowKarate: Trained at the Daidōjuku-based Wajutsu Keishukai. |
| 1489 | * JackOfAllStats: Is said to have smooth striking, a well-rounded game, and outright grit. |
| 1490 | |
| 1491 | !!!Lazaro Lazaro |
| 1492 | * BadassSpaniard |
| 1493 | * GuestFighter: Only fought in RINGS UK events. |
| 1494 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} |
| 1495 | * {{Jobber}} |
| 1496 | * RepetitiveName |
| 1497 | |
| 1498 | !!!Takahashi Makoto |
| 1499 | * TheApprentice: To Hidetaka Aso. |
| 1500 | * CanonImmigrant / GuestFighter: From Submission Arts Wrestling. |
| 1501 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Submission Arts Wrestling]]: Competed in events before his submission grappling exhibition with Konno Hiroshi. |
| 1502 | |
| 1503 | !!!Valerij Matvejev |
| 1504 | * GuestFighter: Fought at a RINGS Lithuania event. |
| 1505 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}}: A Latvian national champion. |
| 1506 | * {{Jobber}} |
| 1507 | |
| 1508 | !!!Hideaki Mikata |
| 1509 | * TheApprentice: To Kazuyoshi Ishii. |
| 1510 | * GuestFighter: From the Seidokaikan organization. |
| 1511 | * IKnowKarate: Seidokaikan black belt. He also trained in amateur wrestling. |
| 1512 | * {{Jobber}} |
| 1513 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: Mikata or Mikota? |
| 1514 | |
| 1515 | !!!Hidetaka Monma |
| 1516 | * TheApprentice: To Yoshinori Nishi. |
| 1517 | * CoolTeacher: Founded his own dojo, Wajutsu Keishukai Brightness Monma Dojo. |
| 1518 | * GuestFighter: From Wajutsu Keishukai. |
| 1519 | * IdenticalStranger: His face bared a resemblance to Ricardo Arona, which he why he is sometimes referred to as the "Japanese Arona". |
| 1520 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu: As well as Japanese jujitsu and trained at the Daidōjuku-based Wajutsu Keishukai. |
| 1521 | * RedBaron: "Mon-sama", "Wasei Arōna" ("Japanese Arona"), "Kanaami no Kikōshi" ("Noble Prince of The Cage"), "Doranoana Kara no Shisha" ("Messenger from the Hole of the Tiger"). |
| 1522 | |
| 1523 | !!!Kazayuki Mori |
| 1524 | * TheApprentice: To Yoji Shimizu. |
| 1525 | * CanonImmigrant / GuestFighter: From the Shootboxing organization. |
| 1526 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Shootboxing]]: Trained at Ryusei Juku Cannon Ball Gym and was a former WSBA Eagleweight Champion. |
| 1527 | * {{Jobber}} |
| 1528 | * RedBaron: "King Kong II". |
| 1529 | |
| 1530 | !!!Mathieu Nicourt |
| 1531 | * TheApprentice: To Antoine Becaglia. |
| 1532 | * CoolTeacher: Founded and is the head trainer of Free Fight Academy. He also has a Bachelor's degree in Science and Technology of Physical and Sports Activities and also works as a PE teacher. |
| 1533 | * FrenchJerk: From Paris. |
| 1534 | * GuestFighter: From Pancrace. He only fought in RINGS UK events and later Pancrase. |
| 1535 | * IKnowKarate: As well as boxing, amateur wrestling, Japanese and UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu. He trained for MMA at the Hybrid Pancrace Academy. |
| 1536 | * RedBaron: "The Warrior". |
| 1537 | |
| 1538 | !!!Yoshinori Nishi |
| 1539 | -->''"I recognized that refusing to fight for fear of defeat is shame. I want to aim my dream 'to be strong man' no matter what happens in my life."'' |
| 1540 | |
| 1541 | * ADayInTheLimelight: He won the 1994 Lumax Cup. |
| 1542 | * TheApprentice: To Wrestling/MasahikoKimura in UsefulNotes/{{Judo}} and Takashi Azuma in Daido-Juku. |
| 1543 | * BadassTeacher: Some of his students of include Caol Uno, Yushin Okami, Daiju Takase, Akira Shoji, and K-Taro Nakamura. |
| 1544 | * EveryoneWentToSchoolTogether: Was college mates with Wrestling/KeijiMutoh and was part of the same Judo club |
| 1545 | * GuestFighter: From Wajutsu Keishukai. |
| 1546 | * IKnowKarate: The Kyokushin style. Also trained in UsefulNotes/{{Judo}} with Wrestling/MasahikoKimura and later took these two backgrounds to join the flourishing school Daido-Juku, at the orders of Takashi Azuma. |
| 1547 | * MinoredInAssKicking: He has also competed in shootboxing and UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}, without much success. |
| 1548 | * OddFriendship: With Wrestling/YoshiakiFujiwara, in a similar way that their respectively grappling masters, Wrestling/KarlGotch and Wrestling/MasahikoKimura were. |
| 1549 | * RedBaron: "Hokuto no O" ("King of Hokuto"). |
| 1550 | * ShockingDefeatLegacy: His lose to Rickson Gracie. |
| 1551 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: Is for some reason listed as Toshinori Nishi on English sites for his short time in PWFG. |
| 1552 | * StartMyOwn: Founded Wajutsu Keishukai based on Daido Juku and other martial arts. It now has the largest amount of MMA gyms under its affiliation in Japan. |
| 1553 | * TheWorfEffect: Lost to Rickson Gracie in the first round of the first Vale Tudo Japan tournament in about 3 minutes. |
| 1554 | |
| 1555 | !!!Hubert Numrich |
| 1556 | -->''"We are all one!"'' |
| 1557 | |
| 1558 | * BraidsOfAction: Had these during his fighting career. |
| 1559 | * CoolTeacher: He founded the Sharks Gym and Raptors Gym and also taught at Alliance BJJ Frankfurt. He also has a video instructional series called Ultimate Fighting X-treme produced by Budo International. |
| 1560 | * DownerEnding: Died on 2 January 2020. He was 61 years old. |
| 1561 | * DrugsAreBad: Ran a social project, described as a martial arts drug treatment program by taking addicts and training them in martial arts as he believes martial arts trains character. It didn't last as his sponsors cut his funding. |
| 1562 | * IKnowKarate: A Kyokushin black belt and also did UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} in which he was a 8-time German champion, 1-time European champion, and a bronze medalist at the W.A.K.O. World Championships 1993 in the superheavyweight division. He also knows boxing, UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}}, wrestling, UsefulNotes/MuayThai and UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu. |
| 1563 | * UrExample: One of the first fighters from Germany to compete in both UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} and MMA. |
| 1564 | * WrestlerInAllOfUs: Has wrestled for Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling and Wrestling/ProWrestlingZero1. |
| 1565 | |
| 1566 | !!!Yasunori Okuda |
| 1567 | * TheApprentice: To Fumio Sakurai. |
| 1568 | * EarlyBirdCameo: His match in RINGS is this as he spent most of his MMA career in Shooto. Even earlier, he was actually a RINGS trainee alongside Naruse and Yamamoto. |
| 1569 | * GuestFighter: From Aikido S.A -and represented it in RINGS, Shooto and even had a match against Minoru Tanaka in Pro Wrestling Fujiwara-Gumi in 1995. |
| 1570 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Aikido}}: Trained at the Aikido S.A dojo, a Yoshinkan Aikido offshoot. |
| 1571 | * {{Jobber}}: An MMA record of 2 wins and 6 losses, [[ADayInTheLimelight though one of his wins was over a debuting Akihiro Gono at the 1994 Lumax Cup]]. |
| 1572 | |
| 1573 | !!!Masaaki Satake |
| 1574 | -->''"Life is a fight. This is already determined under fate, it is an absolute fight. By overcoming the wall of destiny with a strong feeling to believe in yourself, people can open up new paths in their lives."'' |
| 1575 | |
| 1576 | * TheApprentice: To Kazuyoshi Ishii. |
| 1577 | * {{Catchphrase}}: Tōshi Tenshō Tsang Xi! ("Fighting Spirit Tsang Xi!"). Tsang Xi is actually a self-made word of his, which he describes as meaning, "cutting through fate and aiming for further heights through the fight of life". |
| 1578 | * CoolTeacher: Has his own dojo in Kyoto. He was also the president of a CramSchool for business people called Heisei Bushidō. |
| 1579 | * GuestFighter: From the Seidokaikan organization. |
| 1580 | * TheHero: Was the main character in a manga called Tonarinokakutō-ō. |
| 1581 | * TheIdiotFromOsaka: Pretty much his character in interviews, although a bit less idiotic than the average. |
| 1582 | * IKnowKarate: Seidokaikan UsefulNotes/{{Karate}} black belt. Represented it in numerous Karate tournaments, winning most of them. He was also a UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} champion and trained for MMA at Takada Dojo. |
| 1583 | * [[KickChick Kick Dude]]: Had one of the best low kicks among the K-1 fighters according to Peter Aerts and Ernesto Hoost. |
| 1584 | * TheNicknamer: Gave karateka and kickboxing star Musashi his ring name. |
| 1585 | * JustForFun/OneOfUs: Is a fan of TableTopGame/MagicTheGathering. |
| 1586 | * RealSongThemeTune: Used "You Could Be Mine" By Music/GunsNRoses in RINGS. |
| 1587 | * RedBaron: "Satayan", "Okite-Yaburi no Karateka" ("Law Breaking Karateka"), "Kaijūōji" ("Monster Prince"). |
| 1588 | * ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: The most egregious example was at the Seidokaikan 1st Towa Cup, after losing 2 rounds to fellow finalist Taiei Kin, the round ended with 2 judges ruling in favor of Kin, and one calling it a draw. Then when Kin was celebrating, there was some commotion at the judges table, and the ref had the fighters sit down while the judges had a meeting with founder, Kazuyoshi Ishii, and some of the other event officials, all the while Wrestling/AkiraMaeda (who was in attendance) looked bewildered at the entire affair. After their pow-wow Ishii grabbed a microphone and announced another round would take place. A 3rd round did indeed take place, and this time Satake brought his a-game and won convincingly by every metric. |
| 1589 | * StartMyOwn: Formed his own martial art he calls "Sōgō Dageki Michi". |
| 1590 | * StoneWall: Despite been a karateka, he had very good takedown defense. Maurice Smith of all people once commented that he was jealous of his skill in that area. |
| 1591 | * StoutStrength: Technically; he wasn't fat or overweighted, but he competed in the Super Heavyweight division in UsefulNotes/{{Karate}} and UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}, a class typically associated to heftier dudes. |
| 1592 | * StudentCouncilPresident: Was one in junior high school. |
| 1593 | |
| 1594 | !!!Walter Schnaubelt |
| 1595 | * AffectionateNickname: "Wally" Schnaubelt. |
| 1596 | * TheApprentice: To Cameron Quinn. |
| 1597 | * CoolTeacher: He is a Kyokushin instructor now. |
| 1598 | * GeniusBruiser: Is a politician as a Member of Parliament for the Namatanai Open Electorate in the New Ireland Province of Papua New Guinea. He is a member and current National President of the National Alliance Party. |
| 1599 | * GuestFighter: Had only one appearance in RINGS in a Kyokushin rules match against Vladimir Klementiev. |
| 1600 | * HiddenDepths: Runs SOS Security and The Kangaroo Motel at Magila Street, 6 Mile. |
| 1601 | * IKnowKarate: 3rd dan Kyokushin black belt, An international champion, winning national titles places like Australia, Singapore, Canada, Wales, etc. |
| 1602 | * SpectacularSpinning: Threw several spinning kicks in his Kyokushin match with Vladimir Klementiev. |
| 1603 | * StartMyOwn: Founded the Papua New Guinea Mas Oyama Kyokushin Karate Association. |
| 1604 | |
| 1605 | !!!Minoru Shinkai |
| 1606 | * CoolTeacher: Is now a kickboxing trainer at Duro Gym. |
| 1607 | * GuestFighter: Had only one appearance in RINGS against Shigeo Imai in a All Japan Kickboxing Federation rules match. |
| 1608 | * IKnowKarate: As well as UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}. |
| 1609 | |
| 1610 | !!!Kiyohito Sugata |
| 1611 | * GuestFighter: From Shiou-Juku. |
| 1612 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu |
| 1613 | * {{Jobber}} |
| 1614 | |
| 1615 | !!!Roman Sukoterin |
| 1616 | * GuestFighter: Had only one fight in RINGS at a RINGS Lithuania event. |
| 1617 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Boxing]]: A former Belarusian pro boxer. |
| 1618 | * {{Jobber}} |
| 1619 | |
| 1620 | !!!Kazuo Tachi |
| 1621 | * TheApprentice: To Hironobu Yamashita and Hidetaka Aso. |
| 1622 | * GuestFighter: Had only one appearance in RINGS against Kazunori Hase in a "UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}" match. |
| 1623 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Taekwondo}}: Competed in the world championships before coming to RINGS. He also trained in Submission Arts Wrestling. |
| 1624 | * {{Jobber}} |
| 1625 | * OddFriendship: With Satoru Kitaoka. |
| 1626 | |
| 1627 | !!!Hiroya Takada |
| 1628 | * TheApprentice: To Hiroyuki Abe. |
| 1629 | * CoolTeacher: Became a wrestling coach for children. |
| 1630 | * GuestFighter: From Wajyutsu Keisyukai RJW Central. |
| 1631 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Amateur Wrestling]]: In 1998 he was All-Japan Junior Olympic Games 83 kg class winner and in 1999 he was All Japan Student Wrestling 97 kg class tournament runner and won the Kanto human society tournament 97 kg class. He later trained at the Wajyutsu Keisyukai RJW Central gym. |
| 1632 | * {{Jobber}}: Was Fedor Emelinenko's first MMA opponent in Japan, KO'ed in 12 seconds and was also one in Pancrase. |
| 1633 | * LeotardOfPower: Wore one in Pancrase. |
| 1634 | |
| 1635 | !!!Atsushi Tamaki |
| 1636 | * TheApprentice: To Kazuyoshi Ishii. |
| 1637 | * GuestFighter: From the Seidokaikan organization. |
| 1638 | * IKnowKarate: Seidokaikan karate black belt, though he followed Ishii after he left the Ashihara Dojo. He was also a professional boxer. |
| 1639 | * {{Jobber}} |
| 1640 | |
| 1641 | !!!Kevin Thompson |
| 1642 | -->''"I just do Karate."'' |
| 1643 | |
| 1644 | * TheApprentice: To UsefulNotes/{{Karate}} masters Karriem Abdallah, Chuck Merriman and Don Rodriquez. |
| 1645 | * AuthorityEqualsAssKicking: Was the captain of the John Paul Mitchell Team, the most successful sport karate team in modern tournament competition. |
| 1646 | * BadassFamily: His brothers Mylo and Earl were also karatekas. |
| 1647 | * CoolTeacher: Taught out of a dojo in New Jersey called the Shakil’s School of Martial Arts. |
| 1648 | * DownerEnding: Died on 8 January 2020, he was 58 years old. |
| 1649 | * HandicappedBadass: Suffered from ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) since 2012 but still taught karate until his condition worsened. |
| 1650 | * IKnowKarate: Was considered a prodigy and became a black belt at the age of 10. Since 1972, Thompson had amassed over 100 trophies from martial arts competitions and is considered the most accomplished sport karateka ever. |
| 1651 | * PintSizedPowerhouse: Was 5ft 5 and dominated the sport karate world. |
| 1652 | * RedBaron: "Lil K.A., The 8th Wonder of The World". |
| 1653 | * ScaryBlackMan |
| 1654 | |
| 1655 | !!!Nobuhiro Tsurumaki |
| 1656 | * ADayInTheLimelight: He submitted Daiju Takase at a GCM Contenders event. |
| 1657 | * TheApprentice: To Hidetaka Aso. |
| 1658 | * CanonImmigrant: From Submission Arts Wrestling. |
| 1659 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}: A 1st dan black belt, he is also a 1996 Submission Arts Wrestling champion and a 1997 runner-up. He also trained in UsefulNotes/MuayThai. |
| 1660 | * {{Jobber}}: In RINGS, Shooto and Pancrase. He was also notably the debut opponent of Wrestling/WataruSakata and Wrestling/TsuyoshiKohsaka. |
| 1661 | |
| 1662 | !!!Adam Watt |
| 1663 | * TheApprentice: To Kazuyoshi Ishii. |
| 1664 | * AwesomeAussie |
| 1665 | * GuestFighter: Had 2 UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} matches in RINGS with Hans Nijman and Peter Aerts representing the Seidokaikan organization. |
| 1666 | * HiddenDepths: As a teenager he loved playing school boy rugby and played at state level. He also was a junior surf life saver and won two gold medals at the national rowing championship. |
| 1667 | * IKnowKarate: Seidokaikan UsefulNotes/{{Karate}}, he also knows UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}, and boxing. Before those he learned Zen Chi Ryu. |
| 1668 | * InstantExpert: After only six months of extreme UsefulNotes/{{Karate}} training at Master Ishii’s dojo he entered the Seido-Kia UsefulNotes/{{Karate}} world tournament open division and reached the finals while wearing a white belt wrapped around his gi. The reality of a white belt beating some of the world’s best black belt UsefulNotes/{{Karate}} fighters astounded the fans and his fellow competitors. Not surprisingly, Adam was awarded a black belt soon after. |
| 1669 | * RealSongThemeTune: Used Yngwie Malmsteen's "Teaser" in RINGS. |
| 1670 | * RedBaron: "Lights Out". |
| 1671 | * SpectacularSpinning: Knocked out Nobuki Iwashita with a spinning backfist. |
| 1672 | * UrExample: The first person in the world to ever fight for world UsefulNotes/{{Karate}}, UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} and boxing titles. |
| 1673 | |
| 1674 | !!!Willie Williams |
| 1675 | * {{Acrofatic}}: Was quite agile for a man his size. |
| 1676 | * AlliterativeName |
| 1677 | * TheApprentice: To Tadashi Nakamura and Shigeru Oyama. |
| 1678 | * BeastlyBloodsports: Fought a bear for the martial arts film The Strongest Karate Part 2. |
| 1679 | * CoolTeacher: Became a Kyokushin trainer after he retired from competition. |
| 1680 | * CowardlyLion: Admitted in an interview that he was scared out of his mind when facing the bear in The Strongest Karate Part 2. He did however say that getting scolded by his trainer Shigeru Oyama was the scariest experience of his life. |
| 1681 | * EarlyBirdCameo: Had a proto-MMA match against Wrestling/AntonioInoki in Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling in 1980 which ended in a draw. |
| 1682 | * TheGiant: Was 6 ft 7 in. |
| 1683 | * GuestFighter: From World Oyama UsefulNotes/{{Karate}}. |
| 1684 | * HiddenDepths: Worked as a woodcarving craftworker. Also like Tariel Bitsadze, he wasn’t a one-dimensional striker and knew how to choke out people. |
| 1685 | * IKnowKarate: A Kyokushin karateka, he was semifinalist at the 1979 world championships. |
| 1686 | * RealSongThemeTune: "Lady Luck" by David Lee Roth. |
| 1687 | * RedBaron: "Kuma Goroshi" ("The Bear Killer"), "Yomigaetta Majin" ("Revived Devil"), "Densetsu no Majin" ("Legendary Devil"). |
| 1688 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: His name was spelt as Willy Williams in RINGS. |
| 1689 | |
| 1690 | !!!Shigeru Yasuki |
| 1691 | * TheApprentice: To Hidetaka Aso. |
| 1692 | * CanonImmigrant / GuestFighter: From Submission Arts Wrestling. |
| 1693 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Submission Arts Wrestling]]: Competed in events before coming to RINGS. |
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